Interviews with: Gov. Kathy Hochul, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Gov. Pete Ricketts, Finland President Sauli Niinistö.

State of the Union

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🗓️ 15 May 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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First, Dana speaks with New York Governor Kathy Hochul after 10 people were fatally shot in a Buffalo supermarket by a gunman espousing white supremacist beliefs. Then, Dana asks Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi if abortion rights will become a larger priority for Democrats and what a path toward greater abortion access could look like. Next, Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts joins to answer if there are limits to a Trump endorsement, if he would support a bipartisan congressional bill to raise the minimum age to own assault style weapons to 21, and if he will move to ban abortion in Nebraska if Roe v. Wade is overturned. After, Dana talks to President of Finland Sauli Niinistö about his country’s decision to formally apply to join NATO and what Putin said to President Niinistö when he called to announce those plans. On today’s panel: Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow, Former Congresswoman Mia Love, Democratic Strategist Paul Begala, CNN Political Commentator David Urban. 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	Your evil, ten people shot and killed at a buffalo supermarket in a racist rampage.
0:12.4	A military-style execution.
0:15.3	How can shootings like this be stopped?
0:17.3	New York Governor Kathy Hocal is next.
0:20.1	And fighting spirit, GOP heavyweights split with former President Trump over primaries.
0:27.7	While Democrats wonder if their voters will turn out this fall, what issues are motivating
0:32.4	them?
0:33.4	I'll talk with Pell Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Governor of Nebraska Pete
0:37.4	Ricketts ahead.
0:38.4	Plus, on Putin's border, as Ukraine fights, Finland applies to join NATO, exactly what Putin
0:46.3	tried to avoid.
0:47.7	You cost this, look at the mirror.
0:51.0	How will Russia respond?
0:52.4	I'll speak exclusively to the President of Finland, Sauli Minista, in moments.
0:57.6	Good morning, I'm Dana Bash in Washington, where the state of our union is heartbroken
1:10.4	and horrified.
1:12.0	This morning we are grieving the loss of ten people in Buffalo, New York shot and killed
1:16.9	while shopping for groceries.
1:18.8	Three others were shot but survived, victims of a rampage by an 18-year-old white male
1:23.7	shooter, who authorities say traveled for hours and used an assault-style weapon to carry
1:29.1	out the racist attack, 11 of the 13 victims were black.
1:34.0	The shooter has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder, in an attack streamed live on social
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