April 5 — Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Mike Lawler and Rep. Ro Khanna

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🗓️ 5 April 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Kristen Welker speaks exclusively with Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) after the U.S. rescued both airmen from the F-15 fighter jet shot down by Iran. Susan Glasser, Jeh Johnson and Marc Short join the roundtable. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, rescued. U.S. forces pull off a daring mission to save a missing airmen behind enemy lines in Iran.
0:09.0	Plus, fueling tensions.
0:12.0	President Trump says the war with Iran could be nearing completion, but also signals more fighting ahead.
0:19.0	We're going to hit them extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.
0:24.6	We're going to bring them back to the Stone Ages where they belong.
0:28.9	Inside the Pentagon, turmoil, as the Army Chief of Staff is ousted.
0:34.7	I hope he just declares victory and gets out.
0:39.2	I'm doing everything I can to bring it into what I think is an illegal war and an unwise one.
0:45.0	Is the conflict winding down, or could a ground invasion be next?
0:50.3	And justice shakeup.
0:52.7	Attorney General Pam Bondi is fired. The second cabinet member pushed out in
0:57.6	recent weeks. Could more cabinet members be next? My guest this morning, Democratic Senator Tim
1:03.2	Kane of Virginia, Republican Congressman Mike Lawler of New York, and Democratic Congressman
1:08.5	Roe Kana of California.
1:15.7	Joining me for insight and analysis are Susan Glasser, staff writer for The New Yorker,
1:22.6	former Homeland Security Secretary Jay Johnson, and Mark Short, former director of legislative affairs for President Trump.
1:24.1	Welcome to Sunday.
1:25.6	It's Meet the Press.
1:28.7	From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history. This is Meet the
1:35.0	press with Kristen Welk. Good Sunday morning. Breaking news overnight in an extraordinary turn of
1:42.7	events. The United States has rescued the second crew member who was in the U.S. F-15 fighter jet shot down over Iran Friday.
1:51.4	President Trump texting me directly this morning, the rescue was an Easter miracle.
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