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Amanpour: Rev. William J. Barber, Katie Porter, Salman Khan, Fionnuala Donovan and Mike King

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Reverend William J. Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss why it is immoral not to focus on the poor during this pandemic. He highlights why it is important to celebrate Easter, even if at a distance. Our Michel Martin speaks to Katie Porter, Democratic congresswoman who sits on the Oversight & Reform Committee, about why Americans need straight answers during these uncertain times. They reflect on her fiery exchange with CDC director Robert Redfield in which she got him to pledge for free testing for every American. Around the world nearly one billion students are staying at home each day due to lockdown measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19. With kids unable to attend class, schooling needs to adapt; founder of the Khan Academy Salman Khan explains how and why we need to make remote learning more equitable. Fionnuala Donovan, UK NHS Neuro Physiotherapist, and Mike King, the musical director, talk about teaming up to create the NHS Breathe Harmony Choir's rendition of Mariah Carey's "Anytime You Need A Friend." They talk about the power of connecting through music when we are apart.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.

0:07.0

In this season of Passover, Easter and Ramadan, Reverend William Barber urges us to unite to help the

0:16.2

dispossessed even while social distancing.

0:20.3

And... Will you commit to the CDC right now using that existing authority to pay for diagnostic testing free to every American regardless of insurance.

0:30.0

Well, I can say that we're going to do everything to make sure everybody can get the care of the need.

0:35.0

Holding them to account amidst disaster, Representative Katie Porter faces off with the head of the CDC.

0:43.0

Michelle Martin talks to the California freshman

0:46.0

who literally won't take no for an answer.

0:48.8

And helping homeschooling parents cope,

0:52.3

insight from remote learning pioneer. homeschooling parents cope, Insight from Remote Learning Pioneer, the Khan Academy founder

0:56.6

Sal Khan. And finally,

0:58.7

Anytime you need a friend, I will be here. Frontline health workers unite in harmony why music can be great therapy. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur reporting from home in

1:28.2

London. The coronavirus pandemic is still surging. In Italy it's going to be extending its nationwide

1:34.9

lockdown and Britain remains in lockdown even as other European countries including

1:40.7

Denmark, Norway and Austria, plan to relax some restrictions and open some

1:45.8

schools after the Easter break. In America, the State of New York reports over 160,000 cases, that's more than any other country in the world.

1:56.2

Meanwhile, the world's faithful must reckon with how to observe Easter, Passover and

2:01.8

Ramadan, while all their faith leaders are telling them to stay at home

2:06.4

and stay away from their churches, their synagogues and their mosques.

2:10.8

And the pandemic poses another major spiritual challenge by disproportionately targeting the poor and the vulnerable all across the world.

2:19.5

In America, blacks and Latinos are most vulnerable to infection and most likely to die from the disease.

2:26.0

Now the Reverend Dr William Barber is one of America's leading anti-poverty activists

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