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Meet the Press NOW — March 18

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🗓️ 18 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

President Trump clashes with the judicial branch as Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes calls to impeach a federal judge. Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the phone call between President Trump and President Putin and what it could mean for the war in Ukraine. NBC News International Correspondent Matt Bradley reports from Israel after airstrikes in Gaza effectively end the nearly two-month-long ceasefire with Hamas.

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If it's Tuesday, a clash escalates between the president and the courts.

0:07.0

Chief Justice John Roberts delivers a rare rebuke to the president's calls for impeaching a federal judge who pushed against the White House's use of sweeping wartime authorities.

0:17.8

Plus, new details on the president's high-stakes call with Vladimir Putin. The leaders

0:22.6

emerged from a lengthy conversation saying they've reached an agreement to pause attacks on key

0:27.9

infrastructure in Ukraine. And top White House officials back Israel's decision to strike Gaza,

0:34.1

killing hundreds and shattering the ceasefire deal with Hamas, that as the region

0:38.3

braces for more violence in the days ahead.

0:52.8

And welcome to meet the press now. I'm Aaron Gilchrist. We begin with breaking news today and the Trump administration's escalating battle with the courts.

1:00.1

The clash between the executive and judicial branches now involving the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

1:06.2

This morning, President Trump ripped into a federal judge and called for his impeachment after a tense hearing yesterday over the White House's decision to deport alleged gang members under a wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act.

1:19.2

That's despite the judge's order to halt the flights.

1:21.8

Then, in an apparent response to the president's comments and other calls from Trump allies to impeach judges who resist

1:27.8

his agenda, the Supreme Court issued this statement from Chief Justice John Roberts.

1:32.5

Quote, for more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not

1:37.2

an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision.

1:41.4

The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose. Now, Roberts

1:45.4

rebuke comes as the administration fights the courts over the limits of executive authority.

1:52.4

This one federal judge, again, thinks he can control foreign policy for the entire country,

1:58.7

and he cannot. We're not stopping. I don't care what the judges think. I don't care of the left things.

2:03.9

We're coming.

2:04.5

The district court has no ability to in any way restrain the president's authorities under the

2:10.8

Alien Enemies Act or the ability to conduct the foreign affairs of the United States.

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