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Former President Donald Trump, who maintains a mammoth lead ahead of the rest of the Republican presidential field, ramps up controversial comments about immigrants while on the campaign trail. Chris O’Leary, former director of Hostage Rescue and Recovery for the U.S. government, discusses the challenges of resuming Gaza hostage negotiations. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), ranking member on the House China Select Committee, talks about committee recommendations to reset economic relations with China.

NBC News National Security and Pentagon Correspondent Courtney Kube joins Kristen Welker to talk about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to the U.S. this week, and says he "didn't turn a lot of minds" in his attempt to get Republican lawmakers to support continued aid for his country. Plus, Courtney's rare access into the U.S. space arms race with China.

With negotiations on border security underway on Capitol Hill, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) explains his push to prioritize changes to immigration policy over funding for Ukraine in a live, on set interview. From the other side of the aisle, Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.) discusses Democrats’ struggles to build enthusiasm in her state. Dingell also reacts to Republicans in the House formalizing an impeachment inquiry into President Biden and the Senate GOP’s proposals on border security. Steve Kornacki introduces a new, county-level initiative called “The Deciders” and Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker speaks directly to Democratic voters in Michigan. Geoff Bennett, Matt Gorman, Courtney Kube and Jen Psaki unpack it all at the roundtable.

Israel’s military says it mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages during fighting in Gaza. National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby reacts to the latest developments from the Israel-Hamas war. Rudy Giuliani is ordered to pay more than $148 million in damages for defaming two Georgia election workers. Dan Merica, Ameshia Cross and Stephen Hayes join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. David Miliband, president, and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, discusses the organization’s annual emergency watch list report.

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) says the idea that President Biden would beat Donald Trump in 2024 is a “delusion” and “a threat to democracy.” Olivia Beavers, Navin Nayak and fmr. White House Deputy Press Secretary Pete Seat join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss recent polling for the 2024 presidential race ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Jury deliberations begin in Rudy Giuliani’s defamation trial over the former mayor’s conflict with two election workers during the 2020 election.

Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), who served as lead counsel during the first impeachment trial of former President Trump, discusses the House Republicans’ plan to launch an impeachment inquiry on President Biden. Chuck Todd, Susan Page, Mo Elleithee and former Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.) detail how it would affect our political system. Rabbi David Wolpe discusses antisemitism on school campuses.

President Joe Biden holds a press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy following bilateral talks. Former Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), former Rep. Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) and Betsy Woodruff Swan join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable. Israel pumps seawater into Hamas tunnels as the war enters its second month, according to a U.S. official. Special Counsel Jack Smith plans to use phone data in former President Donald Trump’s election interference trial. Texas Supreme Court rules against the woman who was seeking a medical exception to the state’s abortion ban.

President Biden is facing a stalemate on his biggest foreign policy priority, more wartime aid for Israel and Ukraine. Former Prime Minister of Israel Naftali Bennett discusses the war between Israel and Hamas. Special Counsel Jack Smith appeals to the Supreme Court on the issue of presidential immunity. A new NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll out of Iowa shows just how dominant former President Trump is. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-Mich.) repealed a state law that required women to buy a separate rider on their health insurance to cover abortions. The fight over abortion access in Texas is playing out in the case of one woman’s struggle to end her high-risk pregnancy.

Jonathan Martin, senior political columnist and politics bureau chief for Politico, joins Kristen Welker to talk about how anti-Trump Republicans are "resigned to his inevitability, depressed about it, and not doing a damn thing to change it."

In an exclusive interview, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joins Meet the Press to discuss his stance on abortion following the Texas Supreme Court’s decision to block a woman from getting an emergency abortion and his thoughts on the 2024 race. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) exclusively shares the status of congressional aid to Israel and Ukraine and weighs in on Hunter Biden’s latest indictment. Cornell Belcher, Lanhee Chen, Jonathan Martin and Kelly O’Donnell join the Meet the Press roundtable. 

Hunter Biden was indicted for a second time, this time on nine tax-related charges, including three felony counts. Monica Alba, Symone Sanders-Townsend and Matthew Continetti join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss the potential political implications of the Hunter Biden indictment, as well as former President Trump’s continued legal woes. NBC News campaign embed Jake Traylor reports how Trump’s “fandom” is fueling his 2024 campaign.

Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie and Vivek Ramaswamy spar during the fourth GOP primary debate. Noah Rothman and former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to debrief the debate and discuss the 2024 election. Deputy Prime Minister of Jordan Ayman Safadi says Israel’s ground offensive in Gaza is “not self-defense” and is “violating international law.” In Texas, a woman is granted an emergency abortion despite the state having some of the strictest laws in country. In Minnesota, the state’s capital will have an all-female city council under the age of 40. Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Israel’s special envoy for combating antisemitism, discusses rising antisemitism as the first night of Hannukah begins.

After the fourth GOP presidential debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Kristen Welker speaks with Nikki Haley Campaign Spokesperson Olivia Perez-Cubas, Gov. Ron DeSantis Campaign Manager James Uthmeier and Vivek Ramaswamy Senior Adviser Tricia McLaughlin. NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd and Correspondent Garrett Haake provide analysis of the night’s events. NBC News’ Priscilla Thompson and Nnamdi Egwuonwu speak with voters in Iowa and Georgia. Amy Walter, Matt Gorman and Hugh Hewitt join the roundtable.

Emilie Ikeda reports on the latest known developments of the shooting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) talks about the stalled funding negotiations on immigration in Congress. Chuck Todd, Ali Vitali and Mike Memoli preview the latest on 2024 with a GOP debate on Wednesday night and former President Trump saying he would act as a dictator on “day one.”

The Israeli military says it had its “most intense day” of fighting yet as Israel pushes deeper into southern Gaza. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) joins Meet the Press NOW as Congress remains divided on foreign aid and border funding. House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) discusses House Republicans’ upcoming vote to formally authorize their impeachment inquiry into President Biden.

The USS Carney shoots down three drones launched by Houthis, but it remains unclear whether the ship was targeted. Retired Lieutenant General Steph Twitty provides analysis on the Houthi attacks. Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief Avi Mayer discusses the internal turmoil Israel faces as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a corruption trial. The White House warns that funding for Ukraine aid could run out by the end of the year as Congressional Republicans seek to tie Ukraine funding to border policies. Eugene Daniels, former Rep. Donna Edwards (D-Md.) and Danielle Pletka join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable.

Tim Alberta, author of "The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism," joins Kristen Welker to detail how former President Trump developed a cult-like following within the evangelical community — and whether Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) could drop out of the presidential race before Iowa.

National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby provides the latest updates on the Israel-Hamas war. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.), a 2024 presidential candidate, exclusively discusses his campaign as the Iowa caucuses approach. Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Allyson Felix talks about the Black maternal health crisis in the U.S. Tim Alberta, Stephen Hayes and Kimberly Atkins Stohr join the Meet the Press roundtable. 

Israel says it has resumed military operations inside Gaza after the 7-day truce expired. Council on Foreign Relations President Emeritus Richard Haass discusses the latest developments in the war. New York Times staff writer Ronen Bergman and former CIA Director John Brennan breaks down reports about the intelligence failures leading up to the Hamas attack. Nicholas Wu, Sara Fagen and Faiz Shakir join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss the state of the 2024 presidential race.

Eight more hostages are released as the cease-fire in Gaza reaches its seventh day. Former Middle East Analyst and Negotiator Aaron David Miller warns of escalation between the Middle East and U.S., and former Director of U.S. Hostage Recovery Christopher O'Leary discusses the recent hostage releases. Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) battles his House colleagues ahead of the vote to expel him on ethics violations. Marianna Sotomayor, former Rep. Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) and Matt Gorman join the Meet the Press NOW roundtable to discuss Nikki Haley’s chances against GOP front-runner Donald Trump and the Biden-Harris re-election campaign. Shira Havron, relative of one of the released hostages, says that children hostages have returned “whispering.” NBC’s Andrea Mitchell discusses Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger’s legacy.