Meet the Press NOW — April 24

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🗓️ 24 April 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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President Joe Biden indicates that a 2024 announcement could come soon. The House of Representatives is set to vote on the debt limit this week, but Speaker Kevin McCarthy may not have the votes he needs. Stephen Hayes, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Eugene Scott join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces a 72-hour ceasefire in Sudan. Susan Stigant, Director of Africa Programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, joins Meet the Press NOW.

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0:00.0	Today, President Biden gears up to launch a re-election bid as soon as tomorrow.
0:06.1	As new NBC news polling reveals, the majority of voters don't want either Biden or Trump to run again.
0:13.3	Plus can the Speaker of the House once again tame an unruly Republican caucus?
0:17.3	Kevin McCarthy tries to ramp up pressure on the White House to begin talks over raising
0:21.4	the debt limit as Congress faces a ticking economic time bomb. And the crisis deepening in Sudan,
0:28.7	the U.S. military executes an emergency evacuation of embassy staff from Sudan's capital.
0:33.7	As Secretary of State Lincoln says, more Americans are trying to leave but can't.
0:50.2	Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where we're expecting President Biden to officially announce he's seeking reelection as soon as tomorrow.
0:59.0	NBC's White House team reporting that President Biden filmed portions of his reelection announcement video last weekend in Delaware.
1:06.2	NBC News also reports Biden's campaign will be managed by Julie Chavez Rodriguez, a veteran of the Obama
1:11.9	and Biden White Houses and granddaughter of labor leader, Caesar Chavez. President Biden hinted
1:17.5	at an upcoming announcement this afternoon at the White House.
1:23.5	And just moments ago, he told reporters that the White House once again to, quote, stay tuned.
1:32.9	But our new NBC News poll shows a tough road ahead for the president's reelection bid.
1:37.7	His presidential job approval is sitting at just 41%.
1:40.7	That's the lowest we've measured for him since May.
1:43.6	And only a quarter of Americans say he should run for a second term compared to 70% who say he should not.
1:50.2	More than half of Democrats think Biden should sit out the 2024 presidential race.
1:54.8	We've never seen those sorts of numbers for an incumbent president in modern politics.
2:00.0	Nearly half of those who say Biden shouldn't
2:02.2	run cite his age as a major reason, President Biden would be 82 on inauguration day. But top
2:07.9	allies are dismissing Biden's age as an issue. Here's Senator Dick Durbin with Chuck on Meet the
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