June 8 — Sens. James Lankford and Cory Booker, plus Olivia Munn

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🗓️ 8 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) join exclusively to discuss Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s return to the U.S. and the latest on President Trump’s tax and spending bill. Actor Olivia Munn opens up about her battle with cancer and her path to motherhood through surrogacy. 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, big, beautiful breakup.
0:05.0	The feud between President Trump and Elon Musk
0:08.0	explodes over the president's tax and spending bill.
0:12.0	I'm very disappointed because Elon knew the inner workings of this bill.
0:16.0	I think he's flat wrong. I think he's way off on this.
0:20.0	Breaking news, Elon Musk and I agree with each other.
0:24.8	Can President Trump convince reluctant Republicans worried the bill will grow the deficit to sign on?
0:30.8	We will get this done one way or the other, and it's not going to be easy.
0:34.3	My guest this morning, Republican Senator James Langford of Oklahoma and Democratic Senator
0:39.5	Cory Booker of New Jersey.
0:41.8	Plus, returned and charged.
0:44.9	Months after being mistakenly deported to El Salvador, Kilmar Abrago-Garcia is returned
0:50.1	to the U.S. to face charges.
0:52.9	Abrago-Garcia has landed in the United States to face justice.
0:57.8	And healing powers.
0:59.9	Actor Olivia Munn shares her cancer battle and surrogacy journey in our Meet the Moment conversation.
1:07.3	It's hard to explain knowing that this diagnosis that puts so much fear into me has been able to be turned into something that's saving people's lives.
1:19.9	Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Melanie Zanona,
1:26.0	Leanne Caldwell, Chief Washington correspondent for Puck,
1:29.6	Simone Sanders Townsend, former chief spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris, and Republican
1:35.4	strategist Sarah Fagan. Welcome to Sunday. It's Meet the Press.
1:41.4	From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.
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