Sept. 14 — Gov. Spencer Cox, Sen. Mark Kelly, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Pete Buttigieg

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🗓️ 14 September 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and former Sec. Pete Buttigieg react to the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Peter Baker, Sara Fagen and Jeffrey Goldberg join the roundtable.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, American trauma.
0:05.0	Conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a top Trump ally shot and killed while speaking on a college campus in Utah.
0:13.0	This is a dark moment for America.
0:17.0	As concerns rise over political violence, pushing the nation to a boiling point.
0:22.6	Coming together is what we ought to be doing, not pointing fingers of blame.
0:26.6	The radicals on the left are the problem.
0:29.6	This is our moment. Do we escalate or do we find an off-ramp?
0:33.6	Plus, borderline.
0:35.6	NATO scrambles jets to shoot down Russian drones over Poland, raising
0:40.5	fears Vladimir Putin's war could spread into Europe. We've tried the red carpet approach. It ain't
0:47.6	working. And her story. Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticizes President Biden's decision to run for
0:56.2	re-election. My guest this morning Republican Governor Spencer Cox of Utah, Republican Senator
1:02.1	Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, and former
1:07.7	Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Joining me for insight and analysis are,
1:12.6	New York Times Chief White House correspondent Peter Baker,
1:15.6	Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of the Atlantic,
1:18.6	Kimberly Atkins Storr, senior opinion writer for the Boston Globe,
1:22.6	and Republican strategist Sarah Fagan.
1:25.6	Welcome to Sunday, it's Meet the Press.
1:30.6	From NBC News in Washington, the longest running show in television history.
1:36.1	This is Meet the Press with Kristen Welkett.
1:40.4	Good Sunday morning.
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