(APPLAUSE) MY GUEST NEXT IS A CONGRESSMAN
WHO REPRESENTS THE 16th DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, PLEASE
WELCOME CONGRESSMAN ADAM KINZINGER. HAVE A SEAT.
>> THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> Stephen: HOW IS ILLINOIS DOING?
I LIVED THERE FOR YEARS AND LOVED IT.
>> WHAT PART.
>> I LIVED IN CHICAGO.
EVERYBODY LIVES IN CHICAGO EXCEPT FOR, EVERYBODY IN MY
DISTRICT, THEY THINK IT'S CHICAGO, NORTH OF I-80 HE THEY
JUST ASSUME, BUT ST A LITTLE CHILLY THERE RIGHT NOW.
>> Stephen: WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF REPUBLICANS COME ON THE
SHOW.
>> I'M GLAD I COULD BE ONE.
>> Stephen: I WELL LIKE, PEOPLE THINK YOU CAN BE TALK
REASONABLY ANY MORE BUT I THINK YOU CAN.
>> I AGREE.
>> Stephen: LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN CONGRESS TODAY.
YOUR FRIENDS OVER IN THE SENATE WONDERED ON THE RESOLUTION
WHETHER TO DENY THE PRESIDENT THE EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS,
59-41.
SO IT IS GOING TO GO TO HIM FOR HIS FIRST VETO WHAT DO YOU MAKE
OF THE RATIONAL OF YOUR FELLOW HELP CANS, 12 OF WHOM SIDED WITH
THE DEMOCRATS TO VOTE AGAINST THIS RESOLUTION WA, DO YOU
THINK.
>> I THINK IT'S FINEMENT I THINK PEOPLE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS
ISSUE OF SPECIAL EMERGENCY AND WHETHER THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY
LAW WAS MEANT TO INCLUDE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, EVERYBODY
HAS TO MAKE A DECISION, I WENT DOWN, WHEN I WENT AND SAW THE
BORDER, WHEN I WENT DOWN ON THE BORDER, I WHEN I CAME BACK I WAS
CONVINCED THIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCIMENT SO I DON'T-- .
>> Stephen: YOU WERE-- THERE YOU ARE, YOU STILL A RESERVIST
IN THE-- THERE YOU GO NATIONAL GUARD.
THIS IS IN THE 2019.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> IN JANUARY.
>> SO WHAT ABOUT IT SEEMED LIKE AN EMERGENCY TO YOU ON THE
BORDER, BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF SAID I DIDN'T NEED TO DO
THIS.
>> YEAH.
>> IS THAT PART OF THE DEFINITION OF NOT AN EMERGENCY
TO ME.
>> I WENT DOWN THERE.
AND FIRST I WILL SAY THIS, IT WAS JUST AN IMMIGRATION ISSUE.
I DONE THINK IT WOULD RISE TO A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
BUT WHAT I SAW IN TERMS OF DRUGS, IN TERMS OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING, REALLY, THE CAR TELL IN MEXICO MAKE MONEY ON TWO
PRODUCT, TRAFFICKING HUMANS AND TRAFFICKING DRUGS AND THOSE ARE
THE BIGGEST THINGS WE HAVE TO FIGHT AND THAT IS COMING ACROSS
OVER THE BORDER.
SO I LOOK AT THAT AND SAY WHEN YOU HAVE COYOTES WHO ARE THESE
GUIDES FROM THE CAR TELL BRINGING PEOPLE AND ABANDONING
THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT IF THEY HERE A CHOPPER BLADE AND
MOTOR AND LEAVING PEOPLE OUT, THERE ARE 200 PEOPLE FOUND DEAD
IN THE DESERTS EF-- EVERY YEAR, THAT IS NOT COMPASSION,
COMPASSION IS SHAIFERG A SECURE BOARD EARN AND SAYING LET'S WORK
TOGETHER TO HAVE A GENEROUS IMMIGRATION THAT IS WELCOMING
AND OPEN TO PEOPLE AND LET'S MAKE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE
ILLEGALLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DEPORT THEM.
LET'S BE STRAIGHT UP SO LET'S GET A PATHWAY TO LEGALIZATION SO
THEY CAN BECOME AMERICANS THEMSELVES.
>> Stephen: THAT IS NOT THE MOST POPULAR OPINION IN YOUR
PARTY, THAT GETS PEOPLE IN TROUBLE FOR SAYING THAT.
>> I WILL TELL YOU, I THINK HONESTLY IF WE DID THIS, 80% OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD SUPPORT IT.
WE JUST CAN'T GET PAST OUR CORNERS.
EVERYBODY IS IN THE CORNERS.
WE CAN'T GIVE THE OTHER SIDE A WIN, THAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH
POLITICS.
>> Stephen: POLITICS IS, SHOCKING FOR POWER AND OFTEN
SHOCKING TO MAINTAIN YOUR POWER.
HOW DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET TO SOME SORT OF CENTRIST BEHAVIOR?
ARE THERE CENTRISTS-- ARE YOU A CENTRIST.
>> I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF YEAH, I'M A COULD BE CONSERVATIVE BUT
I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY.
>> Stephen: YOU VOTED WITH THE PRESIDENT 93% OF THE TIME.
IT SEEMS LIKE ARE YOU-- I'M JUST CURIOUS S THAT CENTRIST?
THAT IT IS NOT 100 PERCENT.
>> I CONSIDER MYSELF A CONSERVATIVE BUT I THINK, WHEN I
LOOK AT CENTER, PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER TO
GOVERN.
NOW-- .
>> Stephen: YOU KNOW, YOU THINK OF-- ACTUALLY THIS IS I
SECRET IN WASHINGTON, WE ALL ACTUALLY GET ALONG REALLY WELL.
UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T SHOW THAT TO THE CAMERAS, BECAUSE WHENEVER
WE ARE ON THE CAMERAS TRK IS A DEBATE.
THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE I DON'T LIKE.
BUT THAT IS JUST PERSONAL.
>> Stephen: DOES IT RHYME WITH FED CRUISE.
>> WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK.
PLEASE STAY, WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK BECAUSE WHEN WE COME BACK
I'M GOING TO GRILL HIM OVER SOMETHING, I DON'T KNOW.
COME ON BACK.