Meet the Press NOW — June 25

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🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Multiple sources tell NBC News former President Trump could announce his vice presidential pick as early as this week. NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki joins Meet the Press NOW to explain why Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) are facing challenging primary battles. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is expected to plead guilty to violating the Espionage Act, ending a yearslong extradition battle with the Department of Justice.

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0:00.0	If it's Tuesday, President Biden plots a strategy to get under Donald Trump's
0:07.1	skin at the debate as the former president tries to raise expectations for his
0:11.1	opponent. This campaign gets closer to a vice presidential announcement that could happen at any moment.
0:17.0	Plus, voters are voting right now in some of the most contentious, competitive, expensive primaries of 2024 that could see
0:24.5	well-known members of Congress in both New York and Colorado lose their jobs.
0:28.6	And the US Surgeon General declares gun violence a public health crisis in America, urging
0:34.8	the public to take one of the nation's deadliest and most polarizing issues out of the political
0:39.3	arena and into the realm of public health. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Yamish Alsendor. We're just two days away
0:58.6	from the first presidential debate and we're learning more about the strategies of
1:02.2	both campaigns as NBC News can now report
1:04.7	that former President Trump's vice presidential announcement could be imminent.
1:09.3	Eminent.
1:10.3	President Biden remains at Camp David where advisors are preparing him for the possibility of a more disciplined and policy focused Donald Trump on the debate stage
1:19.0	Rather than the bombastic and in Trump's own words nasty version the former president that he often
1:24.3	showcases as his rallies.
1:26.7	Sources still NBC news that President Biden's goal will be to bring out the
1:30.1	nastier version of Trump on the debate stage. The Biden campaign is attacking Trump on the air... the national
1:33.2	your version of Trump on the airways right now
1:36.1	a potential preview of Thursday night strategy.
1:40.0	Donald Trump loves to attack Joe Biden.
1:42.3	Joe by Joe Biden because he's focused on revenge and he has no plan to help the middle class.
1:50.3	Meanwhile the Trump campaign has ridiculed Biden for staying behind closed doors
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