Interview with US Surgeon General Jerome Adams; Interview with Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio; Interview with Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff of Georgia; Interview with Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams

State of the Union

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3.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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First, Jake presses US Surgeon General Jerome Adams on the slow rollout of the coronavirus vaccine and whether to expect a surge in cases after the holidays. Then, Jake spars with Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio about GOP efforts in Congress to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Next, Jake asks Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff of Georgia and Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams about Tuesday’s runoff election for control of the senate. Finally, Jake takes on what the GOP election fight means for the role of American democracy in the world. 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	falling short.
0:06.7	America's vaccine rollout falls far behind schedule despite promises to vaccinate
0:11.3	tens of millions by the end of last year.
0:14.3	Of course we need to be doing a better job.
0:16.3	We are leaving no stone unturned.
0:18.1	Surgeon General Jerome Adams is here to explain what went wrong and denying reality.
0:24.0	More and more Republicans in Congress
0:26.3	say they will vote to block Joe Biden's electoral victory.
0:29.8	There is no impetus to overthrow an election.
0:32.1	It is a scam. It's an effort doomed to fail, but at
0:35.1	what cost to American democracy? I'll ask the Republican governor of Ohio Mike DeWine.
0:40.4	Plus, Georgia on our minds. Two days to go until Georgia's critical runoff elections
0:45.0	with control of the United States Senate
0:47.0	hanging in the balance.
0:48.0	The whole country is watching us.
0:50.0	Georgia voters have so much power right now.
0:53.0	Can Democrats pull off another upset in the peach state?
0:56.0	Democratic candidate John Osif and former gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams join me to discuss. Hello, I'm Dick Tapper in Washington where the state of our union is facing a perilous start to 2021. We're beginning the year with the
1:15.9	pandemic at its most alarming level yet. December was the deadliest month of the
1:20.2	pandemic in the US so far and the race to vaccinate Americans is stumbling out of the
1:24.8	gate. Just more than 4 million vaccinations have actually been administered not even close to
1:29.3	the goal of 20 million shots in arms by the beginning of the new year.
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