Amanpour: Georges Kettaneh, Robin Wright, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Julia Sweig and John Bel Edwards

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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On the one year anniversary of the deadly port explosion in Beirut, Christiane Amanpour looks back at it's devastating impact with Georges Kettaneh, the Secretary General of the Lebanese Red Cross. On the eve of the inauguration of Iran's President-elect Raisi, journalist and author Robin Wright discusses the future of U.S.-Iran relations and the possibility of reviving the nuclear deal. Presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Julia Sweig, author of "Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight", talk about LBJ's secret weapon...his wife. As Louisiana battles it's worst covid surge to date, our Walter Isaacson talks to Governor John Bel Edwards about his plan to tackle the crisis. 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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1:22.0	Survivors of Beirut's Port Explosion condemn authorities and line up to leave a failing state. I'll speak to George Catani, head of the Lebanese Red Cross,
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