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Israel's president faces US Congress

Amanpour

CNN

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

“Ironclad” is how Israel’s President Isaac Herzog is describing the relationship between his country and the United States. Today he addressed a joint meeting of Congress, just the second Israeli president in history to do so. He was received with strong bipartisan support in the chamber, even as a handful of Democratic lawmakers boycotted today’s address. Former Middle East peace negotiator Dennis Ross joins the show to discuss.  Also on today's show: Chris Krebs, former director of the US Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency; Amalgamated Bank CEO Priscillia Sims Brown  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.

0:07.0

Thank you dear members of Congress for your support of Israel throughout history and at this

0:15.4

critical moment in time.

0:18.6

Israel's president addresses the United States Congress. But as some lawmakers boycott

0:25.1

and with tensions simmering over democracy in Israel, we take a temperature check on

0:30.0

this important diplomatic relationship with Dennis Ross, former Special Middle East

0:34.7

coordinator under President Clinton.

0:36.7

Then, US China Relations again in focus.

0:41.0

After a recent spate of high-profile hacks, we hone in on cyber attacks

0:45.7

and the threat posed by China with Chris Krebs, former director of the

0:49.8

Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.

0:53.0

And I think it is common upon us in the banking industry to be focused on the wealth

0:59.0

gap.

1:00.0

And that wealth gap for black and brown people is way too huge.

1:04.3

Banking with a conscience.

1:06.2

Plus are things looking up for the US economy?

1:09.5

Walter Isakson speaks to industry leader Priscilla Sims Brown, CEO of Amalgamated Bank. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Bianna Goladriga in New York sitting in for Christian

1:35.1

Awanpur. Ironclad. That is how Israel's president Isaac Herzog is describing the relationship

1:41.3

between his country and the United States.

1:44.0

Today he addressed a joint meeting of Congress, just the second Israeli president in history to do

1:48.6

so.

1:49.6

He attempted to affirm the importance of the Israeli U.S. friendship despite recent fissures.

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