Morgan Chesky joins from Eagle Pass, Texas as Speaker Mike Johnson calls attention to the surge at the Southern border. Vivek Ramaswamy offers closing arguments in an NBC News/Des Moines Register interview. Idrees Kahloon, Sara Fagen and María Teresa Kumar react to Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) downplaying the importance of Iowa in the GOP primary elections. Ali Arouzi and Dan DeLuce report the latest from Iran and Israel.
The Israeli government outlines a proposal for a post-war Gaza as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to the region. Retired Admiral James Stavridis outlines the areas where the Israel-Hamas war has the potential to expand to a wider conflict. Japan’s death toll ticks up following Monday’s earthquake. Republican presidential candidates campaign in Iowa and New Hampshire as primary election season draws closer. Doug Heye, Tia Mitchell and Symone Sanders-Townsend join the Meet the Press...
An Iranian warship enters the Red Sea while Israel pulls thousands of troops from Gaza. Amb. Dennis Ross, former U.S. special envoy to the Middle East and an NBC News Foreign Affairs analyst, talks about the latest developments. NBC News Campaign Embed reports from Iowa, two weeks out from the caucuses. Ukrainian MP Kira Rudik talks about Russia’s assault ahead of the new year.
On this New Year's Eve edition of Meet the Press, moderator Kristen Welker speaks to key figures about the mental health crisis in America. Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) exclusively speaks about his struggles with depression, what ultimately led him to seek treatment and how he is doing now. In an exclusive conversation, Govs. Spencer Cox (R-Utah) and Jared Polis (D-Colo.) discuss the role social media plays in the mental health crisis and their states’ respective legislative responses. Former Rep...
Maine joins Colorado in disqualifying former President Donald Trump from its 2024 ballot over his alleged violation of section three of the 14th Amendment. Jon Alter and Eliana Johnson join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Russia launches a massive aerial bombardment targeting several cities across Ukraine in one of the largest attack since the start of the war. Newly drawn North Carolina district maps heavily favor Republicans heading into 2024 election cycle. New York City and other major ci...
Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) announced she is switching congressional districts for her 2024 run. Dave Wasserman, Senior Editor & Elections Analyst at The Cook Political Report, joins Meet the Press NOW to explain the implications of this change. NBC Campaign Embed Greg Hyatt explains Nikki Haley’s response after her civil war comments. A second American-Israeli hostage is declared dead after being held in Hamas captivity. Mayors of New York, Denver and Chicago call for federal assistance as the mig...
Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) discusses her legislation to curb Chinese abuse of fishing rules. NBC News Correspondent Josh Lederman embeds with Israeli Defense Forces and explores a tunnel built by Hamas. UNICEF Spokesperson Joe English talks about the appointment of a humanitarian aid coordinator for Gaza. An Iowa native shows off an all-star collection of presidential campaign memorabilia.
The U.S. military conducts targeted strikes in Iraq. NBC News Correspondents Jay Gray and Aaron Gilchrist and NBC News Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube report on the growing concerns over potential escalation of violence in the Middle East. Chef José Andrés, Founder of World Central Kitchen, calls for an increase of humanitarian aid to Gaza. NBC News Campaign Embed Jake Traylor reports on former President Trump's reign as the Iowa Caucus approaches. President of Brady, Kris Brown, advocates ...
On a special edition of Meet the Press, Kristen Welker introduces a new series, Meet the Moment, where she speaks to the figures outside the political sphere who are shaping the conversations that matter. Actor and advocate Selma Blair talks about her work on disability rights, following her 2018 diagnosis with multiple sclerosis. Journalist and author Tim Alberta shares his experience growing up in the evangelical church and his thoughts on the politicization of the American evangelical movemen...
The Supreme Court declines Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request to make an expedited ruling in his 2020 election interference case against former President Donald Trump. NBC News Correspondents Josh Lederman and Monica Alba report the latest on the movement of humanitarian aid into Gaza and the White House’s plans to funnel more aid into the region. As apprehensions at the southern border reach new records, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner calls on Congress to take action on immigration.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) escalates the political fight over immigration as a record-breaking number of migrants are in custody at the southern border. NBC News Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard explains the legal battles former President Trump faces following the Colorado Supreme Court’s ruling disqualifying him from the state primary ballot. Former U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Chief of Staff Kiersten Todt discusses regulations for artificial intelligence and its potential...
Colorado’s Supreme Court disqualifies Donald Trump from appearing on the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot for engaging in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) reacts to Colorado’s ruling against former President Trump. Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-Calif.) discusses border negotiations as apprehensions at the border hit a new record. Meet the Press Moderator Kristen Welker and Bonny Lin, director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, d...
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) enacts new border laws as the Senate remains locked in negotiations on an immigration deal. Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) discusses a letter to President Joe Biden from House Democrats criticizing Israel’s military strategy. Daniella Diaz, Matt Gorman and Chuck Rocha join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Former State Department official Karen Donfried explains what could come next for Ukraine as the country’s war with Russia drags on. A new U.S. intel report accuses Chin...
Former President Donald Trump, who maintains a mammoth lead ahead of the rest of the Republican presidential field, ramps up controversial comments about immigrants while on the campaign trail. Chris O’Leary, former director of Hostage Rescue and Recovery for the U.S. government, discusses the challenges of resuming Gaza hostage negotiations. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), ranking member on the House China Select Committee, talks about committee recommendations to reset economic relations wi...
NBC News National Security and Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube joins Kristen Welker to talk about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to the U.S. this week, and says he "didn't turn a lot of minds" in his attempt to get Republican lawmakers to support continued aid for his country. Plus, Courtney's rare access into the U.S. space arms race with China.
With negotiations on border security underway on Capitol Hill, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) explains his push to prioritize changes to immigration policy over funding for Ukraine in a live, on set interview. From the other side of the aisle, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) discusses Democrats’ struggles to build enthusiasm in her state. Dingell also reacts to Republicans in the House formalizing an impeachment inquiry into President Biden and the Senate GOP’s proposals on border security. Steve Ko...
Israel’s military says it mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages during fighting in Gaza. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby reacts to the latest developments from the Israel-Hamas war. Rudy Giuliani is ordered to pay more than $148 million in damages for defaming two Georgia election workers. Dan Merica, Ameshia Cross and Stephen Hayes join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. David Miliband, president, and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, di...
Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) says the idea that President Biden would beat Donald Trump in 2024 is a “delusion” and “a threat to democracy.” Olivia Beavers, Navin Nayak and fmr. White House Deputy Press Secretary Pete Seat join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss recent polling for the 2024 presidential race ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Jury deliberations begin in Rudy Giuliani’s defamation trial over the former mayor’s conflict with two election workers...
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), who served as lead counsel during the first impeachment trial of former President Trump, discusses the House Republicans’ plan to launch an impeachment inquiry on President Biden. Chuck Todd, Susan Page, Mo Elleithee and former Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) detail how it would affect our political system. Rabbi David Wolpe discusses antisemitism on school campuses.
President Joe Biden holds a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following bilateral talks. Former Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), former Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) and Betsy Woodruff Swan join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Israel pumps seawater into Hamas tunnels as the war enters its second month, according to a U.S. official. Special Counsel Jack Smith plans to use phone data in former President Donald Trump’s election interference trial. Texas Supreme Court ru...
President Biden is facing a stalemate on his biggest foreign policy priority, more wartime aid for Israel and Ukraine. Former Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett discusses the war between Israel and Hamas. Special Counsel Jack Smith appeals to the Supreme Court on the issue of presidential immunity. A new NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll out of Iowa shows just how dominant former President Trump is. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) repealed a state law that required women to buy a ...
Jonathan Martin, senior political columnist and politics bureau chief for Politico, joins Kristen Welker to talk about how anti-Trump Republicans are "resigned to his inevitability, depressed about it, and not doing a damn thing to change it."
In an exclusive interview, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joins Meet the Press to discuss his stance on abortion following the Texas Supreme Court’s decision to block a woman from getting an emergency abortion and his thoughts on the 2024 race. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) exclusively shares the status of congressional aid to Israel and Ukraine and weighs in on Hunter Biden’s latest indictment. Cornell Belcher, Lanhee Chen, Jonathan Martin and Kelly O’Donnell join the Meet the Press roundtable....
Hunter Biden was indicted for a second time, this time on nine tax-related charges, including three felony counts. Monica Alba, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Matthew Continetti join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss the potential political implications of the Hunter Biden indictment, as well as former President Trump’s continued legal woes. NBC News campaign embed Jake Traylor reports how Trump’s “fandom” is fueling his 2024 campaign.
Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy spar during the fourth GOP primary debate. Noah Rothman and former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to debrief the debate and discuss the 2024 election. Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan Ayman Safadi says Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza is “not self-defense” and is “violating international law.” In Texas, a woman is granted an emergency abortion despite the state having some of the stri...
After the fourth GOP presidential debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Kristen Welker speaks with Nikki Haley Campaign Spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas, Gov. Ron DeSantis Campaign Manager James Uthmeier and Vivek Ramaswamy Senior Adviser Tricia McLaughlin. NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd and Correspondent Garrett Haake provide analysis of the night’s events. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson and Nnamdi Egwuonwu speak with voters in Iowa and Georgia. Amy Walter, Matt Gorman and Hugh Hewitt join t...
Emilie Ikeda reports on the latest known developments of the shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) talks about the stalled funding negotiations on immigration in Congress. Chuck Todd, Ali Vitali and Mike Memoli preview the latest on 2024 with a GOP debate on Wednesday night and former President Trump saying he would act as a dictator on “day one.”
The Israeli military says it had its “most intense day” of fighting yet as Israel pushes deeper into southern Gaza. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joins Meet the Press NOW as Congress remains divided on foreign aid and border funding. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) discusses House Republicans’ upcoming vote to formally authorize their impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
The USS Carney shoots down three drones launched by Houthis, but it remains unclear whether the ship was targeted. Retired Lieutenant General Steph Twitty provides analysis on the Houthi attacks. Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Avi Mayer discusses the internal turmoil Israel faces as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a corruption trial. The White House warns that funding for Ukraine aid could run out by the end of the year as Congressional Republicans seek to tie Ukraine funding to border p...
Tim Alberta, author of "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism," joins Kristen Welker to detail how former President Trump developed a cult-like following within the evangelical community — and whether Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) could drop out of the presidential race before Iowa.
