Interviews with: Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, Chris Murphy

State of the Union

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3.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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First: As Donald Trump faces new charges with the potential for even more, he flexes his power over his party. Next: Republican presidential hopefuls take their message to key early states, but can they overtake the frontrunner without taking him on? 2024 candidates Vivek Ramaswamy and Chris Christie weigh in. Then: Is age just a number? Renewed concerns about aging political leaders. Candidates on both sides say it's time for a fresh start. What does the American public think? Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy shares his thoughts. Plus: the panel discusses Republican candidates' reluctance to take on Donald Trump directly, as well as President Biden's decision to acknowledge his seventh grandchild for the first time. 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	The Political Enemies, facing new charges and the potential for more, Donald Trump
0:10.2	flexises his power over his party.
0:12.0	The Republicans are very high-class, they've got to be a little bit lower-class.
0:17.0	What's next?
0:18.0	And, up close and personal, Republican candidates take their message to key early states.
0:22.5	If I am the Republican nominee, Joe Biden doesn't stand a chance.
0:28.0	Be the people, can handle the truth.
0:30.4	But can they overtake the frontrunner without taking him on?
0:33.6	I'll ask GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswami, and then fellow candidate Chris
0:38.0	Christie joins me to respond.
0:39.7	Plus, just a number renewed concerns about aging political leaders.
0:43.8	As candidates on both sides say, it's time for a fresh start.
0:47.0	We need to start getting D.C. in order.
0:49.2	Do Americans believe age is just a number?
0:51.7	Democratic Senator Chris Murphy is coming up.
0:58.0	Hello, I'm Casey Hunt in Washington, where the state of our union is thinking, I've
1:05.6	seen this film before.
1:07.4	The political world begins a new week, as we have so many times over the past seven years
1:12.6	under the pull of Donald Trump.
1:14.4	The far and away frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination, whose legal peril
1:19.5	worsened this week.
1:21.1	On Saturday in Pennsylvania, the former president took on Republicans who he felt didn't
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