Meet the Press NOW — August 7

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🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz project their message of freedom as they hit the campaign trail in battleground states. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance attacks Gov. Walz's military service. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the Harris-Walz campaign and GOP attacks against the ticket. Battleground Georgia's Board of Elections grants new powers to local election officials.

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0:00.0	If it's Monday, former President Trump doubling and tripling down on his attacks on special
0:06.7	counsel Jack Smith, even as prosecutors are expressing new concerns about Trump's rhetoric
0:12.2	and what he could do with evidence that shared with his team.
0:17.1	And in NBC News exclusive with Mr. Trump's closest Republican rival, Rhonda Santis, the
0:22.0	Florida governor taking on Trump in the most significant ways yet, suggesting he failed
0:26.8	at handling the pandemic, the 2020 election, immigration, and more.
0:31.8	Plus, Ukraine says it's thwarted a plot to assassinate President Zelensky, as officials
0:37.9	for more than 40 countries meet to discuss ways to end the war.
0:42.8	Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Kristen Welker in Los Angeles, former President
0:58.9	Trump today not letting up on his attacks on special counsel Jack Smith.
1:03.2	It comes as we are now just one hour away from a 5 p.m. deadline for Mr. Trump's legal
1:08.1	team to respond to the Justice Department's request for a protective order.
1:12.8	That order would bar the former President from publicizing sensitive documents in the
1:17.3	2020 election interference case.
1:20.0	Prosecutors warned Mr. Trump could use that evidence in a way that could have a quote chilling
1:24.1	effect on witnesses, citing the social media post where he writes, quote, if you go after
1:29.0	me, I'm coming after you.
1:31.1	Here's part of what former President Trump said over the weekend in South Carolina.
1:36.1	He arranged Jack Smith, he's a deranged human man.
1:39.1	You take a look at that face, you say, that guy is a sick man, there's something wrong
1:42.5	with it.
1:43.5	Somebody said, why don't you be nice to him?
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