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Amanpour

Behind the historic deal to save the Colorado River

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In the western US a landmark deal to protect one of the country's most important waterways has finally been reached. The Colorado River serves more than 40 million Americans across multiple states, but it’s drying up at an alarming rate. Drought, overuse, and climate change are largely to blame. In the new deal, the lower basin states, Nevada, California and Arizona, will temporarily cut their water usage. In exchange, they’ll get over a billion dollars’ worth of federal grants. It’s a significant reduction, about 13% of their total demand. But experts are already warning that it’s not a long-term fix. Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon joins Bianna to discuss how his upper basin state should also see the benefits of the deal.  Also on today's show: South Carolina Senate Republican Penry Gustafson; national security analyst and journalist Peter Bergen; Kahn Academy founder/CEO Sal Khan  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 Four. Here's what's coming up.

0:08.0

This is the largest conservation agreement in the history of the Colorado River.

0:14.4

A landmark deal to stop the Colorado River from running drive and protect water access for millions

0:20.4

of Americans.

0:21.7

But experts warn it likely won't be enough.

0:24.5

Governor of Wyoming Mark Gordon tells me about how his state is trying to save this

0:29.7

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0:36.2

woman is pregnant. We do not have the right to make decisions for someone else as

0:40.6

a divisive six-week abortion limit is signed into law in South Carolina, I speak to

0:45.8

Henry Gustafson, one of the female senators fighting against the near total ban.

0:51.0

Then paying troops, the morale of troops, weapon systems, contracts, all of that would be impacted.

0:57.5

What would a U.S. debt default do to national security?

1:01.1

I ask journalists and security analyst Peter Bergen.

1:04.3

Plus, you could take the average student and make them an exceptional student.

1:08.1

Could AI revolutionize how kids learn? Walter Isakson talks to founder and CEO Sal Khan about his AI-powered

1:16.3

tutoring platform. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Bianna Goladriga in New York sitting in for

1:34.8

Christian Amunfor. We begin in the Western US where a landmark deal to protect one of

1:39.6

the country's most important waterways has finally been reached. The Colorado River serves more than 40 million

1:45.6

Americans across multiple states but it's drying up at an alarming rate. This is

1:51.2

what its largest reservoir looked like last year.

1:54.0

Drought, overuse, and climate change are largely to blame.

1:58.0

Now in the New Deal, the lower basin states,

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