Interview with former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on Trump lawyer memo: Interview with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy; Interview with Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland

State of the Union

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🗓️ 3 June 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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First, Dana Bash speaks with CNN senior legal analyst Preet Bharara about the recently released memo from Trump's legal team and the President's pardon powers. Then, Dana talks with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy about the claims made by the President's legal team and this weeks bombshell tariffs. next, Dana speaks with the Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Christia Freeland about President Trump's tariffs on her country and where the Canada-U.S. relationship goes from here. Finally, the panel of Rick Santorum, Karine Jean-Pierre, Bakari Sellers and Linda Chavez discuss the ongoing culture wars and President Obama's legacy on race.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	The Republican Party is gone dormant.
0:02.6	With pivotal midterm elections looming,
0:05.2	what's the party's message to voters?
0:07.6	House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will be here in moments.
0:11.4	Plus, fair trade, President Trump hits U.S. allies with steep tariffs on
0:16.6	steel and aluminum. I love Canada. I love Mexico, but they take advantage of us economically and sparks threats of retaliation.
0:25.4	These tariffs are totally unacceptable.
0:28.5	Is the president risking a trade war?
0:31.0	Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Krista Freeland will be here. Hello, I'm Dana Bash in Washington, and for Jake Tapper. The state of our union here is debating
0:49.3	executive power. We're getting a new look inside President Trump's legal strategy against the
0:54.9	Russia investigation in a confidential 20-page letter obtained by the New York Times.
1:00.0	President Trump's lawyers argue that the president cannot be compelled to testify in the
1:05.3	Russia probe and they say he has full authority over all federal investigations.
1:10.9	The letter was submitted to the special counsel's team by the president's lawyers in January.
1:16.0	It asserts in striking language that the president has sweeping powers saying that by virtue of his office the president quote could neither
1:24.2	constitutionally nor legally constitute obstruction because that would
1:28.7	amount to him obstructing himself and that he could if he wished terminate the inquiry or even exercise his
1:36.1	power to pardon if he so desired. Now in an interview this morning the president's
1:41.2	lawyer Rudy Giuliani said that the president
1:44.4	probably does have the power to pardon himself but has no intention of doing it.
1:48.8	The letter also confirms for the first time that President Trump dictated the misleading statement about the meeting
1:55.6	Donald Trump Jr held in Trump Tower with a Russian lawyer in June of 2016.
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