Set, both of them. 20 candidates, two nights. A brewing generational divide. It would serve us well to have a new generation of leadership stepping forward at the highest level. People have a right to question all of our ages. All i can say is, watch me. Just watch me. My guest, mayor pete buttigieg. The u. S. Blames iran for attacks on tankers and considers deploying ships. I will talk to Steve Scalise and Richard Engel reports from the region. Joining me are mark leibovich, Danielle Pletka, george will and helene cooper, pentagon corresponde correspondent. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Happy fathers day to all the dads out there. Were going to get to President Trump and election interference and poll numbers in a moment. We will start with the tension between the United States and iran. The u. S. Is blaming iran for attacks on two tankers.
A brewing generational divide. It would serve us well to have a new generation of leadership stepping forward at the highest level. Pple have a right to question all of our ages. All i can say is, watch me. Just watch me. My guest, yor pete buttigieg. The u. S. Blames iran for attacks on tanrsnd considers deploying ships. I will talk to Steve Scalise and richardor engel r from the region. Joining me are mark leibovich, daniellepletka, george will andc heleper, pentagon corresponde correspondent. Welcome to sunday, its meet the press. From nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Happy fathers day t all the dads out there. Were going to get to president c trump and elon interference and poll numbers in a moment. We will start with the tension beeen the United States and iran. The u. S. Is blaming iran for attacks on two tankers. Iran denies its responsible. There are fearshandliners will use the
Paul every time you talk about investing to people in their 20s you hear folks say theres not enough money what i tell them every single time theres plenty of money in this country. Its just in the wrong hands. At times when we have three people in this country with more wealth than the bottom half of america while 500,000 people are sleeping out on the streets today it is time for change. See if this economy is not working for working people. For too long the rules have been written in favor of the people who have the most and not in favor of the people who work for most. Paul lets bring in our panel wall street columnist Dan Henninger colin the kim strassel and bill mcgurn Editorial Board member. Cam whats your main take away from those debates . What did we learn about the democrats right now . Well right now just how far left this party has come. Its really quite extraordinary when you look at everything from immigration basically and open borders policy, Health Care Free for every
News about trade has been an important driver of sentiment. But we are also look at global its trade developments and concerns about global growth. And we have incoming data thats been pretty good, particularly for the consumer. Consumer spending is solid. Reporter worries about manufacturing because of trade uncertainty. That was the word of the day. Uncertainty. Powell said it more than a dozen times. On inflation the Federal Reserve estimate showed its falling to 1. 5 . Bullard was the only descent today. Overall our policy discussions focused on the appropriate response to the uncertain environment. The projections of appropriate policy showed many participants believe some cut in the funds rate would be appropriate. Reporter we are close to having that rate cut. The last time a Voting Member descented dissented was in 2008. Powell responded to criticism by saying he has a fouryear term that he plans to finish. Liz lets get to Hillary Vaughn on capitol hill. The president says hes
General William Barrs bar on the probe of the russian collusion narrative was propagated plus Peter Navarro on trade talks with china and where meeting President Trump and president xi stand right now and also the latest on the state of u. S. Mca, the trade deal the administration wants to replace nafta, and democratic congressman matt cart right and his partys push for a impeachment inquiry why he think s democrats need to move on to other issues that Americans Care about plus his take on the 2020 democratic field and also asia analyst god an chang reacts to marias interview with huawei s u. S. Securities chief isnt Chinese Telecommunications giant open to American Government officials really taking a closer look at their companys infrastructure, all that and more, as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. So first we begin with the latest on u. S. Tensions with iran, damage assessments are now underway, on those two oil tank ers attacked off irans coast last week and here is a look