journalist christiane amanpour tonight you know she talked about america being an example and in force or of wielding political power and not forgetting about the humanity that connects us all. christiane amanpour mentioned something and you know this got a good laugh too she said you know america is a scientist right she's a she's a trained as a background in she said you know isn't that refreshing to have a political leader who deals with facts and respects facts in an age where facts and and everything that we consider to be true are being attacked right now and of course that was a mention to the reference to the trumpet administration and what i also heard a lot tonight was how he has he has shaken the foundations of the transatlantic community more than any other including the fulbright community on top of that i spoke with two people tonight and they know merkel personally in the know her policies they also know her personality one is from washington d.c. and one is from right here in berlin i want you to listen to what they say about. the award in the state of transatlantic rel

of fake news and christian amanpour comes from c n n so you know there were those undercurrents there of people not being able to get along that were evident tonight going back to chancellor merkel for a second of course we know she's announced she will not run again as chancellor this will be our last term how does this award starts maybe shape the legacy of uncle americal as chancellor in germany and i think it speaks. to her commitment to u.s. german ties throughout her political career i mean she said tonight outside of europe the united states remains our most germany's most important partner and she said you know that that transcends any person or any political leader. and when we talk about her legacy we're also talking about a legacy as the defender of the values which unite the u.s. and germany and here is something that's also i think going to go down in history when people talk about her legacy it was something that was mentioned several times tonight when she was presented with this prize i'm going to miracle was the first leader to congratulate donald trump when he became

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♪ >> hello, everyone, and welcome to "amanpour & co."uring the holiday season, we are dipping into the archive and looking back at some of this year's highlights. so, here's what's coming up -- an extensive conversation with the most powerful woman in the trump administration. kellyanne conway opens up about her personal story, the president's tensions with the press, and her work to stem the opioid crisis. then i speak to another powerful woman on the world stage. as head of the international monetary fund, christine lagarde is at the helm of the global economy and in the cross-hairs of president trump's trade war. plus, white fragility and the racism we hide even from ourselves. our michel martin talks to author robin diangelo. ♪ >> uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour & co." when bea tollman founded a collection of boutique hotels, she had bigger dreams, and those dreams were on the water -- a river, specifically, multiple rivers that would one day be home to uniworld river cruises and their floating boutique hotels. today that dr

i'm christiane amanpour in london. two men are claiming to be the legitimate president of venezuela at this hour after the leader of the opposition and head of the national assembly, juan guaido, swore himself into office. it comes amid dramatic anti-government protests on the streets of caracas against the incumbent president nicolas maduro who many blame for the economic and humanitarian catastrophes that are plaguing their country. minutes after guaido declared himself interim president, he was recognized by president and a host of other latin american countries including brazil and colombia. they followed very quickly. ma daught maduro's regime is desperately seeking support from beijing and moscow who says the u.s. is simply pouring gas on the fire in caracas. in response, maduro ordered u.s. diplomats to leave the country within 72 hours. >> translator: i have decided to break diplomatic and political releases with the imperialist government of the united states. out of venezuela they go. enough interventionism.

i'm christiane amanpour in london.ith a tale of prison, psychological torture, life or death, that all began the morning of july 22nd, 2014, for an american journalist in tehran. jason and his wife were swept up in a police raid and they had no idea why. he had been working as the city's bureau chief for "the washington post" when suddenly he found himself jailed on trumped up charges of espionage and he was locked away for 544 days, or 1 1/2 years, in the country's infamous prison. but perhaps he was lucky. as his freedom was in part linked for it extraordinary diplomatic efforts around the u.s./iran nuclear negotiations, and he was released in 2016. there are still americans held hostage in iran right now, but relations between the two countries are much, much worse. jason zion is now suing the iranian government and he is retelling his grim experience in his new book "prisoner." and he's joining me from washington. jason rezblierngs welcome to the program >> thank you so much for having me on. >> so you know, your b

>>> hello, everyone, and welcome to "amanpour & co." here is what is coming up. 33 days without a paycheck for federal workers. former vice president al gore joins me. also ahead, president trump transgender troop ban. reaction from a trans captain in the u.s. military. and capturing the human cost of war. speaking to the serious correspondent for the associated press. sarah el deeb. uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour & co." uniworld, bee's locally inspired cuisine. according to bee, to travel is to eat. booking available by your travel advisors. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter. bernard and irene schwartz. sue and edgar wachenheim iii. the cheryl and philip milstein judy and josh weston. ask by cob trntributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> polls show americans are largely blaming president trump for the largest government shutdown in american history. here is what some of them had to say at a food bank in new york. >> the country as great as this country is, and we should

i'm christiane amanpour in new york.us said, you ce for and welcome the stranger, the immigrant, the undocumented is how nations will be judged." that's what the reverend william barber tells us as president trump focuses on his base by demonizing immigrants and calling them invaders in his pitch for republican votes on tuesday. while poverty still plagues this richest of countries, with almost a third of all americans living at best from paycheck to paycheck, almost 100 million americans lack adequate health insurance, and u.s. incarcerated rates are the highest in the world. my guest, reverend william barber, has been called the martin luther king of our times, a protestant minister from north carolina. he recently won this year's macarthur genius grant for leading the fight against poverty and for civil rights. you may remember his electrifying speech at the 2016 democratic national convention. >> when some want to harden and stop the heart of our democracy, we are being called like our fore mothers and fathers to be

♪ >>> hello, everyone, and welcome to amanpour & company.ere's what's coming up. >> it's beautiful. >> extraordinary times, the fbi once investigated trump as a possible russian agent. >>> and, is he really going to bomb iran? we digest these latest headlines as the longest government shutdown in u.s. history continues. i'm joined by the former chair of the house intelligence committee, republican mike rogers. >>> then -- >> ladies and gentlemen, the enemy is committed to detonating a nuclear device in an american city, unless we act now. >> a political thriller on the silver screen. hollywood legend jamie lee curtis on her new movie "an acceptable loss," plus, the entrepreneur, innovator, and disrupt for. an cor jane takes to our elisia menendez. >>> uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour & co." basically bea tolman is synonymous with style. when she acquired uni world, a boutique design, she brought a similar style to the rivers, with a destination inspired design for each ship. bookings available for you travel adviser. >> additional su

♪ >> hello, everyone, and welcome to "amanpour & co."uring the holiday season, we're dipping into the archive and looking back at some of this year's highlights. here's what's coming up... we remember great lessons in leadership from nelson mandela in an incredibly candid conversation with his widow, graça machel. also ahead... why the sundance kid says he's retiring, but isn't really, even though he's 82. my interview with the legendary robert redford. plus... a power couple gets real. tamia and grant hill, singer and basketball star, on how they keep normality and balance in their ultra-successful lives. ♪ >> uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour & co." when bea tollman founded a collection of boutique hotels, she had bigger dreams, and those dreams were on the water -- a river, specifically. multiple rivers that would one day be home to uniworld river cruises and their floating boutique hotels. today that dream sets sail in europe, asia, india, egypt, and more. bookings available through your travel agent. for more information, vis

sponsor of "amanpour & company."th style. so when she acquired uniworld, a boutique river cruise line inspired by her ashford castle, she brought a similar style to the rivers with a destination inspired design for each ship. bookings available through your travel adviser. for more information visit uniworld.com. >>> additional support has been provided by roslyn p. walter, bernard and irene swartz, sue and edgar walkenheim iii, the sheryl and philip mills team, seton melvin, judy and josh weston and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> announcer: this is "nightly business report" with bill griffeth and sue herera. >>> win streak. stocks notch their longest string of gains since november, as investors start to brush off bad news. >>> lifeline. sears isn't dead yet. the judge gives the company's largest shareholder one more chance to save the storied retailer. >>> skyrocketing costs. it's no secret that drug prices are on the rise. but why is it so hard to lower them? those stories

i'm christiane amanpour in london. you could be excused for not quite getting brexit or frankly not beginning to understand. in a turbulent world, it is a slow moving story about beaurocracy, back room dealing and how to honor a referendum that was held in 2016 which offered no facts about the future. right now the uk remains in the european union. in less than 70 days it leaves. the problem is britain has in exit agreement with the european union. experts say if it leaves like that on march 29th, hurling itself off a cliff, the economic impact will be disastrous. the british parliament has roundly rejected prime minister may's deal. and the plan b she property forward on monday looks an awful lot like plan a. the drama in parliament, some say the soap opera, has made this story oddly compelling around the world, even in the united states where this government's dysfunction is looking a lot like that government dysfunction. so what's to be done? i'll be speaking to tony blair, the former british prime minister, who tel

>>> hello, everyone, and welcome to "amanpour & company." here's what's coming up. >> the first woman to wear a hijab to represent us in congress. >> she came to the u.s. as a somali refugee. 23 years later she's taking her seat in congress. i speak with minnesota's ilhan omar. >>> plus, the one shocking statistic that can tell us so much with america today. when it comes to infant mortality, the united states ranks 32 out of 35 wealthiest nations and why the death of black newborns is driving this number. >>> and the age of silicon valley worship is over. where do we go from here? we get a reality check. >>> uniworld is a proud sponsor of amanpour & co. it is synonymous with style. so when she acquired uni world, a cruise line inspired by her ashford castle, she brought a similar style to the rivers with a destination style design for each ship. bookings available through your travel advisor. for more information visit uniworld.com. >>> additional support has been provided by rosalinep. walter. sue and edgar walkenheim iii, seaton melvin, j

i'm christiane amanpour in london. the government shutdown is about to be the longest in american history, surpassing the 1995 standoff between house speaker newt gingrich and president bill clinton. it's important to remember that this is not only a political fight over whether to fund president donald trump's southern border wall but a personal punch in the pocketbook for the many thousands of americans who work for the government and who are now going unpaid. either furloughed or forced to work without compensation. one such is mark munoz. he's a firefighter in california working for the u.s. forest service, and he puts his life on the line to protect his fellow americans including in this latest wild and deadly fire season. the government shutdown means that he's sitting at home without pay, waiting for his representatives to sort out their mess, and he's joining me now from los angeles to talk about what impact it's having on him. mark munoz, welcome to the program. so i guess here we are. it's about three weeks s

i'm christiane amanpour in london. where the weekends a continued government paralysis and disruption both in the united states and here in the united kingdom. the british prime minister lurched from a historic defeat to surviving yet another vote of no confidence. now she has to present another brexit deal to end the impasse, except opposition leader jeremy corbin says he'll boycott talks until the prime minister rules out the option of a cliff edge exit. meanwhile, across the pond there seems to be no end in sight to another self-made crisis, the longest government shut down ever, nearly a month now over president trump's demand for congress to pay for argues that the global elites have created rigged systems which favor the very few getting to and staying at the top. analysis and observations have made his book fly off the shelves and he's here in london this week. how do we move to a more just society. anand giridharadas welcome back to our frprogram. >> you'thank you for having me. >> you're here in london, it coi

i'm christian amanpour in london., you've no doubt heard of fox news and its politics. >> there are hundreds of those migrant caravan folks that have made it up to the border. >> but do you know the real story, the one behind the headlines? the founding principle was to give conservatives a voice on television, but it ended up as the voice of right-wing politics in washington and around the country with an outsize influence, and roger ailes, the chairman of fox, backed by the owner, rupert murdoch, was one of the most powerful men in media before his long history of alleged sexual harassment caught up with him. he was fired in 2016, and he died within a year. so, was he a monster, a genius, or both? a new documentary, "divide and conquer," shows the vast influence that he's had over the country. and it all started when ailes was a young aide to president richard nixon. here's a clip from the documentary. >> ...said, "the liberal elite has a chokehold on the national news networks, but local television stations in wisc

welcome to "amanpour & company." here is what's coming up -- >> my fellow americans. >> trump makes a case for a border wall democrats say is full of holes. the impact of the shutdown mounts. what are the national security facts. former defense secretary and republican senator chuck hagel tells me. >>> plus -- >> tumultuous times, america through the great lens-of-james baldwin. i speak with oscar winning director barry jenkins about if beal street could talk. >>> and a new voice for that endangered species, the political senator. stephanie murphy on why now is the right time to serve. >>> uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour & company." bee colman is synonymous with style. she brought a similar style to the river, with a destination inspired design for each ship. >> bookings available through your travel adviser. for more information, visit uniworld.com. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the sheryl and phillip milstein family,

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>>> hello, everyone, and welcome to "amanpour & co." here's what's coming up. >> it's getting pretty dire. >> the pain of the federal shutdown intensifies. security at airports gets worse, just as security is in the news again, with a deadly attack on american troops in syria. i'll speak with the top republican congressman and -- >> no one cares because we were black girls. >> r. kelly, one of r & b's most successful singers faces a reckoning. over years of alleged sexual abuse of underaged girls. i speak with the founder of the me too movement tarana burke. plus, does facebook need to be broken up like a 19th century oil monopoly. why they say big tech's time has come. >>> uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour & co." bae tollman is synonymous with style. so when she acquired uniworld, a boutique river cruise line inspired by her ash ford castle, she brought a similar style to the rivers, with a destination inspired designed for each ship. bookings available through your travel adviser. for more information, visit uniworld.com. >> ad

♪ >> hello, everyone, and welcome to "amanpour & co."uring the holiday season, we are dipping into the archive and looking back at some of this year's highlights, so here's what's coming up. an urgent call to action on climate change from the unstoppable david attenborough. >> right now, we're facing a manmade disaster of global scale. >> also ahead, legendary correspondent marie colvin gave her life in syria. now the hollywood actress rosamund pike plays her in a new film. she joins us, along with marie's friend and fellow journalist lindsey hilsum, who has written a new biography about colvin's remarkable life. plus, when nearly dying gives you new life. "the good place" actress and jackie of all trades jameela jamil explains how getting hit by a car was the best thing that ever happened to her. ♪ >> uniworld is a proud sponsor of "amanpour & co." when bea tollman founded a collection of boutique hotels, she had bigger dreams, and those dreams were on the water -- a river, specifically -- multiple rivers that would one day be home to u

i'm christiane amanpour in london.overnment dysfunction is reaching new heights on both sides of the atlantic. there's paralysis centered around that wall in the united states and around a watery wall over here, the english channel that separates the uk from the eu. the white house has been forced to admit the longest government shutdown in history is having a real and serious impact on the economy while economic and business experts here in the uk make similar dire predictions if the uk comes crashing out of the european union with no deal in place. the prime minister's hard-won exit agreement went down to a crushing defeat in parliament last night. hard line brexiters said it keeps too many eu ties. remainers would prefer to call the whole thing off and stay with europe. all this with just over 70 days to go before brexit is actually meant to happen. here's what may and opposition leader jeremy corbyn had to say before the vote that corbin tabled. >> mr. speaker, this government cannot govern and cannot command the s

with me now from london, christiane amanpour. she lost and she lost badly. >> reporter: yep, you said it all, brooke. she absolutely did and this was a scale of defeat that doubled the prediction of even the worst predicted defeat. so now all bets are off. i've been listening to you talk about the ongoing uncertainty about leadership in the united states, well, the united kingdom looks like this parliament has set it adrift. nobody quite knows what's happening next. there were all these ideas that even if the opposition to prime minister may, jeremy corbin, tabled the motion of no confidence, that she would certainly win because her allies and the other allies that make up her slim majority would prevail, but that table -- that motion has been tabled. they'll debate it tomorrow. people are saying that nobody expected the defeat against this prime minister to be so huge and so all bets are off. we simply do not know at this moment what is going to happen next. not only is britain here trying to figure out how to get out of the eu,

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of "amanpour & co."n bea tollman founded a collection of boutique hotels, she had bigger dreams, and those dreams were on the water -- a river, specifically -- multiple rivers that would one day be home to uniworld river cruises and their floating boutique hotels. today, that dream sets sail in europe, asia, india, egypt, and more. bookings available through your travel agent. for more information, visit uniworld.com. >> additional support has been provided by... and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in london. half a million dead, 12 million who fled their homes, lives, cities, history destroyed. it is hard to get a grasp on just how devastating the war in syria has been for nearly eight long years. dr. rim al-bezem never set out to be an activist. she left her native syria long ago to pursue her medical degree in the united states. but even from afar, she knew that she had to get involved. first, as a doctor,

proud sponsor of "amanpour & co."man founded a collection of boutique hotels, she had bigger dreams and those dreams were on the water -- a river specifically -- multiple rivers that would one day be home to uniworld river cruises and their floating boutique hotels. today that dream sets sail in europe, asia, india, egypt and more. bookings available through your travel agent. for more information, visit uniworld.com. >> additional support has been provided by rosalind p. walter, bernard and irene schwartz, sue and edgar wachenheim iii, the cheryl and philip milstein family, seton melvin, judy and josh weston. the jpb foundation and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. steves: it's no surprise that sevilla is also famous for letting loose in vibrant festivals. and we're here for the biggest of all, the april fair. for seven days each april, it seems much of sevilla is packed into its vast fairgrounds. the fair feels friendly, spontaneous, very real. the andalusian passion for horses,

i'm christiane amanpour in london.enezuela is firing back after the united states imposed tough sanctions. $18 billion worth on the state oil company. making the announcement, national security adviser john bolton sparked talk of an even bigger threat, because his yellow notepad there had the words "5,000 troops to colombia" scrolled and exposed for all to see. in an address, president maduro lashed out at president trump. >> translator: i make donald trump responsible for any violence that might happen in venezuela. you will be the one responsible, mr. president donald trump, responsible for this policy of regime change in venezuela and the blood that could flow in venezuela will be the blood that will be on your hands. >> well, russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov, backs maduro. he called the u.s. sanctions illegal, while the u.s.-backed interim president juan guaido praised them for protecting venezuelan assets. here's what he said. >> translator: for a very long time, maduro's regime stole this money, an estima

i'm chr christian amanpour. illegal border crossings have been falling dramatically over more than a decade. it comes as a partial shutdown of the government continues to impact hundreds of thousands of americans and disrupt important corners of the entire nation like, for instance, the very tsa security system the president surely wants in place at entry points. while beijing, talks between the united states and china, over the bitter trade dispute set to enter an unscheduled third day. the stakes are immense for both countries and also for help of the global economy. these are the first face-to-face discussions the two sides have held since president trump and xi agreeded ed tto a 90-day tr argentina. here to discuss this, larry summers, former secretary in the clinton administration and director of economic council under president obama. mr. secretary, welcome to the progr program. >> good to be with you. >> the whole leadup, government shutdown. the big, big story is the economy. what have negotiators been d