Amanpour: Francis Rooney, Gideon Saar, A.C. Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha

Amanpour

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Francis Rooney, former U.S. House Republican, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the House's vote to impeach President Trump, the Senate trial ahead and the reckoning in the Republican Party. Gideon Saar, founder of New Hope party, talks about his run against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel's fourth election in two years. With President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration right around the corner and security in the Capitol at an all time high, our Hari Sreenivasan talks to ProPublica's A.C. Thompson about far right movements. Then, we delve into Amazon's latest period romance, "Sylvie's Love", with the film's star Nnamdi Asomugha. 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 Ammanpour. Here's what's coming up.
0:08.0	The House demonstrated that no one is above the law, not even the president of the United
0:17.4	States. Next a trial in the Senate and a big choice for Republicans.
0:22.8	Will any vote to convict the president?
0:25.4	We're joined by former GOP congressman Francis Rooney.
0:29.2	Then, American democracy has always inspired me.
0:33.0	As Trump's power wanes, his main global ally Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu
0:38.0	fights for his own political life.
0:40.0	I talk to the Prime Minister's challenger Gideon Sarr and
0:44.6	tracking the far right.
0:48.6	Co-publicer reporter AC Thompson tells our Harry Streinovasen about white supremacist and the escalation of political
0:56.3	violence.
0:57.3	Plus, life's too short to waste time on things you don't absolutely love.
1:02.1	From the football field to the silver screen,
1:04.4	Act to producer Namdi Asmoir explains why he wanted to show a vulnerable side
1:10.0	in his new film, Sylvie's Love. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London.
1:30.3	Joe Biden will be inaugurated next Wednesday while his predecessor
1:34.8	Donald Trump will soon be starting a Senate trial. The House voted to impeach
1:39.7	Trump yesterday making him the only president in American history to be impeached twice.
1:45.8	In the first Senate trial, Trump evaded conviction, but the big question is, can he do it again?
1:52.1	Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has not ruled out voting to convict,
1:55.6	and that would be a change from his 2019 strategy. But Trump still clearly has a grip on the
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