Nov. 23— Zohran Mamdani, Sec. Scott Bessent and Sen. Amy Klobuchar

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🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani joins exclusively to break down his Oval Office meeting with President Trump. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explains why the Trump administration is rolling back tariffs on certain food products. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) responds to Trump calling for some Democrats to be arrested after they urged service members to refuse illegal orders. Sara Fagen, Hallie Jackson, former Sec. Jeh Johnson and Jonathan Martin join the roundtable. 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	This Sunday, FaceTime. New York City's mayor-elect, the 34-year-old Democratic Socialist,
0:08.7	comes to Washington and meets with President Trump in the Oval Office.
0:13.6	Some of his ideas really are the same ideas that I have.
0:17.1	We focused on affordability. We focused on the cost of living crisis.
0:20.2	I'll speak exclusively with mayor-elect, Zoran Mamdani. Plus, political pressure.
0:27.0	The yeas are 427. The nays are won.
0:31.5	Congress overwhelmingly votes to release the Epstein files, as grow over the economy and the White House rolls
0:39.9	back tariffs on dozens of food products. The thing that I'd ask for the American people is a little
0:44.9	bit of patience. I'll talk to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. And on lawful orders,
0:51.3	President Trump lashes out at Democratic lawmakers calling on them to be arrested
0:56.2	after they encouraged U.S. service members to refuse illegal orders. Our laws are clear. You can
1:03.9	refuse illegal orders. You can refuse illegal orders. Every single order that is given to this
1:10.1	United States military by this commander
1:11.9	in chief and through this chain of command, through the Secretary of War, is lawful.
1:16.7	This is perhaps the most reckless, irresponsible thing that he has done all Congress.
1:22.3	Are the escalating attacks putting members of Congress at risk? I'll talk to Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar of
1:29.3	Minnesota. Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News, senior Washington correspondent
1:35.6	Hallie Jackson, Jonathan Martin of Politico, Republican strategist Sarah Fagan, and former Homeland Security
1:43.6	Secretary Jay Johnson. Welcome to Sunday. It's Meet the
1:47.7	Press. From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history. This is Meet the
1:56.5	Press with Kristen Welk. Good Sunday morning.
2:01.4	After months of trading barbs throughout the New York City mayoral campaign,
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