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Amanpour: John Kirby, Walter Isaacson and Nse Ufot

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Next week sees the first international travel for President Biden’s cabinet officials since his inauguration, as Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin fly to Japan and South Korea. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby speaks to Christiane Amanpour to discuss Biden’s foreign policy, from China and Afghanistan to tackling the problems of sexual harassment and extremism within the military. In “The Code Breaker” Amanpour contributor Walter Isaacson explores the promise and potential perils of the CRISPR technology discovered by Jennifer Doudna. He explains what he learnt. Then our Michel Martin speaks to Nse Ufot, CEO of The New Georgia Project, about the fight for voting rights in Georgia. 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.

0:08.0

This is a critical moment in our country's history.

0:13.0

Finally, out of the gate, the massive stimulus that promises to alleviate the pain

0:18.0

for millions of Americans.

0:20.0

I ask the Pentagon's John Kirby about President Biden's first win at home and what

0:24.8

to expect from the administration's maiden trip abroad.

0:28.7

Plus, the next frontier, I speak to our own Walter Isakson about his thrilling tale of scientific discovery in the code

0:36.0

breaker and how it will shift the balance of power from viruses to humans.

0:40.9

Then this is a way for them to hold on to power right that like if they if

0:45.9

voters are not going to choose them they're going to choose their voters.

0:49.1

Michelle Martin speaks to new Georgia Project CEO and Enseulfart, about the latest attempt to I'm

1:14.2

Christina Manpur in London. President Joe Biden is delivering on his

1:18.5

campaign promise of a massive relief bill for the American people as the House votes on a

1:23.8

gargantuan 1.9 trillion dollar stimulus package that is both historic in

1:29.0

scale and far-reaching in scope. It'll bring thousands of dollars to cash-strapped families

1:35.1

whose livelihoods have been devastated by this pandemic and while the president

1:40.0

focuses on COVID at home and this big win, his eye is focused on China abroad.

1:47.1

Secretary of State Anthony Blinking and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are due to travel to Japan

1:52.2

and South Korea next week, the first international

1:55.2

trip by Biden cabinet officials since the President's inauguration.

1:59.9

Blinking is also due to meet his Chinese counterpart in Alaska on his return and that will be

2:05.3

the first time officials from both countries will meet.

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