Interviews with: Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, Rep. Mark Green, Deputy Treasury Sec. Wally Adeyemo, Sen. Tammy Duckworth

State of the Union

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🗓️ 14 May 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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With the flow of migrants into the U.S. lower than expected after the end of the Covid-era Title 42 border rule, Dana Bash asks Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the latest updates from the Southern border. Afterwards, House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green tells Dana that last week saw more border crossings than any other week in U.S. history. Then, Dana asks Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo about the status of the debt ceiling negotiations after President Biden said they are moving along. And, this week’s panel discusses Ron DeSantis’ approach to his expected 2024 presidential candidacy and Democrats’ reaction to Donald Trump’s statements at the CNN town hall last week. Finally, Senator Tammy Duckworth joins Dana to discuss solutions to the rising cost of child care in the U.S. 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	What's the long-term solution? I'll speak with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro
0:20.1	Mayorkas and House GOP Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green next and deal or no deal. As the
0:27.6	U.S. barrels closer to a debt ceiling deadline, President Biden says the two sides are making progress.
0:34.0	Can they strike a deal in time? Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adiyemo joins me ahead. Plus,
0:41.0	primary problems. The President frames his re-election pitch around Donald Trump.
0:46.0	Sinister forces may believe they'll determine America's future.
0:49.7	While Ron DeSantis makes his case for change. If we focus the election on the past,
0:55.0	the Democrats are going to beat us again. Will voters agree?
1:04.9	Hello, I'm Dana Bash in Washington, where the state of our union is wishing all of the moms out
1:10.1	there a very happy Mother's Day. President Biden is making his general election pitch to voters
1:15.7	painting 2024 as another battle for the future of American democracy. But this month,
1:21.2	two simmering problems pose big challenges to his re-election efforts, the potential for a catastrophic
1:27.6	debt default, and the crisis at the southern border. This weekend, the flow of migrants into the U.S.
1:33.2	is lower than expected after the end of the COVID era Title 42 border rule. But the administration
1:39.1	is still faced with overcrowded facilities, legal challenges from the left and the right,
1:44.3	and deadlock in Congress. House Republicans did pass a bill to bring back Trump
1:49.2	era policies like construction of the border wall and the authority to quickly expel migrants,
1:54.5	but it's dead on arrival in the U.S. Senate, which leaves the country still without a real plan
1:59.6	to fix a persistent problem that is only growing. So far in 2023, 1.3 million migrants have been
2:06.8	apprehended along the southern border. Here with me now, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro
2:14.0	Mayorkas. Thank you so much for joining me this morning. You are getting regular updates
2:18.8	from the southern border. What is the latest with regard to border crossings? And do you believe
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