Meet the Press NOW — February 6

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🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The bipartisan border bill is on the verge of collapse. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) says he’s “uncomfortable” with the legislation in its current form. Rep. Nanette Barragan (D-Calif.), chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, discusses ongoing efforts to impeach Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Rhonda Colvin, former Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) and Brendan Buck join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to analyze the latest NBC News poll. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	If it's Tuesday, backlash and blame, President Biden speaks out as Senate Republicans
0:07.8	backtrack on their own bipartisan border bill.
0:11.0	White House Republicans face a razor-thin vote to impeach the nation's top immigration
0:15.3	official.
0:16.3	Plus, a federal appeals court rejects former President Trump's claim that he has absolute immunity
0:21.8	from criminal prosecution, setting up a lightly Supreme Court showdown.
0:26.0	And an unprecedented verdict.
0:29.0	A Michigan jury finds the mother of the Oxford school shooter guilty of involuntary manslaughter
0:34.2	in connection with her son nation's
0:54.1	broken border and broken Congress on full display. Right now the House is
0:58.7	debating a historic impeachment of the country's top immigration official
1:02.4	Homeland Security Secretary
1:03.8	Alejandro Mayorkis. While over in the Senate, a bipartisan border bill appears to
1:08.8	be collapsing under the weight of Republican backlash. President Biden spoke from the White House this afternoon
1:14.4	he accused Republicans of bowing to pressure from former President Trump.
1:19.8	All indications are this bill won't even move forward to the Senate floor.
1:25.0	Why? A simple reason, Donald Trump.
1:30.0	Because Donald Trump thinks it's bad for him politically.
1:32.0	He'd rather weaponize this issue than actually because Donald Trump thinks it's bad for him politically.
1:32.8	He'd rather weaponize this issue than actually solve it.
1:36.2	So for the last 24 hours, he's done nothing, I'm told,
1:39.5	but reach out to Republicans in the House and the Senate
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