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🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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President-elect Donald Trump's picks for Attorney General and Secretary of Defense face misconduct allegations. Trump suggests he'll use the military to carry out his mass deportation plans. The U.S. gives Ukraine permission to use long-range missiles to strike inside Russia.

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0:00.0	If it's Monday, new details emerged surrounding sexual misconduct allegations against two of President-elect Trump's cabinet picks.
0:10.3	As Senate Republicans privately say, they don't see a path for Matt Gates to be confirmed as Attorney General.
0:17.5	Plus, President Biden gives Ukraine the green light to use long-range U.S. missiles to strike deep inside Russian territory,
0:25.4	marking major change in U.S. policy in the final months of the Biden administration.
0:31.4	And Speaker Mike Johnson grapples with a razor-thin majority in the House that could get even thinner,
0:37.6	leaving the Republican leader with virtually no room for error for Congress to enact the Trump agenda.
0:56.4	Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Yamishaw Sender in Washington.
0:58.8	As President-elect Trump fills more top spots for his administration,
1:02.2	we are learning new details about sexual misconduct allegations against his picks to run the Pentagon
1:08.2	and the Department of Justice.
1:10.2	Multiple sources tell NBC News that more
1:12.7	than half of Senate Republicans are saying privately that they don't see a path for former
1:17.3	Congressman Matt Gates to be confirmed as Attorney General. That comes, as we've learned in recent
1:22.5	days from an attorney that his client told the Health Ethics Committee, which was investigating Gates for alleged sexual
1:28.8	misconduct and illicit drug use, that she saw Gates having sex with a minor at a 2017 House
1:35.0	Party. Gates denies those allegations. And last week, his surprise resignation from Congress
1:40.9	effectively ended the by-parts and ethics investigation.
1:48.3	But a report on the findings of that investigation could still be released.
1:54.3	Sources tell NBC News, the House Ethics Committee will meet Wednesday to discuss the report this weekend.
1:58.6	House Speaker Mike Johnson reiterated his opposition to its release.
2:03.6	Number one, my understanding is that the report is not finished. It's in a rough draft form.
2:05.6	Was not yet ready to be released.
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