Interviews with Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy; Republican Sen. Marco Rubio

State of the Union

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🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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On CNN’s State of the Union, Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy tells Dana Bash that President Biden “needs to do more” to show voters he’s up to the job and able to defeat Donald Trump. Then, potential Trump VP pick Sen. Marco Rubio joins Dana to discuss Trump’s imminent decision on who should be his running mate. Finally, Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell, CNN Senior Political Commentator Scott Jennings, CNN Political Commentator Shermichael Singleton, and Democratic strategist Doug Thornell join Dana to break down the crisis embroiling President Biden’s re-election effort. The panel also discusses how much of an impact Trump’s VP pick will have on the race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Digging in a in a defiant President Biden tries to turn around his campaign.
0:10.0	I'm staying in the race.
0:12.0	But has he done enough to reassure his own party that he can win and govern for more years?
0:19.0	Democratic Senator Chris Murphy joins me next.
0:22.0	And zeroing in.
0:24.2	Donald Trump lets Biden's troubles take the spotlight
0:27.4	while his party gears up for its convention
0:30.4	and his VP pick.
0:32.3	What will that reveal about how Trump would govern?
0:35.0	Republican Senator Marco Rubio, a potential running mate, is here exclusively.
0:40.0	Plus, all in, more Democrats urge Biden to pass the torch.
0:45.0	Step aside.
0:46.0	I think we would be better off if we had a new candidate.
0:49.0	With top officials set to meet in the next 24 hours, will Biden lose more support?
0:54.8	Our panel of experts is here to break it down. Hello, I'm Danabash in Washington, where the state of our union is, anxious.
1:09.0	Today President Biden is on the trail in Philadelphia trying to stave off calls to step
1:14.6	aside from the 2024 race.
1:17.2	But there are new signs that Democratic opposition to his candidacy is only growing. On Friday, Biden stepped up his campaign
1:25.5	schedule and sat for a probing primetime interview where he declared he will not
1:30.6	drop out and said he's the best candidate to take on Trump.
1:34.8	But by Saturday five House Democrats had publicly disagreed, calling on Biden to step aside.
1:41.5	Today, top House Democrats are set to meet on the question of
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