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🗓️ 22 June 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) says Pres. Biden’s meeting with Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is an “absolutely horrible idea.” Eugene Sperling, senior adviser to President Biden, defends the administrations moves on reducing inflation. Dasha Burns discusses Michigan abortion trigger laws in an exclusive interview with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.). Marc Caputo talks about Andrew Gillum's indictment for wire fraud.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday, lawmakers inch closer to getting a gun bill to the President's desk
0:06.5	as they brace for more fallout, for more January 6th hearings, the latest developments
0:11.4	on both stories, and what it says about the state of our politics in just a moment.
0:16.3	Plus the President unveils a new plan to try to tackle gas prices, but even leaders in
0:21.7	his own party aren't convinced it'll work.
0:24.2	We'll speak with a White House senior adviser about whether Americans could finally get
0:27.0	a break at the pump.
0:29.7	And later, Gidele Ambehil, the NFL Commissioner and son of a former US Senator, testifies
0:35.8	before lawmakers as new details emerge on the investigation into a football franchises
0:41.6	toxic workplace at the nation's counter.
0:56.6	Good day, welcome to Meet the Press now.
0:58.1	I'm Chuck Todd, and thanks for streaming with us right now.
1:00.7	Lawmakers in Washington are grappling with two very different kinds of emergencies.
1:04.9	The first is the rapid fire revelations that are coming out of the January 6th Committee
1:08.3	hearings, which have, frankly, cast a disturbing spotlight on the unhealthy state of our politics
1:13.8	in America.
1:15.0	The second is the epidemic of gun violence in this country, which is finally led to a real
1:19.0	effort to do something meaningful in the wake of so many tragedies just in the last few
1:23.2	months.
1:24.2	Together, though, they paint a stark portrait of the current challenges facing Congress
1:28.3	and the country at large.
1:30.1	Today, the January 6th Committee announced that its hearings are now going to extend into
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