Interviews with FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell; Republican Sen. Katie Britt; National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan

State of the Union

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🗓️ 13 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On this week’s State of the Union, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell joins CNN’s Jake Tapper to discuss the response to the devastating California wildfires. Then, Republican Sen. Katie Britt joins Jake to discuss her immigration bill, as well as concerns over Trump’s nominee for Attorney General. Next, Jake sits down with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to assess the Biden administration’s foreign policy legacy as it prepares to hand the reins to the Trump administration. Finally, CNN Political Commentators Brad Todd, Kate Bedingfield, Kristen Soltis Anderson, and executive director of Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service Mo Elleithee join Jake to discuss the feud between Gov. Gavin Newsom and President-elect Trump amid the California wildfires. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Up in smoke, firefighters grazed for a return of gusty winds as the raging Los Angeles wildfires threatened to consume more of the city.
0:15.0	Is the U.S. ready for this supercharged wildfire threat? Federal Emergency Management agency administrator, Deanne Criswell,
0:21.5	is next. And on the spot, this week, Donald Trump's cabinet nominees faced questions from Congress.
0:27.3	We have a great country, but we have to run it properly. But will doubts among Republicans sink
0:32.7	any of Trump's picks? Republican Senator Katie Britt joins me exclusively. Plus, bowing out. President Biden
0:39.1	set to reflect on his influence in the world as he leaves the stage. But as Trump looks to shake
0:44.2	up the world order, what is Biden's global legacy? National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan reflects ahead.
1:02.6	Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington where the state of our union is praying, praying that the winds stay low enough to allow firefighters to contain and then extinguish those blazes
1:08.7	burning through Los Angeles County. But after a
1:10.9	productive night of fighting those fires this morning, sadly, emergency workers are again preparing
1:15.5	for a return of those huge wind gusts that on Saturday propelled the Palisades fire farther inland,
1:22.6	threatening the 405, a major freeway, the Getty Center, the campus of UCLA. At least 16 people have died in these
1:29.5	fires. Conditions are still dangerous, of course, to know the true death toll. As amidst questions of
1:35.2	arson, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms takes the lead in determining the fire's
1:40.9	origin and cause. More than 150,000 Angelinas are still under evacuation orders.
1:47.6	They're unsure when they can return to their homes or if they will even have homes when they drive back
1:52.1	through the scorched Southern California streets.
1:55.3	And no one is sure what comes next.
1:59.1	I'm joining us now FEMA Administrator D.N. Criswell. Administrator
2:02.6	Criswell, the Los Angeles fires now in their sixth day. What's the latest you're hearing from
2:07.1	your teams on the ground? Is any progress being made? How is the weather when it comes to the
2:14.4	complication of these efforts.
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