Interview with Vice President Mike Pence on the administration response to the coronavirus crisis; Interview with former Vice President Joe Biden on his big win in South Carolina; Reflecting on the US-Taliban agreement

State of the Union

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🗓️ 1 March 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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First, Jake sits down with Vice President Mike Pence to discuss the first coronavirus death in the United States and what steps the administration is taking to combat the disease. Then, Jake talks to former Vice President Joe Biden about his big win in the South Carolina primary and his momentum heading into Super Tuesday. Then, the panel of former Sen. Rick Santorum, Rebecca Katz, Amanda Carpenter and Van Jones discusses their predictions for Super Tuesday. Finally, Jake gives his take on the United States agreement with the Taliban.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	Global crisis.
0:06.6	fears grow after the coronavirus spreads to more Americans and kills one of them.
0:11.8	Additional cases in the United States are likely.
0:15.0	How should Americans respond?
0:17.0	And is the Trump administration prepared?
0:19.0	Vice President Mike Pence joins me.
0:22.0	And winning big, former Vice President Biden's first win is a blowout.
0:27.0	Democrats won a nominee who's a Democrat.
0:30.0	With an opponent prepped for the long haul.
0:32.0	We are building a movement that cannot be stopped.
0:37.0	Can he keep that momentum going?
0:39.0	I'll ask former Vice President Joe Biden coming up. Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington where the state of our union is competitive.
0:51.0	Former Vice President Joe Biden sweeping victory in South Carolina yesterday,
0:55.4	that's the first state to vote with a sizable African American population,
0:59.0	helps him make the case to Democrats that he, not Senator Bernie Sanders, can turn out the votes that
1:04.2	Democrats would need to beat President Trump in November. Next up I'm going to
1:08.0	speak with the former Vice President, but we're going to begin this
1:10.2	morning with the global health crisis, the spread of the coronavirus in the
1:14.3	United States and throughout the world the virus has now claimed the life of its
1:17.7	first known American a man in his 50s in Washington state and more than 50 people in a long-term nursing facility
1:24.3	there are experiencing symptoms of the virus and are being tested after two other
1:28.1	people at that facility tested positive. The instinct of President Trump has clearly been to downplay concerns.
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