Interview with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan; Interview with Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger; Interview with Surgeon General Vivek Murthy; Interview with former Rep. Paul Mitchell

State of the Union

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3.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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First, Brianna pushes National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on what steps the administration is taking to evacuate Americans and Afghans from Kabul. Next, Brianna talks to Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Afghan War veteran, about resistance by some in his party to efforts to resettle Afghan refugees in the United States. Then, Brianna asks Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy about the administration’s new guidance that all Americans should get a covid booster shot. Finally, State of the Union shares a special end-of-life interview with former Republican Rep. Paul Mitchell, who passed away earlier this week after a long fight with cancer. 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	This is one of the largest, most difficult air lifts in history.
0:11.6	Will the president be able to keep his promise to evacuate tens of thousands of people from
0:16.5	Afghanistan?
0:17.5	I made a decision, the buck stops with me.
0:21.2	White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Republican Congressman and veteran
0:26.0	Adam Kinzinger joined me to discuss next.
0:29.6	An astronomical rise, COVID cases spread misery among the unvaccinated, could a new announcement
0:36.0	from the administration help keep you safe?
0:38.8	Surgeon General Vivek Morthy is ahead.
0:41.6	Plus, profile in courage.
0:44.2	Former Republican Congressman Paul Mitchell left his party over election lies.
0:49.0	Months later, as he bravely faced death from cancer, Mitchell did one last interview
0:54.2	with his final message.
0:55.9	We learned to understand people, and judge us, and, uh, love boring, and save us, us hatred.
1:05.9	Hello, I'm Brianna Heeler in Washington, where the state of our union is worried about
1:18.5	friends at home and abroad.
1:20.9	The outer bands of tropical storm Henri have begun to pummel the northeastern United States
1:25.9	as more than 50 million people wake up under tropical storm alerts.
1:30.0	Henri is expected to make landfall in just hours on Long Island or New England, all
1:34.8	the latest, and an update about expected flooding and storm surge ahead.
1:39.0	Now, we are also watching the situation in Afghanistan at the Kabul airport, growing more
1:44.4	dangerous and desperate by the minute, with 14,000 people there waiting to get out.
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