Meet the Press NOW — August 29

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🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Vice President Kamala Harris sits down for her first interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. NBC News Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor and Syracuse University's Margaret Talev discuss the latest installment of NBC News' Deciders Focus Group series looking at skeptical Latino voters. This focus group was produced in collaboration with Engagious, Syracuse University and Sago. Former President Donald Trump tells NBC News Correspondent Dasha Burns that Florida's six-week abortion law is too short.

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0:00.0	If it's Thursday, the Harris campaign confronts a major test at a pivotal moment,
0:08.0	the Democratic ticket's first big sit-down interview as new polling suggests the political wins are at their
0:14.4	backs. Plus former President Trump is about to meet the press. We're expecting him
0:19.5	to speak to NBC News any moment now in Battleground, Michigan, with his campaign facing
0:24.7	new scrutiny for its recent visit to Arlington National Cemetery.
0:29.4	And our latest Deciders Focus Group takes an in-depth look at a group of voters that
0:34.3	could decide the presidential race. Swing state voters who are skeptical of both
0:38.8	candidates with just 68 days to go. Welcome to meet the Press Now. I'm Gabe Gutierrez in Washington.
0:56.4	Both presidential candidates are hitting the campaign trail today,
0:59.6	with Vice President Harris trying to maintain her momentum in former President Trump's
1:04.0	campaign under new scrutiny. Next hour, Harris is holding her first solo campaign
1:09.4	rally since accepting the Democratic nomination as she and running mate Tim Walls
1:14.5	sit down for their first joint TV interview.
1:18.0	It all comes as new polls show the campaign gaining ground
1:21.5	after last week's convention. With new battleground polling from Fox gaining ground
1:24.1	polling from Fox News showing Vice President Harris now narrowly leading in
1:28.9	Arizona, Georgia and Nevada and with Trump
1:31.9	with a narrow lead in North Carolina.
1:35.4	A new national poll from USA Today Suffolk has Harris opening up a five-point lead
1:41.0	over Trump nationally, though all the polls we've mentioned are within
1:44.8	the margin of error. And the latest installment of our deciders focus group we spoke with
1:50.0	a group of voters that Harris is hoping to make inroads with, voters who are
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