Meet the Press NOW — December 29

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🗓️ 29 December 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Maine joins Colorado in disqualifying former President Donald Trump from its 2024 ballot over his alleged violation of section three of the 14th Amendment. Jon Alter and Eliana Johnson join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Russia launches a massive aerial bombardment targeting several cities across Ukraine in one of the largest attack since the start of the war. Newly drawn North Carolina district maps heavily favor Republicans heading into 2024 election cycle. New York City and other major cities prepare for potential protests ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations.

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0:00.0	If it's Friday, another state rules former President Trump ineligible to appear on the
0:08.2	2024 primary ballot, disqualifying the Republican front runner because of his involvement in the January 6th insurrection
0:15.6	just days before the first primary votes are cast.
0:18.8	Plus, Russia launches one of the largest air assaults on Ukraine since the war began,
0:24.8	pummeling Kieve in other major cities with rockets and drones,
0:28.1	killing and injuring dozens of people.
0:30.7	And Clear Eyes, Full Heart, can't win?
0:35.7	Meet the North Carolina Democrat who's running the longest of long shot races in one of
0:40.5	the most gerrymandered states in the country. Hello and welcome to meet the press now I'm Ryan nobles in Washington and
0:57.5	we begin our final show of 2023 with a story that we expect to dominate
1:02.0	2024. The many legal issues with a story that we expect to dominate
1:06.6	2024 the many legal issues facing former president Donald Trump Maine is now the second state to bar the former president from the primary ballot
1:10.9	late yesterday Maine's Democratic Secretary of State
1:13.9	ruled that Trump was ineligible because he was in violation of Section 3 of the 14th
1:18.7	Amendment because of his actions leading up to and on January 6th.
1:23.4	In her 34-page decision,
1:25.1	the Secretary of State Shena Bellows
1:26.7	writes that, quote, the weight of the evidence
1:29.2	makes clear that Mr. Trump was aware of the tenderlaid by his multi-month effort to delegitimize a democratic
1:36.1	election and then chose to light a match.
1:39.6	Remember the events of January 6, 2021, and this was borne out by the evidence, were unprecedented
1:45.6	tragic. They were an attack not only upon the Capitol and on the government officials
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