Under the law, if someone has been struck and continues to engage in hostilities,

points a gun at you, has a gun, they may be a legitimate target, but if they are outside of combat, they are not.

And attacking them is a violation of the laws of war.

And these guys, and this is why the American people need to see this video,

these guys were barely alive, much less engaging in hostilities.

Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, calling out the Defense Secretary's explanation for a deadly strike on survivors of that boat attack in the Caribbean.

The president has said he has no problem with the video being released.

The question is, will his administration actually do it?

Meanwhile, New York City mayor elect Zoran Mamdani is warning residents about their rights

when it comes to ICE operations amid concerns

of a potential escalation in immigrant enforcement across the city. He's pointing out to people

on social media that ICE can lie to you and what your rights are. Also ahead, we'll show you the

latest criticism of President Trump from Republican Marjorie Taylor Green. And what she says, her GOP colleagues really think of the president. Good morning. And welcome to Morning, Joe. It's Monday, everyone, December 8th. We hope you had a good weekend, Lamere. Did you sleep?

Always. Yeah? Always. Okay. You excited that Jordan Klepper's on the show today? He's one, Lemire. Did you sleep? Always. Yeah.

Okay. You excited that Jordan Klepper's on the show today? He's one of our favorites. He's hilarious. He's hilarious. He's great every time he's here. Yes. All right. With us, we have the co-host of our 9 a.m. Our staff writer at the Atlantic, Jonathan Lemire, former Homeland Security Secretary. Under President Obama, Jay Johnson, is with us here.

Columnist and Associate

Editor of the Washington Post, David

Ignatius, senior writer at the dispatch and calmness at Bloomberg opinion, David Drucker, and decorated combat veteran and former commander of U.S. Army Europe.

Bratard Army Lieutenant General Mark Hurdling joins us. Good to have you all on board this

morning. So we start with our top story and it continues to be Defense Secretary Pete Hegeseth continuing

to stand by the U.S. military's highly scrutinized September strike on an alleged drug boat.

Now, that attack included a follow-up strike, the double tap, that targeted two people

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