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January 15, 2021 Amanpour: Ali Soufan, Margaret Sullivan, Sam Pollard and Melinda Gates
Washington D.C. is in Lockdown as officials warn of the potential for domestic terrorism, the danger is underscored by new details from last week’s insurrection on Capitol Hill. Correspondent Shimon Prokupecz spoke to several police officers about what they were up against that day – we bring you that report. Then counterterror expert Ali Soufan and Washington Post columnist Margaret Sullivan join Christiane Amanpour to weigh up free speech and national security in response to Trump's challenges. Looking back on history – Veteran filmmaker Sam Pollard talks about his new film "MLK/FBI" which tracks the FBI's attempts to destroy the reputation of Martin Luther King Jr. The pandemic’s broader impact falls disproportionately on women and jobs are nearly two times more vulnerable to this crisis than men’s jobs – o-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Melinda Gates speaks to our Walter Isaacson about this, the coronavirus vaccine and her book “The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World.”
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56 min
January 14, 2021 Amanpour: Francis Rooney, Gideon Saar, A.C. Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha
Francis Rooney, former U.S. House Republican, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the House's vote to impeach President Trump, the Senate trial ahead and the reckoning in the Republican Party. Gideon Saar, founder of New Hope party, talks about his run against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's fourth election in two years. With President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration right around the corner and security in the Capitol at an all time high, our Hari Sreenivasan talks to ProPublica's A.C. Thompson about far right movements. Then, we delve into Amazon's latest period romance, "Sylvie's Love", with the film's star Nnamdi Asomugha.
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58 min
January 14, 2021 Amanpour: Francis Rooney, Gideon Saar, A.C. Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha
Francis Rooney, former U.S. House Republican, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the House's vote to impeach President Trump, the Senate trial ahead and the reckoning in the Republican Party. Gideon Saar, founder of New Hope party, talks about his run against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's fourth election in two years. With President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration right around the corner and security in the Capitol at an all time high, our Hari Sreenivasan talks to ProPublica's A.C. Thompson about far right movements. Then, we delve into Amazon's latest period romance, "Sylvie's Love", with the film's star Nnamdi Asomugha.
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56 min
January 13, 2021 Amanpour: Elissa Slotkin, Paul Greengrass and Roger McNamee
Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Michigan joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ongoing House impeachment proceedings. Paul Greengrass, the director of the hugely successful "Bourne" franchise, delves into his new film, "News of the World" starring Tom Hanks. And, as Youtube becomes the latest social media platform to ban President Trump, our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Roger McNamee, author and early investor in Facebook about why platforms must pay for their role in last week's riots on Capitol Hill.
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58 min
January 13, 2021 Amanpour: Elissa Slotkin, Paul Greengrass and Roger McNamee
Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Michigan joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ongoing House impeachment proceedings. Paul Greengrass, the director of the hugely successful "Bourne" franchise, delves into his new film, "News of the World" starring Tom Hanks. And, as Youtube becomes the latest social media platform to ban President Trump, our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Roger McNamee, author and early investor in Facebook about why platforms must pay for their role in last week's riots on Capitol Hill.
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56 min
January 12, 2021 Amanpour: Juliette Kayyem, Jeff Flake and Yoweri Museveni
Juliette Kayyem, Former Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ongoing national security concerns following the riots on Capitol Hill last week. All this as Democrats continue to try to remove President Trump from office. Former U.S. Senate Republican Jeff Flake speaks with our Michel Martin about the major soul searching by his colleagues in a Republican Party that has been dominated by Trumpism for the last four years. Then, ahead of Uganda's Presidential elections on Thursday, President Museveni discusses why he deserves to stay in power after 35 years and the race against the popstar turned politician Bobi Wine. And as Covid-19 cases continue to surge in California, we get a pulse check from our CNN correspondents on the ground.
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59 min
January 12, 2021 Amanpour: Juliette Kayyem, Jeff Flake and Yoweri Museveni
Juliette Kayyem, Former Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the ongoing national security concerns following the riots on Capitol Hill last week. All this as Democrats continue to try to remove President Trump from office. Former U.S. Senate Republican Jeff Flake speaks with our Michel Martin about the major soul searching by his colleagues in a Republican Party that has been dominated by Trumpism for the last four years. Then, ahead of Uganda's Presidential elections on Thursday, President Museveni discusses why he deserves to stay in power after 35 years and the race against the popstar turned politician Bobi Wine. And as Covid-19 cases continue to surge in California, we get a pulse check from our CNN correspondents on the ground.
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57 min
January 11, 2021 Amanpour: Nancy Mace, Jon Tester, Kara Swisher and Dr. Peter L. Salk
Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace has been in Congress barely a week and in that time, she has seen the Capitol attacked and been personally threatened by angry Trump supporters. Despite all this she joins Christiane to explain why she’s against impeaching the President. Then New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer and "Sway" podcast host Kara Swisher discusses his ban from a whole host of social media sites and how social media companies get engagement through enragement and therefore riots should surprise no one. Walter Isaacson speaks to Democratic Senator from Montana about holding Trump to account beyond social media and those Republicans also responsible for inciting the insurrection. They dig into this as well as the defund the police movement, covid relief and his book, “Grounded: A Senator's Lessons on Winning Back Rural America”. And finally, Dr. Peter L. Salk was only 9 years old in 1953 when he got the polio vaccine – a vaccine invented by his father Jonas Salk. Now an infectious diseases expert himself, he speaks about the vaccine rollout then and now
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57 min
January 11, 2021 Amanpour: Nancy Mace, Jon Tester, Kara Swisher and Dr. Peter L. Salk
Republican U.S. Representative Nancy Mace has been in Congress barely a week and in that time, she has seen the Capitol attacked and been personally threatened by angry Trump supporters. Despite all this she joins Christiane to explain why she’s against impeaching the President. Then New York Times Contributing Opinion Writer and "Sway" podcast host Kara Swisher discusses his ban from a whole host of social media sites and how social media companies get engagement through enragement and therefore riots should surprise no one. Walter Isaacson speaks to Democratic Senator from Montana about holding Trump to account beyond social media and those Republicans also responsible for inciting the insurrection. They dig into this as well as the defund the police movement, covid relief and his book, “Grounded: A Senator's Lessons on Winning Back Rural America”. And finally, Dr. Peter L. Salk was only 9 years old in 1953 when he got the polio vaccine – a vaccine invented by his father Jonas Salk. Now an infectious diseases expert himself, he speaks about the vaccine rollout then and now
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56 min
January 11, 2021 Amanpour: Fiona Hill, Rick Wilson, Ashraf and Rula Ghani
As the U.S. still reels from Wednesday's attack on Capitol Hill, former senior director on President Trump's National Security Council Fiona Hill joins Christiane to assess whether impeachment is warranted. The Lincoln Project’s co-founder Rick Wilson weighs in, joining calls for President Trump to resign or be removed from office. He speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about what’s at stake. Then in an exclusive joint interview, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and First Lady Rula Ghani discuss peace in Afghanistan and talks with the Taliban, coronavirus, and relations with the US.
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57 min