Mcconnell freezes for the second time in front of reporters. The senate has become the most privileged nursing home in the country. Are americas Aging Leaders becoming a liability . Ill speak with franklin foer, the author of the last politician, a new book about President Biden, with an inside account of how the oldest president in history operates. And buy american. The u. S. Warns china that american businesses may stop investing if conditions do not improve. Otherwise, its too risky, and as i said, uninvestable. How escalaing tensions with china made it far worse. Ill talk to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news chief washington correspondent andrea mitchell, jake sherman, cofounder of punchbowl news, former Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson, and republican strategist sara fagen. 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 tod
We begin our second hour with several major developments in the Georgia Election interference case. Donald trump pleaded not guilty to 13 criminal counts on thursday, waving his arraignment. Trumps lawyers submitted the plea in writing and notified the court he will not appear in person this coming wednesday. Rudy giuliani became the latest codefendant to waive arraignment, entering a not guilty plea on friday. In total, 12 defendants have done this so far. The ex president and some of those charged along with him are also pushing to break up the broad 19 defendant rico case, in a separate filing, trumps lawyers act judge scott mcafee to sever his case from his codefendants who have asked for a speedy trial. At least two defendants have done that, former trump loyal Sidney Powell and kenneth chesebro. Chesebro has been scheduled for october 23rd. Like trump, theyve asked to have their cases tried separately from others. As trump and his codefendants push for their preferences, Fulton C
And what the Biden Administration is actually doing. On its face a hearing this week with Donald Trumps former Chief Of Staff mark meadows revolved around what might sound like a sideshow legal issue compared to the larger problem facing the former president hooch he wants to move his case from state to federal court, but what we learned from his nearly four hours of questioning has implications far beyond a potential Change Of Venue for his trial. In addition to giving us the first sense of what the argument may be from one of trumps other coconspirators of which there are many, the testimony was also another Flashing Warning Sign of what a second trump term could look like. I mean, lets zero in on the key defense we heard from mark meadows. He argued that the allegations outlined in the indictment, you know, the unrelenting pursuit of baseless claims of Election Fraud, the Pressure Campaign on georgia officials to find votes, the conspiratorial behavior to keep trump in power, he say
If politics make for strange bedfellows, the sudden agreement between Brian Kemp and Marjorie Taylor Greene could be among the strangest within the GOP. The two have been at odds in Georgia politics f.