Meet the Press NOW — December 24

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🗓️ 24 December 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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President-elect Trump prepares his plans for his first day back in office. Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss Mike Johnson's speakership and the new year on Capitol Hill. NBC News campaign embed Alex Tabet profiles President-elect Trump’s pick for Attorney General, Pam Bondi.

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0:00.0	If it's Tuesday, tis the season for making wishes and making lists.
0:05.0	When President-elect Donald Trump is reading his day one list,
0:08.0	as he looks to take immediate action on the border, January 6 pardons, transgender rights, and more.
0:14.0	Plus, will the new year bring a new House Speaker?
0:17.0	Congressman Mike Johnson's speakership is in peril,
0:20.0	as House Republicans braves for what will likely
0:22.7	be a messy fight to elect their next leader
0:24.8	in a tightly divided Congress.
0:27.9	An Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,
0:30.4	says some progress has been made
0:32.2	towards reaching a ceasefire and hostage
0:34.3	deal as he again takes the stand
0:36.4	in his ongoing corruption trial.
0:49.9	Welcome to meet the press now.
0:51.7	I'm Yamishal Sinder in Washington, where the countdown is on and not just to Christmas Day,
0:57.1	though Norad's Santa Tracker is up and running, but also to inauguration day,
1:01.5	as the Trump administration in waiting is making a list and checking it twice for January 20th.
1:07.5	Over the weekend in front of a friendly crowd, the president-elect said his most immediate action will be on the border via executive action.
1:15.0	When my first day back in the Oval Office, I will sign a historic slate of executive orders to close our border to illegal aliens and stop the invasion of our country.
1:30.1	And on that same day, we will begin the largest deportation operation in American history,
1:37.3	larger even than that of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
1:42.6	January 20th is shaping up to be a busy day.
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