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Meet the Press NOW — June 20

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🗓️ 20 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd joins Meet the Press NOW as the debate stage is set for next week's first presidential debate. Former Senators Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) discuss the role abortion and reproductive rights will play on the campaign trail. Trump courts rappers as surrogates for his campaign to win more voters of color.

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0:00.0

If it's Thursday the stage is set for the first presidential debate of the year with the week to go,

0:06.6

the two candidates neck and neck as both campaigns prepare for their first official face-off.

0:13.0

Plus Democrats' latest push to put abortion rights front and center, rallying voters today

0:18.0

in a key county of a critical swing state hoping the issue will help them win control of Congress and the White House.

0:26.3

And a new law in Louisiana requiring the 10 Commandments to be displayed in every public school

0:32.1

classroom.

0:33.0

Civil liberty groups are blasting the move as unconstitutional and vowing to challenge

0:38.2

it in Washington. We are, as we noted, just a week away from the first presidential debate and the stage is officially set.

0:59.0

Debate organizers announced today that as expected independent candidate Robert

1:03.8

F Kennedy Jr. did not meet the qualification requirements. That means this is

1:09.1

going to be a head-to-head event with President Biden and former President Trump next Thursday.

1:13.8

It is the first presidential debate to happen this early in an election year.

1:18.0

And of course the stakes are extraordinarily high.

1:20.5

This is the first and maybe the best chance to shake up what to this point has

1:24.6

really been a remarkably stable presidential race and preparations have begun

1:28.9

inside both campaigns. That's where we get going with President Biden who's going to be

1:33.6

headed to Camp David tonight. He'll dive into his debate prep there in earnest.

1:37.3

Sources tell NBC News his former chief of staff, Ron Klein is organizing his prep sessions that are going to intensify, we're told as the

1:45.9

week goes on and will include some full length mock debates as things get closer to

1:51.1

Thursday. When asked about former President Trump's debate prep,

1:54.5

a senior campaign advisor there,

1:56.6

said Mr. Trump's normal campaign schedule

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