Meet the Press NOW — December 28

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🗓️ 28 December 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) announced she is switching congressional districts for her 2024 run. Dave Wasserman, Senior Editor & Elections Analyst at The Cook Political Report, joins Meet the Press NOW to explain the implications of this change. NBC Campaign Embed Greg Hyatt explains Nikki Haley’s response after her civil war comments. A second American-Israeli hostage is declared dead after being held in Hamas captivity. Mayors of New York, Denver and Chicago call for federal assistance as the migrant crisis continues to develop.

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0:00.0	If it's Thursday, campaign controversy, Nicky Haley playing cleanup on the trail after not mentioning slavery when talking about what caused the Civil War, what she's saying today and
0:14.1	how her 20-24 rivals are responding. Plus another Israeli American
0:19.5	hostage is confirmed dead. Her body being held by Hamas as the Israel military
0:24.5	acknowledges a Christmas Eve strike on a refugee camp caused quote
0:28.0	unintentional harm to civilians and a shakeup in the fight for congressional control,
0:34.8	as Colorado Republican Congresswoman Lauren
0:37.0	Bobert announces she's moving districts
0:40.0	to one where she's less likely to lose.
0:43.3	Hi there welcome to meet the press now I'm Ryan nobles in Washington and the
0:58.1	action is ramping up on the campaign trail today with the 2024 Republican candidates hoping to grab the
1:04.7	attention of voters and donors ahead of the upcoming Iowa caucuses. But for
1:09.8	Nicky Haley who has been seeing some momentum in the polls in recent days, the attention that
1:14.8	she's getting today is not the kind that she was hoping for.
1:18.8	Stumping in New Hampshire today, she's trying to clean up these comments from a town hall last night.
1:25.7	What was the cause of the United States Civil War?
1:31.3	Well, don't come with an easy question or anything.
1:36.7	I mean, I think the cause of the Civil War was basically how government was going to run.
1:41.0	The freedoms and what people could and couldn't do. What do you think the
1:45.3	cause of the Civil War was?
1:46.7	Thank you. And in the year 2023, it's astonishing to me that you answer that question
1:52.0	without mentioning the word slavery.
1:55.0	What do you want me to say about slavery?
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