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Meet the Press NOW — July 3

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🗓️ 3 July 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) joins Meet the Press NOW after the House passes President Trump’s agenda bill. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons speaks to NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez about the controversial new detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” Dr. Paul Offit weighs in on HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s newly revamped vaccine advisory panel.

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0:00.0

If it's Thursday, massive legislation and a massive win for the White House.

0:07.0

The President's sprawling mega bill is now headed to his desk to be signed into law after a grueling fight to get it through the House and over the finish line.

0:16.0

Plus, Democrats vow to fight on all the way to the midterms after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries delivers a record-breaking floor speech opposing the legislation.

0:28.6

And detainees begin arriving at the facility dubbed Alligator Alcatraz after I got an in-depth look inside the new migrant detention center and press the acting

0:38.7

ICE director about humanitarian concerns surrounding its very existence.

0:56.7

Welcome to Meet the Press Now.

1:03.6

I'm Gabe Gutierrez in Washington, where it's been yet another historic day that will shape the future of American politics.

1:09.1

The House of Representatives passing President Trump's signature domestic policy legislation.

1:12.7

It includes trillions of dollars in tax cut extensions,

1:18.1

hundreds of billions, and new funding for the president's immigration cracked out, and dramatic cuts to entitlement programs like Medicaid. The sprawling bill passed after a grueling

1:23.8

48 hours of arm twisting, closed door negotiations, and marathon rounds of voting on the

1:30.2

House floor. It all led to this. The motion is adopted. The moment, Speaker Johnson gaveled in the

1:40.2

final vote by an incredibly slim margin, 218 to 214, largely on party lines with Republicans

1:47.4

Thomas Massey of Kentucky and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania voting with all the Democrats

1:53.1

against the legislation. After the vote, Speaker Johnson signed it and gave credit to his

1:58.8

conference for getting the bill passed.

2:02.2

The beauty of unified government is this is exactly how it can work and how it's supposed to work,

2:07.5

is that you have an interaction between the executive and legislative branches,

2:11.3

because that's what's best for the people, and that coordination is going to yield great results.

2:15.5

They're going to feel this pretty quickly. Wages will

2:18.7

rise. I think household income will go up. I think the job participation rate will increase

2:24.3

dramatically. I think unemployment will be low. The bill now heads to the president's desk,

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