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Air pollution plagues US east coast

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

The United States is in the midst of an environmental crisis, as heavy smog continues to spread from wildfires raging in Canada. Authorities have issued air quality alerts down the east coast, affecting more than 75 million people. Correspondent Athena Jones reports on the apocalyptic scenes and health risks facing people.  Also on today's show: US Senate Democrat Chris Coons; Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison; authors Leah Rothstein & Richard Rothstein  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

Very, very scary just walking down the street and feeling like I'm going to have an asthma attack.

0:13.2

Swaths of North America choke on smog, what the wildfire haze says about the climate crisis.

0:19.6

Senator Chris Coons joins me on this and on President Biden hosting the British Prime Minister.

0:25.5

Top of their agenda, Trade, AI and Ukraine.

0:29.5

Then, Justice for George Floyd, Minnesota's attorney general Keith Ellison with a new book on the fight of his life ending police violence.

0:39.0

And...

0:40.0

Although African American incomes are about 60% of white incomes, African American wealth are about 60% of white incomes.

0:43.7

African American wealth is only about 5% of white wealth.

0:46.9

Just Action, how communities can break free from the shackles of segregation. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm's greatest ally despite a lingering post-Brexit chill and no new trade deal which

1:26.8

is always top of Britain's agenda. Managing AI and the Ukraine war will also be

1:31.9

front and center.

1:33.3

President Zelenski is pleading with the international community now for a swift humanitarian

1:38.3

response to catastrophic flooding after breaches in a dam near Herseme.

1:43.6

Ukraine is bracing for a massive environmental catastrophe there too.

1:48.3

Meantime, the United States is in the midst of an environmental crisis as heavy smog continues to spread from

1:55.0

wildfires that are raging in Canada.

1:58.2

With climate a huge global issue in a minute I'll speak with Senator Chris Coons, a close confident of the President who met with

2:04.8

Prime Minister Sunak on this issue. But first, authorities have issued air quality alerts

2:10.5

down the East Coast affecting more than 75 million people.

2:15.0

Correspondent Athena Jones reports on the apocalyptic scenes and the health risks facing the people.

2:24.0

From New York, Very, very scary, just walking down the street and feeling like we're going to have an asthma attack.

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