Interviews with Special Envoy Steve Witkoff; Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett; Republican Senator Mike Rounds

State of the Union

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🗓️ 16 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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On CNN’s State of the Union, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff joins Jake Tapper to discuss his hours-long meeting with Vladimir Putin and the prospects for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Next, Jake asks Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett about the finger-pointing in her party after Congress’ shutdown showdown and the frustration with Sen. Chuck Schumer. Then, Jake presses Republican Sen. Mike Rounds over Trump’s use of wartime power to ramp up deportations and the impact from his escalating trade war. Finally, Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens, CNN Senior Political Commentator Scott Jennings, CNN Political Commentator Brad Todd, and Democratic strategist Ashley Etienne join Jake to break down Democrats’ infighting and the politics of Trump’s tariffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Deal or no deal.
0:05.0	Trump turns the tables in negotiations with Russia and talks with Hamas.
0:10.0	We're speaking with President Putin. We want to get the war over.
0:13.0	Is he on the path to peace or getting played?
0:16.0	Trump's top dealmaker, Steve Whitkoff, back from his meeting meeting with Putin will join me live in moments.
0:21.2	Plus, Democratic debacle, outrage across the party as Democratic senators join Republicans
0:27.1	to pass the GOP government funding bill.
0:30.0	House Democrats are taking a stand.
0:31.6	I'm confident I did the right thing.
0:33.5	Can Democrats get back on track?
0:35.5	Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett sounds off-fly.
0:38.3	And, number one issue, as stocks plunge and recession fears grow...
0:42.6	I'm not going to bend at all.
0:43.8	I'm sorry, we have to do this.
0:45.1	Trump zeroes in on immigration, invoking new wartime deportation powers.
0:50.2	Republican Senator Mike Rounds, plus my panel will break it down ahead.
1:00.5	The United States. Republican Senator Mike Rounds, plus my panel will break it down ahead. Hello, I'm Dick Tapper in Washington where the state of our union is boning up on 18th century immigration law.
1:07.1	Last night, President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act from 1798, signed by President
1:12.8	John Adams to expedite deportations, the president said, of alleged members of a Venezuelan
1:19.6	gang. It's a sweeping wartime power that has been activated only three times in the history
1:25.0	of this country, always during war, and most recently, it was abused with FDR invoking it to detain Japanese Americans during World War II.
1:34.3	Now, in this case, a federal judge issued an order attempting to halt Trump's action in executive order,
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