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First: Political experts join Christiane to examine what the New Hampshire primary means for the whole world. 

Plus: Filmmaker Nicole Newnham talks about her new documentary on feminist trailblazer Shere Hite. 

And: How private equity firms undermine America's already dysfunctional health care system. 

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15 weeks into the October 7th war, divisions within Israel are spilling into the open. Hostage families stormed into the Knesset today to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the war on Hamas and Gaza, and demanding negotiations to free their kidnapped loved ones. Meantime, a new poll shows Netanyahu’s support to be at rock bottom and his Likud party coming a distant second to Benny Gantz's National Unity party if there were an election today. Christiane speaks about all this with veteran Israeli politician and former Foreign Minister, Tzipi Livni. 

Also on today's show: Former Prime Minister, Palestinian Authority Salam Fayyad; author Donald G. McNeil Jr.; conservative lawyer George Conway 

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131 years - that’s how long it will take to close the gender gap, a sobering fact from the World Economic Forum, nobody on the earth right now will be alive to see. Our first guest has made it her mission to move the needle toward gender equity. She’s an actress, filmmaker, and an athlete, who also happens to be the First Partner of California, a title she coined after shunning the traditional First Lady term. She’s Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of one of the Democrats' loudest voices right now, Governor Gavin Newsom. Before heading to the governor's mansion Newsom lived through some very deep personal trauma - which helped shape her mission for gender equality today.

In our Letter From London this week, what the world makes of the US political circus that never fails to deliver. Case in point: Donald Trump's stunning win in Iowa this week, in spite of - or perhaps because of - the 91 criminal charges and other legal fires he’s fighting. Joining Christiane this week to discuss are two journalists who are no stranger to suspending disbelief - Emily Maitlis and Mark Landler.

Also this hour, bullet wounds, burns, amputations and orphaned children. These are the realities of war that doctors in Gaza are dealing with, after three months of Israeli bombardment. Doctor Deborah Harrington spent two weeks over Christmas volunteering at Gaza’s al-Aqsa Hospital, right in the heart of the Gaza Strip.

What happens to the people of Gaza and Israel the 'day after', if and when the fighting ever ends? Christiane puts that to Mark Regev - Senior Advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister - following Benjamin Netanyahu’s apparent rejection of a post-war Palestinian state.

From the Amanpour Archive this week, how the first Gulf War - and the destruction it caused - echoes Israel's bombardment of Gaza today. 

And in Ask Amanpour, one listener asks how Christiane can cope with witnessing such cruelty in the stories she reports on?

Airdate: Saturday January 20th, 2024

Guests: Jennifer Siebel Newsom, Emily Maitlis, Mark Landler, Deborah Harrington, Mark Regev.

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A political storm is brewing within Israel, as politicians past and present call for elections amid the country’s war in Gaza. As fears also continue to grow of a wider war in the Middle East, CNN's Jeremy Diamond and Nada Bashir join the show to discuss. 

Also on today's show: Sebastien Lai, son of embattled Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai; Wall Street Journal Chief Foreign Affairs correspondent Yaroslav Trofimov; data scientist Hannah Ritchie 

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The Pentagon insists that the conflict between Israel and Hamas has not spread into a wider war yet, but experts warn just one miscalculation could change that. Today, the US has carried out further airstrikes against Houthi militants in Yemen and Israel is warning that the likelihood of war on its northern front is "much higher" than in recent times. That's the backdrop for a different escalation of hostilities, this time between Pakistan and Iran, tit for tat airstrikes that both nations claim are aimed at terror bases, as Ivan Watson reports. 

Also on today's show: obstetrician Dr. Deborah Harrington; Mark Regev, Senior Advisor to the Israeli Prime Minister; Middle East specialist Dr. Elisabeth Kendall 

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Fears abound in the Middle East that the crisis there may intensify as the US re-designates Yemen's Houthis as a global terrorist entity. Of course, all roads lead back to Israel and Gaza, where, according to the health ministry in Gaza, more than 1% of the enclave's population has been killed since the war began. Christiane spoke about all this with the former head of Saudi intelligence Prince Turki Al Faisal. 

Also on today's show: actress America Ferrera; Former US Deputy National Security Adviser Matt Pottinger 

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In American presidential politics, the starting gun has been fired in Iowa and former president Donald Trump has won the caucus convincingly. The real battle was for second place and an alternative to Trump. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took a narrow lead over former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Frank Lavin joins Christiane from Iowa to discuss these results, and New Hampshire’s primary next week. 

Also on today's show: Ecuador President Daniel Noboa; columnist Zeynep Tufekci 

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After 100 days of the Israel-Hamas war, the toll on civilians keeps getting worse. The World Health Organization warns that Gaza could be on the brink of famine. Meanwhile the United Nations is desperately trying to plug the aid gap, in Ukraine and in other war zones. UN Humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths speaks to Christiane about the alarming rise of war amid the failure of diplomacy.   

Also on today's show: journalist Emily Wu; actor Sandra Hüller; political reporter Astead Herndon 

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Fresh off his trip to the Middle East, Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen talks about spillover conflict fears as attacks escalate in The Red Sea, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, whether the claims of genocide against Israel hold up, and the repercussions of Netanyahu’s relentless war on Biden’s re-election bid.

Then, in a forensic, months-long investigation into Israeli strikes on Gaza, CNN’s Katie Polglase asks if the end can really justify the means when hospitals become legitimate military targets?

In our Letter from London this week, professor Scott Galloway joins Christiane for a lightning-round conversation on why he thinks (mathematically speaking at least) Trump’s going to jail, Biden’s going to win, what scares him most about Artificial Intelligence - and why there’s “nothing more dangerous than a young, broke, lonely man.”

Also this hour, with awards season shifting into high-gear, actor America Ferrera sits down with Christiane in LA to unpack her unforgettable and inspirational moment in the billion dollar movie, Barbie.

And in the Amanpour Archive: In a week that saw a significant step towards normalizing relations between warring neighbors Serbia and Kosovo, we take you back to 1999 as Christiane watched US Marines lead a NATO coalition to free Kosovo from the brutality of Yugoslav rule.

Airdate: January 13th, 2024.

Guests: Chris Van Hollen, Scott Galloway, America Ferrera.

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The US and UK up the ante with strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. This, after the group’s militants – who run most of western Yemen and are backed by Iran – continue to attack commercial vessels in the Red Sea in support of the Palestinians. To help us make sense of this complicated geopolitical web, we turn to retired Colonel Peter Mansoor, who is a professor of military history at Ohio State University. 

Also on today's show: political analyst Dahlia Scheindlin; World Food Program Executive Director Cindy McCain; composer Karl Jenkins 

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