KRISTEN WELKER:
This Sunday: show of force.
PRES. JOE BIDEN:
I think our democracy is at stake.
KRISTEN WELKER:
President Biden teams up with former Presidents Obama and Clinton as he faces a challenging campaign ahead.
FMR. PRES. BARACK OBAMA:
It’s not just the negative case against the presumptive nominee on the other side, it’s the positive case for somebody who’s done an outstanding job in the presidency.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Will star power and a big cash advantage be enough to win over skeptical voters? I’ll talk to Democratic Congressman Jim Clyburn of South Carolina. Plus: trials and tribulations. A trial date is set for Donald Trump’s first criminal trial with a gag order on the former president who is now selling bibles to raise money.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
We must make America pray again.
KRISTEN WELKER:
While House Republicans face a shrinking majority as more members head for the exits.
REP. KEN BUCK:
This place just keeps going downhill and I don’t need to spend my time here.
KRISTEN WELKER:
How fractured is the GOP and how will it impact 2024? I’ll talk to Republican Congressman Don Bacon of Nebraska. And: keeping the faith. NBC’s Savannah Guthrie shares her faith journey and her message this Easter in our Meet the Moment conversation.
SAVANNAH GUTHRIE:
The big message of the book is mostly what God does is love you. And his love has nothing to do with our thoughts of him. It has nothing to do with our actions, good or bad. It has nothing to do with who we are. It has everything to do with who he is.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Joining me for insight and analysis are: Katie Rogers, White House correspondent for the New York Times; former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson; and Ramesh Ponnuru of National Review. Welcome to Sunday, it’s Meet the Press.
ANNOUNCER:
From NBC News in Washington, the longest-running show in television history. This is Meet the Press with Kristen Welker.
KRISTEN WELKER:
Good Sunday morning and Happy Easter. The 2024 campaign is intensifying with that historic show of force for President Biden from his democratic predecessors Barack Obama and Bill Clinton at Radio City Music Hall. The Biden campaign also announcing a new effort to reach out to Nikki Haley voters, using Donald Trump’s own words against him.
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FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
She is – she’s gone haywire.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
There aren’t that many never Trumpers anymore.
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
How do you bring these nikki haley voters back into the tent?
FMR. PRES. DONALD TRUMP:
I’m not sure we need too many
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KRISTEN WELKER:
Meanwhile this week, the former president stepped up his attacks on the judge and his family in the New York hush money case, after that judge imposed a partial gag order on Mr. Trump less than three weeks from the April 15th start date in that trial. And now, Trump is asserting that none of the trials should quote “take place during my campaign,” falsely calling the criminal proceedings “election interference.” It is yet another reminder that we are covering this election against the backdrop of a deeply divided nation. but this week, there were also signs of how this country has the incredible capacity to come together. We saw that in Baltimore when the country rallied around that community after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge which claimed 6 lives.
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GOV. WES MOORE:
We are Maryland tough. And we were Baltimore strong. So in the face of heartbreak, we come together. We embrace one another. And we come back stronger.
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KRISTEN WELKER:
At an event centered on bipartisanship at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute, I had the chance to speak with two governors this week about what is required for leadership in a crisis.. like the one Baltimore is facing.
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GOV. MAURA HEALEY:
Whether it’s a flood, whether it’s a 9/11, whether it’s a calamity, like we saw today, you don’t know when things are going to happen, but then to quickly convene with your team and develop a strategy and…
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