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Meet the Press NOW – August 29

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3.63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The White House appears to be searching for a prescription to the president’s deep unpopularity. Floridians up and down the state’s west coast are bracing for the impacts of Hurricane Idalia. Former U.S. Attorney Carol Lam discusses how 2024 could play out for former President Trump in the courtroom. Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) talks about the committee’s roundtable with gold star families of the Abbey Gate attack. An Ohio reproductive rights group filed a lawsuit against the state’s ballot board. 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 Tuesday, Hurricane Adalia intensifies and barrels towards Florida as local officials

0:08.2

order evacuations and prepare for a potentially historic hit and catastrophic storm surge.

0:14.5

Plus, the White House battles growing concern about voters, battles concern over the voters

0:21.2

among voters about the president's age and fitness for office in 2024, as Biden makes

0:26.0

a major push on the issue of prescription drug costs, betting that his record will

0:31.0

be a prescription for re-election.

0:33.9

And the battle over abortion on the ballot, abortion rights advocates sue Ohio's Republican

0:39.3

Secretary of State over, quote, deceptive language on a proposed constitutional amendment

0:44.6

on abortion access.

0:57.0

Hello and welcome to Meet the Press.

0:58.7

Now I'm Ryan Noble's in for Kristen Welker.

1:01.0

At this hour, we are tracking Hurricane Adalia as it intensifies and as disaster preparations

1:07.3

are well underway in Florida and beyond ahead of the storm's landfall, which is expected

1:12.5

tomorrow.

1:13.5

We will bring you the latest on Adalia's path and the state of disaster preparations in

1:18.0

just a moment.

1:19.1

But we begin here in Washington, where the White House appears to be searching for a prescription

1:23.9

for the president's deep on popularity and major concerns over his age heading into

1:28.8

the 2024 campaign.

1:31.0

Part of that political prescription, well actual prescriptions.

1:35.2

This afternoon, President Biden delivered remarks on lowering prescription drug costs for

1:39.0

Americans.

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