August 17 — Sec. Marco Rubio and Sen. Chris Murphy

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🗓️ 17 August 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) weigh in on President Trump’s summit with Russian President Putin. Sara Fagen, Jonathan Martin, Andrea Mitchell and Ned Price join the roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, Russian roulette.
0:04.0	President Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska,
0:08.0	trying to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine.
0:12.0	There's no deal until there's a deal.
0:14.0	Next time in Moscow.
0:15.0	But after rolling out the red carpet,
0:18.0	was this high stakes meeting a setback or a step forward to reaching a deal?
0:23.6	My guest this morning, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Democratic Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut.
0:31.4	Plus, guard duty. President Trump orders National Guard troops to the streets of D.C., taking control of the city's police force, and pledging a crackdown on crime in the nation's capital.
0:45.5	We're starting very strongly with D.C. and we're going to clean it up real quick.
0:50.0	Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News Chief Washington correspondent Andrea Mitchell,
0:56.2	Jonathan Martin of Politico, former State Department spokesperson Ned Price, and Republican strategist Sarah Fagan.
1:04.7	Welcome to Sunday, it's Meet the Press.
1:07.9	From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.
1:15.0	This is Meet the Press with Kristen Welkett.
1:18.9	Good Sunday morning.
1:21.1	President Trump is preparing to welcome Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the White
1:25.5	House on Monday.
1:26.9	After rolling out the literal
1:28.5	red carpet for Russian president Vladimir Putin for their high-stakes summit in Alaska. Yet following
1:35.0	a tarmac greeting, a military flyover, and a ride for the Russian leader in the president's
1:40.9	limo where Putin could be seen smiling, it remains unclear what, if anything, was agreed to in Mr.
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