May 31 — Fmr. VP Mike Pence and Gov. Andy Beshear

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🗓️ 31 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Kristen Welker interviews former Vice President Mike Pence and Gov. Andy Beshear (D-Ky.). Leigh Ann Caldwell, Val Demings, Garrett Haake and Stephen Hayes join the roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, midterm pressure.
0:04.0	Rising costs from the war with Iran heightened the political stakes as peace talks drag on amid a wave of new strikes.
0:12.0	They thought they were going to outweigh me, you know.
0:15.0	We'll outweigh him. He's got the midterms. I don't care about the midterms.
0:18.0	Is there a deal to end the war?
0:20.0	Plus, conservative crossroads.
0:22.9	We just made history.
0:24.9	President Trump scores another win in Texas,
0:27.9	elevating Ken Paxton and tightening his grip
0:31.1	on the Republican Party.
0:32.5	His endorsement in this is the most powerful force in politics.
0:36.5	But is the president putting his Senate majority at risk?
0:39.8	I'll talk to former Vice President Mike Pence.
0:42.7	And who's next?
0:44.7	Democrats wrestle with the lessons of 2024 as the 2028 field begins to take shape.
0:51.9	As I watched it, I thought, oh my God, he's having a stroke.
0:54.9	Has the party learned from its past mistakes? I'll talk to Democratic Governor Andy Bashir
1:00.2	of Kentucky, an emerging 28 contender. Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News, Chief
1:07.8	White House correspondent Garrett Haake, Leanne Caldwell, Chief Washington correspondent for Puck, former Democratic Congresswoman Val Demings, and Stephen Hayes, editor of the dispatch.
1:20.2	Welcome to Sunday.
1:21.5	It's Meet the Press.
1:24.1	From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.
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