Interview with Sen. Cory Booker on gun violence; Interview with acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan on immigration; Interview with House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn on impeachment; Interview with 2020 candidate Seth Moulton on post-traumat

State of the Union

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🗓️ 2 June 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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First, Jake interviews 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Cory Booker on the mass shooting in Virginia Beach, his proposal for federal gun licenses and his new call to being impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Then, Jake sits down with acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan to talk about the humanitarian crisis at the border with Mexico and the President's new tariffs on Mexican goods. Next, Jake talks with House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn about growing calls for impeachment from Democrats and House investigations into President Trump. Finally, Jake talks with 2020 presidential candidate Rep. Seth Moulton on his time in Iraq with the Marines, his experience with post-traumatic stress and his new mental health proposal. And in this week's State of the Cartoonion, Jake imagines ways President Trump's staff might be protecting him from reality.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	Not again. Twelve lives tragically cut short in Virginia Beach after a city employee opens fire on his coworkers.
0:14.0	I have an 11-month-old baby at home and all I could think about was him.
0:18.0	Democratic presidential candidates blame Washington for failing to act, but will anything change?
0:23.0	2020 Democratic presidential candidate Senator Corey Booker joins us exclusively.
0:28.0	And Tariff Man, dangerous overcrowding at the southern border.
0:32.0	To stop at the president is ordering
0:33.8	steep tariffs on Mexican goods.
0:36.4	The president has constitutional obligation to step up.
0:40.9	But will the strategy slow migration or simply hurt Americans
0:44.5	pocketbooks? Acting Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Kevin
0:48.4	McLean, and is here exclusively. Plus, read my lips.
0:52.6	Robert Mueller speaks.
0:54.2	We would not reach a determination one way or the other.
0:57.8	And Democratic calls for impeachment grow.
1:00.6	Do voters agree?
1:02.3	House Majority Whip Congressman James Clyburn of South Carolina joins in moments. Hello, I'm Dick Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is once again
1:19.2	grieving after a mass shooting in the U.S US overnight what has become a tragically
1:24.8	familiar sight in this country mourners gathering to remember innocent people
1:28.6	gunned down in a mass murder this time in Virginia Beach where 12 people were shot to death at the Virginia
1:34.8	Municipal Center.
1:35.8	The gunman, a public utilities employee, wielding two handguns purchased legally.
1:41.7	This latest massacre is calling new attention to the debate over gun
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