meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Fareed Zakaria GPS

June 13, 2021 |On GPS: A panel discussion on President Biden’s first trip abroad; the beginning of a new political era in Israel; how humans gained an extra life in just a century; plus, a sustainable solution to the U.S.-Mexico border crisis.

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN

News

4.23.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Biden brought America “back to the table” of the world stage this week on his first trip abroad as President.  Fareed talks to The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, and Ben Rhodes, former U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor, about Biden’s plan to rally the world’s leading democracies. A new day dawns on Israel as Benjamin Netanyahu is ousted as Prime Minister; what does the future of Israeli politics and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict look like? Martin Indyk, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, explains to Fareed what is at stake. Then, Steven Johnson tells Fareed how humans gained an extra life thanks to advancements in science and the activism of citizens around the world. Lastly, this week Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Mexico and Guatemala to address immigration from Central America and Fareed has some suggestions on how to stabilize the region.     GUESTS: Ben Rhodes, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Martin Indyk, Steven Johnson To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world. I'm Faryt Zakaria.

0:10.0

Today on the show, Joe Biden's first overseas strip as president.

0:17.0

First G7, first meeting with the Queen.

0:21.0

And the coming week brings more summits, NATO, the European Union, and Vladimir Putin.

0:29.0

To let him know what I want him to know.

0:35.0

We'll talk about what's already happened and what's to come.

0:39.0

It was former top Obama aid, Ben Rhodes, and the economist-setter-in-chief, Zanemans and Bedons.

0:47.0

Also, a new day dawns on Israel.

0:52.0

After decades of top politics there in the last 12 years as Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu will no longer lead that nation.

1:02.0

Martin Indick, twice US ambassador to that country, will tell me what to expect from the new Prime Minister and his coalition government.

1:12.0

Then an extra life.

1:16.0

That's what Arthur Steven Johnson says, the world has gained in the last 100 years as life expectancy has doubled.

1:25.0

He'll tell us the surprising story of how it happened.

1:30.0

And floods of people are trying to enter the United States at the southern border.

1:37.0

Vice President Harris is in charge of stopping the migration.

1:41.0

How should she do it? I have some advice.

1:45.0

But first, here's my take.

1:50.0

Are you ready for the next global crisis? Christopher Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said last month that we are already on the cusp of a global digital pandemic.

2:05.0

He was talking about the explosion of cybercrime.

2:09.0

FBI director Christopher Reikon Kurs explaining that the dramatic rise of this new form of crime has shaken the American security apparatus much like the 9-11 attack state in 2001.

2:22.0

In fact, the escalation of cybercrime is a far more pervasive problem than terrorism.

2:29.0

As we connect more and more stuff to the internet, all of us become more and more vulnerable to hackers who can compromise any personal business through the web and steal their data or freeze them out until they pay a ransom.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.