If it's Thursday, the White House making an announcement about the president's health today

as the administration looks for an Epstein off-ramp, dismissing calls for a special prosecutor

and trying to redirect their base's attention to immigration, the economy, public broadcasting,

even Coca-Cola.

Plus, the House races to approve a recisions bill that will

formally cut more than $9 billion from public broadcasting and foreign aid programs as networked

like NPR and PBS and the communities they rely on race for impact. And an NBC news exclusive

on a new government assessment about last month's U.S. strikes on Iran's nuclear program.

The mission only destroyed one of its targets and that Iran could have two other facilities back up and running within months.

The United States. Hi there. Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington, where the Trump administration is struggling to move on from the MAGA world backlash over its decision not to release more files tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The president's frustration with his own supporters over their embrace of conspiracy

theories that he and other top White House officials help promote was on again today on full

display. As his White House press secretary Caroline Levitt told reporters that he's not in favor of a special prosecutor on the matter. As she sought to explain his most recent assertion, the Epstein files were a hoax. The president is referring to the fact that Democrats have now seized on this, as if they ever wanted transparency when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein, which is an asinine

suggestion for any Democrat to make.

The Democrats had control of this building the White House for four years, and they didn't do a

dang thing when it came to transparency in regards to Jeffrey Epstein in his heinous crimes.

It was this president who directed the Department of Justice and the Attorney General to do an

exhaustive review of all files related to Jeffrey Epstein, which they did. The president has been

transparent. He has followed through on his promises to the American people, but he doesn't

like to see Democrats in the mainstream media covering this like it's the biggest story that the American

people care about. No, I don't want it. But Trump's efforts to blame Democrats for a so-called

hoax have also largely gone ignored by his own base. In an interview yesterday, the president

seemed to acknowledge that problem. All my supporters want to talk about is the Jeffrey Epstein hoax.

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