Exclusive joint interview with Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin and Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Interview with U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield

State of the Union

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3.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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First, in rare joint interview, Jake speaks with key Senators Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski about how to work together in a deeply divided Congress. The three discuss if bipartisanship is still possible in today’s Washington, their progress toward reforming the Electoral Count Act, and what’s next for President Biden's agenda on Capitol Hill.Next, as the Winter Olympics begin with a controversial start in Beijing, Jake speaks with US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield. She says China is using the Olympics to try to distract from its human rights abuses against Uyghurs. She also discusses whether China is drawing any lessons from the United States’ response to Russian aggression against Ukraine.Finally, Jake reflects on the last time the world looked the other way on an Olympic host country’s human rights abuses, with the story of Jewish German fencer Helena Mayer and the 1936 Berlin Olympics. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	By partisan appearance, as both parties split even further apart in Congress, I'll speak
0:14.5	exclusively to two people known for their independent streets and for reaching across
0:18.4	the aisle.
0:19.4	What's broken and can it be fixed?
0:21.1	A rare joint interview with Democratic Senator Joe Manchin and Republican Senator Lisa
0:25.9	Murkowski.
0:26.9	Next, and not again, as the world braces for potential war on Russia's border, the
0:32.1	Winter Olympics kick off in China with a controversial star, but as the world grapples
0:36.8	with Beijing's human rights atrocities, our athletes are safe to speak out.
0:41.1	US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas Greenfield joins me exclusively ahead.
0:46.0	Plus, legitimate political discourse.
0:48.6	The Republican Party officially embraces the January 6 in correction and censures two of
0:53.8	its own for telling the truth.
0:55.8	This truth-telling, President Trump is wrong, mean political exile from today's GOP.
1:02.2	Hello, I'm Dick Tavern Washington, where the state of our union is wondering if we're
1:11.6	about to emerge from a rough couple years.
1:14.5	President Biden is enjoying a week of positive headlines for the first time in quite a
1:18.3	quite some time.
1:19.3	A January jobs report that far surpassed expectations, good news in the pandemic as COVID cases and
1:24.7	hospitalizations plummet, but the president's agenda is still mired in Washington DC dysfunction.
1:30.3	The president is at trouble getting all 50 Democrats in the Senate to support his plans
1:34.2	and support from Republicans has been rare, as the GOP remains completely cowed in many
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