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🗓️ 31 August 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appeared to freeze in public for the second time in recent months during an event in Kentucky, again raising questions about his — and other aging politicians’ — capacity to hold office. Former FEMA Director Craig Fugate addresses disaster prevention efforts following Hurricane Idalia. Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander and retired Adm. James Stavridis discusses Ukraine’s recent breakthroughs in its war with Russia. 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 future of the past, a slew of new questions being raised for both parties,
0:05.9	about their leaders after a second on-camera health scare for Senator Mitch McConnell.
0:11.3	Plus surveying the damage after Adalya, 24 hours later, as communities start to figure out
0:16.3	how to clean up from this storm, the federal government has to figure out how to pay for it.
0:22.3	And Trump under oath inside the new testimony coming to light in the former president's legal
0:27.0	battle in New York, the other one, as he pleads not guilty and yet another case.
0:45.3	And welcome to Meet the Press. Now I'm Chuck Todd reporting from Washington,
0:48.1	where we begin once again with an uncomfortable topic in this town.
0:51.2	That's just one of the major ongoing issues that erodes trust in government right now,
0:56.1	our rapidly aging political leadership. Senator Republican leader Mitch McConnell appeared to
1:00.4	freeze up again at an event yesterday in Covington, Kentucky. It's a moment that was hard to watch.
1:05.8	It was unresponsive for more than 30 seconds, despite being prodded by his staff.
1:11.1	It's the second time this summer that we, the public, has seen a moment like this from the
1:15.6	Republican leader. We don't know if this has happened at other times without cameras. He also appeared
1:21.0	to freeze during a press conference on Capitol Hill late last month. And that time, he was led
1:25.5	away by fellow senators and put later joked about Biden stumbling at an event earlier this year.
1:31.4	The President called to check on me. I told him I got sandbag.
1:36.6	Oh nice. How are you feeling now, sir? How are you feeling now?
1:41.9	Any idea what happened? Any idea what happened?
1:45.2	I'm fine. That's too far. Dehydrated.
1:48.5	You got to watch those sandbags.
1:51.1	So that was after July. Now after yesterday's incident, incident. McConnell,
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