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🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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President Donald Trump fires the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after baselessly questioning the integrity of the July jobs report. Mercy Corps CEO Tjada D'Oyen McKenna discusses the hunger crisis in Gaza, as U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee visit the region. NBC News’ Peter Nicholas reports on the White House’s plans to build a ballroom.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Me the Press. Now I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where we are keeping a close
0:14.7	eye right now on both the District Courthouse and the Special Counsel's Office, the grand jury weighing
0:19.5	a potential criminal indictment of former President Donald Trump. In the Special Counsel's investigation
0:24.4	into 2020 election interference appears to have finished meeting for the day. The jurors were
0:29.6	seen leaving the courthouse about two hours ago. Special Counsel Jack Smith's vehicle was then
0:34.2	spotted arriving back at his office about a half hour after those grand jurors left.
0:39.2	The former President posted on social media yesterday that an indictment could come any day now
0:43.6	that came after Mr. Trump spoke to supporters over the weekend, suggesting that he would welcome
0:48.1	any charges brought by Special Counsel. Jack Smith, listen. Every time the radical left Democrats
0:54.4	marks his communists and fascists indict me, I consider it actually a great badge of honor.
1:01.7	I do. It's a great badge of honor because I'm being indicted for you.
1:08.4	And yet Mr. Trump's mounting legal troubles are creating very real financial problems for his
1:13.6	political operation. According to new FEC filings, his Save America Pack has spent nearly twice as
1:19.4	much money as it brought in during the first six months of the year, spending more than $20 million
1:24.4	on legal fees alone. And MAGA Inc, a super PAC supporting Mr. Trump spent $38 million during that
1:30.3	time period. After bringing in just $14.8 million, roughly one-third of that spending came for money
1:36.0	MAGA Inc gave to help shore up the financial situation at Save America Pack. I'm joined now by NBC
1:42.4	Julia Ainsley who covers the Justice Department. NBC's Garrett Hake who covers the Trump campaign.
1:47.3	NBC News Senior Political Editor Mark Murray and Carol Lam, a former US Attorney
1:51.9	and an NBC News Legal Analyst. Of course, Julia, let me start with you and the legality.
1:58.2	What do we know about what is happening right now? The jurors have left for the day.
2:03.7	Well, of course, there's so much guessing going on here, Kristen. But the way things like this
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