MTP NOW June 17 — Gov. Jared Polis, Amb. Bill Taylor, Pete Williams on Watergate at 50

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🗓️ 17 June 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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President Biden told the Associated Press that “people are really, really down.” Chuck speaks with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) about how the Biden White House could reverse the country’s malaise. Former Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor says the Russia-Ukraine war could stretch another year. Susan Page, Maria Teresa Kumar and Michael Steele join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Pete Williams looks back on the 50th anniversary of Watergate.

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0:00.0	If it's Friday after a wild week in politics, President Biden admits that Americans are, quote, really, really down.
0:09.2	Can the White House turn it around as Democratic presidential hopefuls are starting to line up for 2024?
0:16.4	We're going to talk with the Democratic governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, on all of that ahead.
0:22.3	Plus, presidential prosecution. The January 6th committee details the conspiracy and lays out its case that Donald
0:27.9	Trump knowingly committed a crime and asked others to do it too. So what comes next? We're going to
0:34.3	walk through the possibilities. And this summer of discontent, the
0:38.7	temperature is rising, both literally and figuratively, as we brace for an abortion rule, a gun
0:45.4	reform deal, record gas prices, surging inflation, the potential prosecution of a former president,
0:51.8	and yes, extreme weather.
0:56.8	This country is on edge everywhere.
1:13.8	Afternoon, welcome to meet the press now. I'm Chuck Todd, and thanks for streaming with us.
1:19.2	An extremely consequential and volatile week in this country is coming to an end. As we're about to begin, what could be an extremely consequential and volatile summer. Americans are fed up,
1:24.2	and President Biden knows it. Just think about what's happened this week alone.
1:31.8	We'll start with the January 6th Committee. They showed us how close our government actually came to the brink in early 2021 as former President Trump and his allies pressured Mike Pence to overturn
1:37.3	the results of a free and fair election and put Mike Pence's life in danger. The Federal Reserve
1:42.2	made its largest single interest rate increase in nearly
1:44.8	three decades as the price Americans pay for nearly everything continues the sore, especially gas,
1:51.4	which seemed to hit a record high every few days. On the hot button issue of guns, negotiators in
1:56.9	Congress got close to a deal, but now are once again at a standstill. That could upset
2:01.9	extremes on both sides. Another round of primaries prove that Trump still has the power to
2:06.8	defeat Republicans across them, although the power does come with limits. Nancy Mason now knows
2:12.8	that. And all of that comes amid a period of extreme weather. Flooding, destroying housing,
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