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US Army General Sounds the Alarm

Amanpour

CNN

News

4.1 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

As many Americans gathered to celebrate Veterans Day, they did so at a time of political upheaval and division. From the nation's capital to cities like Chicago and Portland, soldiers police their own streets, their own people. Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré, who served his country for more than 37 years, says, "never before have I been as concerned for our democracy -- we are being tested, and this is a test we cannot afford to fail." He joins the show from Baton Rouge, Louisiana.  Also on today's show: Ukrainian restaurateurs Eugene Korolev & Polina Sychova; acclaimed documentarian Ken Burns  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to Awanpur. Here's what's coming up.

0:07.0

You cannot get enamored with the fact that the White House will deploy troops in a state without talking to the government.

0:17.0

That cannot be normal.

0:19.0

A warning to America from one of its best known army generals.

0:22.6

Russell L. Honoré tells me why he believes the Trump administration is testing the limits of democracy.

0:29.6

Then...

0:30.6

The idea was...

0:31.6

...came up just to show more about Ukrainian cuisine and culture as a kind of soft power.

0:40.5

Fighting for Ukraine's future from the battlefield to the kitchen,

0:44.8

I speak to the team cooking its way to cultural independence.

0:48.9

Plus, it so excites us that we are the product of a revolutionary moment where the world turned upside down.

0:57.0

To believe in America is to believe in possibility.

1:02.0

The American Revolution, famed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, tells Walter Isaacson about his most important project yet.

1:45.5

Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Christian Am Manpur in London, and this week, America and its allies celebrated the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in protecting their country and the ideals of freedom and democracy. And as many Americans gathered to celebrate Veterans Day, they did so at a time of political upheaval and division. From the nation's capital to cities like Chicago and Portland,

1:51.3

soldiers police their own streets, their own people. And my first guest is now sounding the alarm.

1:57.0

Lieutenant General Russell L. Honoré served his country for more than 37 years, eventually rising to commanding officer of the U.S. First Army.

2:06.4

He is a familiar face to many after coming to national prominence during Hurricane Katrina, when he was sent to command military relief efforts in New Orleans.

2:16.1

That fiasco was a deeply troubling time for America,

2:19.7

and yet General Honor says, never before have I been as concerned for our democracy,

2:25.1

we're being tested, and this is a test that we cannot afford to fail. Here he is speaking to

2:31.5

Freedom Watch media. They've said it out loud, the idea of the elimination of habeas corpus and allowing soldiers

2:41.3

under the Insurrection Act to be able to arrest citizens, or waiving the Parsi Kamatadas

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