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Meet the Press NOW — April 1

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🗓️ 1 April 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Top U.S. and Israeli officials held virtual meetings to try to find alternatives to military operations in Rafah. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) reacts to the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to clear the way for a six-week abortion ban and put abortion on the ballot in November. Betsy Woodruff Swan, Svante Myrick and Rick Tyler join the Meet the Press NOW 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

If it's Monday, anti-government protests erupt in Israel for the third straight night

0:07.8

as Prime Minister Netanyahu faces new domestic and international pressure to change course in Gaza while an Israeli

0:14.6

airstrike reportedly flattens an Iranian consulate building in Syria.

0:19.9

Plus will the issue of abortion rights appear on the ballot in battleground Florida.

0:25.0

That's one of the key questions the state Supreme Court is set to decide any minute now

0:30.0

in a ruling that could reverberate through the election

0:32.6

and the fight over reproductive rights.

0:36.0

And signs of progress in Baltimore,

0:38.5

where authorities have now removed 200 tons

0:41.1

of wreckage following last week's bridge collapse, while also opening up a temporary

0:46.0

channel as President Biden prepares to visit the press now I'm Brian nobles in Washington.

1:04.0

We're top US and Israeli officials

1:06.0

held talks today virtually

1:08.0

as the US tries to ratchet up pressure on Israel

1:11.0

to change course on a planned invasion of Raffa.

1:14.8

All while Prime Minister Netanyahu is facing mass protests for his handling of the war

1:20.3

and as Tehran is blaming Israel for a deadly strike in Syria against a top Iranian military commander.

1:28.0

Here in Washington, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin spoke with Israeli war cabinet and

1:34.8

national security officials as the US urges Israel to come up with a military strategy

1:40.1

in Raffa that minimizes harm to the millions of Palestinian civilians

1:44.8

sheltering in the city. Those talks were supposed to take place in person

1:49.2

last week but were abruptly canceled by Prime Minister Netanyahu after the US declined to veto a

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