Welcome to Meet the Press Now. I'm Garrett Hake. On a day in which the health of the American economy, the health of American democracy, and the health of Americans in general is in focus. And we'll get to all of it, but we begin with the economy. The growing concern from the Federal Reserve about a slowdown in the US labor market, spurring the central bank, led by chairman Jerome Powell, today to announce it was slashing interest rates for the first time in 9 months in order to spur growth. The federal fun ...

Mel, to switch it up here before we let you go, I do want to talk about this fight over government funding and a deadline. Again, a potential shutdown here. It's just two weeks away.House Republican leaders have released details about their bill to keep the government funded. That would go through November 21st. But where do things stand right now on negotiations.Is there any possibility of a bipartisan deal. Well, at this point, it looks like it's headed towards a showdown. Republicans unveiled their own p ...

Congress returns today after a one-month break and lawmakers will need to tackle a list of pressing issues. Yeah, from funding the government to the lingering concerns surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein case. Lawmakers are expected to have their work cut out for them over the next few weeks.NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Melanie Cenona joins us now. Mel, perhaps the biggest task facing lawmakers, stop me if you've heard this before, funding the federal government. Those funds expected to run out, I know, ...