Hurricane Idalia makes its way across Georgia and South Carolina after slamming into Florida as a Category 3 storm at landfall. Rob Herrin, public information officer for Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, discusses the impact on Tampa, which avoided a direct hit but still faced widespread flooding and storm surge. Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey says “now ... we are having 100-year storm events on a regular basis.” Jeff Williams, mayor of Horseshoe Beach, Fla talks about the damage his town has sus...
Aug 30, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast The White House appears to be searching for a prescription to the president’s deep unpopularity. Floridians up and down the state’s west coast are bracing for the impacts of Hurricane Idalia. Former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam discusses how 2024 could play out for former President Trump in the courtroom. Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) talks about the committee’s roundtable with gold star families of the Abbey Gate attack. An Ohio reproductive rights gro...
Aug 29, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast The judge in former President Donald Trump's Washington, D.C. case sets the trial date for one day before Super Tuesday. Jacksonville Sheriff T.K. Waters joins Meet the Press NOW to talk about his community's response following a deadly racially motivated shooting. Brendan Buck, Camila DeChalus and Faiz Shakir join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) discusses American relations with China and the 2024 presidential election.
Aug 28, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy joins Meet the Press to address his views on the 2020 election and why he is challenging former President Donald Trump. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) discusses the role of third parties and President Joe Biden’s re-election. Former Gov. Pat McCrory (R-N.C.), Markos Moulitsas, fmr. Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) and Danielle Pletka join the Meet the Press roundtable.
Aug 27, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former President Trump’s arraignment in the 2020 Georgia election probe caps a busy week in the 2024 GOP race .Former Georgia District Attorney J. Tom Morgan discusses Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ case against Trump and 18 co-defendants. Jon Ralston explains Nevada’s confusing GOP presidential nominating process. Deepa Shivaram, Joe Crowley and Charlie Dent join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable.
Aug 25, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former President Donald Trump prepares to surrender to authorities in Georgia after emerging from last night's GOP president debate relatively unscathed. Darryl Cohen, a criminal defense attorney and former assistant district attorney in Fulton County discusses District Attorney Fani Willis’ request to begin the trial of Trump and his 18 co-defendants in October 2023. Marc Short, former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, analyzes the former vice president’s debate performance on Wednes...
Aug 24, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast After the first Republican presidential debate, Chuck Todd speaks with DeSantis Deputy Campaign Manager David Polyansky and Jason Miller, senior Trump adviser. Shaq Brewster speaks with voters in suburban Waukesha, Wisconsin. Vaughn Hillyard reports on the former president’s counter programming with Tucker Carlson. Amy Walter, publisher of the Cook Political Report, Lanhee Chen, former Mitt Romney adviser, and Danielle Pletka, Senior Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, join the roundtab...
Aug 24, 2023•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast All eyes are on Milwaukee as GOP candidates prepare to meet for the first Republican presidential debate of the 2024 election. Ron DeSantis surrogate Ken Cuccinelli and Nikki Haley surrogate Katon Dawson break down their candidates’ strategies. Wagner Group Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was listed as a passenger on a plane that crashed in Russia. Former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell surrender in Georgia over 2020 election case.
Aug 23, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Aug 22, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Results from a new poll of Iowa Republican voters shows former President Donald Trump retains the lead among GOP candidates, but is the first choice candidate for less than half of those polled. Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the Republican presidential primaries ahead of the field's first debate. President Joe Biden travels to Hawaii as 850 people remain missing after Maui's deadly wildfire. Department of Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Ad...
Aug 22, 2023•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast Gov. Doug Burgum (R-N.D.), who is running for president, joins Meet the Press ahead of the first RNC debate. Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) joins for an exclusive interview after members of his own party call for him to challenge President Biden. Former DeKalb County District Attorney Gwen Keyes Fleming, fmr. Senior FBI official Chuck Rosenberg and former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. join to discuss former President Trump’s legal troubles.
Aug 20, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast The U.S., Japan and South Korea agreed to deepen mutual security ties at a Camp David summit. Trump reportedly will skip the first GOP debate. Fmr. Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) says it’s “completely disrespectful” for GOP candidates who qualify for the first debate to not show up. Maui's top emergency management official resigned amid questions surrounding his office's response to the island’s devastating wildfires. The Cherokee Nation’s principal chief talks about his new term in office....
Aug 18, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast A new poll shows 86% of Americans are “very” or “somewhat” worried about the system of U.S. democracy being able to function. NBC News Correspondent Ryan Nobles speaks with Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) in Montana about his re-election campaign as the GOP fights hard to take back the Senate. Miami Mayor and 2024 presidential candidate Francis Suarez discusses his campaign ahead of the first GOP presidential debate.
Aug 17, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast Political leaders are reluctant to address the gravity of Trump’s alleged criminal activity. A federal appeals court upholds parts of a decision restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone. Former Fulton County Assistant District Attorney Darryl Cohen breaks down how the Georgia election interference case may proceed. Hawaii Department of Defense spokesperson Jeff Hickman says an additional 20 search dogs have joined the search efforts after Maui’s deadly wildfires. A Montana judge rule...
Aug 16, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former President Trump is indicted for the fourth time in five months, facing new charges in Georgia over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Republican presidential hopefuls react to Trump’s legal challenges. President Biden addresses the federal response to the devastating wildfires in Maui, pledging to visit the area as soon as possible.
Aug 15, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Recovery efforts begin in Hawaii after the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history tore through Maui last week. Witnesses testify in Georgia as the Fulton County district attorney is expected to present her case against former President Donald Trump to a grand jury this week. Cook Political Report Editor-in-Chief Amy Walter discusses the Republican primary field as presidential candidates visit the Iowa state fair. Stephen Hayes, Dan Merica and Juanita Tolliver join the Meet the Press NOW roun...
Aug 14, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former Vice President Mike Pence joins Meet the Press to weigh in the investigations into his former boss, former President Donald Trump, and Hunter Biden. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) joins for an exclusive interview on why he thinks more Democrats should consider primary challenges to President Biden in 2024.
Aug 13, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Attorney General Merrick Garland appoints a special counsel to oversee the investigation into Hunter Biden. Republican primary candidates flock to the Iowa State Fair to meet caucusgoers. The death toll from wildfires on the island of Maui continues to rise. The U.S. turns to Kenya for Haiti security mission. A federal judge revokes bail for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Sahil Kapur, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Brendan Buck join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable.
Aug 11, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast At least 36 people are dead and officials fear that number will rise as multiple wildfires continue burning on the island of Maui. Democratic Rep. Jill Tokuda, who represents Hawaii's second district which includes the island of Maui, says the state will still be recovering for generations. FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell discusses President Biden’s disaster designation for the fires. Former Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.), who faced Trump in the 2016 presidential primary, discusses why more 2024 ...
Aug 10, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Ohio Secretary of State and U.S. Senate candidate Frank LaRose (R) discusses the state of abortion in the state and nation after voters overwhelmingly rejected a Republican-backed ballot measure that would make it harder to enshrine abortion rights in the state constitution. Special counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant for Donald Trump’s X – formerly known as Twitter – account earlier this year, new court documents reveal. Democratic mayors and governors put pressure on the Biden adminis...
Aug 09, 2023•46 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former President Trump juggles his role as a candidate and a defendant as his lawyers and federal prosecutors continue to clash over what he can say publicly about his election interference case. Former U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade discusses his recent indictments. Abortion is indirectly on the ballot in Ohio. President Biden is in Arizona, making a historic move to preserve sacred native land. Severe storm warnings remain in place up and down the East Coast. The Biden administration faces the ...
Aug 08, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former President Donald Trump’s legal team faces a looming deadline to respond to a Department of Justice request for a protective order. NBC News Correspondent Dasha Burns discusses her exclusive interview with Gov. Ron Desantis (R-Fla.) on his presidential campaign. Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.) discusses the economy and President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. Former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable.
Aug 07, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast John Lauro, Donald Trump’s attorney, joins Meet the Press to discuss the former president’s most recent indictment. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a member of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol and former Lead Impeachment Manager, joins for an exclusive to discuss the charges.
Aug 06, 2023•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former President Trump is likely facing at least three trials in the midst of the 2024 campaign, but Republican leaders are still defending him for the moment. GOP presidential candidate and former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) discusses 2024 rivals former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.). Former Gov. Chris Christie (R-N.J.) meets with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy during a surprise visit to Kyiv.
Aug 04, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast The country is facing its greatest stress test in generations as former President Donald Trump is set to be arraigned in Washington, DC on Thursday after being charged in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into 2020 election interference. Marc Short, former chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, says former President Trump’s actions to overturn the 2020 election are “disqualifying.” He adds that Trump “bears responsibility” for posting “inflammatory” information about the vi...
Aug 02, 2023•53 min•Transcript available on Metacast A grand jury finished weighing a potential criminal indictment of former President Trump in the special counsel’s investigation into 2020 election interference. Former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam breaks down what charges an indictment could contain. Democrats and Republicans are closely watching how the issue of abortion plays out in Ohio. House Republicans continue to pursue their investigation into Hunter Biden. The Biden administration still sees a narrow window of opportunity to reverse the atte...
Aug 01, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former President Donald Trump makes a defiant speech at his first rally since his latest indictment as the potential of further charges loom. Ameshia Cross, Stephen Hayes and Benjy Sarlin join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports on the latest Russian missile attack on Ukraine as a Russia blames Ukraine for drone attacks on Moscow. NBC News Correspondent Raf Sanchez discusses his interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....
Jul 31, 2023•50 min•Transcript available on Metacast Former U.S. Attorney and former Senior FBI Official Chuck Rosenberg explains the latest developments in Donald Trump’s classified documents case. Former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), a 2024 presidential candidate, discusses voters’ reactions to his criticism of the former president. Biden for President National Co-Chair Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) reacts to Republicans’ talks of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
Jul 30, 2023•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast Donald Trump faces additional charges in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case as a potential new indictment looms. President Biden hits the road to tout his economic agenda. Never Back Down founder Ken Cuccinelli examines Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign reset.
Jul 28, 2023•51 min•Transcript available on Metacast Donald Trump’s attorneys are told to expect an indictment against the former president in the special counsel’s investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) returns to the campaign trail after cutting 40% of his staff. CSIS Africa Program Director Mvemba Phezo Dizolele discusses the attempted coup of Niger’s president. Dean Cheng examines China’s diplomatic and economic turmoil following the abrupt removal of its foreign minister.
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