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🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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New Mexico officials give an update on the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife. President Trump’s economic team acknowledges volatility could be on the way as the administration fine tunes its expansion of foreign tariffs. The president threatens to impose expanded sanctions on Russia until it reaches a peace agreement with Ukraine.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington where we're monitoring multiple breaking news stories.
0:16.3	Markets had another volatile day on Wall Street. Stocks close slightly higher, but all the major indices were lower on the week.
0:23.2	Amid continued uncertainty about President Trump's tariff policy and the U.S.
0:27.4	Jobs report falling just short of expectations.
0:30.4	We will get to all of that in just a minute.
0:32.3	But at any moment, New Mexico officials are set to provide an update on the investigation
0:36.2	into the death of Gene Hackman and his wife.
0:39.1	The 95-year-old Oscar-winning actor and his wife were found dead in their Santa Fe home last week.
0:44.6	His wife was found in the bathroom near an open prescription pill bottle.
0:48.6	Officials previously said there are no signs of foul play, but the circumstances were suspicious enough to warrant an
0:54.6	investigation. We are going to bring you that news conference as it begins, and we are anticipating
0:59.9	it will begin any moment now. I do want to get to NBC news correspondent Dana Griffin,
1:04.2	who joins me from Santa Fe, where that news conference is going to get underway.
1:08.2	Dana, there are a lot of unanswered questions, right?
1:12.6	Absolutely. A lot of unanswered questions. We hope that this press conference will unveil
1:17.1	the big mystery. What happened to Gene Hackman, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, and their dog?
1:22.8	Right now, we're going to hear from investigators from not only the sheriff's office,
1:26.4	the medical investigators office, and the fire department.
1:29.2	As you can see, behind me, you have Sheriff Adon there walking out, about to take the podium.
1:34.5	It's been nine days since those bodies have been found in their Santa Fe home, the couple.
1:38.9	And I'm going to step out of the way so we can listen to the sheriff as he gets underway here with this press conference.
1:45.3	Yep. Officials updating us on the death of Gene Hackman and his wife in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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