About this episode

Kristen Welker conducts exclusive interviews with Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Jim Clyburn, joined by a roundtable of political analysts.

Kristen Welker has exclusive interviews with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.). Lanhee Chen, Adrienne Elrod, Sahil Kapur and Amna Nawaz join the roundtable.

People in this episode

Host: Kristen Welker

Guests: Sen. Ted Cruz, Rep. Jim Clyburn

Topics covered

• politics
• interviews
• roundtable discussion
• Senate
• House of Representatives

Keywords

• Ted Cruz
• Jim Clyburn
• Kristen Welker
• politics
• interview
• roundtable
• NBC News

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Organizations: NBC News

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