March 15 — Sec. Chris Wright, Sen. Adam Schiff and Thomas Friedman

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🗓️ 15 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Kristen Welker details her exclusive phone interview with President Trump. Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman join as energy prices surge and markets tumble as the war with Iran triggers the largest oil supply disruption in history. Lanhee Chen, Sam Jacobs, Faiz Shakir and Melanie Zanona 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, oil shock.
0:03.0	Prices are coming down very substantially.
0:06.0	Oil will be coming down.
0:08.0	That's just a matter of war that happens.
0:13.0	Energy prices surge, markets tumble, and the risks to the global economy are rising,
0:19.0	as the war with Iran triggers the largest oil supply disruption in history.
0:25.1	I'll talk to Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Democratic Senator Adam Schiff of California.
0:30.9	And key details for my exclusive phone interview with President Trump.
0:35.2	Plus mixed messages.
0:37.5	You know, you never like to say too early you won.
0:39.7	We won. We won the best in the first hour it was over.
0:42.7	President Trump declares victory over Iran while also saying the fight must continue.
0:49.1	We don't want to leave early, do we?
0:51.3	We got to finish the job, right?
0:56.7	What comes next in the Middle East? If you ask Donald Trump if we're at the end of the war or the beginning, he says it's both. I'll talk to
1:02.2	New York Times columnist Tom Friedman and under pressure. Ahead of the midterms, President Trump
1:08.5	pushes Republicans to pass his proof of citizenship voting bill.
1:12.9	This is the number one priority. It should be for the House.
1:16.0	Will the Senate break the filibuster to pass it?
1:18.8	We don't have the votes.
1:20.4	And there isn't anything I can do about that.
1:22.6	Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Melanie Zanona, Sam Jacobs, editor-in-chief of time,
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