It's a Tuesday. President Trump hits battleground Pennsylvania, touting new investments in artificial intelligence as the White House and congressional Republicans look to drum up support for Trump's sweeping domestic agenda. Plus, the fight for the future of the Democratic Party playing out in Arizona and New York City where voters are set to choose between younger candidates calling for generational change and those with more experience and name ID. And inside the renewed bipartisan push to pass an immigration reform bill that includes a path to temporary legal status for some undocumented immigrants.
The House Republican leading the charge will join me in studio. Welcome to Meet the Press. Now, I'm Gabe Gutierrez in Washington. And we begin in Pennsylvania where President Trump is speaking at a summit on AI and energy as he seeks to tout a key provision in the sweeping legislation congressional Republicans delivered for him in a state that helped deliver him the White House.
Here's a live look at that summit in Pittsburgh where the president just formally announced a $90 billion investment in AI along with the energy needed to power it. Today's commitments are ensuring that the future is going to be designed, built and made right here in Pennsylvania and right here in Pittsburgh. And I have to say right here in the United States of America. The summit is one of the president's first opportunities to sell his so-called one big beautiful bill, which was not viewed favorably, according to major polls, when it was signed into law on July 4th.
In fact, Democrats are hoping to capitalize on in next year's midterms as they focus on the bill's cuts to Medicaid and its benefits for wealthy households. And now Republicans are looking for new ways to sell the legislation to voters, with strategists telling NBC News they're advising lawmakers to rebrand the bill as the Trump working family tax cuts. It all comes as the Labor Department reported today that inflation ticked up to 2.7% in June compared to one year earlier. Compared to one year earlier, the price increases sparked by the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
The president is using those numbers to once again attack Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as he demands the Fed boost the economy by cutting interest rates. The president also downplayed inflation concerns on his way to Pennsylvania. Very slight. Essentially, they were exactly as anticipated.
Very low inflation. So what you should do is lower the rate. The Fed should lower the rate immediately. There was very little inflation as you know.
The numbers were very good. Very much inside the margin. So we've had no inflation. All we have is we're making a fortune.
NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Julie Serkin joins me now from Pittsburgh. And also with me is NBC News business and data correspondent Brian Chung. Julie, I want to start with you. What's the purpose of today's summit?
Well, that's exactly as you laid out, Gabe. He's touting the $90 billion investment in Pennsylvania. Trump spending a large chunk on stage. You hear him still talking behind my shoulder there talking about this investment, blaming President Biden, something he likes to do in his administration in what he called as killing coal in this state.
Instead, of course, the focus for this event, Gabe, is all about artificial intelligence and energy. 60 plus business leaders are here. As I was walking through the hallway all day long, there are a lot of different inventions presented by all these different companies, especially when it comes to AI and how that could help take the U.S. into the future.
They really want to make sure this state that is, of course, so critical politically, but also practically with all the industry in the state is center stage, is front of stage in terms of the U.S. leading the way on AI and energy production here. It was also notable, of course, because this is McCormick, who's the freshman senator from this state, just won in November. It's one of his first big events since becoming senator.
And so the fact that he was able to bring all this together, of course, a lot of attention on this and all the cabinet secretaries that are here as well with the president here, Gabe. And, Julie, any coincidence that this is taking place in Pennsylvania, which happens to be the most important battleground state, which Donald Trump won both in 2016 and 2020? Absolutely no coincidence there. And even Trump, when he started talking, made that extremely clear.
This is his third trip. By the way, Gabe, as I'm sure you know well, since he was inaugurated to this state, to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, he campaigned really hard here in the final days of the 2024 election. So it's absolutely no coincidence that he is here. And by the way, touting parts of that mega bill that he just signed into law, specifically focused on those tax cuts, specifically focused on provisions that could help businesses that are here gathered today to hear from him.
But we asked Governor Josh Shapiro, who was also here earlier today, excited about this investment, of course, in the state, what he thinks about the bill. Take a listen to what he said. 26,000 Pennsylvanians are going to lose their jobs in the energy sector. It's somewhat ironic that we're here talking about energy jobs and that the bill that the president just signed into law would gut 26,000 energy jobs.
Also notable, I think, is that the president is pointing out here that artificial intelligence puts such a demand on the power grid. He said here that artificial intelligence is going to cost the grid to need twice as more power in the future. So if you juxtapose that with Shapiro's comments there, two different visions of the same reality, which is something we see often. Two very different visions.
Julie, look, Republicans just delivered this huge legislative victory to President Trump by passing what he calls his one big beautiful bill. But now we have that new reporting that some Republicans may be seeking to rebrand that legislation. Why? Yeah, they want to call it the Working Families Tax Cut.
Look, there's a lot of provisions in this thousand-page bill that are frankly unpopular. And it's why you don't hear Trump and you don't hear Republicans talking about them. But what you did see is something like a move from Senator Josh Hawley out of Missouri a couple hours ago actually released new legislation to try and cut back and change and undo some of the very provisions that were passed into law as part of this bill concerning Medicaid and some of the food stamp benefits and other social safety net programs that could be very damaging if Democrats play their cards right over the next 18 months, especially in swing states and battleground states like this one in Pennsylvania. So that is something that Shapiro pointed out even when he was talking on a panel down the hall from me earlier today.
This is going to be a tough thing for Republicans to get over. And it's why they're only focused on the provisions that pull well, like those tax cuts. Julie Serkin live from Pittsburgh. Julie, thank you.
I want to turn now to Brian Chung. And Brian, we've heard for years about how AI could take Americans' jobs. So this summit that was focused on how it could create thousands of jobs. Explain how.
Yeah, well, the economic impact of artificial intelligence cannot be understated, not just for the energy implications that Julie just walked you through, but also for the workforce implications as well. In fact, a recent survey done globally estimates that about 40% of employers expect to reduce their workforce where work can be automated as a result of this artificial intelligence technology. Now, 11 million jobs, though, are expected to be created as a result of artificial intelligence. Think about all these new industries, all these new companies that are popping up that are fueling this type of hiring.
But it could also be at risk of displacing 9 million jobs, a.k.a. forcing people out of old industries that might get outdated and replaced by artificial intelligence and then forcing those jobs to move elsewhere. That's a big reason why not just policymakers, but even everyday people are wondering what could be the ripple effects of this artificial intelligence technology. There are real benefits, like, for example, curing cancer.
But on the other side, there's also the worry that it could have a real threat to humanity, as the likes of Sam Alden and Elon Musk have warned themselves. So very much big pros and big cons to that technology. More Brian, this comes on the same day that the Labor Department reported that inflation was heating up. Although the president is trying to make the case that it was up only slightly.
How much of a factor were tariffs in those price increases? Yeah, well, economists have said that this inflation report that we got today, covering the month of June, was the first real inflation report we started to see the impact of the tariffs. So I want to point out here, again, what we're talking about when we say 2.7%. That's how much prices rose between June of this year and June of last year.
That is a tick up from what we saw in terms of inflation rates earlier this year, but lower than the 3% that we had seen at the end of last year. Now, when you unpack the specific categories, we've seen food inflation, energy prices are also going up. So are shelter costs, the cost of putting a roof over your head. These are monthly changes that we're looking at here.
But here is where we have seen some of the questions over the impacts of the tariffs. You're not seeing it everywhere. You're not really seeing it in eggs where prices are actually down compared to a few months ago. I know that's welcome news to a lot of people at the store.
Milk prices are about the same. And to the president's point, gasoline prices are also down by about 30 cents per gallon. But here are the categories, Gabe, where we are starting to see some of the tariff impacts. These are monthly changes.
2% in one month alone increases in appliances and toys, furniture and bedding rising Kier Simons, live for us in Moscow. Again, Kier, we really do appreciate your reporting. Fascinating conversation. And coming up, as the Trump administration ramps up its sweeping deportation agenda, my one-on-one interview with the Republican lawmaker leading a bipartisan push for immigration reform with a path to legal status for some undocumented immigrants.
Plus, Walt's on the Hill. President Trump's pick to be the United Nations ambassador was on Capitol Hill today facing questions about his role in the Signalgate controversy that leaked sensitive military plans. You're watching Meet the Press Now. Stay with us.
And welcome back. As the Trump administration ramps up its mass deportation efforts, today, a group of bipartisan lawmakers announced a bill that would provide legal status for some undocumented immigrants. The Dignity Act, sponsored by Florida Republican Congresswoman Maria Salazar and Texas Democratic Congresswoman Veronica Escobar, would allow undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S. since before 2021 to apply for up to seven years of legal status with work authorization, provided that they pay restitution and check in with DHS regularly.
It also includes enhanced border security provisions and protections for DREAMers. At the press event today, Salazar was quick to point out that the bill does not include a pathway to citizenship. She insisted the bill does not provide amnesty. Remember that dignity is not amnesty.
It does not have a path to citizenship. We're not talking about becoming Americans. We are trying to just bring them out of the shadows and have them go work in peace, pay taxes, and come back home again. And joining me now is Florida Republican Congresswoman Maria Salazar here in the studio.
Congresswoman, we really appreciate your time on a significant day for you. Look, we have seen different immigration reform plans fail in Congress before. This Dignity Act, you put forward something similar back in 2023, I believe. What makes this attempt different?
Everything in life is timing and everything in politics is timing. And this is the time for something like this. The border is secured. The BBB assures $150 billion for border security and the southern border.
Now is the time to have a national conversation as to what are we going to do with those people who have been here for more than five years. They are needed in the economy. They don't have a criminal record and they are needed. So dignity is the best solution.
It's not a path to citizenship. It's not amnesty. It only lets them stay, work and pay taxes. I thought it was interesting.
I believe, and correct me if I'm wrong here, but if they pay $7,000 over seven years. And 1% of their income or their salary over seven years. We're talking about two pots of money, $150 billion that we're going to give back to the Treasury. And the other one is $70 billion that we can use to re-educate or retrain American workers.
That's a lot of money. What makes you think, though, that the Trump administration will go for this? Because Trump has, first of all, Trump is a president. Trump is a businessman.
He's a construction guy. He said it, that the construction, hospitality and agricultural are needed. He understands it. And this is the moment where now the border is sealed.
And after the BBB, he has that ability. I said it in my speech. You know, he was the one who attacked Iran and he said to China, don't not eating our lunch. Trump dares to do things that other Republicans or Democrats in the White House have not dared.
And I have all the faith in the world that he will take this up very soon. Well, that may be the case. A lot of his supporters, though, including some of his top aides, for example, Stephen Miller, the architect of his immigration policy, has been for years. They would, I guess, would be they would look at this and have some serious questions about it because a lot of Trump voters, they voted for mass deportations.
How does deportation of San Diego, mass deportation of the bad hombres, mass deportation of the illegals who are criminals. But Trump knows that those workers are needed and we are ramping up the economy again. But that is not what is currently happening. Just that.
Yes. Tom Homan, the borders are and I've spoken to him many times. He has said that the priority is undocumented immigrants with criminal records. But according to this administration, they believe that every immigrant who's here illegally is breaking the law.
How do you respond to that? And they have broken the law. But the thing is that someone gave them a job for the last decade because they were needed because that person needed hands or workers, workers that are still needed today. Trump is a very practical leader.
Trump is a common sense guy. This is the perfect solution for a problem that is brewing and that is looming and is going to create problems in the economy. Trump is the only elected official with J.D. Vance in the White House.
He is the one who will make the decision. He is the only elected official with J.D. Vance. However, Stephen Miller again, he holds a lot of influence in this White House.
He's the deputy chief of staff. I have no doubt that that is the truth. But at the end, the one who makes the decisions at the White House is the president and the president is a common sense leader. Besides, I told him he could be for immigration with Lincoln was for slavery and what Reagan was for communism.
He'll take up the opportunity. I have no doubt. Have you spoken to House Speaker Mike Johnson about this? I have spoken with Johnson a lot and we are just he knows about the bill.
Johnson is a great, great leader. And now is when the race starts. We just filed for this bill today and now it's the time when we're going to start bringing the support. You are doing something that is unusual these days in Congress.
This is a bipartisan bill from Escobar from Texas. 11 people on the 11 Republicans, 11 Democrats to start off with. OK, so and I want to ask you about something. You have carved out a very interesting path here in the modern Republican Party.
You're seen as a moderate. You're a Trump support. You have seemed to have disagreed with him on some aspects of immigration. I want to understand your position here regarding temporary protected status.
The Trump administration has revoked that. You criticize the Supreme Court for ruling for that to go to allowing that revocation to go forward. Was the Trump administration wrong to revoke temporary protected status for hundreds of thousands of immigrants? I think that those people and those people fall into dignity.
Once again, if you have been here for more than five years, TPS I-220 for the Cubans. If you've been here, you do not have a criminal record and you are needed in the economy. It's only intelligence on our part to not give you a path to citizenship, to allow you to stay, to pay taxes, to buy homes, to open bank accounts and to consume and to be part of the economy. There's no way that we're going to be able to continue being the number one economy in the world with the number one military if we do not have hands in the economy, period.
So this is the common sense approach. It's the national security. We will know then who's here. They'll come out and say, hey, this is Stephanie.
And, you know, we'll know where they are, where they live. They will contribute to Social Security because we do have a big a big pothole there that we need to fill. And so and you know, it's impossible to be deporting 10 million people. The American people will not allow that.
So we're just brought the solution. So you say that, however, there are many in the Trump administration again, I go back to Stephen Miller. They do want to see 10 million or more. They argue there's more than 20 million undocumented immigrants in this country.
They do want all of them. That's what to them, mass deportation means. There's one boss, Donald Trump. He has campaigned on mass deportation.
He campaigned. He campaigned on deporting the illegals who are criminals. And we all agree with that. They can they can leave.
So you say that this legislation still would be a solution for the problem of letting TPS expire. Should or was it a mistake to let TPS expire? I think that everything that TPS is part of dignity and if it expired with dignity, they can continue being legal citizens in the U.S. But this bill has not passed.
So I know it's well, I know it's tough because, you know, politically you're in Florida, but you disagree with some parts of the Trump agenda when it comes to immigration. Look, politics is the art of the possible and we're still in the best country on earth. And I know the process is not as messy and it's not easy. And sometimes we don't agree on one thing, but it's still every time I walk into the Capitol, I say, oh, my God, the Cubans, the Nicaraguans, the Venezuelans, the North Koreans, the Iranians were able to see and experience this magnificent system that we have, which is the American democracy.
So we are here and enjoying it. And so we're going to bring solutions to the American people. And we do have some new numbers from Gallup last week that said if 78% of Americans, including nearly 60% of Republicans, they do favor a pathway to citizenship for immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.
So why doesn't your bill offer that pathway? Is that an acknowledgement that in the Republican Party, that cannot happen? Because I want a solution. I want a solution right away.
I'm trying to bring a solution to the president that will solve the problem right away. Path to citizenship can be considered why her age is beneficial, and to push back on Deja Foxx's claim that she's in the best position to represent young people. Take a listen. You would, if you win, be the youngest current member of Congress.
Why in the year 2025 is this your moment for a 25-year-old to enter those halls? The things they are debating in D.C., I have lived, growing up working class, but the things they are debating for 2050, 2075, my generation will inherit. And we need a seat at the table. Deja Foxx has leaned in to the age dynamic in this race.
And she has said that one family should not own a congressional seat for so long. What do you say to that? One family has not owned a congressional seat. My father was reelected 11 times because of his position and advocacy for this community.
Period. Full stop. Just because you're a younger person does not mean you're more progressive or a better advocate for the needs of everyone in the community, including young people. Now, if Deja Foxx were to win this race, she would be the youngest woman member of Congress in history, and she would be the second Gen Zer to represent a congressional district in the halls of Congress, the second to Florida's Democrat, Maxwell Frostgate.
Von Hilleard live for us in Arizona. Von, thank you. And still to come, Andrew Cuomo is officially back in the race to be the next mayor of New York City, despite a bruising primary loss. The 33-year-old Democratic socialist.
Steve Kornacki is at the big board breaking down what Cuomo's third-party bid means for November's general election. You're watching Meet the Press Now. Hey, welcome back. Turning out a major development in the race for New York City mayor.
I mean, just three weeks after 33-year-old Democratic socialist Zoran Mandani stunned his party with a convincing 13-point primary victory over former Governor Andrew Cuomo. But Cuomo is not backing down, announcing he'll stay in the race as an independent. In a video announcement, Cuomo took a clear shot at his opponent, while leaning into the same issue that drove Mandani's success, affordability. 13% of New Yorkers voted in the June primary.
The general election is in November, and I am in it to win it. My opponent, Mr. Mandani, offers slick slogans, but no real solutions. We need a city with lower rent, safer streets, where buying your first home is once again possible, where child care won't bankrupt you.
That's the New York City we know. That's the one that is still possible. The Mandani campaign quickly responding to Cuomo's candidacy with a statement reading in part, he's not fighting for you. He's running only to repair his soiled reputation and protect the billionaire Trump donors who fund his campaign.
We beat Cuomo once together. We will beat him again. And there are now five candidates running in November. In addition to Mandani, Cuomo will also face Republican Curtis Sliwa and two other independents, including embattled incumbent Mayor Eric Adams.
And joining me now to break down the field of top candidates is national political reporter Steve Kornacki at the big board. Hey there, Steve. We have a crowded field. Everyone saying, everyone says they're staying in until November.
But what are the candidates looking at to make that decision? Yeah, Gabe, so it's interesting. You got here the three major, you see the three major general election opponents for Mandani right now. Andrew Cuomo, Eric Adams, the current mayor, Curtis Sliwa, the Republican nominee.
And this is what they're saying to each other. No, you drop out because here's the dynamic basically that each one of them is looking at. And there is a point of agreement between the three of them. And the point of agreement that Adams, Sliwa and Cuomo all have is that Mandani can be beaten or that if he's going to be beaten, it would be by a united front of opposition behind one alternative, a one on one race.
And they agree that if it's a splintered, fractured field, that's going to benefit Mandani, where they disagree is on who that one candidate should be because they each look at each other and they say they're too weak to beat Mandani. So, for instance, Cuomo, who says, as you said, he's staying in the race now. Cuomo, what his opponents see, what Adams and Sliwa see when they look at him is a candidate who just got beat by Mandani in the Democratic primary after starting that race as the overwhelming favorite. They see somebody with the baggage of scandal, resigned as governor four years ago, amidst controversy.
They see somebody who's still unpopular with New York City voters. The most recent public poll on this had Cuomo's unfavorable rating at 47 percent with New York City voters, his favorable rating lower than that, just 41 percent. So if you're Adams and you're Sliwa and you're looking at Cuomo saying he's staying in this race, they're looking at him saying, hey, you had your shot at Mandani. You proved you couldn't get it done.
So then shift here from Cuomo to Eric Adams. What does Cuomo, what does Sliwa see when they look at Eric Adams? They look at the incumbent mayor, somebody who got elected to this job four years ago, who says, hey, there's some stats last week showing violent crime coming down. He thinks he's got a record to run on.
But if you're Cuomo and you're Sliwa, here's what you see. The most recent public poll, favorable, unfavorable for Adams, 68, 68 unfavorable, his favorable just 19 percent. Remember the indictment on federal corruption charges? Then the Trump DOJ saying they're dropping the case.
Enormous, enormous political baggage for Eric Adams. So you're Sliwa, you're Cuomo, saying, well, that guy can't beat Mandani. And then the action shifts over here to Curtis Sliwa. Now, Curtis Sliwa is a familiar figure to New Yorkers.
He started the Guardian Angels Group in the high crime 1980s. He's been a ubiquitous figure in media in New York City for four decades now. But Sliwa's got a track record here. He was the Republican nominee four years ago, just like he's the Republican nominee now.
He ran against Adams four years ago. How did he do? He got 28 percent of the vote. He lost to Eric Adams by more than 40 points.
So Adams and Cuomo are looking at Sliwa and saying Republicans, they almost never win in New York City. And this guy already tried and got trounced. So why would I, Andrew Cuomo, why would I, Eric Adams, defer to Curtis Sliwa? That's it.
Each one of them brings a chunk of support into this general election, but none of them with a big, broad enough coalition and an accomplishment of track record to make the other say, I'll back off, you take a shot at it. And as long as that dynamic persists, Gabe, the winner in this situation is the Democratic nominee, Zoran Mamdani. Never a dull day in New York City politics. Steve Kornacki, thank you.
And joining me now is our panel, Shelby Talcott, White House correspondent for Semaphore, Democratic strategist Naveen Nayak, and former Republican congressman from Florida, Carlos Curbelo. He's also an NBC News political analyst. Now, Shelby, I want to start with you. Cuomo conceded the primary after losing to Mamdani.
But is there a level of arrogance here for him to come back here and think he can win over New Yorkers now? Right. I mean, that's a good question. I think there's no question.
I think everyone has said that he ran a poor campaign originally. So perhaps he thinks that he can come back and sort of run a better campaign and do things correctly. But I also think that his strategy really, as was just laid out, relies on everybody else dropping out. And I don't know if that's a particularly strong strategy in any state, especially New York, when you're considering how crowded the race is and how each candidate is probably thinking that they have the upper hand.
And why would they drop out, as again, was just laid out. That's not the strongest strategy against Mamdani, who has run a really grassroots campaign, who won because he was so effective and he was so effective with the social media strategy. He was so effective at getting out on the ground and talking to voters. It's hard to overcome.
I asked President Trump about this today. Let's listen to what he said. Mr. President, your reaction to Andrew Cuomo staying in the New York City mayor's race?
Andrew Cuomo staying in the New York City mayor's race. Would you prefer him over? I don't want to say. Democrat or independent.
I think Andrew would have a good shot at winning. What's your reaction to Andrew Cuomo? What's your reaction to Cuomo's third party bid means for November's general election? You're watching Meet the Press Now.
Welcome back. Turning out a major development in the race for New York City mayor. I mean, just three weeks after 33-year-old Democratic socialist Zoran Mandani stunned his party with a convincing 13-point primary victory over former Governor Andrew Cuomo. But Cuomo is not backing down, announcing he'll stay in the race as an independent.
In a video announcement, Cuomo took a clear shot at his opponent while leaning into the same issue that drove Mandani's success, affordability. Only 13% of New Yorkers voted in the June primary. The general election is in November and I am in it to win it. My opponent, Mr.
Mandani, offers slick slogans, but no real solutions. We need a city with lower rent, safer streets, where buying your first home is once again possible, where child care won't bankrupt you. That's the new New York City A little bit less navel-gazing and a little less whining and being in fetal positions. It's going to require Democrats to just toughen up.
This is referring to how they should fight Donald Trump. It is tough talk. Are Democrats ready to hear this? I think it's to be determined.
That is what voters have been asking in many ways. They looked at sort of the Republican Party because say what you will about Donald Trump. One thing he does is he is aggressive. He fights back.
He is not afraid to sort of maybe cross that line a little bit in some ways. Voters seem to like that. And I think the Democratic Party realized that they needed to be almost more like the Republican Party has been in terms of fighting. The problem is there's different strategies.
There's still no real sort of leader. And so who knows, honestly. Shelby, Nabeen, Carlos, thank you all for joining me here on the panel. We really appreciate it.
And up next, we're live on Capitol Hill, where former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was grilled by Senate Democrats today over the leaking of sensitive military plans in an unsecured group chat he created. You're watching Meet the Press now. Welcome back. President Trump's former National Security Advisor Mike Waltz faced senators today in his confirmation hearing to be the U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations. It is the first time Waltz has faced lawmakers since he was ousted from the White House after he mistakenly added a journalist to a signal group chat earlier this year to discuss sensitive U.S. military plans to strike Houthi targets in Yemen. Despite that, it took more than an hour for any senator to press Waltz on the fallout.
Here's some of what he said. The use of Signal is not only as an encrypted app, it's not only authorized, it was recommended in the Biden era of Cisco guidance. The question I asked was, were you investigated for this expansion of the Signal group to include a journalist? The White House conducted an investigation and my understanding is the Department of Defense is still conducting an investigation.
And joining me now is NBC News Chief Capitol Hill correspondent, Ryan Nobles. Ryan, thank you for joining us here. You know, there were some questions about the Signal chat controversy, as we pointed out, but it didn't appear to be the main line of questioning. So was that a deliberate strategy by Democrats?
I think what you see play out in these hearings often, Gabe, is that Democrats kind of divide and conquer. There was an issue here that while they certainly wanted to ask questions about the Signalgate controversy, they also wanted to ask questions about the U.N. ambassadorship and this important role that Waltz is set to take over. And they also were complicated by the fact that he wasn't the only witness today.
There were two other witnesses who were going through the confirmation process as well. So you did see two senators in particular, Senator Chris Koons of Delaware, who you just showed, and Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia, who really focused a lot of their opportunity to ask questions and attempting to pin Waltz down on some of these questions related to Signalgate. And what they came up with was basically a series of talking points retreating to many of the same things that Defense Secretary Pete had said that said. And they left pretty much empty handed trying to get to the bottom of how this all came to be.
Sounds like we didn't learn a whole lot about it, but there was also a lot of mention of the U.N.'s position towards the Israel Hamas war and the role of UNRWA. What did we hear from the former National Security Advisor about that? Well, it seems very clear that he is going to extend the same level of support to Israel that the current administration has. And when it comes to the conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, that the U.S.
is going to side with Israel. And the U.S. has really been a defender of Israel in the United Nations when Security Council resolutions come up condemning some of the violence there, accusing Israel, for instance, of war crimes. The U.S.
has never supported resolutions in that vein. Mike Waltz made it very clear that that would continue with him in the ambassadorship, regardless of how this process plays itself out and the direction the U.N. takes in the years to come. And Ryan, before I let you go, you also have some other reporting about Congressman Comer, who's leading the investigation into President Biden's mental acuity and his use of an auto pen.
What can you tell us about that? Yeah, we're on a hard wrap and that's a complicated story. So I suggest go to NBCNews.com to read it. But essentially, James Comer accusing the administration, the former administration, of using an auto pen to sign sensitive documents.
Comer himself using a digital signature to sign many of the interview requests that he's had for the people that are part of that investigation. As I said, we've got it all on NBCNews.com. Complicated story. Thank you very much.
Ryan Nobles, unfortunately, we are out of time. Thank you for listening to the control room and giving us a hard wrap. I'm Gabe Gutierrez. We're back tomorrow with more Meet the Press now.
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