Welcome to Meet the Press. Now, I'm Kristen Welker in Washington where President Trump is doubling down on his economic agenda and facing a rough stretch of souring poll numbers as he urges voters to blame his predecessor. It comes amid a potential bright spot for the administration with the Labor Department reporting today that inflation fell to 2.7% in November.That's lower than expected. The data comes with a few caveats. It was collected later than normal because of the government shutdown and economist ...

More breaking news right [music] now. A plane has reportedly crashed outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. Video showing black smoke rising from the site of the crash site.That's at Statesville Regional Airport. NBC News national correspondent Aaron Gilchrist is following that story for us. Aaron, what more.I know it's just developing, but what have we learned about what happened. Yeah, Kate, there are a lot of details sort of floating around out there that we're working to confirm, but I I want to step thr ...

Police are now looking into whether that shooting on Monday that killed an MIT professor in the Boston area might be linked to Saturday's shooting on the campus of Brown University. That is according to four law enforcement officials. The professor was found shot to death in his home in the Boston suburb of Brooklyn on Monday night.During a press conference earlier this week, the FBI said there was nothing at that stage linking these two shootings. Now, however, authorities are exploring additional leads to ...

We want to take a turn now. We are following breaking news in the investigation into last weekend's deadly shooting at Brown University. Three senior law enforcement officials now confirming to NBC News that a person of interest has been identified. This significant development comes as four senior law enforcement officials also confirmed to NBC News that police are looking into whether the deadly shooting of an MIT professor in the Boston area is connected to the attack at Brown in Providence. That profess ...

The Trump administration announced today new moves meant to crack down on care for transgender minors across the country. This morning, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. unveiled the steps his department is taking. It includes barring hospitals that participate in Medicare and Medicaid from performing transition related care. >> There is divine worth in every person.It shines most brightly in our children. That worth commands us to protect them. And as long as I serve ...

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Police are now looking into whether that shooting on Monday that killed an MIT professor in the Boston area might be linked to Saturday's shooting on the campus of Brown University. That is according to four law enforcement officials. The professor was found shot to death in his home in the Boston suburbs in the suburb rather of Brooklyn on Monday night.During a press conference earlier this week, the FBI said there was nothing at that stage linking these two shootings. Now, however, authorities are explori ...

The Trump administration announced today new moves meant to crack down on care for transgender minors across the country. This morning, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. unveiled the steps his department is taking. It includes barring hospitals that participate in Medicare and Medicaid from performing transition related care. >> There is divine worth in every person.It shines most brightly in our children. That worth commands us to protect them. And as long as I serve ...

Just a short time ago, President Trump announced a new change on cannabis policy. In an executive order signed this afternoon, the president laid out his intention to reclassify cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act. Right now, cannabis is a schedule one substance along with drugs like heroin, LSD.Under the law, these drugs are considered to have the highest potential for abuse and no medical use. Under the executive order, cannabis would now become a schedule three substance, falling into the same c ...