August 24 — Vice Pres. JD Vance, Sergey Lavrov and Sen. Adam Schiff

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🗓️ 24 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Vice President JD Vance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) weigh in on the developing talks toward peace in Ukraine. Monica Alba, Matt Gorman, former Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and Amna Nawaz join the roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, push for peace.
0:04.0	One week after the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska, Russia escalates its attacks on Ukraine.
0:10.0	I don't see President Putin very willing to get peace now.
0:16.0	President Trump presses for an end to the war, but is Moscow listening?
0:20.9	Were you enraged when you learned that Russia targeted an American company based in Ukraine?
0:28.2	I don't like it, Kristen. I don't like it, Kristen, but this is a war.
0:33.1	I'll speak exclusively with Vice President J.D. Vans and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
0:39.3	Putin is ready to meet with Zelensky. When the agenda would be ready for a summit,
0:48.3	and this agenda is not ready at all.
0:51.3	Plus, retribution raid? The FBI searches the home and office of former Trump National Security Advisor John
0:59.1	Bolton in search of classified records.
1:01.9	Was it political payback?
1:03.4	I'll talk to Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of California.
1:07.5	And MapQuest, lawmakers in Texas and California battle to redraw congressional maps ahead of the midterms.
1:14.6	We got here because the President of the United States is struggling.
1:18.6	Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News White House correspondent Monica Alba.
1:24.6	I'mna Navaz, co-anchor of PBS NewsHour, former Democratic Senator Heidi Heidkimp of North Dakota,
1:31.1	and Republican strategist Matt Gorman. Welcome to Sunday. It's Meet the Press.
1:39.2	From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.
1:47.1	This is Meet the Press with Kristen Welkirk.
1:50.2	Good Sunday morning.
1:54.3	This week, President Trump welcomed Ukrainian President Volita Mir Zelensky and European leaders to the White House in his efforts to negotiate an end to the war.
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