Interviews with: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Rep. Victoria Spartz, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha

State of the Union

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🗓️ 24 April 2022

⏱️ 45 minutes

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First, with inflation above 8%, Dana presses Sen. Elizabeth Warren on whether America could face a recession. Warren also weighs in on what Democrats need to do if they hope to stand a chance in the midterm elections. Next, Rep. Victoria Spartz, the first Ukrainian-born member of Congress, joins from Kyiv to discuss what she's seeing in the capital and her reaction to U.S. Secretary State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Llyod Austin's visit to Ukraine today. Then, after a judge struck down the federal mask mandate on transportation, Dana asks White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha whether mask requirements are still necessary. And, this week's panel discusses a leaked phone call where U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy suggested former President Trump should resign after the January 6 insurrection, as well as the battle between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Disney. On today's panel: Former Atlanta Major Keisha Lance Bottoms, Former Special Assistant to President George W. Bush Scott Jennings, Former DNC Communications Director Xochitl Hinojosa, and Former White House Director of Strategic Communications Alyssa Farah Griffin. 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	On the Frontlines, today, the American Secretaries of State and Defense travel to a war zone
0:11.9	to meet with Ukraine's president in key.
0:14.5	At home, Putin's war is contributing to pain at the pump.
0:18.1	Can President Biden arm Ukraine and fight inflation at the same time?
0:25.0	I'll speak to Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren and Ukrainian-born GOP Congresswoman
0:30.2	Victoria Sparks next.
0:32.4	And mask off.
0:34.0	The CDC loses its mask fight for now.
0:36.8	But with variants multiplying and frustrations growing, our policies, meaning the moment,
0:47.4	White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jaw joins me exclusively live
0:53.5	in studio.
0:54.5	Plus, Drew Perks, the top Republican House leader, caught on tape, saying what he really
1:00.3	thinks about Donald Trump and the insurrection.
1:05.2	Will his public contradictions matter at all to House Republicans?
1:17.3	Hello, I'm Dana Bashin, Washington, where the state of our union is turning its eyes towards
1:22.2	Keith.
1:23.2	Today, the U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense are outside the wire.
1:28.4	That's according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
1:31.6	The pair are on a high-stakes diplomatic trip to meet with him in Kiev.
1:36.5	Zelensky caught the U.S. off guard Saturday when he announced the visit and warned that U.S.
1:41.7	officials should not come, quote, with empty hands.
1:46.3	On the battlefield, fighting is disrupting the Orthodox Easter holiday.
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