May 1 — Sen. Menendez, Sec. Mayorkas, Jonathan Martin & Alex Burns

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🗓️ 1 May 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) discusses American support for Ukraine. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas talks about Title 42 and the immigration crisis. Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, national political correspondents for The New York Times, join Meet the Press to talk about reporting in their new book, This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future. Garrett Haake, Helene Cooper, Stephen Hayes and former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) join the Meet the Press roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, our growing commitment to Ukraine.
0:04.0	The cost of this fight is not cheap.
0:07.0	President Biden asked Congress for $33 billion in new aid.
0:11.0	But caving to aggression is going to be more costly if they're allowed to happen.
0:15.0	The Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin describes widen U.S. war goals.
0:19.0	We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can't do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.
0:28.6	And Speaker Nancy Pelosi leads a congressional delegation in a visit to Key.
0:33.6	My guest this morning, Senator Bob Menendez of New Jersey.
0:40.7	Plus, with a record number of crossings at the southern border... We're losing our country down there.
0:43.0	We need you to resign.
0:44.9	Republicans go over the top in their attacks on Homeland Security Chief Alejandro Mayorkas
0:49.2	regarding plans to end COVID-related restrictions.
0:52.3	With the Title 42 public health order set to be lifted, we expect migration levels to increase.
0:58.2	I'll talk to Secretary Mayorkas about those plans that even some Democrats oppose.
1:03.6	Also, more fallout from the Kevin McCarthy tapes.
1:06.5	I'm calling Gates. I'm explaining to him, this is serious to cut this out.
1:10.7	It's just one of many revelations in the new book, This Will Not Pass.
1:15.0	Authors, Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns of The New York Times, will be my exclusive guest.
1:20.0	And no country for Democrats.
1:21.6	We don't have any rural messengers anymore.
1:23.5	We don't have anyone that speaks for the party in the dirt.
1:28.9	Rural Democrats say the party has forgotten about them at its own peril.
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