Feb. 1 — Speaker Mike Johnson and Rep. Ro Khanna, plus Ken Burns

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🗓️ 1 February 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) react to the Justice Department releasing more than 3 million pages of records related to Jeffrey Epstein. Ken Burns joins for a “Meet the Moment” conversation around his documentary series on the American Revolution. Lanhee Chen, Adrienne Elrod and Jonathan Martin 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, backlash. President Trump's Borders are takes charge in Minneapolis.
0:07.0	I'm not here because of the federal government has carried its mission out perfectly.
0:12.0	We'll do whatever we can to keep our country safe.
0:15.0	As tensions rise after two Americans are killed by federal agents, igniting a fight in Congress and a partial government
0:24.1	shutdown.
0:25.1	America does not support ICE terrorizing our communities.
0:30.4	We intend to proceed with impeachment proceedings if Christy Noem is not fired.
0:37.2	What's next for immigration enforcement? I'll talk to Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson.
0:42.6	Plus, full release, the Justice Department discloses millions of new documents from the Jeffrey Epstein files.
0:50.8	I can assure that we complied with the statute. We complied with the act. We did not protect
0:55.8	President Trump. Did the Justice Department follow the law? I'll talk to Democratic Congressman
1:00.7	Ro Khanna of California, who led the bipartisan effort to release the files. And the Ken Burns effect
1:08.4	or meet the moment conversation with the award-winning documentary
1:12.3	filmmaker Ken Burns on what the battles of the nation's past reveal about America today.
1:19.3	It takes good story to remind people of the thing that we share in common.
1:25.0	Joining me for insight and analysis are Jonathan Martin of Politico, Adrian Elrod, former senior
1:32.0	advisor to the Harris campaign, and Lonnie Chen, a fellow at the Hoover Institution.
1:38.0	Welcome to Sunday. It's Meet the Press.
1:42.3	From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.
1:47.9	This is Meet the Press with Kristen Welkett.
1:51.5	Good Sunday morning.
1:53.1	The United States government is in the midst of a partial shutdown with congressional
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