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Meet the Press NOW — June 17

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🗓️ 17 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The Biden campaign is going after former President Donald Trump more aggressively with a new ad calling him a “convicted criminal.” NBC News Capitol Hill Correspondent Ali Vitali explains the state of the Republican primary race in Virginia’s 5th congressional district. Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) discusses what more Congress should do to regulate social media companies.

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0:00.0

If it's Monday, President Biden hitting the campaign trail and hitting former President

0:06.8

Trump more aggressively than ever before, with a new ad calling him a convicted criminal

0:11.4

and a stark new warning about the possible future of the Supreme Court.

0:15.0

Plus, the Surgeon General's urgent call for Congress to require tobacco-style warning labels on social media,

0:22.0

saying the mental health crisis among young people is an emergency.

0:25.6

An Israel's prime minister dissolves his war cabinet amid divisions over the future of

0:30.8

Gaza as the military announces it will pause some fighting

0:34.3

your critical border crossing

0:35.6

to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Yamishishal-Sendor in Washington as a major tone shift is happening right now in the presidential race.

0:57.5

With just 10 days to go until the first presidential debate, the Biden campaign is heeding the advice of Democrats

1:03.4

calling for him to go after former President Donald Trump more aggressively.

1:07.2

Today the campaign is out with a new ad directly calling Trump a convicted criminal

1:11.6

and more.

1:13.0

In the courtroom, we see Donald Trump for who he is.

1:17.0

He's been convicted of 34 felonies,

1:20.0

found liable for sexual assault,

1:22.0

and he committed financial fraud.

1:24.4

This election is between a convicted criminal who's only out for himself

1:29.3

and a president who's fighting for your family.

1:32.4

That new ad is part president who's fighting for your family.

1:34.0

That new ad is part of a 50 million dollar ad buy ahead of next week's debate,

1:38.7

which will perhaps be team Biden's best chance to shake up this race. The ad campaign is funded in part by

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