meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
State of the Union

Interview with Admiral Brett Giroir; Interview with Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri; Interview with incoming Republican Congresswomen Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Nicole Malliotakis of New York; Interview with Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff

State of the Union

CNN

News

3.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

First, Dana talks with Admiral Brett Giroir about how Thanksgiving travel will affect the rising coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in the United States. Then, Dana presses Republican Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri on the 2020 election when he says that it's "likely" that President-elect Biden will be sworn in this January, but refuses to call him the president-elect. Then, Dana interviews incoming Republican Congresswomen Nancy Mace of South Carolina and Nicole Malliotakis of New York on the rising number of GOP women in the House. Finally, Georgia Senate candidate Jon Ossoff makes his case for why he should win his runoff election.   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Tis the super spreading season new fears about how the holiday may supercharged the pandemic.

0:12.0

It is a dangerous situation, but it's reversible.

0:14.5

Is this coronavirus wave about to explode?

0:17.6

Trump testing czar Admiral Brett Jirwa joins me to discuss in moments. exit strategy President Trump spreads more election

0:26.2

lies as he finally hints he'll leave the White House. It's going to be a very hard

0:31.1

thing to conceive. What will be left of the Republican Party when he's gone?

0:34.9

All speak to a member of the Republican Senate leadership, Roy Blunt,

0:39.0

and newly elected GOP Congresswoman Nancy Mace and Nicole Malayotakis next.

0:45.0

Plus, power play.

0:46.5

Democrats and Republicans face off in the last races of the 2020 election.

0:51.9

The country is crying out for healing.

0:54.0

As President-elect Biden fills his cabinet,

0:56.7

who will have control of the Senate to potentially confirm them?

0:59.8

I'll speak to Georgia Democratic Senate candidate John Osoff ahead. Hello, I'm Dana Bash in for Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is preparing

1:16.4

for the worst.

1:17.6

As Americans finish an unusual Thanksgiving weekend, the nation is heading into what is expected to be a devastating month for the pandemic.

1:25.0

Already 4 million new US COVID cases and more than 34,000 deaths this month alone.

1:32.0

And we haven't even begun to see the effect

1:34.5

of Thanksgiving travel, dinners, or Black Friday shopping. One infectious

1:39.3

disease expert is now mourning that the post-holiday case surge will be destabilizing for the

1:44.4

U.S. health care system, the economy, and homeland security. With some

1:48.5

projections of deaths will double, double before vaccines are able and be available to people to give some

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.