Amanpour: Chris Murphy, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Erin Brockovich and John Leguizamo

Amanpour

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🗓️ 9 September 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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As the cries for racial justice continue in America and the election looms ever closer, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy joins Christiane Amanpour to unpack all this and his new book, "The Violence Inside Us." He talks fighting gun violence from Newtown to Kenosha and avoiding another Sandy Hook. As protests sweep Belarus over what many say is was a rigged election, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the stay-at-home mom turned Belarusian opposition leader, opens up about her unlikely foray into politics. Erin Brockovich became a household name when her fight for environmental justice was immortalized by Julia Robert’s portrayal of her in the 2000 film. She reflects on her battle for clean water for all and penning her new book “Superman’s Not Coming.” And finally, Ana Cabrera speaks to stand-up comedian and actor John Leguizamo about his directorial debut, "Critical Thinking,” the true story of a group of underprivileged Latinx and Black teens who qualified for the National Chess Championship in 1998. 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.
0:09.8	This happens nowhere else other than the United States of America. This epidemic of mass slaughter.
0:13.0	This epidemic of mass slaughter.
0:19.0	Senator Chris Murphy joins us on violence and the origins of America's gun obsession.
0:25.0	Then I was afraid ever seen they do.
0:28.0	She's the accidental leader of Belarus,
0:30.0	Svetlana Ticanovskaya, says people will no longer live under Europe's last dictator.
0:35.8	Plus, environmental activist Erren Brockovich immortalized on screen by Julia Roberts says
0:41.8	don't wait for Superman. it's all up to us and
0:44.8	chess is a great equalizer because it doesn't matter where you come from or your
0:49.8	ethnicity or what old background or how rich you are or poor you are it's about the game.
0:57.0	After John Leguizamo helps underprivileged students say checkmate in his
1:02.0	directorial debut critical thinking. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour in London the day after Labor Day and it is the last furlong in the horse race known as the American election
1:29.0	Officially it is beginning now less than 60 days out the whole world has eyes on and there is nothing
1:36.0	normal about this one or about the state of play in America from a pandemic to a recession to
1:42.0	protest against racial injustice and violence. to a thinking about. Chris Murphy became a junior senator in Connecticut less than a month
1:55.6	after the Sandy Hook School massacre in 2012. 26 people were killed, most of them
2:01.4	children and he says it changed his life forever,
2:04.4	and he's become one of the country's
2:06.1	most prominent, most ardent gun control advocates.
2:09.9	In his new book, The Violence Inside Us, Murphy explores the history of America's gun fascination
2:16.4	and where he sees a path to a less deadly tomorrow.
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