Amanpour: Rick Scott, Crispin Blunt and Ramy Youssef

Amanpour

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Rick Scott, Florida's Republican senator, speaks to Christiane Amanpour as President Donald Trump launches his 2020 election campaign in Scott's very own state - they talk re-election, healthcare and immigration. Crispin Blunt, British Conservative MP, discusses the former President of Egypt Mohammed Morsy's death whilst on trial and what this means for democracy in Egypt. Our Hari Sreenivasan sits down Ramy Youssef, creator and star of "Ramy", to discuss how his new series connects his Egyptian heritage with his American life through the use of comedy.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	I don't know how to hell do you lose this election, right?
0:11.0	President Trump sets his sights on 2020 in Florida. We're joined
0:16.3	by the state's Republican senator Rick Scott. Then the Arab world's first
0:21.4	freely elected president dies on trial.
0:24.4	What Mohammed Morsi's fate tells us about Egypt and democracy.
0:29.2	Plus...
0:30.2	You can't just walk up to a Muslim girl and like start spitting game or something?
0:33.6	What am I supposed to say? Like hey can I get your father's number?
0:36.7	Yes, why not?
0:38.0	Comedian Rami Youssef tells our Hari Strenovasan how his new series connects his Egyptian roots to his program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. Campaign season is
1:04.9	well and truly open in the United States as President Trump officially enters the
1:09.0	ring, releasing this video and launching his re-election bid tonight in the key swing state of Florida.
1:16.0	But even as he whips up his base with his tried and true promises to deport millions of immigrants,
1:21.0	he's also stoking a serious threat of conflict in the Persian Gulf.
1:25.2	The United States says it will send a thousand additional troops and more military resources
1:30.4	to the Middle East as hostility grows with Iran after attacks on
1:34.3	shipping the latest in the Gulf of Oman. But this is what Secretary of State Mike
1:39.3	Pompeo cautioned today. President Trump does not want war and we will continue to communicate that message while
1:48.0	doing the things that are necessary to protect American interests in the region.
1:54.7	Pompeo was talking to the military there, so how will international crises like these impact
2:00.7	President Trump's bid for re-election.
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