Interviews with: National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, Republican Senator Bill Cassidy

State of the Union

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🗓️ 21 May 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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First, Jake Tapper goes one-on-one with National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Biden’s decision to train Ukrainian pilots to fly F-16 jets and what changed the President’s mind. Tapper also presses Sullivan on the Pentagon’s $3 billion accounting error on Ukraine aid and the US military's claim that it killed an Al-Qaeda leader in a strike in Syria. Tapper asks if Sullivan still has faith in the Secret Service after an intruder entered his home last month without being detected. Next, Jake interviews Republican Senator Bill Cassidy about stalled negotiations over the debt ceiling and whether House Republicans are willing to support a compromise deal. They also discuss Cassidy's efforts to prevent Social Security from going insolvent, as well as the state of the Republican presidential primary. After, the panel discusses the debt ceiling showdown, the expanding GOP 2024 field, and whether any candidate can make a dent in Trump’s lead. 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	ZED LOCKED! 11 days left on the clock and debt ceiling negotiators are moving farther
0:11.3	apart.
0:12.3	Much of what they've already proposed is quite frankly unacceptable.
0:16.1	Is the risk of default only growing, also exclusively to Republican Senator Bill Cassidy
0:21.1	in moments?
0:22.1	And, show of unity, President Biden gives Ukraine's fighters a sky-high advantage.
0:26.9	But after scrapping part of his world trip for debt ceiling talks, is the U.S. on
0:33.2	shaky ground on the world stage, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan joins me exclusively
0:38.5	from Japan.
0:39.5	Plus, go time.
0:40.9	President Trump reties himself for his biggest GOP challenger yet.
0:44.6	It's easy to be a front runner.
0:46.1	It's harder to dig in, as the Republican field expands, will any of them crack Trump's
0:50.7	hold on the party.
0:57.9	Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is careening toward
1:03.1	the edge of an economic cliff with 11 days until the moment the U.S. government could run
1:08.3	out of money to pay its bills, according to the Secretary of the Treasury.
1:12.1	President Biden just told reporters he cannot guarantee that the U.S. will not default.
1:18.4	That same message came from the top house Republican negotiator just hours before.
1:22.4	It's the only thing the sides seem to agree on, in addition to blaming the other side
1:27.1	for moving backwards in their talks.
1:29.3	Biden says on his flight back to the U.S. this morning he's going to tell House Speaker
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