Governor Abbott has made it clear he wants to destabilize cities and

sending thousands of migrants and asylum seekers here to the city. We have to address

I have to navigate this city out of it. The bottom line is I'm the mayor and it's my obligation responsibility to find the solutions even if we're not getting the help that we deserve from Washington DC. That is New York City Mayor Eric Adams again calling out the Republican

Governor of Texas and the Biden administration.

We'll go through the mayor's executive action to address the busing of migrants from

the border as the tension continues to grow between the Democratic mayor and the

president in the United States. This all comes as Secretary of State Anthony

Blinken met yesterday with Mexico's

president to discuss what can be done about the surge of migrants with another

caravan moving toward the border. Also ahead this morning,

Mickey Haley making headlines this morning for her response to a question about the Civil War.

Wasn't a hard one. We'll show you that exchange from a campaign stop in New Hampshire.

Plus, another warning about Donald Trump's plans for a second term

this time coming from Ron DeSantis one of his opponents for the Republican primary.

Good morning, welcome to Morning Joe. It is Thursday, December 28th.

I'm Willie Geist.

Joe and Mika have the morning off with us host of way too early White House Bureau Chief

at Politico, Jonathan Lemir, and former White House Director of Communications to President Obama, Jennifer

Paul Mary. Great to have you both along for the morning. Let's get right into it.

Israeli forces moving forward with their expanded operations in refugee camps in Gaza.

Yesterday the IDF launched new strikes across the region targeting shelters

where they believe Hamas terrorists are hiding.

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