Meet the Press NOW — January 25

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🗓️ 25 January 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) casts doubt on border negotiations. Former President Trump testifies at his defamation trial in Manhattan. President Biden touts his economic accomplishments on the campaign trail. Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) discusses the president's economic strategy. Fmr. South Carolina Republican County Chair Katon Dawson talks about Nikki Haley's primary prospects.

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0:00.0	If it's Thursday backing off on the border new questions about the future of a
0:07.0	long-sought bipartisan deal as Republicans coalesce around the former president
0:12.2	and his political priorities.
0:14.0	Plus, combative in the courtroom.
0:18.0	After a series of heated exchanges and rebukes from the judge,
0:21.0	former president Trump takes the stand and
0:23.6	testifies in his own defense in the E. Jean Carroll Civil Defamation Trial.
0:29.2	And President Biden touts better than expected economic numbers in a key battleground state
0:34.8	as the White House makes a new plan to handle the uptick in political protests on the trail. Thank you.
0:43.0	Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where today
0:56.4	we are seeing the impact of former President Trump's rapid
0:59.5	consolidation of support among Republicans after his historic wins in Iowa and New Hampshire.
1:05.0	After months of bipartisan negotiations, there are indications that a deal on the
1:10.6	border may be dead because of former President Trump and election
1:14.0	year politics. Mr. Trump, who has been pressuring Congress to kill the deal, wants
1:19.6	the border to remain a potent issue for the 2024 race.
1:23.2	And in a closed-door meeting last night,
1:25.3	Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell
1:27.3	reportedly acknowledged that reality and said,
1:29.9	quote, we don't want to do anything to undermine Trump.
1:33.2	It is an abrupt change for McConnell,
1:35.1	who just hours earlier was publicly praising border negotiations.
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