Nov. 9 — Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. James Lankford, plus Jon M. Chu

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🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) weigh in as the government shutdown drags on and Democrats sweep elections on Tuesday. Ashley Etienne, Ryan Nobles, Marc Short and Amy Walter join the roundtable. “Wicked: For Good” director Jon M. Chu joins Kristen Welker for a Meet the Moment conversation.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, power shift.
0:03.2	The future is in our hands.
0:06.0	Virginia chose pragmatism over partisanship.
0:10.0	You guys just screamed from the rooftop.
0:13.0	No crowns, no thrones, no kings.
0:16.0	Democrats sweep the first elections one year after President Trump won back the White House as concerns over the cost of living grow.
0:25.0	The shutdown was a big factor, negative for the Republicans.
0:28.3	Do Democrats have momentum heading into next year's midterms?
0:32.0	Plus, endgame.
0:33.9	Pressure builds to strike a deal as the longest government shutdown in history drags on.
0:40.1	Can this be over now?
0:42.0	Have the American people suffered enough?
0:44.9	It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do, and it's terminate the filibus.
0:48.7	We need Donald Trump to show some leadership.
0:51.1	My guess this morning, House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York
0:55.2	and Republican Senator James Langford of Oklahoma. And defying gravity are Meet the Moment
1:02.4	Conversation with John Chu, the director of the blockbuster films Wicked and Wicked for Good.
1:09.2	Even though it's a fantasy, even though it's a fair team, it's our access to it.
1:13.0	A human experience is supposed to feel like when you believe so deeply, when you love so deeply, when you sacrifice everything.
1:20.3	Joining me for insight and analysis are NBC News Chief Capitol Hill correspondent Ryan Noble,
1:26.7	Amy Walter, editor-in-chief of the Cook Political
1:29.8	Report, Mark Short, former director of legislative affairs for President Trump, and Ashley Etienne,
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