Meet the Press NOW — May 9

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🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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President Trump floats reducing China tariffs ahead of trade talks and suggests Congress raise taxes on top earners. Newark Airport suffers a communications and radar outage as safety concerns continue. Justice Allison Riggs joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the results of the 2024 North Carolina Supreme Court race that came six months after Election Day. International Committee of the Red Cross Spokesperson Steve Dorsey explains the escalating crisis in Sudan.

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0:00.0	If it's Friday, delegation-driven decisions, President Trump opens the door to decrease tariffs and increased taxes,
0:10.6	upping the pressure on his cabinet and Congress to make some consequential calls.
0:15.2	Plus, Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass as pontiff and offers new signals on what kind
0:20.8	of leader he will be for the church
0:22.3	and Catholics around the globe.
0:24.8	And a second major air scare
0:26.8	rattles Newark Airport.
0:28.5	A veteran controller telling NBC News
0:30.4	it's like, quote, driving your car
0:32.6	knowing the brakes will go out any time,
0:35.2	putting passengers on edge
0:36.6	as the Trump administration vows to overhaul
0:39.0	the nation's air traffic control systems.
0:52.6	Welcome to meet the press now.
0:54.1	I'm Kristen Welker in Washington at the end of a very busy week in the nation's capital.
0:58.8	We do begin with President Trump, who's been shifting his tone on some key decisions in his administration this week.
1:05.3	Let's start on the economy.
1:07.5	Ahead of key trade talks with China this weekend in Switzerland, President Trump made a
1:11.8	social media post this morning floating a potential change in his administration's 145 percent
1:18.5	tariff on Chinese goods, though leaving the details up to his Treasury Secretary. The president
1:24.0	posting, quote, 80 percent tariff on China seems right.
1:28.0	Up to Scott B.
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