Inside-America

As world leaders convene in New York for the 77th United Nations general assembly, the ongoing war in Ukraine is likely to be at the fore. But will any progress be made?

Guests: Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for UN Secretary General; Andrejs Pildegovics, Latvian Ambassador to the UN

Since World War II, the US and the UK have enjoyed what Winston Churchill labeled a ‘special’ relationship. Could the end of the Queen’s decades-old reign which cemented the special relationship, bring about change between the two allies?

GUESTS: Tara Sonenshine, Former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; James Vaughn, Professor of History at University of Chicago; Elizabeth Norton, Historian

As the US Department of Justice considers its next move in the criminal investigation involving the former president, Joe Biden and Donald Trump continue to trade accusations as tensions run high.

Guests:

Jeffrey Clark

Former US Assistant Attorney General

Coleen Rowley

Former FBI Special Agent and 9/11 Whistleblower

Despite warnings from both members of the US government and foreign leaders that such a move would be ‘provocative,’ House speaker Nancy Pelosi included Taiwan on a visit to Asian countries last week to reaffirm the US relationship with the country.

Guests:

John Fleming, US Congressperson from Louisiana from 2009-2017;

Lt Gen Daniel P. “Fig” Leaf, Former Deputy Commander and Acting Commander, United States Pacific Command

Donald Trump returned to Washington last week for the first time since he left office, as the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into the attack on the US Capitol now looks at Trump’s actions and the extent of his involvement in trying to overturn the 2020 election results.

Guests:

Sam Nunberg, Advisor to Former President Donald Trump

William Banks, Chair of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security

Faced with roadblocks in the US Congress and record-high temperatures in much of the United States, President Biden signaled his willingness last week to invoke emergency powers to address the climate crisis.

Guests:

Mark Sanford | Governor of South Carolina from 2003-2011and former Republican Presidential Candidate and Congressman

Benjamin Zaitchik | Professor of Earth and Planetary Science at Johns Hopkins University

Jean Su | Director of Energy Justice Program at the Center for Biological Diversity

Joe Biden’s four-day trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia last week has been widely criticized in the US for failing to achieve its objectives, as the President continued to face questions about what his visit had accomplished.

Guests:

Joseph W. Westphal, Former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia | Richard Albright, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary and Coordinator for Foreign Assistance in the State Department’s Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs | Huwaida Arraf, Co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), an organization using non-violent protests and international pressure to support Palestinians and candidate for Michigan's 10th congressional district

According to the US Department of Agriculture, more than 1 in 10 US households are food insecure. Other data shows that 1 in 8 Americans experience food insecurity. The problem was made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic and rising inflation which soared to a 40-year high of 8.5% in March.

GUESTS: Craig Gundersen, Chair at the Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty; Leah Penniman, author and proprietor of Soul Fire Farm

Full interview with Jeffery Robinson, founder of the ‘The Who We Are Project,’ https://thewhoweareproject.org/

TRT World’s ‘My America’ takes us across the country to uncover some of the political, social and cultural stories often ignored by the mainstream media.

We travel to Mississippi where the state has some of the most lenient gun laws in the country as America reels from gun violence. We meet Lorenzo Neal, a pastor and gun violence prevention activist, Larry McCluney, an historian, Chuck Boyer, a firearms safety instructor and Nick Bezzel, the founder of the Elmer “Geronimo” Pratt Pistol & Rifle Gun Club.

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