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As the first hearing of the special House committee's investigation into the January 6 insurrection gets underway, former Chairman of the 9/11 Commission Thomas Kean joins Christiane Amanpour to react. After Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the Prime Minister and suspended parliament but continues to deny staging a coup, Amnesty International's Amna Guellali gives her assessment on whether this is the end of democracy in the country. Turning to the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020, six-time Olympic ...Show moremedalist Aly Raisman reacts to former teammate Simone Biles pulling out of the Team Gymnastics event at the Tokyo Olympics. Then our Michel Martin speaks to theologian Russell Moore, one of the best-known names in Evangelical Christianity, about how troubling issues in the Church forced him to walk about from his leadership position in the Southern Baptist Convention earlier this year.

As the pandemic continues, The World Health Organization's Africa director Dr. Matshidiso Moeti and epidemiologist Jeremy Farrar join Christiane Amanpour to discuss vaccine inequity and the latest Covid-19 challenges. Then Robin Rue Simmons, former Alderman from Evanston, and theologian Robert Beckford talk reparations in the United States and how they became a reality in Evanston, Illinois. And our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang about their new book, "An Ugly Truth,"...Show more that digs into Facebook's dangerous domination and the Biden's administration's attempt to clamp down on the spread of misinformation on their platform as well as other social media sites. 

An Olympic opening ceremony like you've never seen before. No fans and athletes marching in masks around a mostly empty stadium. We speak to CNN's Selina Wang for the latest on the ground from Tokyo. Also joining the Olympic conversation is two-time U.S. Olympic Gold Medalist Briana Scurry. In the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, women count for almost half of the Olympic athletes, more than ever in the history of the games. Former Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard will be attending the Global Educat...Show moreion Summit and she discusses on the importance of keeping girls in education. And finally, actress Poorna Jagannathan in the Netflix hit series, 'Never Have I Ever,' on the issue of why diversity matters in the film industry. 



 

Will the United States ever get it together? That’s what President Biden says he is often asked by other world leaders.  Bianna Golodryga, standing in for Christiane Amanpour speaks with historian and staff writer for The Atlantic, Anne Applebaum, and Richard Ben-Veniste, who was a member of the Bipartisan nine-eleven commission on just what this all means for the world’s biggest democracy. Author Julie Brown on her new book, ‘Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story,’ and the complicati...Show moreons of speaking truth to power whilst trying to hang onto your job and maintain safety. Then, the first African-American woman to run a Fortune 500 company.  The former CEO of Xerox now sits on the board of Uber, Exxon-Mobile, and Nestle. Ursula Burns on her inspirational journey through her new memoir, ‘Where You Are Is Not Who You Are.’

 

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry joins Christiane Amanpour to react to Jeff Bezos's idea to export pollutants out of this world to keep Earth "this gem of a planet." Scientist and author Katharine Wilkinson also weighs in saying that that to cut through all the politics around climate change, we need to address hearts and minds." Then CNN's Larry Madowo shares his frustration and anger over losing his uncle to Covid-19 and says vaccine inequality around the world must end. And our Michel Martin spe...Show moreaks to Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico about what needs to be done to protect national voting rights.

After the U.S. announced plans to withdraw, Taliban fighters seized large swathes of territory. Spokesman Suhail Shaheen joins Christiane Amanpour to explain the Taliban's thinking. Nader Nadery also weighs in, a senior member of the Afghan peace negotiation team, who says the Taliban is intimidating communities and that a ceasefire is needed now. Then award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talks about the devastating loss of her father, mother and aunt during the pandemic at a time of co...Show morellective mourning in the world. Susan Glasser is Staff Writer for The New Yorker and the author of a bombshell article published last week that revealed that Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Milley was engaged in a staunch fight to stop Trump from striking Iran after losing the election. She unpacks all this with our Michel Martin.

As virtually all coronavirus rules are lifted in England, London's Mayor Sadiq Khan joins Christiane Amanpour to explain that he does support the easing of restrictions but urges people to get vaccinated, saying "the virus is still with us". Then the Director-general of Israel's Health Ministry Nachman Ash discusses his country's fight against Covid-19 as the Delta variant hits. The Washington Post's Dana Priest talks about the sophisticated technology used to spy on journalists, activists and t...Show morewo women linked to Jamal Khashoggi. And our Walter Isaacson speaks to Michael Pollan, author of "This Is Your Mind On Plants," about the way we think about drugs, from psychedelics and opioids to the caffeine in tea and coffee.

German international relations expert Constanze Stelzenmüller joins Bianna Golodryga to reflect on German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s tenure. She says we'll miss Merkel's stability, but there was a 'dark underside' to her leadership. Then Dr Marc Boom, President & CEO of Houston Methodist hospital, discusses the urgent need to get Americans vaccinated and rising cases of the delta variant. And we look back at Christiane Amanpour’s interview with photographer Tyler Mitchell, the first black photog...Show morerapher to shoot an American Vogue cover.

Gina McCarthy, White House National Climate Adviser, joins Bianna Golodryga to discuss the EU's new bold climate plan, the heatwave sweeping across America and why she believes climate change is not a partisan issue. Continuing our conversation about the climate crisis, Friederike Otto, Associate Director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford, talks about her groundbreaking 9-day study which found that the heatwave that hit the Pacific Northwest and Canada last month ...Show morewould have been impossible without human-caused climate change. Then Gary Ginsberg, author of the book "First Friends," explains how U.S. presidents have leaned on their friends during crucial times — for better or worse. And finally, we look back on one of our favorite interviews with music icon Cher.

Afghan peace negotiator Fatima Gailani and former U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker speak with Bianna Golodryga about Taliban advances and U.S. withdrawal in Afghanistan. Then U.S. Special Envoy to Iran Robert Malley discusses the obstacles to re-entering the Iran nuclear deal. He explains thatIran has not yet made irreversible nuclear advances. And finally, Team USA Women's Olympic rower Brooke Mooney talks about heading to Tokyo for her very first Olympics, going for gold and perform...Show moreing under the cloud of Covid-19.