Interviews with: Deanne Criswell, Tiffany Smiley, Sen. Patty Murray

State of the Union

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🗓️ 4 September 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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As campaign season ramps up, today’s show zeroes in on how top issues like the economy, education, and abortion are resonating in key midterm races. But first, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell joins Dana to discuss efforts to restore clean drinking water to the residents of Jackson, Mississippi. Then, Dana highlights the Washington state Senate race for an in-depth look at the upcoming midterm elections. She presses both candidates, Republican Tiffany Smiley and incumbent Democratic Senator Patty Murray, on abortion, school and family issues, and President Biden’s remarks about domestic threats to American democracy. After that, former Trump White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin, former chief of staff to First Lady Melania Trump Stephanie Grisham, and former homeland security adviser to Mike Pence Olivia Troye join Dana to discuss former President Trump’s handling of classified information at Mar-a-Lago. Finally, Dana travels to Michigan for a look at how abortion is impacting the critical governor’s race there. 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	Race to the Finish.
0:07.7	Competitive midterm campaigns heat up with candidates drawing stark contrasts on America's
0:12.7	top issues.
0:13.7	Patty Murray has spent millions to paint me as an extremist.
0:17.6	We will not do silent, we will not back down.
0:20.7	Whose message is connecting more with voters?
0:23.0	I'll speak with two candidates in a key Senate race, Republican Tiffany Smiley and Democratic
0:28.4	Senator Patty Murray ahead.
0:30.6	And crisis mode, Mississippi's capital goes nearly a week without running water.
0:35.9	As the city's supply returns, it is still not drinkable.
0:39.6	This is a really complex situation.
0:41.8	Who's to blame and how vulnerable are other U.S. cities?
0:45.0	I'll speak with FEMA administrator, D.N.
0:47.1	Krizwell, next.
0:48.4	Plus, rematch, President Biden gives a stark warning to Americans ahead of the midterms.
0:54.0	Donald Trump and the Migri Republicans represent an extremism.
0:57.9	As we learn more about Donald Trump's handling of classified material, three ex advisors
1:02.9	to the former president will join us.
1:13.8	Hello, I'm Dana Bash and the state of our union is Hitting the Campaign Trail.
1:18.2	Happy Labor Day weekend, the unofficial end to summer and kick off to campaign season.
1:23.6	President Biden is heading to key midterm states tomorrow, two of them.
1:27.1	His visiting Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, after he warned Americans that his predecessor,
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