Meet the Press NOW — January 24

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🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Although a Trump-Biden rematch seems inevitable after the New Hampshire Republican primary, Nikki Haley says she’s in it for the long haul. NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd dissects why former President Trump may struggle in swing states in the general election. Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) discusses the future of the presidential race. Arizona's GOP chair Jeff DeWitt resigns amidst an audio leak scandal. Former Governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich (R-Ohio) talks about GOP officials throwing their support behind Trump.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday, Donald Trump's triumph in New Hampshire sets up a likely and long
0:07.6	rematch with President Biden, his leaders in both parties gear up for a brutal general election,
0:12.1	even as
0:12.6	Nicki Haley vows to keep fighting.
0:14.9	Plus some wild developments tied to Arizona's Senate race
0:18.7	as the state's Republican Party chair is now resigning,
0:21.7	but claiming he was set up after audio surface of him offering
0:25.4	Arizona Senate candidate Cary Lake money in exchange for not running.
0:29.9	And broiling tensions, the US military launches retaliatory airstrikes
0:34.7	against Iran-linked militias as Israeli officials throw cold water on talks
0:39.2	of a temporary pause in the war against Hamas
0:42.2	amid intensifying fighting in southern Gaza's main city. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Peter Alexander here in Washington. There is not much that
1:02.4	Donald Trump and President Joe
1:03.8	Biden agree on but after last night's New Hampshire primary both campaigns their
1:08.2	allies their party apparatuses do agree that a Trump-Biden presidential rematch is all but inevitable.
1:14.8	Both men have significant work though to do to shore up some major political liabilities.
1:19.6	We start on the Republican side.
1:21.0	Donald Trump, with that projected double digit win in New
1:23.7	Hampshire, has prompted the RNC, mainstream conservatives, even former Trump
1:28.1	rivals to urge Nicky Haley to get out and not to draw out what they see as a futile and bruising
1:34.6	nomination fight that could fracture their party and weakens its
1:38.0	chances in November. So here is the chair of the Republican Party after
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