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🗓️ 5 November 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Amy Walter, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Cook Political Report, joins Kristen Welker to preview Wednesday's GOP debate, and details the state of the race as Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) receives a key endorsement but still confronts sagging poll numbers in early primary states.

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0:00.0	Hello there. I'm Kristen Welker. I just wrapped up this week's broadcast of Meet
0:06.7	the Press live from Miami where on Wednesday I'll be co-moderating the third
0:12.1	GOP primary debate alongside NBC's Lester Holt and Hugh
0:16.4	Hewitt of the Salem Radio Network.
0:18.9	This Sunday's broadcast featured my exclusive interview with Ukrainian President Villadimer Zolensky.
0:24.1	Notably, I asked him how he plans to maintain U.S. support for the war.
0:28.3	It's also gearing up to be a very busy week in domestic politics.
0:32.2	Former President Trump will skip the GOP debate
0:34.8	for the third time in a row,
0:37.1	as our poll out of Iowa shows
0:38.9	former Governor Mickey Haley catching up
0:41.6	to Governor Ron Desantis for a distant second-place tie.
0:45.8	And on Tuesday you're also looking at elections in Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, and Virginia,
0:51.0	all of them giving us some hint of where the presidential election stands now
0:55.2	exactly one year away.
0:57.4	To break it all down, I'm sitting here with the expert on all of this Amy Walter, publisher and editor and chief of the Cook political report
1:05.5	Amy thank you for being here in Miami. This is so fun I really do you think
1:10.8	January through March.
1:13.0	Meet the Press in Miami.
1:14.0	Meet the Press Miami?
1:15.0	It would be a big hit.
1:17.0	I agree.
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