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🗓️ 17 August 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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A new poll shows 86% of Americans are “very” or “somewhat” worried about the system of U.S. democracy being able to function. NBC News Correspondent Ryan Nobles speaks with Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) in Montana about his re-election campaign as the GOP fights hard to take back the Senate. Miami Mayor and 2024 presidential candidate Francis Suarez discusses his campaign ahead of the first GOP presidential debate. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	If it's Thursday, the White House Congress, even the Supreme Court are all facing mounting
0:06.1	pressure as the former president's legal crises are about to collide with the 2024 election.
0:12.6	I'm in new threats to grand jurors and a judge connected to two of Trump's cases.
0:18.1	Speaking of rising tensions, we have them in Hawaii now, where the cause and response
0:22.3	to the historic wildfire is under heavy scrutiny.
0:25.7	The death toll continues to rise now at 111.
0:28.9	Much of the disaster area still needs to be searched.
0:32.8	And the migrant crisis showdown intensifies in New York.
0:36.0	It's Democrat versus Democrat.
0:38.0	The governor and the mayor trading blame for a humanitarian emergency.
0:43.6	As the city struggles to accommodate more than 100,000 of asylum seekers.
0:59.6	Welcome to Meet the Press.
1:01.5	Now I'm Chuck Todd reporting from Washington, where our already stressed out and fraying political
1:07.2	system is about to be tested like never before.
1:09.9	With criminal trials, potential government shutdowns, impeachments,
1:13.9	and likely disputed election results.
1:16.0	At some point, you would assume something's got to get.
1:19.6	We just don't know what the something will be or when it will be.
1:23.5	And the destabilizing force behind much of this is, of course, Donald Trump.
1:27.8	Today, by the way, is the deadline for the former president and current Republican
1:31.2	presidential frontrunner to have his legal team file their preferred trial date tied to the
1:36.4	special counsels, federal charges, that Mr. Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election
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