Meet the Press NOW — October 2

Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss rising oil and gas prices as the U.S. launches new strikes on Iran. An anonymous whistleblower warns technical system the U.S. Postal Service built for mail in voting in flawed and untested. Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) and Patrick Roath (D-Mass.) discuss their bid to unseat longtime incumbents and their calls for generational change.

President Trump says the U.S. strikes on Iran are part of a “very limited” campaign. Oil industry expert John Kilduff explains new U.S. oil deal with Venezuela. The Supreme Court allows the White House ballroom construction to continue. Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian woman and members of an NBC News team reporting in the West Bank amid a rise in settler violence in the occupied territory.

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.

The war with Iran hits the six-month mark. Democratic House candidate Chris Backemeyer discusses his campaign to unseat Rep. Mike Flood (R-Neb.). The Trump administration appeals an order blocking postal service regulation on mail-in ballots just 10 weeks before the midterm elections.

President Trump heads to Texas with less than 10 weeks until the midterms as his administration faces economic headwinds tied to his escalating trade war with Canada and his prolonged war with Iran. The death toll from the devastating flash floods in Nepal continue to rise as authorities continue their desperate search for survivors. Dr. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia discusses the uptick in measles cases across the country.