Meet the Press NOW — May 11

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🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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President Trump says the U.S. ceasefire with Iran is “on life support” as he considers suspending the federal gas tax. Former NIAID Director Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the government’s response to the hantavirus as American passengers aboard the cruise ship return to the U.S., including one who tested positive. Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin accuses Democrats of putting security preparation for the 2026 FIFA World Cup in jeopardy following the record-breaking shutdown of DHS. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Monica Alba in Washington, with President Trump is facing the
0:15.7	prospect of a prolonged and politically perilous stalemate after declaring Iran's response to the U.S. peace
0:21.7	proposal, quote, totally unacceptable. And his new warning today that the ceasefire is on life
0:27.4	support, all while he prepares for his high stakes meeting with Chinese President Xi in Beijing
0:32.4	later this week. The U.S. and Iran remain in a standoff after Tehran sent its reply to the U.S. plan over the
0:39.0	weekend. President Trump swiftly rejecting that, telling reporters today that Tehran would not agree
0:44.6	to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons. And while the details of the full proposal remain unclear,
0:50.6	Iran today accusing the U.S. of insisting on, quote, unreasonable demands.
0:56.0	Today, President Trump responding to questions about the war, including from our very own
1:00.5	Ryan Nobles on where things go from here.
1:04.1	On Iran, you rejected a deal from Iran over the weekend. Can you tell us anything about that
1:09.0	proposal and what, if any, effort
1:11.3	would be made to break the deal? It was just unacceptable. You know, a lot of people said,
1:16.8	well, does you have a plan? Of course, they do have the best plan ever, but it's a very simple
1:22.3	plan. Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and they won't have a nuclear weapon.
1:26.5	They didn't want to go that far.
1:28.3	If you can believe it, they didn't.
1:31.3	How stupid?
1:32.3	Are they stupid people?
1:34.3	They didn't want to believe it.
1:35.3	For the kind being the ceasefire remains in place?
1:38.3	It's unbelievably weak, I would say.
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