Amanpour: Robert Blecker, Ruth Friedman, Gideon Raff, Daniel and Nikole Hannah-Jones

Amanpour

CNN

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Robert Blecker, Professor at New York Law School and Ruth Friedman, an Attorney representing a man scheduled for execution, join Christiane Amanpour to debate the Trump administration's decision to reinstate the federal death penalty. Gideon Raff, the Director of "The Red Sea Diving Resort" and Daniel, a Mossad agent involved in "Operation Brothers" talk about the real life story behind the gripping film. Our Walter Isaacson talks to New York Times Magazine journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones about how segregation and racial injustice still impact the American education system.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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0:37.0	One thing we should do is we should stiffen up our laws in terms of the death penalty.
0:42.8	Why is President Trump reinstating the federal death penalty now,
0:47.0	after nearly 20 years?
0:49.2	Reactions from both sides of this debate.
0:51.6	Then, the Red Sea Diving Resort, it's a hotel we can use to
0:55.2	smuggle the refugees through Sudan to Israel. The extraordinary true story of how
0:59.8	undercover agents use that resort to smuggle Ethiopian Jews to safety.
1:05.4	The film's director and one of the real life Mossade operatives join the show.
1:11.1	And how segregation still impacts America's education system even today.
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