THE HALF-HOUR, ONE-TOPIC PROGRAM HOSTED BY MEET THE PRESS MODERATOR CHUCK TODD IS BACK FOR ANOTHER SEASON, STREAMING WEEKLY AT 8 P.M. ET ON THURSDAYS

IN THE SEASON PREMIERE, CHUCK TODD EXPLORES HOW THE JAN. 6 INSURRECTION IS ONE DEADLY EXAMPLE OF THE RAPIDLY GROWING THREAT OF VIOLENT DOMESTIC EXTREMISM IN THE U.S.

April 8, 2021 – Meet the Press Reports’ second season, anchored by NBC News Political Director and Meet the Press Moderator Chuck Todd, debuts tonight, Thursday, April 8, at 8 p.m. ET. The returning program is available live on NBC News NOW and streams live and on demand on Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service. 

In its second season, the once-weekly 30-minute program breaks down a single topic explored through the Meet the Press lens featuring experts and the full breadth of NBC News reporters.

In the first episode, Chuck Todd explores how violent domestic extremism has infected the country’s politics and if the Jan. 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol could foreshadow a potentially violent future. The season premiere dives into how populism, grievance politics and nationalism play into extremism and what law enforcement, national security experts and elected officials can do to combat domestic terrorism in the future.

NBC News Correspondent and Co-Anchor for NBC News NOW Morgan Radford will join to discuss her reporting on the rise of extremist groups. Plus, experts on extremism join this week’s episode, including:

• Jim Cavanaugh, former ATF Special Agent in Charge 
• Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League
• Seth Jones, Center for Strategic and International Studies
• Thomas Mockaitis, DePaul University

The second season features deep dives on several pressing topics including flaws in American cybersecurity, water insecurity across the U.S., the broken immigration system, millennials and the future of American politics, a lookback at a historic year of unrest across the country, and more. 

Meet the Press Reports streams Thursdays on NBC News NOW at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. and on Fridays at 2 a.m. and 9 p.m. ET. New episodes of Meet the Press Reports are also available on demand on Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming network, each Friday. 

The entire first season of Meet the Press Reports is available to stream anytime on Peacock. 

Meet the Press Reports is part of Meet the Press’ portfolio of brands including MTP Daily at 1 p.m. ET on MSNBC; Meet the Press: First Read, a daily morning newsletter capturing what’s driving the day in politics; The Chuck ToddCast, a mid-week podcast discussing the week’s top political news with lawmakers and top journalists; the Meet the Press Film Festival, showcasing the best in issue-based documentary shorts; and Meet the Press: College Roundtable, a limited digital series bringing together college journalism students from across the country to interview decision-makers about policies most impacting their lives. 

John Reiss is the executive producer of Meet the Press. Sarah Blackwill is the managing editor and Matt Rivera is the supervising producer of Meet the Press Reports.

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For more information, contact:

Joya Manasseh
NBC News
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Claudia Meyer-Samargia
NBC News
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