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chairman said.”},{“title”:”Bernie Sanders responds to Biden’s ‘I’m not a socialist’ remark”,”duration”:”02:08″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2022/01/23/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-socialist-reaction-sotu-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2022/01/23/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-socialist-reaction-sotu-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220123101307-biden-bernie-sanders-split-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2022/01/23/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-socialist-reaction-sotu-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) responds to a recent remark from President Joe Biden that singled out the senator.”,”descriptionText”:”Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) responds to a recent remark from President Joe Biden that singled out the senator.”},{“title”:”Bash pushes Blinken on why US hasn’t sanctioned Russia yet”,”duration”:”01:27″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2022/01/23/blinken-sanctions-russia-ukraine-putin-zelensky-conflict-sotu-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2022/01/23/blinken-sanctions-russia-ukraine-putin-zelensky-conflict-sotu-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220123100040-blinken-bash-split-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2022/01/23/blinken-sanctions-russia-ukraine-putin-zelensky-conflict-sotu-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN’s Dana Bash asks Secretary of State Antony Blinken why the US has not imposed sanctions on Russia yet as a potential conflict between Russia and Ukraine appears to be escalating.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s Dana Bash asks Secretary of State Antony Blinken why the US has not imposed sanctions on Russia yet as a potential conflict between Russia and Ukraine appears to be escalating.”},{“title”:”Pamela Brown rolls the tape on DeSantis’ prior comments about 2020 election”,”duration”:”02:18″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2022/01/23/ron-desantis-election-police-pamela-brown-ftr-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2022/01/23/ron-desantis-election-police-pamela-brown-ftr-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220122204110-pamela-brown-desantis-split-vpx-screengrab-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2022/01/23/ron-desantis-election-police-pamela-brown-ftr-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN’s Pamela Brown looks at Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent proposal to create an election security force to monitor elections in the state. “,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s Pamela Brown looks at Florida Republican Gov. 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The interview took place during a week in which the former president’s legal troubles intensified amid multiple probes.”},{“title”:”Grisham says Trump held secret meetings prior to January 6″,”duration”:”01:45″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2022/01/21/grisham-trump-meetings-jan-6-residence-newday-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2022/01/21/grisham-trump-meetings-jan-6-residence-newday-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/200407100829-stephanie-grisham-trump-file-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2022/01/21/grisham-trump-meetings-jan-6-residence-newday-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham tells CNN’s New Day that former President Donald Trump held off-the-books meetings at the White House residence in the days leading up to the January 6th Capitol attack.”,”descriptionText”:”Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham tells CNN’s New Day that former President Donald Trump held off-the-books meetings at the White House residence in the days leading up to the January 6th Capitol attack.”},{“title”:”See George Conway’s reaction to new report about Trump’s draft executive order”,”duration”:”04:00″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2022/01/22/george-conway-trump-draft-executive-order-sot-ac360-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2022/01/22/george-conway-trump-draft-executive-order-sot-ac360-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220121203547-coop-conway-split-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2022/01/22/george-conway-trump-draft-executive-order-sot-ac360-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”CNN’s Anderson Cooper and conservative attorney George Conway discuss the draft executive order that then-President Donald Trump considered signing in December 2020 that would have directed the Pentagon to seize voting machines in key states and hunt for evidence of fraud, according to a draft published by Politico.”,”descriptionText”:”CNN’s Anderson Cooper and conservative attorney George Conway discuss the draft executive order that then-President Donald Trump considered signing in December 2020 that would have directed the Pentagon to seize voting machines in key states and hunt for evidence of fraud, according to a draft published by Politico.”},{“title”:”Russian FM after meeting Blinken: The West is in ‘hysterics’ over Ukraine”,”duration”:”02:41″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/world/2022/01/21/lavrov-presser-blinken-meeting-ukraine-sot-intl-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”world/2022/01/21/lavrov-presser-blinken-meeting-ukraine-sot-intl-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/220121081018-lavrov-post-blinken-presser-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/world/2022/01/21/lavrov-presser-blinken-meeting-ukraine-sot-intl-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov spoke at a press conference in Geneva following u003ca href=”https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/21/politics/joe-biden-vladimir-putin-us-russia-ukraine/index.html” target=”_blank”>his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinkenu003c/a>. 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