Amanpour: Chris Ruddy, Ezra Klein, Jonathan Pryce and Ronny Chieng

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Chris Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax media, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the impeachment of his close friend and confidant President Donald Trump. He reflects on the Republican strategy and the likelihood of acquittal. Ezra Klein, author of "Why We're Polarized" and co-founder of Vox, weighs in and critiques Ruddy's stance. He explains how America's politics became so toxic and polarized. Jonathan Pryce, the acclaimed actor, discusses making his latest film "The Two Popes" that delves into the lives of then Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina and Pope Benedict the Sixteenth. Our Hari Sreenivasan sat down with Ronny Chieng, comedian and "The Daily Show" correspondent, to talk about finding fame in the beloved "Crazy Rich Asians" rom-com and making his Netflix debut with "Asian Comedy Destroys America".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 Ammon poor. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	What is the president hiding?
0:11.0	Why doesn't he want the facts to come out?
0:15.7	The White House braces for tomorrow's impeachment vote
0:18.8	Trump confidant and Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy joins me. Then...
0:23.0	Vox co-founder Ezra Klein's diagnosis on why we're polarized.
0:30.0	What if anything can be done about it? And...
0:33.0	There's a saying.
0:35.0	God always corrects one pop by presenting the world with another pop.
0:40.0	I should...
0:41.0	I'd like to see my correction.
0:42.0	Divine intervention from actor Jonathan Price, he talks about being Francis in the new film,
0:48.0	The Two Popes.
0:49.8	And we finish with a laugh.
0:51.0	Yo, the internet is making people so stupid.
0:54.0	Like who knew all of human knowledge could make people dumber?
0:59.0	Comedian Ronnie Chang walks us through his meteoric rise from the Daily Show to Crazy Rich Asians to his brand new comedy special. show. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancourt in London. It is almost a
1:28.5	foregone conclusion when the full Democrat controlled House votes tomorrow,
1:33.1	Donald Trump will become the third American president
1:36.2	to be impeached.
1:37.4	Afterwards, in the new year, the case goes to trial
1:40.6	where another foregone conclusion awaits his acquittal by the Republican
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