Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett, US hostage envoy Adam Boehler and Former Rep. Beto O'Rourke

State of the Union

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🗓️ 21 July 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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On CNN’s State of the Union, Jake Tapper presses Senator Amy Klobuchar on why Democrats didn't release the Epstein files during the Biden Administration, Congressman Tim Burchett says Trump's call to release grand jury material in the Epstein case is a "good start." US hostage envoy Adam Boehler discusses the Trump administration’s prisoner exchange with Venezuela that freed ten detained US nationals. Former Democratic Congressman Beto O’Rourke weighs in on the GOP’s controversial push to redraw its congressional map to help Republicans. Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres, former Republican Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler, former Trump campaign adviser Bryan Lanza, and CNN Political Commentator Karen Finney break down the state of both parties six months into President Trump’s second term. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Epstein explosion.
0:07.0	President Trump tries to tamp down fierce blowback from his base.
0:10.0	It's all been a big hoax and foolish Republicans fall into the net.
0:14.0	But can he contain the crisis?
0:16.0	I don't think we should ever stop asking what the heck went on.
0:19.0	Judiciary Committee, Democrat, Senator Amy Klobuchar,
0:22.1	and then Republican Congressman Tim Burchett, next.
0:24.9	And homecoming.
0:26.1	Ten Americans freed from Venezuela,
0:28.4	swapped for U.S. Deportes from a notorious El Salvador prison.
0:32.1	Next, is a ceasefire deal with Hamas also on the horizon?
0:35.6	We've got most of the hostages back. We're going to have another 10 coming very shortly.
0:40.3	The man who brought the Americans back from Venezuela, U.S.
0:43.3	hostage envoy, Adam Bowler, is ahead.
0:45.3	Plus, power play.
0:47.3	Texas makes a controversial plan to boost Republicans.
0:49.3	We are a democracy right now in name only.
0:52.3	Will Democrats fight back?
0:54.5	Former presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke coming up.
1:02.0	Hello, I'm Jake Tapper in Washington, where the state of our union is thinking, wow, a lot can happen in just six months. Today marks half a year since
1:13.2	President Trump took office again. And already his second term is shaping up to be even more
1:18.7	consequential than his first. The president has followed through on promises to ramp up deportations
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