. >>> joining me marc caputo. symone sanders townsend and ali vitali and republican strategist brenden buck. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >>> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >>> and a good sunday morning to all of you. we are less than three months before the midterms. and our news poll paints a pretty bleak picture. americans are angry. they are disappointed, and they are worried about the future of this country. just 21% of adults say we are headed in the right direction. and once again, three out of four americans say we are on the wrong track. in fact, this number never before in this poll has this wrong track number been over 70% for this long. it's been nearly a year now. 58% of americans say the best is behind us. that's an all-time high in our polls. so what is behind this rise in pessimism about our country's future? well, it starts with this. americans don't like either party and they don't like anyone in

let's welcome marc caputo, senior national political reporter for nbc news digital. and sahil kapur, nbc national political reporter. marc, charlie's gonna take on ron desantis in that given a race. you know the state better than anyone. 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020. last four elections democrats were projected to win statewide. those races went to republicans, this race, as you have been reporting on observers see it going to desantis. what are the dynamics in the state that are playing into that analysis? >> yeah, the dynamics are really tough, not only is the polling favoring ron desantis, but so is the money. he has a staggering 100 and $40 million, cash on. and cash in the bank. no governor has done that effort that we have seen. in addition to that, for the first time ever, this, year the number of registered republicans in florida -- the number of registered democrats. obama won the state in 2008, he had an advantage of something about 640,000 democratic voters over registered republicans. that's gone. republicans are now ahead. and then you just have the dynamic of

senior national reporter, marc caputo. thank you. >>> katty, you had trouble establishing a connection with the uk. we moved things statewide. we'll go to new jersey. >> always safer. >> running the cable under the hudson river. cnbc's frank holland joins us. good morning. what can we expect for the week ahead? >> good morning to both of you. wall street looks like it'll open in the red this morning. following a big change in direction in the markets last week. the dow looks on track to epiup more than 300 points lower right now. s&p and the nasdaq coming off a down week following four weeks of gains. concerns of the fed aggressively hiking rates, creaing a slowdown or recession. that weighs on the markets. fed presidents say they believe more rate hikes are needed to get inflation under control. the fed's target for inflation remains around 2%. last read, inflation was over 8%. the fed will also hold its annual symposium in jackson hole, where jay powell will speak on friday. >>> more changes coming to hbo max ahead of th

nbc news senior national political reporter marc caputo joins us this morning. jackie, in a new piece entitled "trump's secrets: how a records dispute led the fbi to search mar-a-lago," you and your colleagues write, in part, quote, a trump adviser said the former president's reluctance to relinquish the records stems from his belief that many items created during his term, photos, notes, even a model of air force one built to show off a new paint job that he had commissioned, are now his personal property. despite a law dating to 1970s that decreed otherwise. he gave them what he believed was theirs, the adviser said. he gets his back up every time they asked him for something, said another trump adviser. he didn't give the documents because he didn't want to. he doesn't like those people. he doesn't trust those people. but this goes back all the way to the beginning of the trump administration, joe. >> but, mika -- or we'll go to you, jackie. model airplanes are one thing. top secret, compartmentalized information, quite another. there is a range of documents

>> it depends, as your previous guest, marc caputo was saying fthe government's homework is an a plus. if the government comes in and the court says, i agree with all of the redactions, then we could see it that day. which i think he has a week. but if the court wants to go over it with a fine-toothed comb and second guess some of the government's assessments, it could take longer. >> okay. thank you, rebecca. stay right there. we're going to rely on your expertise on this story as well. the ex-ceo allen weisselberg, pleading guilty to tax fraud. weisselberg has agreed to testify at the upcoming trial of former president trump's company. in exchange for testimony, weisselberg will serve only five months in jail on rikers island and pay nearly $2 million in taxes. prosecutors say weisselberg designed and ran a 15-year tax scheme that gave himself and other executives, lavish, off- the-books perks. they say the guilty plea was one of the most difficult decisions of the cfo's life. in a statement, he said, mr. weisselberg decided to enter a plea of guilty today to put an end to this case

. >> so, marc caputo a tree to have you here in the studio sahil kapur, always good to have. you abortion, the economy, and protecting a democracy. there is a race in new york where democrat is facing a republican in a swing district. that race as saw was just telling us could tell us so much about what is ahead this fall to have this network's favorite political experts are next when the 11th hour continues. hou continues. lily! welcome to our third bark-ery. oh, i can tell business is going through the “woof”. but seriously we need a reliable way to help keep everyone connected from wherever we go. well at at&t we'll help you find the right wireless plan for you. so, you can stay connected to all your drivers and stores on america's most reliable 5g network. that sounds just paw-fect. terrier-iffic i labra-dore you round of a-paws at&t 5g is fast, reliable and secure for your business. new astepro allergy. now available without a prescription. astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid free spray. while other allergy sprays take hours astepro starts working in 30 minutes

minimum wage you, marc caputo, great reporting, by the way, paul butler and ashra, thanks so much.'ll have to come back. >>> coming up, the cryptic message that trump sent to attorney general merrick garland. "the reidout" continues right after this. garland. "the reidout" continues right after this you're never responsible for unauthorized purchases on your discover card. what can i du with less asthma? with dupixent, i can du more... crazy commutes... crowd control- have a nice day alex (thanks ms. ellen) ...taking the stairs. that's how you du more with dupixent, which helps prevent asthma attacks. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on-treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. and can reduce, or even eliminate, oral steroids. and here's something important. dupixent can cause allergic reactions that can be severe. get help right away if you have rash, chest pain, worsening shortness of breath, tingling or numbness in your limbs. tell your doctor about new or wor

i want to review this quote that marc caputo, a long-time trump confident told my colleague. this is someone who used to tell trump that he should wait after november to announce a presidential bid. now he says my advice we should wait until after the midterms was based on a rather standard landscape. the justice department set off a nuclear bomb on that landscape yesterday. this is no longer a business as usual campaign, not even close. so wolf, this is just a very clear example of how republicans are rallying around trump and trying to use this to their political advantage. >> michael summemerconish into conversation. how could this end up benefitting the former president? >> we're speculating what this is about. but former president trump, he knows what this is about because arguably his attorneys and he have seen the warrant. so he can assess this damage far better than we can. if it's about the presidential records act, then unless there some stunning documentation in those 15 boxes, i think he can derive great political benefit from this. i think he'll probably announce

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reporters who uncovered the masters website makeover, nbc news senior national political correspondent marc caputosome of it, but what all was on the site for blake masters during the primary, when he was trying to win the support of trump voters and other republicans, and what is now gone as he tries to win some independents and take this statewide? >> right. overall, there were four bullet points -- pardon me, six bullet points. now there are four. among the things that are missing, and some of them have just changed outright, was kind of hard core language that you hear from the anti-abortion activists. the use of the term abortionists, stripping all funding from, quote, abortionists. the big one is the person hood law. previously, blake masters supported a personhood law or constitutional amendment. those deposit that life begins at conception. therefore, any abortion beyond that is murder. the disconnect with his position now is he says he supports abortion up to 15 weeks with some restrictions and some various rule. on one hand, during the primary, he was against abortion after conception, p