Meet the Press NOW — April 21

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🗓️ 21 April 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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President Biden and former President Donald Trump could face off again in 2024. The Supreme Court is set to rule on an abortion pill case that may impact abortion access and electoral politics across the country. Denver Mayor Michael Hancock joins Chuck Todd on set.

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0:00.0	If it's Friday, President Biden is set to launch his re-election bid, perhaps within days,
0:09.1	as questions swirl around the investigations tied to his son Hunter.
0:12.9	What it means, as the nation barrels toward a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024.
0:18.9	Plus, an abortion ruling is imminent.
0:21.6	What are they going to do?
0:22.6	The Supreme Court is set to decide the fate, either permanently or temporarily, of a widely
0:28.2	used abortion pill after delaying its decision to today.
0:31.8	We'll break down the potential verdicts on the latest legal, medical, and political fallout.
0:36.5	And crime, mass shootings, and the political debate over how to keep our city safe.
0:40.3	I'm going to talk to one of the mayors on the front lines of America's gun violence epidemic right here in studio.
1:05.0	Happy Follings. Happy Friday. Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Chuck Tot reporting from Washington, where we're going to begin today with one question we expect most Americans don't want to hear. Are you ready for a do-over of the 2020 presidential election? Because right now, all signs are pointing to a Biden-Trump rematch for the presidency again in 2024.
1:16.6	You have a new Wall Street Journal poll out this morning, which shows Trump has completely turned
1:20.7	the tables on his closest likely Republican primary opponent, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
1:25.0	Trump has transformed what they had claimed to be a 14-point deficit against DeSantis. Trump has transformed what they had claimed to be a 14-point deficit
1:29.3	against DeSantis in December into a 13-point lead in April. Now, we can question whether that
1:35.9	initial poll that showed DeSantis ahead was accurate then, but the movement is clear. This week,
1:42.2	Trump has also run up the score on endorsements from DeSantis' home
1:44.9	turf in Florida. DeSantis has just one, one member of the Florida congressional delegation
1:50.9	on the Republican side of the aisle endorsing him. Donald Trump, the man born in Queens, has 11.
1:57.3	As for the Democratic side, sources tell NBC News that President Biden is expected to make his re-election beneficial next week.
2:02.8	Perhaps it'll be done via video message as soon as Tuesday, which would be the fourth anniversary of his 2020 announcement.
2:09.9	An official Biden announcement is likely to be the last thing necessary to scare off any legitimate primary challengers.
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