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Amanpour: Elliott Abrams, Vali Nasr, Margaret MacMillan, and John Dickerson

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

US Special Representative for Iran and Venezuela Elliott Abrams tells Christiane Amanpour why he believes the Trump administration's "maximum pressure" strategy will bring Iran back to the negotiating table. Then, Professor of Middle East Studies Vali Nasr shares why he thinks President Trump’s infection provides America's foreign enemies with an opportunity to make gains. With a global pandemic, stalled economy, and tensions rising around the world, author and academic Margaret MacMillan explains why she thinks we’re living in very worrying times. Our Walter Isaacson speaks to CBS News Senior Political Analyst, John Dickerson, about his New York Times best-seller, “The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency.” 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

It's been a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about COVID.

0:13.0

The president insists he's on the men, but what does the public or America's adversaries really know about his condition?

0:19.5

I ask Elliot Abrams about national security. He's the US special rep for Iran and Venezuela.

0:25.1

And Middle East expert Valinassa joins me. Then, how will history judge our leaders in this time of crisis?

0:32.4

Perspective with author and Oxford historian Margaret

0:35.4

McMillan. Plus, the hardest job in the world. Journalist John Dickerson talks about the

0:40.9

American presidency with our Walter Isakson. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm'm Christina Montpur in London

1:03.0

President Trump's COVID infection has thrown some chaos into the final weeks of

1:08.0

the election campaign with just 29 days to go now Today another six states began early voting and in mail-in-balloting

1:16.6

and absentee voting that is already underway with more than 2 million votes already cast.

1:22.0

The polls show the same story more or less, former Vice President,

1:26.5

holding a lead over the President, up 10 points according to the latest poll average.

1:32.1

In recent days a coronavirus outbreak has also spread within the White House,

1:37.0

among senior staff and also some Republican senators.

1:41.0

But the president still is in campaign mode taking a

1:44.9

drive on Sunday to wave its supporters outside Walter Reed Hospital. It was a move

1:49.8

that was immediately criticized by some doctors.

1:52.8

The irresponsibility is outstanding,

1:55.3

tweeted one who says that Trump has put the agents

1:58.6

inside the SUV with him at risk.

2:01.4

Also worrying are conflicting reports of the President's actual

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