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While today is not my final show, this is going to be my final summer here at "meet the press." it's been an amazing nearly decade-long run. i'm really proud of what this team and i have built over the last decade, and, frankly, the last 15-plus years that i've been here at nbc, which also includes my time at "politico." i've loved doing so much of this job, helping to explain america to washington and explain washington to america. when i took over "meet the press," it was a sunday show that had a lot of people questioning if it could have a place in the modern space. i think we've answered t...

>> realistically, is bipartisanship probably dead until november 2024 now? you know, are we going to be entering a period where everybody has to put on the jerseys? >> well, i sure hope not. we've been able to show we can do something when we have to. we have to have a permitting process now that basically encumbers everything. we've touched on that in this bill. we have some permitting reforms that were done, but we need an awful lot more. if you're going to have the energy and security our country needs, you're going to have to be able to build the infrastructure. whether it's the pipelines ...

>> we suspected that it would get crowded, but at the same time, there's a weeding-out process that gives the american people a chance to look at all the alternatives. a lot of us think that it's time for somebody with a positive message. and i go back. chuck, you've heard me talk about this before. i think if ronald reagan was here today, i think he would win the republican nomination for the presidency. i think tim scott has a lot of the same things, the same focus. i think when people hear him speak, they're going to hear that same ability to convince people there really is a brighter time ...

Conspiracy to defraud the united states, and the incitement, assist or aid and comfort an insurrection. you believe none of those four will be charges the former president has to deal with. >> correct. >> why? no that committee -- that was a political committee. when it comes to actually looking into the statute, all of those require them to prove that at the time he knew that all of these allegations of fraud in the election were false. >> you mean the fact that every single person that worked for him told him it was false, all of those judicial rulings told him there was no "there" there? i ...

Too far. what happened to that? >> probably putin as well, but he's backed off maybe a little bit. but kim jong-un is a killer. putin's a killer too. but the fact is he loves strong men. republican voters seem to really love fighters. that's what they want. but not someone who is willing to align himself there. i was really fascinated by what mike rounds said to you. >> he won't commit yet. >> not willing to commit to the pledge? that tells me, you know, there are a lot of people who really like tim scott. he's got that reagan, you know, optimism, he's positive, but other people inside the par...