In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) pushed back against Democrats' claims that Republicans are ‘weaponizing hunger' by withholding SNAP funding, and called on the party to ‘just fix the problem' by voting to reopen the government. In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) says Republicans are "not acting in good faith" after they dismissed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) proposal to end the government shutdown by passing a one-year extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits. Ashley Etienne, Ryan Nobles, Marc Short and Amy Walter join the roundtable. "Wicked: For Good" director Jon M. Chu joins Kristen Welker for a Meet the Moment conversation. 

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani joins exclusively to break down his Oval Office meeting with President Trump. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explains why the Trump administration is rolling back tariffs on certain food products. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) responds to Trump calling for some Democrats to be arrested after they urged service members to refuse illegal orders. Sara Fagen, Hallie Jackson, former Sec. Jeh Johnson and Jonathan Martin join the roundtable.