Amanpour: Bill Moyers, Afua Hirsch, Eusebius McKaiser and Mike Johnson

Amanpour

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🗓️ 10 June 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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As George Floyd is laid to rest in his hometown of Houston, Texas, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is calling for “transformative structural change”. Christiane Amanpour is joined by Bill Moyers, the broadcaster and journalist who served in Lyndon Johnson’s White House. They reflect on how the death of George Floyd has impacted America, and what this powerful moment of moral reckoning, in the midst of a health crisis and during an election year, might lead to? The calls for racial equality in the wake of Floyd’s death have spread beyond geographic boundaries, influencing many around the world to reflect on the failings of their own societies. Christiane speaks to Afua Hirsch, journalist and author of "Brit(ish)", and Eusebius McKaiser, broadcaster and author of "Run Racist Run", about the need for many nations to confront their colonial histories anew. And our Walter Isaacson is joined by Chairman of the U.S. House Republican Study Committee, Mike Johnson, to discuss systemic change in America, police reform and how he feels about President Trump's handling of the crisis. 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 Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:09.0	This will be a home going celebration of Brother George Floyd's life.
0:15.0	George Floyd is laid to rest in Houston, his hometown.
0:18.9	What next for black lives in America?
0:21.6	I ask veteran of the civil rights era the legendary broadcaster and
0:25.4	thinker Bill Moyers. And as solidarity protests roll across the world, Britain is reckoning with its slavery-stained
0:36.7	legacy. And in South Africa, which confronted white supremacy rule with truth, 25 years on racism still has tough roots.
0:46.0	I talked to author of British Afwa Hersch and South African radios Eusebius MacIsaza. Then Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson on President
0:56.7	Trump's handling of this crisis and why the killing of George Floyd hits
1:00.9	home. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour, working from home in London.
1:20.1	The family of George Floyd has said goodbye to a father, a brother, a partner.
1:26.0	He's being laid to rest at Houston Memorial Gardens in Texas next to his mother,
1:31.0	and of course many will remember that it was she he called for with his
1:34.7	dying breath and as thousands mourn house speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for
1:39.8	transformative structural change while president Trump says 99% of all police officers are great people.
1:47.3	This, of course, in the midst of a health crisis
1:50.1	that continues to devastate the black communities,
1:53.0	constant reminders of race, class, and resources in America.
1:57.2	And the country's age-old struggle with injustice and inequality.
2:01.6	So what will this powerful moment of moral reckoning lead to? My first
2:06.8	guest tonight is a veteran of the civil rights era. Bill Moyers is a journalist
2:11.3	and former White House Press Secretary to President Lyndon Johnson in the
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