Amanpour: James Clyburn, Nathan Law, Alan Hoo and Zerlina Maxwell

Amanpour

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Democratic Congressman James Clyburn joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the life and legacy of the late John Lewis as well as the violence in Portland, Oregon. Then Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and politician Nathan Law unpacks the new national security law introduced by Beijing and how he was forced to flee his home. But Alan Hoo, vice chair of the Hong Kong Liberal Party, pushes back and defends the controversial law. Our Michel Martin speaks to Zerlina Maxwell, author of “The End of White Politics”, about why Joe Biden should pick a black woman as his running mate. And finally – we tell you about the ground-breaking coronavirus vaccine developed in Oxford that is offering up some hope for the future. 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 Amunport. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	Outcry as Portland protesters face a federal crackdown, Democratic Congressman and House
0:16.5	Majority Whip Jim Claiborne joins us as he also mourns the loss of his friend and
0:21.2	civil rights giant John Lewis also ahead.
0:24.7	I would just say this the United Kingdom is watching and the whole world is watching.
0:29.8	The West moves to sanction China over the new Hong Kong security measures, we speak to both sides.
0:35.8	Nathan Law, the pro-democracy activist who's now fled to London, plus lawyer Alan Hu,
0:42.4	the pro-Beijing Hong Kong politician.
0:45.0	Then, I want other black women to see politics as a career also.
0:50.0	Obama and Hillary Clinton campaign staffers
0:53.0	Zurlina Maxwell tells are Michelle Martin
0:55.8	why Democrats must engage with black women. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour working from home in London.
1:17.4	The backlash is well and truly underway against camouflage federal agents
1:22.4	accused of snatching protesters from the streets,
1:25.6	shoving them into unmarked vans, destination unknown.
1:29.5	This is what's been happening in the city of Portland in the United States of America
1:34.3	as President Trump deployed forces to quash Black Lives Matter protests against racial injustice.
1:40.1	The mayor of Portland and the governor of the state are demanding these federal agents leave the city.
1:46.0	And these shocking images from there are in stark contrast to the bipartisan outpouring of praise and grief for John Lewis.
1:54.6	The House held a moment of silence to honor the veteran civil rights leader and emblem of freedom.
2:00.3	The longtime congressman died aged 80 80, on Friday, after a six-month battle with cancer,
2:06.2	and a lifetime spent battling and fighting for equality.
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