Interviews with: Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH), Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison

State of the Union

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🗓️ 28 May 2023

⏱️ 49 minutes

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First: President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an "agreement in principle" last night to raise the debt limit. But with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to pass it? Jake Tapper speaks with one of the GOP negotiators, South Dakota Representative Dusty Johnson, as well as Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Representative Pramila Jayapal. Next: More Republicans have jumped into the 2024 presidential race, but Donald Trump continues to dominate the polls. Who, if anyone, can cut into his lead? New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu joins the show to discuss his future plans. Plus: This week marked three years since George Floyd was murdered in the streets of Minneapolis. The man who successfully prosecuted that case, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, discusses his new book, Break the Wheel: Ending the Cycle of Police Violence. On today’s panel: former Republican Congresswoman Mia Love, CNN Senior Political Commentator Scott Jennings, and CNN Political Commentators Bakari Sellers and Ashley Allison. 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	A Griement in Principle
0:07.8	President Biden and Speaker McCarthy reach a deal to raise the debt limit.
0:11.5	We still have a lot of work to do.
0:13.2	But with lawmakers on both sides skeptical, do they have the votes to actually pass it?
0:18.4	I'll speak exclusively with House Progressive Leader, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal,
0:22.8	and GOP Congressman Dusty Johnson next.
0:26.3	And room to grow, more Republican presidential hopefuls jump in.
0:30.5	I'm running to lead our great American combat.
0:33.8	I'm the candidate. The far left fears the most.
0:37.4	But with the former president dominating the polls, can they cut into his lead?
0:41.9	Republican Governor Chris Sinunu joins me exclusively. Plus, fallen heroes.
0:47.0	This Memorial Day veterans reflect on their comrades who did not come home.
0:51.6	I think about them probably every day almost. Yeah, really. You don't ever forget it.
0:55.7	A look at some of the incredible Americans we lost at war coming up.
1:06.8	Hi, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington where the state of our union is waiting to exhale.
1:10.9	President Biden and Speaker McCarthy last night announced that they have
1:14.3	struck an agreement in principle to lift the nation's borrowing cap and a
1:18.7	vertical looming fiscal catastrophe with the US set to run out of money to pay its bills
1:23.6	as early as Monday, June 5th. But a big question remains.
1:27.4	Can they now get this deal passed in time?
1:31.3	President Biden acknowledged last night that the agreement is, quote, a compromise,
1:34.7	which means not everyone gets what they want, unquote.
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