Amanpour: Ghassan Hasbani, Claudia Mo, Jennifer Granholm, Saikat Chakrabarti and David Kaye

Amanpour

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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The Lebanese government steps down as violent protests rock the country. With the economy and food security now at breaking point, Christiane Amanpour speaks to Ghassan Hasbani, former Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister, about last week’s devastating explosion, and where the responsibility lies. Then, the arrest of media tycoon Jimmy Lai marks the most high-profile attempt by Beijing to crack down on democracy in Hong Kong. Pro-democracy member of Hong Kong's Legislative Council, Claudia Mo, reflects on the effects of the new national security law and the threat to press freedom. Jennifer Granholm, former Michigan Governor and Saikat Chakrabarti, former Chief of Staff for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, discuss the case for “Medicare For All”, and the direction of the Democratic party. And our Hari Sreenivasan speaks to David Kaye, former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion and Expression, about what he calls the ‘Trump effect’ and the rise in authoritarian leadership. 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.
0:11.0	The entire Lebanese government resigns as a fed-up population demands accountability for
0:16.9	last week's devastating explosion.
0:19.3	I'll speak to the former deputy prime minister who's calling for an international investigation.
0:25.0	Then, in Hong Kong a pro-democracy media tycoon is arrested as China throws down the
0:30.5	gauntlet under its tough new security law.
0:33.4	MP and former journalist Claudia Mo joins me
0:36.5	on a Democratic outpost now under real threat.
0:39.8	Plus, uncontrolled COVID in America exposes the massive failings of public health care.
0:45.7	The Bernie and Biden camps of the Democratic Party have joined forces ahead of the election
0:50.4	to hammer out this and other issues.
0:53.0	And China is a very savvy international actor
0:58.0	and it is really trying to change the way we think about freedom of expression.
1:05.0	Our Hurry Strenovasan talks to David Kay, the former UN Special Rapporteur,
1:09.5	on the global threats to free speech. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London and we begin
1:30.3	in Lebanon where the entire government has just stepped down.
1:34.4	This after days of protests that followed last week's devastating explosion, killing at least
1:40.0	160 people and leaving 300,000 homeless.
1:44.8	Prime Minister Hassan Diab admitted that the blast in Beirut was the result of endemic
1:49.2	corruption, but he did not take direct responsibility for what happened on his watch.
1:56.7	In this reality we will step a step backward to stand with the people so that we can fight the battle for change together
2:10.4	and we wanted to open the door for the national salvation who shared the Lebanese people.
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