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Meet the Press NOW – August 25

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3.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Former President Trump’s arraignment in the 2020 Georgia election probe caps a busy week in the 2024 GOP race .Former Georgia District Attorney J. Tom Morgan discusses Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ case against Trump and 18 co-defendants. Jon Ralston explains Nevada’s confusing GOP presidential nominating process. Deepa Shivaram, Joe Crowley and Charlie Dent join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable.

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0:00.0

If it's Friday, what's next, America?

0:04.6

All 19 defendants in Georgia have now surrendered,

0:07.3

as Donald Trump becomes the first former president

0:10.2

to have to get a mud shot taken,

0:12.3

paving the way for an election year

0:14.3

of courtroom and campaign chaos.

0:16.8

Plus Hawaii officials publicly identify a list

0:19.0

of at least 388 people still missing,

0:22.6

as the Maui government decides to sue

0:25.0

the state's largest power company, accusing it

0:27.7

of causing the deadly wildfires.

0:31.7

And Bidenomics versus the Fed,

0:34.0

as President Biden bets big on selling his record

0:36.3

on the economy, Chairman Jerome Powell says inflation

0:39.7

is still too high, as auto workers threaten a major strike.

0:44.9

Hello there, I'm Chuck Todd and welcome to meet the press now.

0:48.9

I'm here reporting in Washington.

0:50.5

This has arguably been the most consequential week yet

0:53.5

in the 2024 presidential campaign.

0:55.9

And we're going to begin today with a question

0:57.9

we continue to grapple with.

0:58.9

Does the Republican Party have a breaking point

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