Interviews with: Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Marco Rubio, Rep. Josh Gottheimer, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick

State of the Union

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🗓️ 5 February 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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First: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg touts the takedown of the suspected Chinese spy balloon and previews President Biden's State of the Union address. Next: Intelligence Committee Vice Chairman Marco Rubio questions why the Biden administration didn't act sooner to shoot down the Chinese balloon. Then: In an exclusive joint interview, Representatives Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), co-chairs of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, discuss their work on a 'failsafe' to prevent a debt ceiling crisis. On today's panel: Rep. Pramila Jayapal, CNN's Jonah Goldberg, CNN's Karen Finney, CNN's David Urban. 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	Down to Earth, the U.S. shoots down a suspected Chinese spy balloon monitoring U.S. military
0:11.6	sites.
0:12.6	What specifically was the Chinese government looking for?
0:16.8	And how might the incident affect the U.S.-China relationship?
0:19.8	The Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Marco Rubio, joins me ahead.
0:24.1	And making his case, President Biden gears up to address a divided Congress.
0:28.6	The State of the Union and the State of our economy is strong.
0:32.1	A head of an expected 2024 bid, how will he make his pitch?
0:36.0	I'll speak to cabinet secretary Pete Buttigieg next.
0:39.2	Plus, debt dilemma.
0:40.9	Biden and Speaker McCarthy plan another meeting, as Democrats wait for the GOP to put their cards on
0:46.2	the table. Are these the members that could come to a deal and avert financial catastrophe?
0:51.2	The bipartisan chairman of the House Problem Solvers caucus will join me in moments.
0:58.5	Hello, I'm Jake Taper and Washington, where the State of our Union is deflated.
1:07.2	The U.S. military is recovering the remnants of a 90-foot-long suspected Chinese spy balloon
1:12.8	that was shot down just off the South Carolina coast on Saturday, after an F-22 Raptors
1:18.0	A-9X missile popped the balloon after its week-long mission gathering,
1:22.2	intelligence over the United States and Canada.
1:24.8	Defense secretary Austin said yesterday that President Biden on Wednesday
1:28.7	ordered that the balloon be taken down as soon as safely possible,
1:32.8	and that to avoid any risk to Americans.
1:35.1	The Pentagon waited until the balloon drifted just off U.S. soil to act,
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