Meet the Press NOW — September 25

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🗓️ 25 September 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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NBC's Ken Dilanian, Vaughn Hillyard and Courtney Kube join Meet the Press NOW to give the latest updates, after the Trump campaign said the former president was briefed on "real and specific" assassination threats from Iran. NBC's Chuck Todd discusses Vice President Kamala Harris' efforts to assuage concerns on the economy. NBC News International Correspondent Matt Bradley reports from Beirut, following escalating tensions between Israel and Lebanon. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor explains what to expect from Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meeting with President Biden. Chris Cillizza, Charlie Dent and Ashley Etienne debrief polls showing a pronounced gender gap ahead of November.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday, the Trump campaign says it was briefed by top U.S. intelligence officials
0:08.2	on specific ongoing threats from Iran to assassinate the former president in what the campaign
0:13.8	says is an effort to sow chaos ahead of the election.
0:18.0	Plus, Vice President Harris speaks out about her economic plan while campaigning in Pennsylvania
0:22.5	as she looks to sharpen her message on what voters say is their top issue heading into November.
0:29.3	And Israel calls up reserves and prepares to deploy more troops to its border with Lebanon, signaling a
0:36.2	ground invasion could be imminent in what would
0:38.9	mark a major escalation in the Israel-Hesbola conflict.
0:59.9	Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker with just 41 days to go until the election.
1:04.5	Both Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump are on the campaign trail today with Harris in Pennsylvania and Trump in North Carolina.
1:08.2	After his campaign revealed that top U.S. intelligence officials briefed
1:12.5	the former president yesterday on what the campaign says are, quote, real and specific Iranian
1:18.1	threats to assassinate Mr. Trump. The office of the director of national intelligence confirmed
1:23.1	that briefing but declined to address any specifics. This morning, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken
1:28.6	told NBC Savannah Guthrie that the US is tracking threats
1:32.2	from Iran against both former and current government officials.
1:37.3	Look, this is something we've been tracking
1:39.1	very intensely for a long time, an ongoing threat by Iran
1:43.5	against a number of senior officials, including
1:45.2	former government officials like President Trump and some people who are currently serving
1:50.3	the administration. So it's something we take very, very seriously. We're looking at it very
1:54.6	carefully. I don't have any further information to share, but know that we're watching this very
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