Meet the Press NOW – September 12

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🗓️ 12 September 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) discusses House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) decision to open an impeachment inquiry. In an exclusive interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt, Iranian President Raisi says a prisoner swap should be finalized “in due time.” The Justice Department indicted five police officers for alleged federal rights violations in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols. Google is facing off with the DOJ in the first anti-trust trial against a tech company in more than two decades. 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	If it's Tuesday, Capitol Chaos, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, directs House Republicans
0:08.2	to launch a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden, as the Speaker struggles to
0:13.2	navigate a raucous caucus, a potential government shutdown, and a threat to remove him from
0:18.8	leadership.
0:19.8	Plus, I'll talk to Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville, one of the lawmakers adding fuel
0:24.9	to the fires on Capitol Hill on why he's holding up hundreds of military promotions
0:29.8	despite backlash from the Pentagon and his own party.
0:34.3	And an NBC News exclusive, the White House responds, after the President of Iran tells
0:39.5	NBC's Lester Holt that his country will spend billions of unfrozen assets tied to a potential
0:45.1	prisoner exchange with the U.S., however, Iran wants to spend it.
1:00.8	Hello, and welcome to Meet the Press Now.
1:03.1	I'm Ryan Noble's reporting in Washington, where we are officially entering a brutal stretch
1:09.5	of partisan political warfare.
1:12.1	After this morning, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy facing intensifying pressure from former President
1:17.0	Trump and threats from his far right flank, formally endorsed an impeachment inquiry into
1:23.0	President Biden.
1:25.0	Today, I am directing our House Committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President
1:32.6	Joe Biden.
1:34.7	This logical next step will give our committees the full power to gather all the facts and
1:41.4	answers for the American public.
1:43.3	That's exactly what we want to know.
1:46.5	The answers.
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