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Amanpour: Michael German, Yascha Mounk, Varshini Prakash and Alec Baldwin

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.2929 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Michael German, a Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the rise of white nationalism after another attack at an American synagogue. Yascha Mounk, the author of "People vs. Democracy" talks about the result of the Spanish election and the rise of the far-right in Europe. Varshini Prakash, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Sunrise Movement, discusses youth-led climate activism and the Green New Deal. Our Walter Isaacson talks to award-winning actor Alec Baldwin about his new film "Framing John DeLorean" and impersonating President Trump on Saturday Night Live.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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Hi podcast listeners today I'm drilling down on the rise of white nationalism after another shooting at an American synagogue

0:06.9

Then fascinating to hear Yasha Monks say that the recent Spanish elections show no country is safe from rising populism and

0:15.0

nationalism and I speak to a 26-year-old co-founder of the climate activist

0:19.8

organization the Sunrise Movement. She's engaged, passionate, and determined to make a change with the Green New Deal.

0:27.0

Walter speaks to the award-winning actor Alec Baldwin about what it takes to impersonate President Trump and why he's even

0:34.2

considered running for the Oval Office so enjoy the show. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour in London. Once again a domestic

0:55.5

terrorist attacks worshippers at an American synagogue and today his victim is

1:00.7

being laid to rest. Lori Gilbert Kay was killed at the Chabad of Poway

1:05.2

synagogue near San Diego on Saturday.

1:07.9

She had come to services to say memorial prayers

1:10.5

for her mother and was shot while trying to protect her rabbi and friend

1:14.6

Israel Goldstein. Here the rabbi also injured in the attack describes his own

1:20.0

encounter with the shooter.

1:29.0

I turn around and I see a sight that I can't, undescribable, here is a young man standing with a rifle pointing right at me. And I look

1:40.2

at him, he had sunglasses on, I couldn't see his eyes on I couldn't see his eyes I couldn't see his soul

1:46.4

The killer is allegedly a 19 year old white man who apparently posted plans to kill Jewish people in an open letter online and he references

1:55.7

other recent attacks on places of worship including the brutal assault on Muslims

2:00.7

in Christchurch, New Zealand and the killing of 11 people at the Tree of Life

2:04.8

Synagogue in Pittsburgh six months ago.

2:07.8

President Trump condemned the shooting and called Rabbi Goldstein personally to express his

2:12.2

condolences.

2:13.4

But after the New Zealand attack,

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