Meet the Press NOW — June 20

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🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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President Trump weighs potential military strikes on Iran, as European officials push for a diplomatic path forward. NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell sits down with Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Geneva. Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) says “there’s time to negotiate” before the U.S. considers military action against Iran. NBC News Senior Homeland Security Correspondent Julia Ainsley explains why a judge ordered the release of pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from immigration custody.

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0:00.0	Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington, where we are following some breaking news.
0:07.5	The president just moments ago spoke to reporters as he weighs potential military strikes on Iran's nuclear program.
0:15.1	Coming as my colleague Andrea Mitchell just sat down with Iran's foreign minister for an exclusive interview. We have a lot to get to,
0:22.7	so let's dive right in with the president answering questions from reporters, including NBC's
0:27.6	Vaughn Hilliard, about potential U.S. military involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict.
0:33.4	Take a listen to some of that exchange.
0:36.8	The Iranian foreign, Mr. President, the Iranian foreign minister this afternoon said,
0:41.4	if the U.S. is serious about negotiations that you would call up Israel and request that they
0:46.7	stop their airstrikes. Will you make that request?
0:49.6	Well, I think it's very hard to make that request right now. If somebody's winning,
0:53.9	it's a little bit harder to do than if somebody's losing.
0:57.3	But we're ready, willing, and able, and we've been speaking to Iran, and we'll see what happens.
1:02.6	Mr. President, what was the thought for us behind two-week time table?
1:07.8	Just time to see whether or not people come to their senses.
1:11.6	Mr. President, did the European help at all in talking with Iran?
1:15.6	No, they didn't help. No.
1:17.6	Rand doesn't want to speak to Europe. They want to speak to us.
1:21.6	Europe is not going to be able to help in this.
1:23.6	20 years ago, you were skeptical of a Republican administration that attacked the Middle
1:28.8	East country on the idea of questionable intelligence of weapons of mass destruction.
1:33.6	How is this moment different with Iran?
1:35.4	Well, there were no weapons of mass destruction.
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