Amanpour: Amy Walter, Jack Saul, Dr. Helene Gayle and Angélique Kidjo

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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As America feels the toll of the coronavirus, it is drawing closer to the November election where President Trump is set to face off against Democratic nominee Joe Biden. Amy Walter, the national editor of the Cook Political Report, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss how the U.S. presidential race is shaping up. Around the world people are struggling in lockdown, separated from loved ones and trying to prevent the spread of Covid-19; all of which is having a massive strain on our mental health. Psychologist Jack Saul unpacks how this trauma and how best to treat it. Dr. Helene Gayle is the current president and CEO of The Chicago Community Trust and previously worked for 20 years at the CDC - she digs into why the mortality rate is much higher for black Americans with our Michel Martin. She explains why economic inequality is the key. And finally, Angélique Kidjo, singer and UNICEF goodwill ambassador, reflects on the healing power of music and what motivated her to reinvent Miriam Makeba’s famous South African hit ‘Pata Pata.’ 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	Welcome to the program everyone. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	Will the United States still be the sole superpower in a post-Covid world.
0:14.6	As the presidential election approaches, we get the latest on what vision will win,
0:19.2	with Cook Political Report Amy Walter.
0:21.8	Then collective trauma and the coronavirus, psychologist Jack Saul, on the need for collective healing.
0:29.0	Plus, inequality is devastating toll on health.
0:33.1	CEO of the Chicago Community Trust,
0:35.5	Dr Helane Gale talks to our Michelle Martin.
0:38.5	And finally, The defiant and joyful and joyful sounds of Angelique Kijo. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpore working from home in London.
1:11.0	As the world starts to re-emerge after the coronavirus pandemic, so too will a new world order.
1:18.4	While the virus started in China, Beijing has used this crisis to project its soft power, global diplomacy, and a strong
1:27.0	desire to be the next power in chief.
1:30.0	Not to be outdone, Europe is making efforts to rise from this crisis even more united as a block
1:35.8	that can hold its own with China and the United States.
1:39.3	The French and German leaders pitching an unprecedented 500 billion euro recovery fund for the EU's hardest hit
1:46.4	countries sending a strong signal.
1:49.3	At a time when America, the current undisputed heavyweight of the world,
1:53.6	seems to want nothing to do with the mantle of global leadership,
1:57.4	highlighted by its response to this pandemic.
2:00.7	The 2020 presidential election is pivotal and it pits Trump of course against
2:05.2	Biden and two vastly different visions for the future. So in the midst of a
2:09.8	pandemic and with six months to go what is the current state of the race?
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