Vote To Oust Liz Cheney From GOP Leadership On Track For Wednesday

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

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3.6 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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With the Cheney vote date set, Trump allies seek primary opponent to unseat her. COVID-19 infections fall to 7-month low as states accelerate reopenings. New poll suggests vaccine hesitancy among republicans is easing. Biden sells jobs plan as a "blue collar blueprint" to rebuild U.S. and lays down marker for compromise with Republicans. 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	At Barclays, we're here for every goal.
0:06.4	We're here for the Premier League,
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0:18.0	We're here for the grassroots and all the muddy boots. From schools to stadiums, we're here for it all.
0:27.6	Barclays, here for every goal. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world I'm Will Flitzer in the
0:40.9	situation room.
0:41.9	Happening now, hopeful signs for a nation eager
0:45.7	to get past the pandemic.
0:47.1	COVID-19 infections dropping to a seven-month low
0:50.9	here in the United States,
0:52.2	as states are accelerating their
0:54.1	reopening. Further declines in new cases and deaths are now forecast in the months
0:59.8	ahead. Let's hope. Also tonight we're told Representative Liz Cheney's
1:04.0	ouster from the GOP leadership is on track for this coming Wednesday, but
1:09.0	Trump allies are looking for another way to punish her for defying the former president. They're actively seeking a
1:15.3	viable candidate to challenge Cheney in next year's Republican primary in
1:20.2	her home state of Wyoming. Meantime, the Trump loyalist expected to replace Cheney as the number three House Republican
1:27.4	is speaking out in a new interview.
1:29.6	Representative Elise Stephanica is making it it clear she is all in on embracing Trump
1:35.2	and doubling down on his false claims of election fraud. Let's start our coverage
1:40.6	this hour with CNN National Correspondent Nick Watt he's got our pandemic report. our here to be turning a corner. We sure do, Wolf.
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