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🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Former President Donald Trump launched his 2024 presidential bid with many GOP figures absent on Tuesday night. The Senate cleared a procedural hurdle to tee up a vote on the Respect for Marriage Act. NATO-Russia tensions ease after NATO officials concur that the missile crash in Poland was not an intentional act carried out by the Russians. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) discusses the state’s preparations for the December 6th runoff. Cornell Belcher, Asma Khalid and Doug Heye join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday, tensions, turmoil, and Trump.
0:07.0	The former president launches his third bid for the White House as the Republican Party struggles
0:13.0	to set a new course after last week's disappointing election results.
0:18.0	Plus, control of the House, still uncalled, but Republicans are just one seat away officially
0:24.6	from retaking control of the House in January.
0:27.6	Then the real test begins for the party, actually governing.
0:35.6	And fears of NATO involvement and a massive escalation in the war in Ukraine are easing today.
0:41.4	After officials say a deadly blast inside Poland was most likely an accident caused by a Ukrainian defense missile.
0:48.3	The U. Welcome to Meet the Press now. I'm Chuck Todd.
1:04.2	So despite all the GOP hand-wringing over last week's disappointing election results
1:08.1	and all the calls from Republicans about needing a new
1:10.9	direction, perhaps new leaders, here we are with the new leadership of the Republican Party,
1:16.6	looking a lot like the old leadership. Today's Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell survived
1:21.0	a leadership challenge from Florida Senator Rick Scott. Ten Republicans broke with McConnell, not
1:25.6	nearly enough to defeat him. Essentially, he knew who the 10 would be before this vote even happened.
1:31.3	It comes after House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy also survived a leadership challenge,
1:35.3	easily winning a majority in a closed-door vote yesterday,
1:38.3	but signaling he has work to do when the need for 218 votes becomes a thing
1:44.8	when the official vote for Speaker takes place
1:47.2	on January 3rd.
1:48.4	So the current Republican leaders in the House
1:49.9	and the Senate appear to be staying for now.
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