Amanpour: Carol Moseley Braun, Pramila Jayapal, Tyler Mitchell and Michael Chertoff

Amanpour

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Kamala Harris makes history as she formally accepts the Democratic nomination for Vice President of the United States, becoming the first Black woman and first Indian-American on a major party's ticket. Christiane Amanpour speaks to Carol Moseley Braun, the first Black woman to become a U.S. Senator, about Harris' inspirational message and breaking down boundaries in American politics. Then, Pramila Jayapal was the first South Asian American woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, on the same night that Harris achieved that same milestone in the Senate. They discuss America's changing attitude towards immigration and the push for Medicare for All. Photographer Tyler Mitchell was just 23 when became the first Black photographer to shoot the cover of Vogue’s famous September issue, photographing none other than Beyoncé. He explains why he sees black beauty as an act of justice and his new book “I Can Make You Feel Good". And our Michel Martin speaks to Michael Chertoff, former Secretary of Homeland Security, about what he thinks are the greatest threats facing U.S. security, and how the role of the DHS has changed in recent times. 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 Amunfor here's what's coming up.
0:08.0	I accept your nomination for Vice President of the United States of America.
0:16.4	Carmelah Harris picks up the torch and fights on.
0:19.6	The importance of this historic first with one who led the way, the first black female senator
0:25.4	Carol Mosley Braun and one who entered Congress at the same time as Harris, the
0:31.1	first Indian American to do so,
0:33.4	Pramella Jayapol, then.
0:35.5	Visualizing black folks enjoying their lives is important.
0:39.7	Groundbreaking photographer Tyler Mitchell
0:42.3	on his meteoric rise after shooting Beyonce for the cover of Vogue and why he believes
0:48.1	Capturing black beauty is an act of justice
0:51.6	Plus I think it's very important for all Americans to mobilize
0:56.2	themselves to get to the polls and send a clear statement that we're not going to have
1:01.6	our democracy subverted.
1:03.3	Michael Chertoff, President George W Bush's homeland security chief, talks to Aunt
1:07.8	Michel Martin about the threats facing America today. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. The struggle
1:29.8	to defend democracy is in focus around the world and the stakes could not be higher.
1:35.9	Right now the Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny, a staunch critic of Vladimir Putin,
1:41.8	is unconscious and on a ventilator in the hospital.
1:45.8	His doctor says poisoning is one of the diagnoses that they are looking into.
1:50.5	Navalny has relentlessly pursued corruption among Putin and his cronies and he has
1:55.6	protested constitutional changes that would allow Putin to stay in office until the year
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