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Meet the Press

Dec. 28 — Hoda Kotb, Mel Robbins, Marcus Samuelsson and Jon M. Chu

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🗓️ 28 December 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Former Today Show host Hoda Kotb, bestselling author Mel Robbins, chef Marcus Samuelsson and “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu join Kristen Welker for a “Meet the Moment” special of Meet the Press.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, meet the moment.

0:03.4

Conversations with people who are having an impact in Washington and beyond.

0:08.3

I never thought in my 50s that I would be sitting in that chair doing that job.

0:14.1

I mean, how could that be possible?

0:16.5

Former Today Show co-anchor Hoda Koppi on stepping away from Studio 1A and how she's finding meaning in her next chapter.

0:25.5

I'm learning how to sleep again. I hadn't done that in decades. I'm learning new skills.

0:32.5

And I feel like it's my whole kind of be a beginner again era.

0:36.4

Plus, let them. You don't change other people by trying

0:41.0

to change them. You change other people in the world around you by changing yourself.

0:45.2

Best-selling author and podcast host Mel Robbins went from hitting rock bottom to having one of the

0:51.4

most popular podcasts in the world. It's emotional for you.

0:55.0

This is personal for you.

0:56.0

Yes, it's very personal for me.

0:58.0

I do not take it lightly that teachers and nurses and EMTs and, you know, are finding time to listen to something that reminds you of what matters to you.

1:12.1

And full plate.

1:14.1

For me, searching for my Ethiopian identity through food, through the place I was living in in Harlem, New York City, what would that taste like?

1:23.9

That was a journey for me.

1:25.0

Award winning chef, Marcus Samuelson, on his journey as an

1:28.9

immigrant in America. Do you think the American dream is still available to immigrants today

1:36.3

in the way that it was for you when you first got here? I think the American dream is alive.

1:43.8

You just have to fight and battle for it more than ever.

1:46.7

And defying gravity.

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