September 20, 2020 | On GPS: Bob Woodward on Justice Ginsburg's years on the Supreme Court & Trump's foreign policy; a new kind of peace in the Middle East; the coming climate catastrophe

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🗓️ 20 September 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Airdate September 20, 2020: Bob Woodward joins Fareed to discuss the political battle ensuing over the Supreme Court vacancy left in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death earlier this week. And, Woodward in his latest book, "Rage", based on 17 on-the-record-interviews with President Trump, explores the president's alignment with leaders like Xi, Kim, Erdogan, and Putin. Why has Trump favored these strongmen above America's long-standing allies? Fareed and Woodward discuss. Then, with new Arab nations normalizing relations with Israel, will a new kind of peace come to the Middle East? Mina Al-Oraibi, editor-in-chief of the National newspaper based in the UAE, answers these questions and more. Finally, ProPublica senior environmental reporter Abrahm Lustgarten paints a picture of an America where the walls are closing in, thanks to climate change. He brings us a frightening look at our future. 9/20/2020GUESTS: Bob Woodward, Mina Al-Oraibi, Abrahm LustgartenTV-PG

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:09.0	I'm Farid Zikaria coming to you live from New York.
0:13.0	Today on the show, Trump and his powerful friends, what is behind his relationships with the likes of Putin, Kim, Xi, and Erdogan.
0:27.0	The legendary journalist Bob Woodward on what he learned while reporting his new bestseller, Rage.
0:34.0	Then, peace in the Middle East.
0:38.0	On Tuesday, the White House hosted Israel, the UAE and Bahrain for peace deal signing.
0:46.0	Is this the shape of the new Middle East?
0:49.0	And what happens to the Palestinians?
0:53.0	We have a voice from the region.
0:56.0	And America's West Coast is on fire in a way it has never been before.
1:02.0	People are fleeing. Is this the beginning of climate migration?
1:07.0	And just how will climate change affect where people live in America and around the world?
1:15.0	But first, here's my take.
1:17.0	What explains why some countries handle the COVID-19 pandemic well and others did poorly?
1:24.0	It's a complicated question, but my interview last week with Taiwan's former vice president, it got me thinking.
1:30.0	If we look at the place that has arguably had the greatest success, the answer is failure.
1:37.0	Taiwan gets the gold medal for its coronavirus strategy.
1:40.0	It had close ties with mainland China where the disease originated, receiving almost 3 million visitors from there in a typical year.
1:47.0	It is a densely populated land and Taipei, the capital city, has crowded public transit.
1:53.0	And yet, with a population of nearly 24 million people, Taiwan has had just seven deaths.
2:00.0	New York State, with a smaller population, has had 33,000.
2:06.0	Taiwan's greatest asset turns out to be its failed response to an earlier pandemic in 2003, SARS, which tormented many important lessons.
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