July 13 — Sec. Kristi Noem, Sen. John Barrasso and Gov. Andy Beshear

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🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem joins Meet the Press following deadly flooding in Texas. Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) reacts to President Trump’s tax and spending bill becoming law. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) discusses how Democrats may campaign on the law’s impact in the midterms. Adrienne Elrod, Sahil Kapur, Tyler Pager and Marc Short join the roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, searching for answers.
0:03.9	Texas Hill Country reels from devastating flash floods with over 100 dead, including 36 children and more still missing.
0:13.6	I just had a gut feeling that something bad was about to happen.
0:16.3	Why was there no updated flood warning system?
0:19.2	And did the Trump administration respond fast enough?
0:22.9	Who's to blame?
0:24.4	Know this.
0:26.1	That's the word choice of losers.
0:29.6	It's easy to sit back and say, oh, what could have happened here or there?
0:33.7	Maybe we could have done something differently.
0:35.4	This was a thing that says never happened before.
0:39.2	Plus, immigration enforcement. A federal judge blocks ICE officers in California from making arrests solely based on race and language.
0:48.8	If ICE officers are racist for enforcing the law, what's that make members of Congress? They wrote the damn law.
0:53.7	While Democratic lawmakers visit the so-called alligator Alcatraz Migrant Detention Center in Florida.
1:00.0	There are really disturbing, vile conditions. This place needs to be shut the hell down.
1:07.4	I'll speak to Homeland Security Secretary Christy Nme. And deals or no deals? President Trump
1:13.8	ramps up his trade war yet again. August 1st, they pay. And everybody pays. Threatening steeper
1:20.3	tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners. 90 deals in 90 days. Well, by my count, he's about 88 trade deal short.
1:29.9	My guest this morning, Republican Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming
1:33.9	and Democratic Governor Andy Bashir of Kentucky.
1:37.5	Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News, senior national political reporter Sahil Kapoor.
1:44.2	Adrian Elrod, former senior advisor to the Harris campaign.
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