Amanpour: Tom Malinowski, Heather McGhee and Dr. Eric Topol

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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A journalist on the ground in Myanmar gives Christiane Amanpour the scene from the streets as thousands of protesters continue their resistance to the military coup. Then Congressman Tom Malinowski weighs in; he says the coup and struggle for democracy in Myanmar is going to be protracted but that it will be a no-win situation for the military. Turning to race and equality, policy expert Heather McGhee, author of the book "The Sum of Us," says diversity could be America's superpower, but discrimination leaves all impoverished. And in tentative good news, our Walter Isaacson speaks to Dr. Eric Topol, top medical researcher and professor, about the falling number of COVID cases and deaths in both the UK and U.S. and how vaccine rollout is going. 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 Amman poor here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	Myanmar fights for a fading
0:12.0	Myanmar fights for a fading democracy. I get the view from there. And Congressman Tom
0:17.8	Malinowski joins me. He was President Obama's point man for the country.
0:21.8	Then racism leads to bad policymaking.
0:26.0	It's making our economy worse.
0:29.0	Racism costs whites too.
0:31.0	We crunch the numbers with public policy expert Heather McGee also
0:35.7	ahead.
0:36.7	We're in for one hopeful final tough round.
0:39.7	Is the United States winning its fight against COVID, Dr Eric Tobol tells our Walter
0:44.6	Isaacson what hurdles remain. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. In the
1:04.8	alternative universe inhabited by military hunters, Myanmar's army chiefs
1:09.4	insist that their coup is not a coup. It's a point lost on protesters who are out on the streets
1:15.5	again with a loud message against military rule that has locked up elected leader
1:20.6	Aung-song suu Kyi and her party officials since suddenly seizing
1:24.6	power two weeks ago that's cut off the internet cracked down on journalists and
1:29.1	sparked fears of an even more violent crackdown. The United Nations is warning of severe
1:34.8	consequences if there is any assault on those protesters and the US
1:39.4	embassy says that all their non-emergency embassy staff can leave the country.
1:45.0	My first guest is one of the journalists at risk of being captured and silenced
1:49.7	and we're keeping their identity a secret in order to ensure their safety.
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