Interview with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke on white supremacy and gun control in the wake of the El Paso attack; Interview with Acting Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan on the Mississippi ICE raids; Intervi

State of the Union

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🗓️ 11 August 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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First, Jake talks with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke who says that President Trump was trying to shift focus from mass shootings by retweeting conspiracy theories and that he is now willing to embrace gun licensing laws. Then, Jake sits down with the acting head of Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan to react to the Mississippi ICE raids and the pleas of a child separated from her father, plus the decrease in apprehensions at the border. Then, Jake speaks with presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker about the President's Epstein tweets and the possibility of gun control legislation. Then our panel of Xochitl Hinojosa, Aldofo Franco, Mitch Landrieu, and Mia Love discuss the current dynamic of the gun debate and the chances something gets done. Finally, in the State of the Cartoonion, Jake compares today's politics to some of the best moments from Seinfeld.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	Nation in crisis in crisis after two mass shootings Democrats blame
0:09.5	President Trump for a rising tide of hate. He didn't pull the trigger, but he's certainly
0:15.0	been tweeting out the ammunition. The president says he wants to prevent gun
0:18.8	violence. I think we can get something really good done. But will this time be any different? I'll speak
0:24.0	with Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke next. Plus, massive raids. Children separated
0:29.8	from their parents as hundreds of undocumented immigrants are swept up by ice.
0:34.8	The president calls those raids a good deterrent.
0:37.8	They may get it, but it doesn't matter because they're going out.
0:41.4	Why were families targeted?
0:43.0	I'll speak to acting customs and border protection
0:45.2	commissioner Mark Morgan in moments.
0:47.5	And all in Iowa.
0:49.6	2020 Democrats take the soapbox at the Iowa State Fair. The story of this state is the story of this
0:53.8	of this state fair.
0:55.8	Whose message is resonating with caucus goers?
0:58.4	Presidential candidate Senator Corey Booker joins me next. Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington where the state of our union is appalled.
1:14.0	We begin this morning with a retweet from the President of the United States, not a message
1:18.8	about healing or uniting the country one week after two horrifying massacres not about the victims of
1:24.9	those tragedies instead President Trump using his massive Twitter platform 63 million
1:30.2	followers to spread a deranged conspiracy theory tying the death of pedophile
1:35.9	Jeffrey Epstein in prison to the president's former political rivals the
1:40.1	Clintons. I'm not going to show you the tweet but the spokesman for former president Bill Clinton the it has he triggered the 25th amendment yet. President Trump could use his
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