Interviews with: Rep. Mike Turner, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Mike Rounds

State of the Union

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🗓️ 12 February 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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First, the U.S. military has shot down a third flying object in just over a week. Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee Rep. Mike Turner joins to answer if these objects are a threat and what investments can be made to protect U.S. airspace. Next, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sits down with Jake to answer if she’s worried that polls show Democrats do not share her enthusiasm for a Biden 2024 presidential bid. Plus, now that Democrats have unified control of Michigan’s government for the first time in nearly four decades, she outlines her top priorities.Then, as Democrats and the GOP spar over Medicare and Social Security, South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds answers if he agrees with Sen. Rick Scott’s plan to sunset government spending programs.Finally, our panel debates how Republican contenders should challenge Trump in 2024 and whether President Biden can defeat them in a general election. Today’s panel includes Commentators Scott Jennings, Ashley Allison, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Paul Begala. 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	Up in the air, U.S. military shoots down an unidentified object over Alaska Friday.
0:15.0	And then, another over Canada Saturday.
0:18.1	What is going on up there and is shooting it all down the new normal?
0:22.1	The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Congressman Mike Turner, is here live.
0:26.6	Blueprint. After her party pulls off a midterm sweep, Michigan's governor lays out her goals
0:31.7	for the next two years. How much can Democrats actually get done? Governor Gretchen Whitmer joins
0:37.4	me exclusively ahead. Plus, blame game. President Biden finds a new attack line against Republicans.
0:43.8	If that's your dream, I'm your nightmare.
0:47.0	Setting off an intraparty battle, but is anyone looking for actual solutions?
0:51.9	I'll speak to Republican Senator Mike Rounds coming up.
0:56.4	Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is knowing the truth
1:08.0	is out there. The U.S. military is trying to figure out what exactly they shot down over
1:13.8	the frozen coast of Alaska on Friday afternoon. And what else they shot down over northern
1:17.8	Canada on Saturday, the third time in eight days that a U.S. F-22 fighter jet has downed
1:24.1	a flying object in North American airspace. President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin
1:29.0	Trudeau authorized Saturday's operation, taking down an object that Canadians described as cylindrical
1:35.1	and smaller than the suspected Chinese Pai-Baloon shot down February 4th. Unlike that balloon,
1:40.6	the second and third objects were both flying much lower, about 40,000 feet, close enough to
1:46.8	be a threat to civilian aircraft. Anacdotally, a source said some pilots said the second object
1:52.6	interfered with their sensors. And some pilots claimed not to have seen any identifiable
1:57.8	propulsion, though U.S. officials could not confirm those details. But not much else is clear
2:04.1	as both the U.S. and Canadian government try to recover remnants and figure it all out. What we do know
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