Meet the Press NOW — May 24

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🗓️ 24 May 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The White House reacts to Israel's isolation on the global stage. NBC News' Brandy Zadrozny takes a deep dive into the controversial worldview of Nicole Shanahan, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate. Three U.S. missionaries are killed in Haiti amid growing violence. Chris Cillizza, Symone Sanders Townsend and Bryan Lanza join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss former President Trump's potential VP pick and the 2024 race.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday, we're running to see who's simply the best.
0:05.0	Florida Governor Ron DeSantis jumps into the presidential race and Donald Trump goes on the attack.
0:10.0	What's love got to do with it?
0:12.0	The stage is set for a raucous fight for the Republican nomination.
0:17.0	Plus political finger pointing, partisan posturing and a pessimistic tone on Capitol Hill, mind your piece.
0:23.0	As negotiations keep rolling, rolling, rolling.
0:28.0	On a river to the White House, with a potentially catastrophic default, now as little as eight days away.
0:33.0	And left a good job in the party.
0:38.0	Arizona Senator Kirsten Sinema speaks with NBC News in an exclusive at the border as questions swirl about the future of Biden's border policies and her own.
0:47.0	Political future in the 2024 battleground, state of Arizona.
0:58.0	Welcome to Meet the Press now. I'm Chuck Todd reporting from Washington.
1:06.0	Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has made it officially filed his paperwork a little while ago.
1:12.0	And less than two hours from now, he'll officially verbalize his announcement to run for president.
1:18.0	The biggest question his campaign will immediately have to answer is, are they ready?
1:22.0	Frontrunner Donald Trump has clearly signaled a willingness to go scorched earth on DeSantis.
1:27.0	Will DeSantis fight back? Can he fight back or to put it another way?
1:31.0	Is the Republican primary about to turn into a brawl or a beatdown?
1:35.0	DeSantis enters the 2024 race tonight in a different place than where he stood at the start of this calendar year.
1:40.0	With the polling gap between him and Trump now widening.
1:43.0	New polling from CNN shows a 27-point gap between Trump and DeSantis.
1:49.0	Trump led by just four points in their March poll.
1:52.0	A Quinnipiac poll released today shows a slightly wider gap, but essentially the same 31 points in this one.
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