Amanpour: Ben Wedeman, Edward Lee Childress, Megan Rapinoe and Dr. Francis Collins

Amanpour

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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As a huge explosion rocks Lebanon's capital, our correspondent Ben Wedeman gives us the latest from the ground in Beirut. Then we turn to coronavirus and how it is impacting schools in the U.S. and around the world. Edward Lee Childress, superintendent of the Corinth school district in Mississippi, talks about reopening his schools and dealing with the surge in positive cases in his area. Arne Duncan, former secretary of education, also weighs in. He argues we are asking too much of school officials. Megan Rapinoe, two-time world cup soccer champion, discusses her new HBO special 'Seeing America with Megan Rapinoe' and the movement for racial justice. Turning back to the Covid-19 pandemic, our Walter Isaacson talks to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health - aka Fauci’s boss - about the search for a vaccine and the very tough months that lie ahead. 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.
0:08.0	More than a billion children around the world are out of school and getting them back can be a life or death decision.
0:16.0	I'll speak with a school superintendent in Mississippi facing that dilemma as infections are already rising.
0:22.0	And to Arnie Duncan, the former US Secretary of Education,
0:26.2	who's quote furious at leaders who put kids in danger.
0:29.8	Then... then. hosting a political talk show for HBO and later
0:43.4	seeing the suffering and death around us from this pandemic. I am not immune from
0:49.2	wondering why would a loving God allow such a thing to happen.
0:52.7	Dr Francis Collins, Anthony Fauchy's boss,
0:55.8	on faith, science, and hope for an effective coronavirus vaccine. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London.
1:19.0	Lebanon, which is one of the worst hit Middle East countries from coronavirus,
1:23.2	teetering on the brink of economic collapse,
1:25.6	has now been hit by a massive explosion.
1:28.4	It originated at the port of the capital Beirut.
1:31.3	Just take a look at this dramatic video. local authorities are warning that many are injured and
1:49.3	buildings across the city have been damaged.
1:51.8	Let's get straight to it with our Ben Weideman,
1:55.0	who's standing by at the Bureau,
1:57.0	which has also not escaped the aftershocks.
2:00.0	Ben. Oh yes, that explosion Christiane happened just a few minutes after 6 p.m. local time that's about
2:09.1	three hours ago. I was in the CNN Bureau here in downtown Beirut.
2:14.0	Initially it felt like an earthquake, but just moments later,
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