Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington. We've been listening to President Trump and New York City Mayor Elect Zuran Mamdani taking questions from reporters in their first face-to-face meeting, striking a notably and extraordinarily constructive tone with each other.The president calling it a great meeting and praising Mr. . Mandani's victory and wishing him success. We are standing by right now to see if the mayor elect will speak to reporters gathered outside the Oval Office.That i ...

meeting between President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Elect Zoran Mdani just wrapping up. Aean Jabvers, what do we know. Brian, this was a fascinating moment in the Oval Office.A classic political setpiece here uh as the left-wing new mayor of mayor elect of New York meets with the right-wing president of the United States. And what happens. Not fireworks, but handshakes in the Oval Office.and something of a love fest between these two politicians. Maybe sort of a a game recognizes game moment here ...

Cost of Living Crisis - The focus of the campaign is on the cost of living crisis, particularly in New York City [1] - Voters who supported both the president and President Trump expressed concerns about the cost of living [1][2] - Specific cost of living concerns include groceries, rent, Con Edison (utilities), and child care [1] Affordability Agenda - There is a focus on delivering for New Yorkers in partnership with the president on an affordability agenda [2] - Efforts are needed to address Con Edison prices, particularly in relation to fuel prices [2][3] - Fuel prices have decreased, but this decrease has not been reflected in Con Edison prices [3]

When this meeting showed up on the calendar. Let's just say I think a lot of us, to be fair, were expecting something a lot more contentious. What actually got into the water with these two men today.Oh, I think the crisis of affordability was going to be the thing that brought them together. And that's what bore out in this Oval Office meeting. They agreed on getting housing built in New York City and bringing down prices.Anything I'm going to do, the president said, is going to be good for New York if tho ...

We've just had a great meeting, a really good, very productive meeting. We have one thing in common. We want this city of ours that we love to do very well.And I wanted to congratulate the mayor. He really ran an incredible race against, you know, a lot of smart people, starting with the early primaries against some very tough people, very smart people. And he beat them and he beat them easily.And I congratulated him and we talked about some things in very strong common like housing and getting housing buil ...

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I don't even know where to start here. This is pay per view, right. You guys like you put taking the phone off the hook for this because this could go a couple of different ways.This could be a zelensky's style ambush. Maybe he shows up with gifts. Lester, how's this going to work.Well, we heard they were going to have a UFC event in the White House. This is maybe this is it. It.On the other hand, it could be a love in. I think the fact that we don't know may be the point. The the current president is prett ...

Welcome back. In an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal titled, "The Democrat's challenge for the 2028 election," former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel writes this in part. Much as we all celebrated our victories, the recent election results were more a repudiation of Mr.. Trump's GOP than an affirmation of the Democrats agenda. Moving forward, however, Democrats have to do more than simply muzzle their unsuccessful messages. They need to craft a narrative, an agenda that reflects America's middle class economic ...

Economic Sentiment - Middle-class earners are weary after nearly five years of high prices [1] - The expectation of more affordable living has not been met [1]

[music] Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington where the White House is defending some extremely incendiary comments by the president today, criticizing a group of Democrats for their comments about the military and suggesting those Democrats actions are punishable by death. We'll have much more on all of that. and the firestorm and the reaction on Capitol Hill in just a moment. But it comes as the administration is confronting some dismal new poll numbers on how Americans feel abou ...