Meet the Press NOW — August 21

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🗓️ 22 August 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Results from a new poll of Iowa Republican voters shows former President Donald Trump retains the lead among GOP candidates, but is the first choice candidate for less than half of those polled. Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the Republican presidential primaries ahead of the field's first debate. President Joe Biden travels to Hawaii as 850 people remain missing after Maui's deadly wildfire. Department of Housing and Urban Development Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman discusses Maui's wildfire recovery process. Leigh Ann Caldwell, Ameshia Cross and Rick Tyler join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. 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 Monday, catch me if you can.
0:04.0	Former President Trump opens up a commanding 23-point lead in Iowa.
0:09.0	We've got new numbers hot off the presses
0:11.0	in the first Des Moines Register NBC News Media Compole.
0:15.0	Plus, state of emergency in California,
0:18.0	tropical storm Hillary slams into the state,
0:21.0	dumping historic levels of rain
0:23.0	as a magnitude 5.1 earthquake shakes southern California.
0:27.0	And President Biden prepares to land in Hawaii
0:30.0	to see the first hand devastation in Maui,
0:33.0	as officials confirm for the first time
0:35.0	that there are a staggering 850 people still missing
0:39.0	after those deadly wildfires.
0:52.0	Hello and welcome to Meet the Press Now on Ryan Nobles
0:55.0	for Kristen Welker at the beginning of the busiest week
0:58.0	so far in the 2024 Republican primary
1:01.0	for the frontrunner and the field.
1:04.0	At some point in the next few days,
1:06.0	former President Donald Trump will have to surrender
1:08.0	to authorities in Georgia after being charged
1:10.0	in that alleged racketeering scheme
1:12.0	to overturn the 2020 election.
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