On the frontlines of the NATO summit

Amanpour

CNN

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4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got a rockstar welcome in Lithuania, as he arrives for the NATO summit in Vilnius. The president has expressed frustration about the lack of a timeline for his country's membership of the alliance, calling it absurd. This ahead of his meeting with US President Joe Biden tomorrow. The American leader comes to the summit with a win already in the bag, Turkey opening the way for Sweden to join the alliance. Correspondent Melissa Bell reports on the latest details from Vilnius. Also on today's show: CNN Correspondent Hadas Gold reports from Jerusalem, followed by former Israeli politician Erel Margalit; US Ambassador to NATO Julianne Smith; Alexander Betts, Director of Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford; author Xochitl Gonzalez 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 Amantour. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	This summit is an historic summit.
0:12.0	The door is open to Sweden as NATO leaders meet in Vilnius.
0:16.6	With the crucial summit kicking off, I'm joined by the US Ambassador to the Alliance,
0:21.3	Julian Smith.
0:22.4	Then... Ambassador to the Alliance, Julianne Smith. Then Israelis take to the street to oppose controversial judicial reforms.
0:29.2	I speak to Errell Margelit, a former labor politician and high-tech entrepreneur.
0:34.8	And a world on the move as migration number surge, how can humanity adapt?
0:40.2	I ask Alexander Betts, who heads up the Refugee Studies Center at Oxford University.
0:45.8	Also ahead.
0:46.8	I think it was a great position to sort of observe class in America, observe sort of different social strata of life.
0:55.0	The confessions of a luxury wedding planner.
0:58.0	Author Sochil Gonzalez tells Michelle Martin what the wedding industry reveals about American society. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Bianna Golodriga in New York sitting in for
1:24.4	Christiane Amanpur.
1:26.0	Ukrainian president Velodimir Zelensky got a rock star welcome in Lithuania as he
1:30.3	arrived for the NATO summit in Vilnius.
1:32.6	Take a look at these pictures of his and First Lady,
1:34.8	Alenid Zelensk's extraordinary reception.
1:37.8	The President has expressed frustration, though,
1:40.0	about the lack of a timeline for his country's membership of the alliance, calling it absurd.
1:45.0	Mr. Zelensky is set to meet with U.S. President Joe Biden tomorrow.
1:49.8	The American leader comes to the summit with a win already in a bag as Turkey opens the way
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