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Meet the Press NOW — December 12

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🗓️ 12 December 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports Syria on Travis Timmerman, an American man found in Syria after spending months in prison. NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki explains how the state of New Jersey could be an early test of the strength of President-elect Donald Trump's coalition. Mayor Sam Morris, who represents Mine Hill, New Jersey, discusses his concerns regarding mysterious drone sightings over his state. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.) presents her candidacy for the top Democratic slot on the Natural Resources Committee.

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0:00.0

If it's Thursday, Washington prepares to ring in a new era as President-elect Trump is named Time Magazine's Person of the Year, talking about his day-one priorities as challenges overseas threatened to overshadow his agenda at home.

0:16.5

Plus, new evidence against the suspect accused of murdering a top healthcare CEO.

0:29.8

As a top Democratic senator speaks out saying the explosion of public outrage should be a warning to the healthcare industry, the controversial comments ahead.

0:39.4

And demands for answers, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to know where the mysterious drones reportedly spotted flying across New Jersey are coming from.

0:43.7

Who's controlling them? And why, as national security concerns, mount. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington. It is full steam ahead for

0:59.5

President-elect Donald Trump and his agenda with just weeks until he's sworn into office for the

1:04.5

second time. This morning, Mr. Trump rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange,

1:09.6

flanked by members of his family and Vice President-elect Jady Vance,

1:12.9

after being named Time Magazine's Person of the Year

1:16.1

for a second time.

1:17.9

Time described Mr. Trump's political rebirth

1:20.3

as unparalleled in American history

1:22.7

and writing that he has re-made American politics.

1:26.1

In brief remarks this morning, the president-elect struck an optimistic tone for his incoming

1:30.4

administration.

1:32.4

I think we're going to have a tremendous run.

1:34.4

We have to straighten out some problems, some big problems in the world.

1:38.3

When we left, we didn't have any of these problems.

1:40.7

We didn't have Russia with Ukraine.

1:42.3

We didn't have Israel, October 7. We didn't have the with Ukraine. We didn't have Israel, October 7. We didn't have

1:45.6

the Afghanistan disaster. We didn't have inflation. We had no inflation. And we had a very strong

1:51.6

economy. And we're going to do that again. But I think we're going to even up it because now

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