Interview with Senior Biden Adviser Anita Dunn; Interview with Republican Sen. Susan Collins; Interview with Cindy McCain
State of the Union
CNN
3.4 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 4 May 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | A big tent? |
| 0:06.9 | President Biden lays out his sweeping agenda, but as challenges grow as he opens to a different |
| 0:14.8 | approach. |
| 0:15.8 | I'll speak with President Biden's senior adviser Anita Dunn, and in a rare one-on-one interview, |
| 0:19.9 | moderate Republican Senator Susan Collins, next, and a divided house. |
| 0:27.0 | Collins looked to punish leaders who broke with former President Trump, as the House Minority |
| 0:31.1 | leader doubles down on the big lie and a lot of big little lies. |
| 0:35.1 | In today's Republican Party is their room for anyone else. |
| 0:38.4 | I'll speak with Biden-backer and the wife of the late Senator John McCain, Cindy McCain. |
| 0:42.8 | Next, plus, waiting to exhale. |
| 0:45.5 | The number of U.S. COVID deaths hits the lowest rate in months, but vaccination rates are |
| 0:50.8 | also starting to slow. |
| 0:52.4 | How can the U.S. make the case to those who are hesitant to get the shot? |
| 0:56.5 | Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is trying to build bridges, |
| 1:08.2 | literally and figuratively. |
| 1:10.0 | President Biden's massive, multi-trillion dollar plans for the nation's infrastructure, |
| 1:14.2 | as well as his plan to expand social safety net programs, are now being put to the test |
| 1:18.3 | in a Congress more divided than at any time in modern history, as Paul show a majority |
| 1:23.4 | of Americans do nonetheless want political leaders to prioritize being bipartisan over |
| 1:29.6 | achieving everything they want to accomplish. |
| 1:32.1 | For many in the Republican Party, however, the focus seems to be elsewhere. |
| 1:35.7 | Too many continuing to embrace this culture of lying about Biden's proposals, about the |
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