Amanpour: Norman Ornstein, Robert Reich, Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom and Ocean Vuong

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Norman Ornstein, congressional scholar at the American Enterprise Institute joins Christiane Amanpour to to give his take on President Trump's behavior in the last few months, just as the House votes to proceed with the formal impeachment process. Robert Reich, former U.S. Labor Secretary, discusses the raging wild fires in California and the complex causes behind them. Cynthia Erivo, actor in "Harriet", and Leslie Odom, Jr., her co-star in the film, reflect on what it was like to delve into the outstanding life of Harriet Tubman, the slave who led her people to freedom. Michel Martin sits down with Ocean Vuong, author of "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous," to talk about the debut novel that earned him six weeks on the New York Times best-seller list this year.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 Amunfor here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	So what is its stake is our democracy?
0:12.0	The impeachment inquiry moves into a more public phase but not
0:16.4	before another key witness testifies behind closed doors. We dissect it all with
0:21.8	longtime congressional expert Norm Orenstein and
0:25.0	We're this much away from not having anything.
0:28.0	California burning as temperatures keep rising the fight to stop accepting a new normal.
0:34.4	Plus,
0:35.4	Herritum.
0:37.2	The heroic story of Harriet Tubman.
0:39.7	I'm joined by the stars of a riveting new film, Cynthia Erevo and Leslie Odom Jr.
0:45.6	And...
0:46.6	What my warning was, don't draw attention to yourself.
0:50.6	You're already Vietnamese.
0:52.1	Poet Ocean Vuong with our Michelle Martin,
0:55.0	why he was told as a child to disappear,
0:58.0	and why now he wants to be seen. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour in London. A somber day
1:19.3	in American presidential history as the House of Representatives votes to formally
1:24.4	bring an impeachment inquiry into the President Donald Trump.
1:28.0	After weeks of closed-door hearings, this is a significant step which lays down the rules of the road as the
1:34.7	process becomes more public. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it a solemn
1:39.3	moment and hearkened back to Benjamin Franklin and the origins of the US Constitution.
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