Interview with Oren Segal, the VP of the ADL's Center on Extremism about the Hanukkah knife attacks in New York; Interview with Senator John Kennedy on the details of the Senate impeachment trial and President Trump's whistleblower tweet. Interview with C

State of the Union

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3.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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First, Jake speaks with Oren Segal of the Anti-Defamation League about the horrific knife attack in New York and the recent string of anti-Semitic attacks in New York. Then, Jake talks to Republican Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana about the ongoing Senate trial negotiations and the President tweeting an unsubstantiated claim about the whistleblower's identity. Next, Jake speaks with Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy about the Democrat's impeachment strategy and Joe Biden's potential testimony if he is subpoenaed. Next, our panel discusses Biden's potential testimony, Pelosi vs. McConnell, and President Trump's holiday message. Finally, Jake looks at the public servants we lost in 2019 and the lessons their legacies leave behind.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	Hanukkah Attack. Five people stabbed at a Hanukkah celebration outside New York City.
0:10.0	I was scared for my life. I didn't know work to run.
0:13.7	After a string of attacks on Jews in the New York area, what are authorities doing to keep people
0:18.6	safe?
0:19.6	And total coordination.
0:21.8	A Republican senator objects after the Senate majority leader
0:24.9	says he's working with the White House on the President's impeachment trial.
0:28.6	When I heard that, I was disturbed.
0:30.8	Will moderate senators change the way the trial is run?
0:35.0	I'll speak exclusively to Republican Senator John Kennedy next.
0:39.0	Plus, waiting game.
0:41.4	House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's strategy of holding the articles of impeachment is bringing
0:45.5	the president to a boil.
0:47.5	They didn't give us anything.
0:49.2	Now they come to the Senate, they want everything.
0:51.9	With the Senate trial indefinitely on hold what is
0:54.6	Pelosi's strategy and is it working? Democratic Congressman Joe Kennedy
0:59.4	joins me exclusively to discuss next. Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington where the state of our union is saddened and on edge.
1:14.8	A man is set to be charged with five counts of attempted murder
1:18.2	after a mass stabbing at a Hanukkah party last night outside New York City.
1:21.7	Witnesses say the suspect walked into the home of an Orthodox rabbi in Rockland County,
1:26.1	New York, pulled out a knife and stabbed five people.
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