Amanpour: Jeh Johnson, Benji Backer, Josina Machel and Mia Love

Amanpour

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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With the shooting of Jacob Blake and the increasing tensions in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Jeh Johnson, former Homeland Security Secretary, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the latest developments in the fight for racial justice playing out on America’s streets. He says the White House risks antagonizing protesters further by politicizing the government response. Turning to climate, Benji Backer, the American Conservation Coalition President, explains why the Republican National Convention ignoring the urgent climate crisis is an immense failure. Then we speak with Josina Machel, daughter of Graca Machel and step-daughter of the late Nelson Mandela, about the brutal domestic assault that left her blind in one eye. She reflects on the surges in gender-based violence in South Africa during lockdown, already one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman. And lastly, our Michel Martin talks to the former U.S. House Republican Mia Love about the highs and lows of Trump’s controversial 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 Amunpur. Here's what's coming up. Two dead as racial unrest in Wisconsin grows after police shoot yet another black man,
0:19.4	Jacob Blake.
0:20.4	I talk to Jay Johnson, President Obama's Secretary of Homeland Security.
0:25.0	Then, amid record-breaking wildfires and hurricanes approaching,
0:31.0	young conservative environmentalist Benji Bakker
0:34.0	talks about why climate is AWOL again at the Republican National Convention.
0:38.0	Plus, around the world domestic abuse spiked under coronavirus lockdowns.
0:44.0	I talk to Survivor Joshina Michelle about her movement to empower women.
0:48.8	And...
0:49.4	I'm not going to follow at all costs just because the person says that they are Republican and
0:55.4	they are the president of the United States.
0:57.4	I'm Michelle Martin talks to former GOP Congresswoman Meer Love about the
1:01.6	success and failures of the Trump everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London and the tension is
1:24.4	rising as President Trump says that he is sending in federal law enforcement to
1:29.1	quell unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin. This follows the shooting of Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old
1:35.3	black man by police. The president tweeted, we will not stand for looting,
1:40.1	violence, arson and lawlessness on American streets.
1:43.0	Events there are quickly turning into a political flashpoint in one of the nation's most important swing states.
1:50.0	Jacob Blake's family says it'll take a miracle for him to walk again after police shot him seven times in the back.
1:57.0	In the aftermath, two people have been killed allegedly by a member of what's been described as a vigilante militia which
2:05.1	claims to be protecting property from protesters. An investigation is underway
2:10.8	to determine exactly what happened and an arrest has been made.
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