Interviews with: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gov. Chris Sununu, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, Rep. Ayanna Pressley.

State of the Union

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3.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

First, Chief Medical Adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci outlines how officials and health experts are responding to the Omicron surge that’s forcing event cancellations throughout the country. Then, with a record number of statewide hospitalizations, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu summarizes his plan to reduce the spread. Next, Senator Bernie Sanders responds to breaking news that Senator Joe Manchin says he will vote to sink Biden’s Build Back Better bill. After that, Jake presses January 6th House Select Committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger on the latest in the investigation into the Capitol insurrection. Finally, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley says Manchin voting no on Build Back Better will contradict the needs of his constituents and the American people. 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	Viral Blizzard The Winter Surge is here, as the Delta and Omicron
0:11.1	variants drive U.S. cases to new highs.
0:18.1	President Biden's Chief Medical Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and New Hampshire Republican
0:22.6	Governor Chris Sinu are here.
0:24.9	And build back later, Congress heads home for the holidays, with little to show on
0:29.7	President Biden's key priorities.
0:35.2	Can Democrats resolve to get it done in the new year?
0:37.8	I'll ask Bernie Sanders and Congresswoman Ayanna Presley exclusively next.
0:41.9	Plus, aggressive strategy, damning texts shed new light on the push to overturn the 2020
0:47.6	election.
0:48.6	One of only two Republicans on the January 6th Select House Committee, Congressman Adam
0:52.4	Kinzinger, on where the investigation goes from here.
1:03.9	Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is expecting to get
1:08.4	COVID.
1:09.7	Once again, Americans are waking up to news of postponements and cancellations, sports
1:14.0	games, theatrical performances, holiday parties, schools, family plans, as COVID-19 cases,
1:19.2	hospitalizations and deaths are rising again throughout the country.
1:23.4	Hospitalizations and deaths, especially hitting the unvaccinated.
1:28.2	New York City and Washington, D.C., have both reported two days of record-high cases
1:32.1	and health experts are warning of a tough month ahead.
1:35.0	Still, the world in 2021 is different than it was in March 2020.
1:38.8	Officials say they are better prepared for the search.
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