Amanpour: Valerie Jarrett, DeRay Mckesson, Rutger Bregman and Kurt Andersen

Amanpour

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4.2 • 929 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Senator Kamala Harris is named as the first Black female candidate for Vice President. It’s a historic choice for America, coming at a historic moment for the country. Christiane Amanpour is joined by Valerie Jarrett, former Senior Adviser to Barack Obama, to assess the presidential race, and the Biden-Harris ticket. Law enforcement issues have played a fundamental role in Harris’ career, and her presidential campaign. Civil Rights Activist DeRay Mckesson has previously challenged Harris on her record, and he discusses his take on Joe Biden’s new vice-presidential pick. Then, at this time of social upheaval and hyper partisan politics, perhaps it’s time for some lessons in “hopeful history”. Author Rutger Bregman joins Christiane to chat about his new book "Humankind:A Hopeful History”, and why believes that humans are innately good. And our Walter Isaacson speaks to journalist and author Kurt Andersen about the absence of fairness in America today. They talk about his new book "Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History” and the threat of hyper-capitalism in America. 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 Amampur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	History in the making, Joe Biden picks Carmelah Harris as his running mate.
0:12.0	I speak to former Obama's senior advisor
0:15.0	Valerie Jarrett about the moment and what it means for the presidential election.
0:20.0	And I ask police reform activist Dorem Kessen about Harris's record and what she brings to the table. Then, myth-busting, human nature, I speak with Dutch historian and author Rutka Bregman about his book humankind and why there still might
0:35.4	be hope for us all. Plus somehow we were enough of us were hoodwink to think no this
0:41.4	is just the way it works. This is the free market.
0:43.4	This is the way it's always been.
0:44.5	But it wasn't the way it's always been.
0:46.4	Best-selling author Kurt Anderson tells our Walter Isakson,
0:49.6	how corporate America came to rule the country,
0:52.3	and what to do about it. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Wancour in London. A historic choice
1:12.0	in American presidential politics at a historic time in America.
1:16.7	She was always viewed as the front runner and now of course Senator Kamala Harris is the first
1:21.6	black female candidate for Vice President and Joe Biden's rival turned running mate.
1:26.4	The daughter of Jamaican and Indian immigrants seems perfectly positioned amid this unprecedented time of racial and moral reckoning.
1:34.1	And the Biden campaign released this video of him telling her that she is the one.
1:38.9	First of all, is the answer yes?
1:40.9	The answer is absolutely yes, too Joe and I am ready to work.
1:45.4	I am ready to do this with you for you.
1:48.2	I'm just deeply honored and I'm very excited.
1:53.0	Harris forged a reputation as a tough on crime state attorney general
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