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HI THERE AND WELCOME TO MEET THE PRESS NOW I'M RYAN NOBLES IN WASHINGTON, AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS ON THE WAR AGAINST IRAN. WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP NOW THREATENING TO LEVEL THE COUNTRY TOMORROW, INCLUDING ITS CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, UNLESS TEHRAN MAKES A DEAL, ESSENTIALLY DOUBLING DOWN ON HIS PROFANITY LACED SOCIAL MEDIA POST OVER THE WEEKEND, DEMANDING TEHRAN OPEN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AS OIL PRICES CONTINUE TO CLIMB. SPEAKING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ROOM THIS AFTERNOON, PRESIDENT TRUMP WARNED TH ...

Fisherman Jerome Whitney is already thinking about tonight's dinner recipe. >> Corn meal, some old bay, salt and pepper, fry it up. Delicious.But just a few feet away Two of the sharks. They're fun to catch. >> on this same Harlem pier.I don't think I would trust it. >> Brandon Mosley says you won't catch him making a meal of whatever he reels in. You're not going to eat this fish.No, absolutely not. >> That is the dichotomy that we see. Audrey Varney Connectin is one of the state health department's top fi ...

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Hi there and welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Ryan Nobles in Washington and we begin with breaking news on the war against Iran with President Trump now threatening to level the country tomorrow, including its civilian infrastructure unless Tran makes a deal, essentially doubling down on his profanity lace social media post over the weekend demanding Tran open the Strait of Hormuz as oil prices continue to climb. Speaking from the White House briefing room this afternoon, President Trump warned that Iran ...

Tom, there was a touching moment today. The astronauts said that they want to name a crater that they saw, a new crater after Reed Wisman's wife. >> Yeah, I got to say this was an incredibly emotional moment and all of us watching got choked up.Um, they have already identified several craters that have never been named before. So, they want to name one of those craters after their ship, after Integrity. And the other crater they want to name is after Commander Reed Weissman's wife, Carol.She died of cancer ...

REPORT. HERE IS TOM LLAMAS. >> PRESIDENT TRUMP IS HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND WE EXPECT HIM TO ADDRESS THAT DARING RESCUE MISSION. THE PRESIDENT IS SPEAKING, LET'S LISTEN IN. >> IT'S BEEN ONE OF THE BEST SO, GOOD AFTERNOON, WE HAVE QUITE A BIT TO DISCUSS. WE WILL GO INTO GOOD DETAIL AND, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST INVOLVED, WE WILL GIVE YOU EXACTITUDE AND WE ARE HERE TO CELEBRATE THE SUCCESS OF ONE OF THE LARGEST MOST COMPLEX, MOST HARROWING COMBAT SEARCHES, I GUESS YOU WOUL ...

The second one and especially meaningful for this crew is a number of years ago we started this journey and our close-knit astronaut family and we lost a loved one and there's a there's a feature in a really neat place on the moon and it is on the near side far side boundary. In fact, it's just on the near side of that boundary. And so at certain times of the uh moon's transit around Earth, you can we will be able to see this from Earth.And so we lost a loved one. Her name was Carol, the spouse of Reed, the ...

There were drones at the Olympics, but they weren't competing, at least not this year. They were being used to film the athletes so we could get a really close view, like crazy close, closer than ever in Olympics history. Who was flying these things.How are they not running into bobsledders all the time. What's going on. All of these shots were filmed by drone pilots.Their job is to fly the drones as close as they can without crashing into the athletes or the walls of the track. They wear goggles so they ca ...

Are you concerned that your threat to bomb power plants and bridges amount towards. >> No, no, no, I'm not. I hope I don't have to do it.>> But again, I just said 47 years they've been negotiating with these people. They're great negotiators. Why would that.>> And because they're not going to have a nuclear weapon. ...