Cui Tiankai, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., calls CNN's reporting on Uyghur children separated from their families and kept from leaving China's Xinjiang region "immoral" and a "fabrication" in a wide ranging conversation with Christiane Amanpour. Joe Parkinson, co-author of "Bring Back Our Girls", discusses the kidnapping of nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls in 2014 and the agency and solidarity that bonded them. Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Priti Krishtel, Co-Founder and Executive Director of In...
Mar 25, 2021•57 min
President Joe Biden has called for Congress to enact stricter gun control measures after another deadly shooting rocks America, this time in Boulder, Colorodo. Dave Cullen, author of "Columbine" and "Parkland: Birth of a Movement", and Tom Mauser, whose teenage son was killed in the Columbine massacre, join Christiane Amanpour to discuss. Then in the aftermath of the Sarah Everard murder, British Labour MP and Shadow Minister for Domestic Violence and Safeguarding Jess Philips reflects on this m...
Mar 25, 2021•57 min
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bill Taylor joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss President Biden's latest foreign policy moves. He says clarity in purpose and in message are essential as he takes his place on the world stage. Then clinical psychologist Christine Runyan explains how to combat COVID-19 'brain fog'. She explores how our ability to manage stress has shrunk but offers simple ways to recover some in peace as the pandemic continues. As a young Japanese-American boy during World War I...
Mar 23, 2021•57 min
Leader of Israel's Labor Party Merav Michaeli talks to Christiane Amanpour about how she plans to revive her party and her push for equality. And as the news is dominated by violence against women from London to Istanbul, Turkish novelist and women’s rights activist Elif Shafak criticizes the Turkish government for not supporting women. Then turning to a spot of magic, our Michel Martin speaks to magician and writer Derek DelGaudio about card tricks, his new memoir and his show being taken to th...
Mar 20, 2021•57 min
Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva talks to Christiane Amanpour about President Bolsonaro, the pandemic and potential plans to run again. He urges U.S. President Joe Biden to gather the G20 to face the coronavirus crisis. Our Walter Isaacson speaks to Biden’s new U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg about why billions of dollars are going to transit in the COVID-19 relief bill. He explains how transportation is an equity issue crucially linked to both health and the cli...
Mar 19, 2021•56 min
Former Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security Elizabeth Neumann talks to Christiane Amanpour about the urgent situation at the U.S. border and the dire need for immigration reform. John Hume Jr, son of the late architect of Northern Irish peace, and Martin Luther King III reflect on the intertwined and enduring legacies of their fathers as peace builders and civil rights champions. Then in a conversation recorded just before Tuesday’s deadly attack in Atlanta, pro basketball player Jeremy Lin ...
Mar 18, 2021•57 min
Several European nations have suspended the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine after a Danish woman died from blood clots following her first shot. However, doctors and scientists maintain there is no link and the vaccine is in fact completely safe. Professor of Global Health at UCL Dr. Anthony Costello and statistician David Spiegelhalter join Christiane Amanpour to discuss the impact of this decision. Then turning to the shadow pandemic of violence against women, the kidnap and murder of 33-year-o...
Mar 16, 2021•57 min
Second only to the United states, Brazil’s death toll stands at over 275,000 and it’s now entering the deadliest chapter in this crisis. CNN Correspondent Matt Rivers gives us the view from the ground in Sao Paolo. Then Brazil's former health minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the failings of President Bolsonaro to tackle the pandemic and warns that there are many difficult days ahead. One corporation, Salesforce, is using its vast computing resources to help he...
Mar 15, 2021•57 min
Author Annalee Newitz and Columnist EJ Dionne Jr. join Christiane Amanpour to discuss President Biden's stimulus bill and the lessons that can be drawn from our descendants in Ancient Rome when it comes to disaster relief. Then, rescued from death row by a legal education; Alexander McLean and Jane Manyonge speak about the Justice Defenders, an organization providing inmates in Africa with legal training. And Shankar Vedantam, host of the popular podcast “Hidden Brain,” explains to Hari Sreeniva...
Mar 13, 2021•57 min
As tensions in Myanmar continue, the country’s Ambassador to the United Nations Kyaw Moe Tun joins Christiane Amanpour. He pushes back on the military's claim it will hold new elections, arguing they are not needed, and urges the world to help the Burmese people. Then UK Ambassador to the United Nations Barbara Woodward weighs in with her view on the developing situation. Florian Zeller, director of the "The Father," describes how his new film lets audiences experience dementia and tells Amanpou...
Mar 12, 2021•57 min
Next week sees the first international travel for President Biden’s cabinet officials since his inauguration, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin fly to Japan and South Korea. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks to Christiane Amanpour to discuss Biden’s foreign policy, from China and Afghanistan to tackling the problems of sexual harassment and extremism within the military. In “The Code Breaker” Amanpour contributor Walter Isaacson explores the promise and p...
Mar 11, 2021•57 min
As a damning report is unveiled accusing China of genocide against its Uyghur Muslim population, former U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues David Scheffer and Uyghur activist Jewher Ilham join Christiane Amanpour to discuss the importance of holding the Chinese government to account. Last month, Bumble founder and CEO Emily Wolfe Herd became the youngest woman to take a major American company public. She talks about her personal journey, dating in the age of COVID-19 and how she is ma...
Mar 10, 2021•58 min
Former royals Meghan and Harry’s bombshell interview with Oprah saw accusations of racism against the British royal family as well as reflections on Meghan’s personal battle with her mental health. Former deputy private secretary to Prince Charles Peter Westmacott and New European columnist Bonnie Greer join Christiane Amanpour to unpack the interview and how the crown will react. To mark International Women’s Day Belgian PM Alexander De Croo explains why gender equality is a moral and economic ...
Mar 09, 2021•57 min
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the possible plot to breach the Capitol again today and the sweeping voting rights and government ethics bill passed in the House. Actress Mara Wilson talks about her experiences navigating the press and living in the public eye as a child actor. Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Dr. Rhea Boyd and Dr. Joia Crear Perry about their campaign "The Conversation: Between Us, About Us" to help combat vaccine hesitancy in black communities. To le...
Mar 09, 2021•58 min
Dr Sasa, the envoy representing Myanmar's parliament to the U.N, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the escalating violence at the hands of the military in his country and the help Myanmar needs from the international community. Isabel Allende, author of "The Soul of a Woman", talks about her latest book and her journey as a feminist. Our Walter Isaacson talks to James Patterson and Matt Eversmann about their new book "Walk In My Combat Boots: True Stories from America's Bravest Warriors" abou...
Mar 05, 2021•57 min
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, author of "The Daughters of Kobani", and Retired General John Allen, who led the global coalition against ISIS, join Christiane Amanpour to discuss President Biden's foreign policy priorities and the the challenges women face against extremists in Syria. Actress Dominique Fishback and Shaka King, director and co-writer of "Judas and the Black Messiah" discuss the new film and its story of the Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. Our Aarti Shahani talks to Karla Cornejo Villav...
Mar 03, 2021•58 min
Nobel prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss his new book, "Klara and the Sun" that asks what it means to be human. Candace Johnson, President and CEO of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, talks about the possible capabilities of Cuba's biotech field now that the country has developed its own covid vaccine. Our Michel Martin talks to Democratic Congressman Tim Ryan about the challenges ahead in the Senate for President Biden's $1.9 trillion stimulus pac...
Mar 02, 2021•57 min
Christine Schraner Burgener, U.N. Special Envoy on Myanmar, discusses the ongoing unrest in the country where defiant protesters returned to the streets again today after security forces killed at least 18 on Sunday, according to the UN. Ben Hubbard, The New York Times Beirut Bureau Chief, talks about the Biden administration's handling of the release of the intelligence report into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and relations in the region. Nischelle Turner, host of "Entertainment Ton...
Mar 01, 2021•57 min
As the U.S. intelligence report on the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is released finding Mohammed bin Salman responsible for approving the operation, Christiane Amanpour gets an emotional reaction from Hatice Cengiz, Jamal's fiancée, and analysis from Sarah Leah Whitson, Executive Director of Democracy for the Arab World Now. Chuck Hagel, former U.S. Defense Secretary, discusses the implications of the report as it comes in the wake of the airstrike on Iran-backed militia groups in Syria....
Feb 26, 2021•57 min
Congresswoman Linda Sanchez tells Christiane Amanpour about the immigration bill she introduced and why now is the time to pass this reform. Andrea Martinez, immigration attorney, discusses the human impact immigration policy has and her work to reunite families separated under Trump's zero tolerance policy. Actress Jodie Foster and lawyer Nancy Hollander talk about the new film "The Mauritanian" and the real life story of detention at Guantanamo Bay that inspired it. Our Michel Martin talks to ...
Feb 25, 2021•57 min
David Cameron, former British Prime Minister, discusses his call to action for energy investment in fragile states where the pandemic has hit the hardest. Samuel Burke, host of "Suddenly Family", discusses his family's shocking DNA discovery that led to making a podcast about other lives turned upside down by at home genetic tests. Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Julia Marcus, Infectious Disease Epidemiologist at Harvard University, about how to mitigate the risk of covid in a sustainable way. To ...
Feb 24, 2021•57 min
Nadhim Zahawi, UK Vaccines Minister, and Ran Balicer, Chair of Israel's Covid-19 National Experts Panel discuss the successful vaccine rollout schemes in their countries. Mohamedou Ould Slahi, former Guantanamo Bay detainee, Steve Wood, a former guard at the detention camp, and director Kevin Macdonald discuss their new film "The Mauritanian" based on Mohamedou's book "Guantanamo Diary". Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Kurt Bardella, former senior adviser to The Lincoln Project, about the allegati...
Feb 23, 2021•57 min
Anote Tong, former President of Kiribati, and Aliza Ayaz, climate activist and UN Youth Ambassador for Sustainable Development Goals, join Christiane Amanpour to discuss the very real effects of the climate crisis in Kiribati and Pakistan - and what might change now the U.S. has rejoined the Paris Climate Accord. Actor Steven Yeun discusses his new film "Minari" about a Korean family trying to build a new life in rural Arkansas. Our Walter Isaacson talks to billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates ...
Feb 22, 2021•57 min
Lina al-Hathloul, sister of Saudi women's rights activist, Loujain al-Hathloul, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss her sister's release from prison and her views on Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. She argues he is not a reformer and that in Saudi Arabia, "activism is considered terrorism". We look at the history behind vaccine hesitancy in minorities with historian David Olusoga. He explains how he's campaigning to get minority communities in the UK to take the vaccine and why that hesitancy...
Feb 22, 2021•57 min
Can President Biden reverse the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Iran Nuclear Deal? Former State Department adviser Vali Nasr and EU foreign policy adviser Nathalie Tocci join Christiane Amanpour to discuss what it will take to revive the deal. Then Stacey Holman, series producer and director of "The Black Church", explains how the resilient institution has sustained African Americans for 400 years. Our Michel Martin also talks to Oscar-winning director Lee Daniels about his new film "...
Feb 19, 2021•58 min
Former Ambassador to China Terry Branstad joins Christiane Amanpour to talk China and Trump. He describes meeting Xi Jinping in the 1980s when he was the Iowa governor Xi was a young Communist official. Actor and director Robin Wright and trauma specialist Dr. James Gordon discuss working together on the new film "Land"; a story of human resilience and hope at its core. Then Michel Martin speaks to Delegate for the U.S. Virgin Islands Stacey Plaskett about her experience as one of the nine impea...
Feb 18, 2021•58 min
A journalist on the ground in Myanmar gives Christiane Amanpour the scene from the streets as thousands of protesters continue their resistance to the military coup. Then Congressman Tom Malinowski weighs in; he says the coup and struggle for democracy in Myanmar is going to be protracted but that it will be a no-win situation for the military. Turning to race and equality, policy expert Heather McGhee, author of the book "The Sum of Us," says diversity could be America's superpower, but discrim...
Feb 17, 2021•57 min
What can Biden’s America can offer the world? Former British ambassador Peter Westmacott, author of "They Call It Diplomacy," joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss. He says that despite a "nasty bump," the U.S. can be a guiding light for democracy. Then the documentary that everyone has been talking about; Samantha Stark, the director behind "Framing Britney Spears," explains what she learned about the pop icon and her controversial conservatorship. Out of 50 Republican senators, only seven dared...
Feb 16, 2021•57 min
The complex proxy war in Yemen has been raging for 7 years and has caused the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. But will President Biden offer a road to peace? Activist Tawakkol Karman, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner, and journalist Robert Worth join Christiane Amanpour to explain what it will take. Former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa says the Trump team's impeachment defense, that his speech was protected, does not hold water as a legal issue. She argues that his lawyers have an uphill battl...
Feb 12, 2021•57 min
As mass protests continue in Myanmar, former US Ambassador to Myanmar Derek Mitchell joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the situation on the ground and his worries for the safety of demonstrators. Turning to U.S. politics and the second impeachment of Donald Trump, constitutional law scholar and Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman says republicans are clinging to the constitutionality argument to avoid convicting Trump. He says this is a bad argument. With a new album, four Grammy nominations a...
Feb 10, 2021•57 min
