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Meet the Press NOW – April 8

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🗓️ 8 April 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Iran says the Strait of Hormuz is closed after accusing the U.S. and Israel of violating the ceasefire deal. Steve Kornacki joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the latest results from the special congressional election in Georgia to fill former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R) seat. NBC News Senior National Politics reporter Jonathan Allen talks about the divide within MAGA over the war with Iran.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Melanie Zanana in Washington, and that was the closing bell on Wall Street.

0:17.2

With market surging and oil prices plunging after President Trump walked back from the brink of his threat to destroy Iranian civilization,

0:25.0

announcing an 11th hour ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran, although the details of that agreement remain clouded in contradictory statements between the two sides.

0:34.8

And there is real uncertainty over whether that 14-day truce will actually hold.

0:39.9

Yesterday, President Trump announced on social media what he called a double-sided ceasefire

0:44.9

and that the bombing would seize subject to Iran's complete, immediate, and safe opening of the Strait of Hormuz.

0:52.1

The president also saying the U.S. received a 10-point proposal from Iran

0:55.8

that he deemed workable, although he did not provide further details about it. Iran's Security Council

1:01.4

calling the ceasefire a victory against American aggression. These were the scenes in Iran overnight,

1:07.4

as pro-government demonstrators celebrated, chanting in the streets while burning the

1:11.7

U.S. and Israeli flags. Vice President Vance touting the deal this morning while acknowledging the

1:17.8

ceasefire is on shaky ground. And moments ago, saying if Iran breaks the bargain, they're going to

1:23.7

see serious consequences. Meanwhile, the president saying in an interview today that the ceasefire was, quote,

1:29.7

a total and complete victory for the U.S., which Defense Secretary Hegeseth then echoed hours later.

1:37.6

Operation Epic Fury was a historic and overwhelming victory on the battlefield. A capital V military victory.

1:49.1

By any measure, Epic Fury decimated Iran's military and rendered it combat ineffective for years

1:56.2

to come. President Trump had the power to cripple Iran's entire economy in minutes, but he chose mercy.

2:06.2

He spared those targets because Iran accepted the ceasefire under overwhelming pressure.

2:12.0

We'll be hanging around. We're not going anywhere. We're going to make sure Iran complies with this ceasefire and then ultimately comes to the table and makes a deal.

2:21.6

So we'll stay put, stay ready, stay vigilant as the chairman laid out. Our troops are prepared to defend, prepared to go on offense, prepared to restart at a moment's notice.

2:31.3

But the tenuous nature of the truce is on full display right now, with Iran's

2:36.2

parliamentary speaker claiming that multiple points of the deal have been violated. And White House

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