Interview with Sen. Rand Paul; Interview with Sen. Sherrod Brown; Interview with Rep. Will Hurd; The fundamental question Republicans must answer on impeachment

State of the Union

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🗓️ 15 December 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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First, Jake sits down with Republican Senator Rand Paul to talk about the articles of impeachment against President Trump and the upcoming Senate trial. Next, Jake talks to Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown about the impeachment trial in the Senate, the 2020 Democratic candidates and the USMCA trade deal. Next, Jake speaks to Republican Congressman Will Hurd about the upcoming House impeachment vote and the Justice Department Inspector General's latest report on FISA. Next, Rep. Karen Bass, Rick Santorum, Paul Begala and Mary Katharine Ham discuss the latest developments in the impeachment process and new polling on impeachment. Finally, Jake takes a look at the fundamental question facing the Republican Party on impeachment.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	On the brink. All eyes are on the House as Democrats are prepared to impeach the President for only the third time in American history.
0:15.0	You're trivializing impeachment.
0:17.4	How will the vote shape the president and his legacy?
0:20.8	Republican congressman Will Heard will join me.
0:24.0	And trial by design?
0:26.0	Republicans look to mount their defense of President Trump in the Senate
0:30.0	with leadership in lockstep with the president and his team.
0:33.2	Will there be a big show or a quick trial?
0:36.0	This thing will come to the Senate and it will die quickly.
0:39.1	I'll speak to Republican Senator Rand Paul next.
0:42.8	Plus, fighter in chief.
0:45.0	As impeachment divides Washington,
0:46.9	20-20 Democrats split over the best way
0:49.3	to win over the country.
0:51.0	Anyone who starts off saying we can't bring a mirror together, you're just throwing in the towel.
0:56.3	What kind of president do Americans want in their corner?
0:59.6	Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown joins me to discuss. Hello, I'm J. Tappra in Washington where the state of our union is bracing for impact.
1:14.0	President Donald J. Trump's name will likely be added to a very short list in the history books this week,
1:19.7	but certainly not in the way he may have hoped.
1:22.3	As the House of Representatives considers whether to use the
1:25.2	strongest rebuke the US Constitution allows them to make him just the third US
1:30.3	president to ever be impeached. The defiant President is watching the drama
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