Amanpour: Boris Lushniak, Ryan Lizza, Deborah Pearlstein, Mark Landler, Matthew Chance, and Zeynep Tufekci

Amanpour

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🗓️ 2 October 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Well-wishers around the world are sending messages to President Trump and the First Lady, since they contracted coronavirus. Former Deputy U.S. Surgeon General Boris Lushniak joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the president’s diagnosis. Chief POLITICO Correspondent Ryan Lizza and Deborah Pearlstein, Professor at Cardozo Law School, discuss the political implications. Then, New York Times London bureau chief Mark Landler breaks down how Prime Minister Boris Johnson's experience could map out President Trump’s future. CNN’s Senior International Correspondent, Matthew Chance, shares the details of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s own “protective bubble.” Academic and writer for The Atlantic Zeynep Tufekci tells Amanpour what she thinks we’re missing when we talk about the spread of the pandemic. 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.
0:08.0	They remain in good spirits. The president does have mild symptoms.
0:15.0	Shock and Shadden Freighter as President Trump along with the first lady test
0:19.8	positive for COVID-19. Tonight, the health of the first couple and the health of a nation already
0:26.0	in political turmoil and facing a consequential election.
0:30.1	I'm sure that they'll both stage a very strong recovery.
0:33.6	And reaction from around the world, how has Boris Johnson governed since contracting COVID,
0:39.5	and how Putin's special bubble keeps him safe. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. Well-wishers around the world are sending messages to the President and First Lady since they
1:05.8	contracted coronavirus.
1:08.2	The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who also had the virus, called for a speedy recovery.
1:13.2	The German Chancellor Angela Merkel hoped they will soon be completely healthy again.
1:19.2	And Trump's Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden, has sent prayers and good wishes as well.
1:25.5	And after he tested negative today, he tweeted, I hope this serves as a reminder.
1:31.0	Wear a mask, keep social distance and wash your hands.
1:34.9	This story began when the President's top aide, Hope Hicks, who had been with him,
1:39.0	tested positive on Thursday morning.
1:41.6	Inexplicably, Trump then traveled to New Jersey for a fundraiser defying
1:46.1	his own administration's guidelines. And this is what he said just hours before testing
1:51.0	positive himself.
2:01.0	I just want to say that the end of the pandemic is in sight and next year will be one of the greatest years in the history of our country. But in fact almost half of all American states are seeing a
2:07.1	surge in the pandemic right now. The White House itself is in crisis with a
2:11.6	massive test and trace operation underway.
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