Meet the Press NOW – April 16

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🗓️ 16 April 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Two judges consider holding the Trump administration in contempt for defying court orders. Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) weighs in on Democrats holding town halls in Republican-held districts. NBC News Health and Medical Reporter Berkeley Lovelace Jr. examines Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s claims about autism.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday, a showdown over the rule of law.
0:05.8	A federal judge finds the Trump administration willfully disregarded his order to halt deportation
0:11.4	flights as multiple judges are now weighing contempt proceedings against the White House.
0:16.8	Plus, town halls getting testy. Angry constituents confronting Republican lawmakers
0:22.2	about President Trump's policies like doge cuts and immigration.
0:26.6	Police even tasing audience members at Marjorie Taylor Green's event.
0:31.2	And markets take a dive as the chairman of the Federal Reserve warns tariffs
0:35.4	are likely to lead to higher inflation and slower growth as the trade war with China intensifies.
0:41.3	And President Trump meets with Japanese officials trying to strike a deal on trade. Welcome to Meet the Press Now.
0:59.5	I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where we're following breaking news as the Trump administration seems intent on testing the limits of presidential power in its legal battles with the courts over immigration.
1:10.4	Two judges have now publicly opened the door to holding the Trump administration in contempt
1:15.7	for violating court orders.
1:17.8	Today, in the case of the administration's use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport immigrants,
1:22.3	a federal judge in Washington said he has found probable cause to hold the Trump administration in criminal
1:29.1	contempt for violating his order, directing officials to halt the deportation of Venezuelan
1:34.8	migrants to El Salvador. It comes after a Maryland district judge said yesterday she was weighing
1:40.4	contempt proceedings against the Trump administration over its inaction to return
1:45.0	Mr. Abrago Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador back to the U.S.
1:51.0	Despite a Supreme Court order last week that the administration facilitate his return to the U.S.,
1:56.1	today Attorney General Pam Bondi once again insisting that would not be happening.
2:02.2	He is not coming back to our country. There was no situation ever where he was going to stay in this
2:08.1	country. None, none. He would have come back, had one extra step of paperwork, and gone back again.
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