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Meet the Press – November 10, 2024

KRISTEN WELKER: This Sunday: return to power. PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: Look what happened, is this crazy? VICE PRES.-ELECT JD VANCE: I think that we just witnessed the greatest political comeback in the history of the United States of America. KRISTEN WELKER: In a decisive victory, Donald Trump is elected the 47th president of the United States, returning to the White House after an extraordinary political comeback. PRES.-ELECT DONALD TRUMP: This will truly be the golden age of America. KRISTEN WELKER: How will he lead in a second term? Plus: defeated. VICE PRES. KAMALA HARRIS: The outcome of this election is not what we wanted. KRISTEN WELKER: Vice President Kamala Harris faces a stunning loss from voters deeply upset with the direction of the...
Sen. John Barrasso dodges when asked if Trump should maintain DOJ’s independence
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Sen. John Barrasso dodges when asked if Trump should maintain DOJ’s independence

Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., on Sunday dodged when asked if President-elect Donald Trump should seek to preserve the Department of Justice’s independence from the White House, telling moderator Kristen Welker that former President John F. Kennedy previously appointed his brother Robert F. Kennedy as attorney general and that Trump can “choose who he wants.” “I think that John Kennedy appointed his brother, little brother Bobby, as attorney general. The president gets to choose who he wants,” Barrasso told Kristen Welker, the moderator of NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “We’ll have hearings on whoever the president appoints as the attorney general of the United States. And I’m looking forward to those discussions and those hearings,” Barrasso added. “I’m looking forward to moving quickly w...
Mr. Penny Pincher: The Price of Democracy
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Mr. Penny Pincher: The Price of Democracy

This past week, we were lucky enough to take part in electing the 47th President of our country. Regardless of whether you’re happy or unhappy with the results, it’s important to hold a sense of gratitude that we have a say in the process. Electing our officials to represent us, the people, is a unique gift provided to us by our founding fathers.  Would you rather the process was easier? Join the club. I’d rather many things in my life were easier, from paying taxes to buying insurance, but some things are complicated for a reason. Easier is not always better.  There’s a reality we all must come to grips with. Democracy is messy.  We need to look no further to define this as fact than the election of 1800. Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr each had 73 electoral votes, both of them having def...
FEMA employee fired after advising disaster relief team not to visit homes with signs supporting Donald Trump
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FEMA employee fired after advising disaster relief team not to visit homes with signs supporting Donald Trump

A Federal Emergency Management Agency employee was fired after recently advising a survivor assistance team to not visit homes with yard signs that support President-elect Donald Trump during Hurricane Milton relief efforts. FEMA did not clarify where the incident happened, or when and did not identify the employee. But in a statement on Saturday, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell called the incident "reprehensible." "This is a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation," she said in the statement shared with NBC News. Criswell said FEMA's more than 22,000 employees are dedicated to helping those impacted by disasters. "I want to be clear to all of my employees and the American people, this type of behavior and...
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he does not support urging Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says he does not support urging Justice Sonia Sotomayor to step down

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., on Sunday defended keeping Justice Sonia Sotomayor on the Supreme Court, after some Democrats have reportedly considered pressuring her to step down while President Joe Biden is still in office. “No,” Sanders said, when asked by “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker whether he thinks Sotomayor, who is 70, should step down from her post while Biden can nominate a liberal replacement. He added that he’s heard “a little bit” of talk from Democratic senators about asking Sotomayor, who is serving a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court, to step aside. “I don’t think it’s sensible,” Sanders said, without elaborating on his position further. Since President-elect Donald Trump was projected to win the presidential election last week, there’s ...
1 dead and several injured at Tuskegee University homecoming weekend shooting
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1 dead and several injured at Tuskegee University homecoming weekend shooting

One person is dead and "several" were injured after a homecoming weekend shooting at Tuskegee University early Sunday morning. In a statement, the university said "a non-university individual" was killed and several others, including students, were injured in the shooting. The injured victims were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment. Tuskegee University did not share any details about the shooting, adding that the Alabama State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the incident. The state agency said it is "working to gather and confirm details concerning this incident." It is not clear if there are any suspects in custody in connection to the shooting at this time. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Note: Thank you for visiting our website!...
Soldier with Yemen’s exiled government opens fire, killing 2 Saudi troops and wounding another
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Soldier with Yemen’s exiled government opens fire, killing 2 Saudi troops and wounding another

A soldier for Yemen’s exiled government opened fire on Saudi troops as they exercised in eastern Yemen, killing two of them and wounding another in a rare insider attack during the kingdom’s nearly decadelong war there, officials said Saturday. The assault in eastern Hadramawt province comes as a yearslong cease-fire between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthi rebels largely has held despite the militants’ ongoing attacks against shipping in the Red Sea corridor . While the Houthis did not claim the attack, at least one Houthi official praised it as being “the beginning and an indication of a harsh future awaiting the invaders.” Meanwhile, U.S. warplanes carried out new strikes targeting Houthi positions that lasted into early Sunday morning, the American mili...
Flight carrying Auburn basketball team grounded after scuffle between players
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Flight carrying Auburn basketball team grounded after scuffle between players

AUBURN, Ala. — A flight carrying the No. 11 Auburn basketball team was grounded shortly after takeoff on Friday after two players got into a fight onboard, according to multiple reports. “We had two players that got into a physical altercation, clothes were ripped,” the pilot was heard saying to air traffic controllers in audio obtained by WBRC-TV . The Tigers were heading to Houston, where they were scheduled to play the fourth-ranked Cougars on Saturday. The plane took off shortly before 3 p.m. but turned around and landed about 40 minutes later. The pilot told air traffic controllers that police were called, according to the audio. ESPN also confirmed the in-flight scuffle, citing anonymous sources. The fight was broken up before it became anything serious and a repla...
Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, officials say
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Israeli strikes kill dozens in Lebanon and isolated northern Gaza, officials say

Israeli strikes killed dozens of people on Sunday in Lebanon and the northern Gaza Strip , where the military has been waging a major offensive for more than a month that aid groups say has further worsened the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave. An Israeli airstrike killed at least 23 people in the village of Aalmat, north of Beirut and far from the areas in southern and eastern Lebanon where the militant Hezbollah group has a major presence. Lebanon’s Health Ministry said a further six people were wounded. There was no immediate Israeli comment. In northern Gaza, an Israeli strike on a home sheltering displaced people in the urban refugee camp of Jabaliya killed at least 17 people, according to the director of a nearby hospital that received the bodies...
More women seek testosterone therapy, prompted by influencers, doctors say
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More women seek testosterone therapy, prompted by influencers, doctors say

Do women have a testosterone problem? Social media influencers believe they do. And with the rise of telemedicine and testosterone replacement clinics opening up across the country, access to the drug has never been easier. In the U.S., prescriptions for testosterone increased nearly 50% between 2013 and 2023, according to recent data from the health technology company IQVIA. Doctors say interest in the hormone isn’t being driven only by men, but also by women in their 40s and 50s. “It feels almost like an epidemic,” Dr. Rebecca Dunsmoor-Su, chief medical officer for Gennev, a national telemedicine company for menopause patients, said about middle-age women seeking testosterone. “They’re being told this is the miracle-drug pill that they’ve been looking for.” Because patients a...