thank you both. >>> let's bring in robert garcia of california now. congressman, thanks for joining us. from your view, where do things stand? can this congress get its act together before tomorrow night? >> well, first, welcome to the elon musk presidency, one where donald trump has been relegated to be the vice president. clearly what elon musk wants, elon musk is going to get, and where we're at right now is complete chaos on the republican side. we have a government shutdown that is looming, that is real right before christmas, and we should be really clear. what we're talking about here is not paying our military members during the holidays, not paying our tsa workers during the holidays, not paying the people that are working on all of our holiday travel that are out there working for us every single day. so this is an incredibly serious moment. it's one where speaker johnson has lost complete control, and clearly where elon musk is pulling the strings of what republicans should be doing. so it's quite chaotic, but democrats are united. we had a

congressman, robert garcia, thank you very much.h appreciated. >>> coming up, as the shutdown looms, we are getting a clearer look how far republicans are willing to go? all of the billionaire financiers. they are getting paid, y'all. e financiers. they are getting paid, yll'a. z's bakery is looking to add a pizza oven, arissa's hair salon wants to expand their space, and steve's t-shirt shop wants to bring on more help. with the comcast business 5-year price lock guarantee, they can think more about possibilities for their business and not the cost of their internet. it's five years of gig-speeds and advanced security. all from the company with 99.9% network reliability. get the 5-year price lock guarantee, now back for a limited time. powering five years of savings. powering possibilities™. >>>it is embarrassing. it is shameful. to take this bill, to take this bill, yesterday, and congratulate yourself because it is shorter in pages but increases the debt by $5 trillion is asinine. i am sick. to have it and go forward to the ameri

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joining us now, democratic congressman from california, robert garcia.d morning, congressman. >> congressman, it's always a pleasure. and it's about the fight. i'm curious as to what kind of fight democrats think they have. i mean, look, being a minority in the senate is one thing, but in the house it can be very difficult. as you know the way the rules are. but there are some things that democrats can do given the slim majority that the republicans are going to have. you have, you know, hakeem jeffries talking about that a little bit in materials of how the dems will set up their seniority and how that's going to play in their emphasis. take a quick listen. >> the caucus will continue to work its will. i'm not going to get out ahead of any on going deliberations that are taking place within the house democratic caucus as per the tradition for decades in terms of house democratic leadership. we have enormous talent spread throughout the caucus. and that talent, of course, includes both more seasoned members who bring great experience to the congressional

joining us now is democratic irishman robert garcia of california. he is a member of the house oversight and homeland security committees. congressman, it's always good to see you. i don't know about you, this washington post piece that i just quoted, i posted it on my social media accounts because it is pretty wild, right? because when you read it, and it is just a small microcosm, congressman, of the community in america. you and i both that this is replicated across many communities in america, for those who voted for donald trump. and i want to highlight a quote at the end of it, there is a woman who subsists on a $1300 social security payment every month, and $75 in food stamps. and she says we are old and tired and just want to be taking care of, and trump has too much common sense, so i don't think is going to do anything to hurt us. are you kidding me? these people cannot be for real. >> that's right. happy holidays, katie. first of all, good to see you. i think it is really, really hard, obviously the post story and so many others coming out

joining me now is our friend, democratic congressman from california robert garcia.is a member of the house oversight and homeland security committees. good to see you. let's get into this, with the fbi and the department of homeland security, they say they have no evidence that these reported drone sightings pose any kind of national security or public safety threat, or that they have a foreign nexus. as you heard, many of your colleagues on capitol hill are not satisfied with the official response, nor are many members of the public, i might add. you are on homeland security, have you been briefed on the sightings? are you satisfied with the information that is been made public? >> first of all, i'm not satisfied. i think a couple things are true that we know, and i think one is obviously that we know they are drones. when you know that they are not a national security threat. we know they are not an imminent threat. we don't know exactly what they are what they came from. i think is a really important questions that homeland security, the fbi, and others need to b

we have democratic congressman robert garcia of california. he is also a member of the homeland security committee. what is your reaction to what you're seeing here? >> i mean, honestly, the images i think that we're seeing are pretty horrific. >> there's a lot of video going around, some of it very, very disturbing. >> so i think people need to be warned that there are some images that are, i think, really hard to see. but clearly it appears that this is some type of attack. i think obviously there's a lot of information that we don't know yet, but for someone to be going that speed so deliberately, as the video shows, i think is very concerning, and i think we'll learn in the hours ahead what, what, what law enforcement are in on the ground is learning. but we also need to be cautious here in the united states. and you can rest assured that those discussions are also happening about that. >> congressman, there are christmas markets all over the united states, including two that i can think of here in the nation's capital. and as far as i've

democratic congressman robert garcia, thanks very much for your time this morning.e appreciate it. new this morning, some of the president elect's companies don't appear to be sticking with his campaign pledge. take a listen. >> under the trump administration, we will build american, buy american and hire american. that's what we're going to be doing. >> cnn found that some of donald trump's own companies have actually increased their hiring of foreign workers. here's cnn's sara murray with that story. >> our cnn investigation found that donald trump's businesses do use foreign workers in 2024, trump organization businesses were approved for 209 foreign guest workers. that number has nearly doubled over the course of the last decade. it is more than any other year on record, our analysis found. and now these are people who are mostly cooks, housekeepers, that kind of thing. they come through the h-2b visa program, and that allows for hiring foreign workers when there are not americans who are willing available, qualified, able to do this kind of temporary work. now,

joining me now is democratic congressman robert garcia of california. great to have you here in person and see you. let me get your reaction to all of this plague out with the president-elect's nominations. and the defense secretary. i want to play some of his interewe with kristen welker that will air tomorrow on meet the press. here is what he had to say about the nominee. >> looks like pete is doing well now. i mean, people were a little bit concerned. he is a young guy with a tremendous track record actually. went to princeton and harvard. he was a good student at both. but he loves the military and i think people are starting to see it. so we'll be working on his nomination along with a lot of others. >> do you still have confidence in pete hegseth? >> i do. he is a really smart guy. i have known him through fox but i have known him for a long time. and he is basically a military guy. >> have you gotten assurances from senators he will be confirmed? do you think he can make it? >> no. no. i think he will, yeah. i have had a lot of senators call me

let's bring in democratic congressman robert garcia. congressman, thank you for being with us.ot to sift through there as we talked about proposed immigration policy. let's start at the end there with birth right citizenship. president-elect trump says to get rid of it. what is your reaction? >> all the new ideas that trump is coming out with, his proclamation over the weekend, besides being unconstitutional are quite un-american and shameful. i'm an immigrant myself. i was not documented. this idea that somehow we're not contributing to the country is really sad to see. frankly most of his ideas are out of step with most americans want. his claim he's going to separate families, who is going to be doing that work? police officers have a job to do. we have a police shortage across the country. they don't want to spend their time separating families. so whether it is birth right citizenship, mass deportation, separating families, we have to be principled and oppose this, not only is it not good for the economy, it is actually quite un-american and quite frankly democrats are goi

democratic kron gresman robert garcia a member of the house homeland security program.lked about proposed immigration policy but let's start with birth right citizenship. president-elect trump says he will get rid of it the day he gets into office what's your reaction. >> the new ideas trump is coming out with, and his probablelymation is unconstitutional i am an immigrant and came part of the time he was not documented. and this idea we are not contributing to the country is really sad to see and quite frankly, most of his ideas are out of step with most americans want. he claims he will separate families. police officers have a job to do. we have a police shortage across the country. they don't want to spend their time separating families. so, whether it's birth right citizenship or mass deportations, separating families, we have to be principled and oppose this not only is it not good for the economy, it's actually unamerican and quite frankly, democrats are going to strongly oppose every single step of the way. >> and birth right citizenship has been enshrined in th

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we were holding up robert garcia who then very promptly ran inside.ans voting against this. it tells the larger story here of why this was always going to have to be a bipartisan bill that democrats and republicans both talked about and moved forward on together. this is always what happens at funding points in the year. you've got 30 some odd republicans who are conservative member who is don't agree with this method of keeping the government open. which is why republicans always have to look to the left and see if democrats will come along with them on this. now we see that democrats are coming along to the tune of almost 160 democrats so far. and if you're seeing people come around me, it's because we expect the speaker of the house to come by here when this vote actually finishes, and he usually does that, whether it passes or fails, but clearly he's going to have a much more confident and triumphant tone. it's going to be interesting to hear the way he talks about this from the perspective of his conversations with trump, his conversations with m

. >>> plus, democratic congressman robert garcia of california will be a guest.p's comments about ending birthrights citizenship, pardons for january 6th rioters, and much much more. >>> and also ahead, academy award winning actress, keira knightley will be live in studio with a look at her new netflix series "black doves," you won't want to miss that. "morning joe" just a few short moments away. weeks. tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission... and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-like symptoms or if you need a vaccine. healing is possible with tremfya. ask your doctor about tremfya today. ♪ >>> welcome back. congress has just over a week to agree on a government funding bill before a shutdown is triggered next friday. while both chambers are likely to pass a short-term measure that will keep the gover

joining us now, robert garcia of california. member of the california oversight, congressman, it is always good to see you. i don't know about you, this washington post piece that i just quoted, i posted it on my social media accounts. it is pretty wild. right? when you read it, it is just a small microcosm, of a community in america. replicated across many america -- communities in america for donald trump. i want to highlight the quote at the end of it. there is a woman who sits on a $1300 social security payment every month, and $75 in food stamps. she says we are old and tired, and just want to be taken care of. donald trump, has no common sense. i don't think he's going to do anything to hurt us. >> are you kidding me? >> happy holidays, good to see you. it's hard to keep up with the stories and so many others coming out, working class people, low income folks across the country, depend on social security, medicare or medicaid, social safety net. here you have donald trump, his cabinet, elon musk, they actually want to cut

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robert, let's begin with diego garcia and chagos, the subject that i've been talking a lot about.to make a very big mistake? >> i think so, i think we're in trouble. a governor of the chagos islands years ago, i think centuries ago. been there for two centuries. once called it fantasy island. i said it looks like treasure island for tiktok, but it's now turned into the nightmare for christmas. for starmer, it's going to require diplomacy. it's going to require real security thinking, and it's going to require an application of the law and the norms of law and how they can be adapted for the modern world. because i picked up a lot of your discussion before, when you look at gibraltar, when you look at the falklands, nigel, you are absolutely right, because in the day, during a searing experience of the of the late unpleasantness, i remember around 1982 and the argentines came up with the proximity argument over again and again and again. and if starmer gets this wrong, all that could blow up all over again. and we know we can see how it's dormant, but it's semifreddo as a conflict