Olivia Munn on surviving breast cancer and helping save other women’s lives: Full interview

The August jobs report shows a slowdown in the labor market and an increase in unemployment. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the state of the U.S. economy. Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) reacts to President Trump’s decision to rebrand the Department of Defense to the Department of War.

During a hearing on Capitol Hill, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faces questioning from both sides of the aisle over his views on vaccines and the latest staffing shakeups at the CDC. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) joins Meet the Press NOW to share why she’s calling for RFK Jr. to resign.

A group of Jeffrey Epstein accusers join lawmakers on Capitol Hill to call for the full release of the Epstein files. NBC News Correspondents Julie Tsirkin and Tom Winter report on how the Trump administration and Speaker Mike Johnson are responding to bipartisan calls to release the documents. Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) weighs in on a potential government shutdown and shares her questions for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ahead of his Senate hearing.

President Trump says he will send troops to Chicago and defends his deployment of the California National Guard to Los Angeles despite a ruling today that found the deployment to be illegal. Congress faces a tight deadline to avert a government shutdown as legislators return to Capitol Hill. NBC News National Political Correspondent Steve Kornacki joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss key races this November.

The White House plans to expand its ICE operations to other major U.S. cities, including Chicago. Chinese President Xi Jinping hosts a regional summit where he joined Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin in projecting a united front. President Trump continues to threaten to ban mail-in voting even as members of his own party appear wary.