July 25, 2021 |On GPS: An exclusive interview with King Abdullah II of Jordan

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 25 July 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Fareed sits down in a special in-person interview with King Abdullah II of Jordan. They discuss solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the King’s visit with President Biden, turmoil within the Jordanian royal family, and much more. Then, Dr. Tom Frieden, former CDC director, and Devi Sridhar, Professor of Public Health at the University of Edinburgh, tell Fareed about the worrying rise of Covid-19 cases due to the delta variant, how important it is to vaccinate the world and the newest data on the effectiveness of vaccines. Plus, a look at how the extreme weather seen around the world in recent weeks might be the new normal. GUESTS: King Abdullah II, Tom Frieden, Devi Sridhar 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	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:04.8	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:08.0	I'm Farid Zakaria coming to you live from New York.
0:13.8	Today on the show, a worldwide exclusive interview with King Abdullah II of Jordan.
0:21.0	He went to the White House this week as well as Capitol Hill.
0:24.4	Now he comes to the Global Public Square for an in-depth interview.
0:30.0	We'll discuss his meeting with President Biden, the Israeli Palestinian conflict,
0:35.4	nuclear talks with Iran, and the alleged sedition plot that the King has called the most painful episode of his reign.
0:46.4	Then, as COVID-19 makes us stunning combat, nations react.
0:52.4	Britain's quarantine prime minister actually further opened up England this week.
1:00.4	France mandated a COVID pass for travel and leisure.
1:05.4	Or while Japan struggles greatly to keep the Olympics COVID safe.
1:11.4	We'll examine the swift and deadly Delta variant with the experts.
1:17.4	But first, here's my take.
1:19.4	There is one striking thing that distinguishes this pandemic from all previous ones in history.
1:26.4	The speed with which humankind came up with a vaccine.
1:30.4	It is unprecedented and still breathtaking that within months of the arrival of a novel virus,
1:37.4	scientists were able to develop and test several vaccines that all proved to be highly effective at preventing serious illness.
1:45.4	But what science has given, politics seems to be taking away.
1:50.4	Despite having ample supplies of the vaccine, America is stuck with roughly 60% of the adult population
1:57.4	fully vaccinated, ensuring that the pandemic will linger, perhaps forever.
2:03.4	Given the tools to end this tragedy, we are choosing to live with it.
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