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NBC Meet the Press

December 29 — Meet the Moment

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🗓️ 29 December 2024

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In a special edition of Meet the Press, Kristen Welker looks back at her Meet the Moment interviews with Olympic Swimmer Michael Phelps, Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges, athletes Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe, JJ Velazquez and journalist Dan Slepian, and NBC’s Savannah Guthrie.

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0:00.0

This Sunday, meet the moment. Conversations with people who are having an impact in Washington

0:08.8

and beyond. There are times where I feel like I'm all alone. Still. Still. Yeah.

0:14.0

Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps opens up about his struggles with anxiety and depression.

0:19.5

Being able to talk about mental health, which is something

0:21.5

that, you know, personally I struggle with almost every single day and, you know, depression and

0:26.1

anxiety aren't just going to disappear. Civil rights icon Ruby Bridges reflects on how she

0:32.0

made history. I mean, I was thrust into the middle of a situation that no six-year-old should be put in.

0:40.3

And game-changers.

0:42.3

I feel like we just came to the end of all the excuses of why nobody likes women's sports, and it turns out everybody watches women's sports.

0:49.3

Sports icons, Sue Bird, and Megan Rapino on how women's sports are breaking records. Don't you want to

0:56.9

look like a genius? Like this is how you can look like. Invest now. Get on board now. Help this grow now.

1:03.1

Plus, fight for justice. I didn't know if he was innocent. I didn't know if he was guilty.

1:08.7

Journalist Dan Slepian and J.J. Velasquez shared the 20-year journey that changed both of their

1:15.0

lives.

1:15.9

I am not an anomaly. There are hundreds of thousands of wrongfully convicted people on this earth,

1:23.3

and they are suffering.

1:24.8

And keeping the faith, NBC's Savannah Guthrie shares her journey to get closer to God.

1:31.7

I'm just a regular human who has walked in faith and out of faith over years and years,

1:38.2

and these are some of the things that I've learned.

1:40.1

And I didn't learn them because everything went well.

1:42.5

I learned them mostly when things went wrong.

1:45.1

Welcome to Sunday and a special edition of Meet the Press.

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