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Meet the Press NOW — October 17

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🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet with President Trump at the White House as Ukraine pushes for Tomahawk missiles to aid in its war against Russia. Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton pleads not guilty after being charged with improperly retaining and transmitting classified information. Rep. Don Bacon (R - Neb.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the war in Ukraine, U.S. relations with Venezuela and the ongoing government shutdown.

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0:00.0

If it's Friday, President Trump answers reporters questions during a freewheeling meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky at the White House, as Keith pushes for more lethal military aid, including U.S.-made long-range missiles, ahead of President Trump's next face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin.

0:19.9

Plus, President Trump's former national security advisor John Bolton pleads not guilty.

0:25.0

To federal charges, he illegally retained and transmitted classified information as Bolton fires back,

0:31.8

calling himself the latest victim of the president's political retribution campaign.

0:35.9

And New York City mayoral candidates

0:37.9

square off in a fiery debate

0:39.6

about the future of America's largest city,

0:42.5

clashing on housing, affordability, crime,

0:45.8

and how they would handle the Trump administration.

0:48.2

The United States Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where Ukraine's president,

1:04.0

Volodomeres Olensky just wrapped up a meeting at the White House with President Trump,

1:08.1

as Ukraine pushes the U.S. to give it more fire power in its war against

1:12.3

Russia. And President Trump looks to secure another ceasefire deal. This was the Ukrainian

1:18.2

leader's third visit to the White House just this year in what has been a somewhat tumultuous

1:23.4

relationship with the Trump administration. Today, President Zelensky came to Washington with a very

1:28.5

specific offer, Ukrainian drones, in exchange for U.S. made long-range tomahawk missiles that have

1:34.8

the ability to strike deep inside Russia. While President Trump signaled some level of willingness to

1:40.5

negotiate a deal, he repeated his concerns, which he first raised yesterday after a phone call with Vladimir Putin about providing those tomahawks to Ukraine.

1:50.0

You know, we need tomahawks or we need a lot of other weapons that we're sending to Ukraine.

1:55.7

One of the reasons we want to get this war over is exactly that.

1:59.5

It's not easy for us to give. You're talking about massive

2:02.3

numbers of very powerful weapons. So that's one of the things we'll be talking about. Hopefully

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