Full Episode: Sunday, August 3, 2025

This Week with George Stephanopoulos

ABC News

Politics, News

3.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

After President Trump unexpectedly fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after a weak jobs report, @LHSummers joins George Stephanopoulos to discuss the president’s handling of the economy and trade; After President Trump’s Special Envoy Steve Witkoff visited Gaza amid the deepening hunger crisis, Doctors Without Borders USA CEO Avril Benoît speaks with George Stephanopoulos about what her organization is seeing in Gaza; George Stephanopoulos speaks with Chairman of the National Democratic Redistricting Committee @EricHolder, as Texas Republicans move to redraw Congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's nothing complicated about the new Italian meals from M&S, the secrets in the sauce,
0:06.4	slow-cooked for three hours for depth of flavour, with sweet, ripe Italian tomatoes
0:11.4	and some simple herbs and seasonings you'd find at home.
0:15.1	And you could try that simply amazing sauce in their chicken tagliatelli,
0:19.5	Obargin alfano and spicy meat feast pasta with their
0:23.2	three for 10 pound deal.
0:25.0	This is not just food.
0:26.3	This is M&S food.
0:27.9	Selected stores, T's and C's apply.
0:31.8	President fires the top official in charge of the jobs report because he didn't like what
0:35.2	he saw.
0:36.1	This week starts right now. Mr. President, why did you fire the head of the Bureau report because he didn't like what he saw. This week starts right now.
0:38.3	Mr. President, why did you fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics?
0:41.3	Because I think our numbers were wrong.
0:43.3	President Trump removes the Labor Department official overseeing monthly jobs
0:47.3	baselessly claiming she cooked the books as his new tariff regime takes shape.
0:52.3	Well, they have to pay a fair rate.
0:55.0	This morning, John Call reports on the economic fallout,
0:58.0	plus former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers,
1:01.0	deepening crisis.
1:03.0	And we are talking about a matter of minutes and hours
1:05.0	to stave off further deaths now.
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