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Meet the Press NOW — February 5

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🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

House Republicans and former President Donald Trump rally against a bipartisan border deal just a day after the bill was unveiled. Daniella Diaz, Rahna Epting and Hogan Gidley join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to analyze the latest NBC News poll. Retired Adm. James Stavridis and Bilal Saab discuss the impact of the U.S. retaliatory strikes in Iraq and Syria.

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0:00.0

If it's Monday, bipartisan agreement and bipartisan outrage, President Biden throws his support

0:10.0

behind the Senate's newly released border deal.

0:12.1

As former President Donald Trump renews his strong opposition,

0:15.6

and Speaker Mike Johnson again declares it dead on arrival in the House.

0:20.7

Plus, more signs of trouble for Democrats as the president's poll numbers take another

0:25.7

dive in our latest NBC news poll with voters saying they trust Trump over Biden on nearly

0:31.0

every major issue and new strikes and new concerns of a widening

0:37.5

conflict. U.S. officials warned the retaliation campaign against

0:41.1

Iran-backed militants isn't over and that strikes inside Iran aren't off the table. Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm Yamey Schasenner reporting in Washington.

1:02.2

Her President Biden's political standing,

1:04.2

coupled with the urgency of getting aid to Ukraine and Israel,

1:07.8

has apparently made him willing to agree

1:09.6

to the most conservative border deal in modern history. The bipartisan deal was announced

1:14.3

lately yesterday after weeks of negotiations and within hours House Republicans

1:19.0

vowed to kill it. That's how confident they appear to be in former President Trump's political standing on this issue ahead of November.

1:27.0

The $20 billion border deal is part of a larger 118 billion dollar national security package.

1:33.8

The agreement forces the administration to shut down the border if migrant

1:37.2

encounters reaches certain numbers.

1:39.4

And it toughens requirements for asylum claims and raises the credible fear standard.

1:44.2

The bill is a major shift to the right for President Biden, but even as some Democrats are

1:48.9

blasting the deal, some Republicans are too.

1:52.4

As we said, House leadership calls it dead on arrival.

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