Hello there, I'm Kristen Welker, my first broadcast of Meet the Press just aired featuring

my exclusive interview with former President Trump.

You can listen to that episode right here on this feed or watch it at MeetThePress.com

on Peacock or anywhere you find NBC News video.

Mr. Trump and I spoke for over an hour and a half.

I asked him whether he'd pardon himself if he were to win another term in office.

I had him detail his views on the war in Ukraine and I pressed him on his ongoing legal

challenges.

I'm here now with Peter Baker, Chief White House correspondent for The New York Times,

who's going to help make sense of what we learned.

Peter has covered every president since George W. Bush and is most recently the co-author

of The Divider, the inside story of Trump's four years in office.

He also joined me for my very first Sunday roundtable as moderator.

Here welcome to the first post game of this new era and so honored that you're joining

me.

Thank you.

Oh, I'm excited to be with you and I'm so happy that you were taking over because you're

going to be doing a fantastic job.

You are natural to this.

Oh, Peter, thank you so much.

That means a lot and it means a lot to have you here.

So we have just heard this wide-ranging interview with former President Trump and of course

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