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Former California Governor Jerry Brown joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss what it will take for countries to act on climate as well as the recall vote facing his successor Governor Newsom in California. Then “Red Roulette" author Desmond Shum explains why he believes his new book about corruption in China led to the mysterious reappearance of his ex-wife after she vanished four years ago. And our Michel Martin speaks to Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent at the Slate, about the Texas law prohibiting most abortions after six weeks, something she calls a “unconstitutional and brutal piece of lawless vigilantism.”

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As the Taliban crack down on women protesting in Kabul and new shocking segregation measures are installed in Afghan universities, Shkula Zadran, who was Afghan Youth Representative to the United Nations in 2020, joins Christiane Amanpour to explain why she refuses to be silent despite the grave risks. Turning to the United States, Carol Moseley Braun, the first African American woman elected to the Senate, assesses Texas' new restrictive abortion law and what it means for the erosion of women's rights in the country. Then journalists Peter Baker and Susan Glasser reflect on the impact of Afghanistan on Biden’s presidency and their recent biography of James Baker. And our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to tech expert and best-selling author Kai-Fu Lee about his new collection of short stories “AI 2041” in which he imagines how artificial intelligence will impact the way we live and work in the future.

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With the Taliban and ISIS K taking hold in Afghanistan, former jihadist and MI6 spy inside al Qaeda Aimen Dean joins Christiane Amanpour and explains that the Kabul attack may inspire others and extremist groups may now come out of their sleeper cell mode. Then Michael Keaton, screenwriter Max Borenstein and attorney Ken Feinberg discuss their new film "Worth" that captures the work of the 9/11 victim compensation fund. Returning to Afghanistan, Syrian filmmaker and activist Hassan Akkad who sought asylum in the UK in 2015 gives an insight into what it’s like to be uprooted from your home, something he details in his new book “Hope Not Fear.” Washington Post sports journalist Kent Babb follows a high school football season in his new book, "Across the River." Our Walter Isaacson speaks to him alongside football coach Nick Foster about keeping young students out of the line of fire in Louisiana where homicide rates were the highest in the country in 2019.

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Journalist Shefali Luthra from The 19th News joins Bianna Golodryga to break down one of the strictest abortion laws in the country just introduced in Texas and how it will hit the most vulnerable the hardest. Turning to Afghanistan, Whitlock sued to access confidential documents for "The Afghanistan Files." He explains that the war would have ended sooner if leaders told the truth earlier. Then our Walter Isaacson speaks to retired General David Petraeus who led troops in Iraq during the 2003 war and also led coalition forces in Afghanistan. He discusses this longest of wars coming to an end in such a chaotic fashion, what constitutes good strategic leadership and wartime lessons that can be applied to fighting the pandemic. And finally, after being diagnosed with ALS, Ady Barkan threw himself into the fight for healthcare justice, as shown in the new film "Not Going Quietly". Barkan speaks with about his extraordinary activism and love for his family.

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Former journalist and U.S. military advisor Sarah Chayes joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ties that bind U.S. and Afghan societies. Former Pakistani ambassador to the U.S. and the UN Maleeha Lodhi says Pakistan would like to see the international community engage with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Then turning to the coronavirus pandemic, top epidemiologist Larry Brilliant discusses the potential for the Delta variant spread among children as many more schools are set to open in America. And then former marine and best-selling author Elliot Ackerman, who helped hundreds of Afghans escape in the last few weeks, talks about U.S. foreign policy going forward and Biden's legacy. 

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As the last U.S. evacuation flight leaves Afghanistan, Taliban expert Ashley Jackson and former CIA official Robert Grenier tell Christiane Amanpour that Western countries can't cut off the Taliban at the expense of innocent Afghans. Annalena Baerbock, the Green Party candidate for German Chancellor, explains why "it's important" Germany gets up to 50,000 more people out of Afghanistan. Then our Michel Martin speaks to personal finance columnist at The Washington Post, Michelle Singletary, about the hidden costs of refusing a COVID-19 vaccine.

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