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State of the Union

Hosted by CNN's Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, State of the Union features interviews with top newsmaker

Episodes

Total: 353

Interview with Oren Segal, the VP of the ADL's Center on Extremism about the Hanukkah knife attacks in New York; Interview with Senator John Kennedy on the details of the Senate impeachment trial and President Trump's whistleblower tweet. Interview with C

2019/12/29

First, Jake speaks with Oren Segal of the Anti-Defamation League about the horrific knife attack in

Interview with Presidential Candidate Amy Klobuchar; Interview with top Senate Republican Roy Blunt; Interview with Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin; Candidate closeup: selfies on the campaign trail

2019/12/22

First, Dana talks to Presidential Candidate and Senate Judiciary Committee member Amy Klobuchar abou

Interview with Sen. Rand Paul; Interview with Sen. Sherrod Brown; Interview with Rep. Will Hurd; The fundamental question Republicans must answer on impeachment

2019/12/15

First, Jake sits down with Republican Senator Rand Paul to talk about the articles of impeachment ag

Interview with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler; Interview with Republican Rep. Mark Meadows

2019/12/8

First, Dana sits down with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to talk about the latest

Interview with 2020 Presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar; Interview with Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren; Who is the Obama 2.0 of the 2020 campaign?

2019/12/1

First, Dana sits down with 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota to talk about

Interview with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff; Interview with Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin

2019/11/24

First, Jake sits down with House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff to break down the lates

Interview with Intel committee member Republican Congressman Mike Turner; Interview with Democratic Senator Chris Murphy; What Mr. Rogers might teach us about the cruelties and divisions of today

2019/11/17

First, Jake speaks to Republican Rep. Mike Turner of the Intelligence Committee about this week's te

Interview with Republican Senator Ron Johnson; 2020 presidential candidate, Senator Amy Klobuchar

2019/11/10

First, Jake talks with Wisconsin Republican Senator Ron Johnson to discuss the July 25th phone call

Interview with White House counselor Kellyanne Conway; Interview with House Democratic Whip Jim Clyburn; Interview with 2020 presidential candidate Andrew Yang and his wife, Evelyn.

2019/11/3

First, Dana sits down with White House counselor Kellyanne Conway to talk about the President's requ

Interview with Secretary of Defense Mark Esper on the U.S. raid to kill ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi; Interview with Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on the Baghdadi raid and the impeachment inquiry; Interview with former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McC

2019/10/27

First, Jake sits down with the Secretary of Defense, Mark Esper, to discuss the details of the darin

Interview with South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg; Interview with Senator Amy Klobuchar; Interview with retired General David Petraeus; Jake on the legacy of Congressman Elijah Cummings

2019/10/20

First, Jake sits down with Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg about the latest o

Interview with Democratic Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg; Interview with Senator Kevin Cramer; Interview with Former Governor John Kasich

2019/10/13

First, Jake speaks with Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg about President Trump

Interview with Republican Presidential Candidates Mark Sanford and Joe Walsh; Interview with Democratic Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar; Jake looks at how history will judge Republican lawmakers for their response to President Trump's recent actions.

2019/10/6

First, Jake speaks with two of President Trump's Republican challengers -former Congressmen Joe Wals

Interview with House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on the impeachment inquiry into President Trump; Interview with Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio on the whistleblower's complaint on Ukraine; Interview with 2020 presidential candidate

2019/9/29

First, Jake talks with House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Hakeem Jeffries about their impeachment

Interview with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Trump's Ukraine call, Iran sanctions, and the Trump administration's record on the climate crisis; Interview with House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff on Trump pushing Ukraine to investigate Biden and th

2019/9/22

First, Jake sits down with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and presses him on President Trump's Uk

Interview with Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on health care and 2020 politics; Interview with Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on foreign policy and gun control; Interview with Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang on his freedom dividen

2019/9/15

First, Jake sits down with South Bend Mayor and Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg to

Interview with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on the cancelled Camp David Taliban meeting; Interview with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar, on Afghanistan peace talks and gun control; Interview with 2020 Democratic presidential candid

2019/9/8

First, Jake sits down with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, to talk about Trump's cancelled meeting w

Interview with the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke on the shooting in Texas; Interview with acting FEMA Administrator Peter Gaynor on Hurricane Dorian updates; Interview with Senator Rick Scott of Florida on preparations for Hurricane

2019/9/2

First, Dana sits down with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke to talk about the tr

Interview with the Director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow on the the state of the economy and the G7 meetings; Interview with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders; Interview with the late former Sen. McCain's wife, Ci

2019/8/25

First, Brianna speaks with Director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow about President Tr

Interview with White House trade adviser Peter Navarro on the the state of the economy and the US-China trade war; Interview with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg; State of the Cartoonion: Making over the Statue of Liberty.

2019/8/18

First, Jake sits down with White House trade adviser Peter Navarro to talk about growing recession f