Meet the Press NOW — December 26

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🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The U.S. military conducts targeted strikes in Iraq. NBC News Correspondents Jay Gray and Aaron Gilchrist and NBC News Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube report on the growing concerns over potential escalation of violence in the Middle East. Chef José Andrés, Founder of World Central Kitchen, calls for an increase of humanitarian aid to Gaza. NBC News Campaign Embed Jake Traylor reports on former President Trump's reign as the Iowa Caucus approaches. President of Brady, Kris Brown, advocates for gun reform as over 18,400 Americans killed by gun violence in 2023.

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0:00.0	If it's Tuesday, multiple rockets fired at U.S. forces in the Middle East today.
0:10.0	The new attack coming just hours after President Biden ordered retaliatory airstrikes against Iran-backed
0:15.6	forces in Iraq.
0:17.5	Plus Israel's Prime Minister, defiant, bowing not to stop the war against Hamas, despite intensifying pressure for a ceasefire
0:25.6	as one of his key advisors holds meetings with top Biden officials.
0:30.2	And former President Trump turns up the rhetoric and takes aim at his rivals as the Republican
0:35.7	field rushes to close in on the front runner in the final stretch before the first votes are cast in Iowa.
0:43.0	Hello and welcome to meet the press now I'm Ryan nobles in Washington where
0:56.7	there are new fears of escalation on multiple fronts in the Middle East.
1:01.3	Israel announced it is expanding fighting in central Gaza
1:05.2	as militants launched new rocket attacks today
1:08.0	against U.S. and coalition forces in Syria.
1:11.2	This is now at least the one hundred fifth attack against bases with US troops
1:16.3	since October 17th. Today's attacks come against US forces just after three U.S. service members were injured, including one critically,
1:25.2	in a drone attack on an air base in Iraq on Christmas morning.
1:29.6	President Biden responded to that attack late yesterday with retaliatory airstrikes targeting facilities used
1:35.1	by an Iran-backed terrorist group.
1:37.2	A senior security official inside Iraq tells NBC News that the facilities were successfully destroyed and at least 20 militants were
1:45.1	injured. The increased tension comes with Iran comes as the war between Israel and
1:50.0	Hamas shows no sign of ending. This despite growing pressure on Israel from the
1:54.6	international community. One of Netagnah's top advisors is in Washington today
2:00.0	meeting with Secretary of State Tony Blaken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
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