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Donald Trump knew he lost the election, yet conned millions of Americans into thinking there was fraud and that he was the rightful victor. That’s the allegation laid out publicly today by the January 6 committee. The proof put forward came from Trump’s own advisers and former attorney general, who said they told Trump they did not see any evidence of fraud that could change the election outcome. Joining the show to discuss are Norm Eisen, who recently authored a guide to the hearings, "Trump on Trial"; and Asha Rangappa, a lawyer and former FBI special agent. Also on today's episode: Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Ed Yong, author David Gelles, and ABBA member Björn Ulvaeus. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It was a dark day that transfixed America and the world when a sea of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6th, 2021, hoping to overturn Joe Biden's election victory. Five people died in the melee. Now -- seventeen months later -- the much anticipated first public hearings of the committee investigating the insurrection have taken place. Pamela Brown reports. The other big issue on this week's agenda was gun violence. While President Biden says that he won't abuse his executive power to enact gun restrictions, a bipartisan group of senators say they are making progress on bills designed to prevent gun deaths. Few people are monitoring this as closely as Cameron Kasky, who was 17 years old when a gunman stormed his high school in Parkland, Florida in 2018. The massacre propelled him and other survivors to start a gun control movement which saw more than one million people flood the streets across the country in the 'March for Our Lives.' Now they've called for another march this Saturday. Cameron spoke to Christiane about whether he thinks there can be change. Also on today's show: Actor Emma Thompson, antisemitism expert Deborah Lipstadt. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Russia's invasion of Ukraine puts pressure on some of the newer democratic countries in the region, notably Montenegro, which only gained its independence in 2006. When Montenegro joined NATO in 2017, Russian sympathizers plotted to take down the government. Now the war in Ukraine could exacerbate historic tension between pro-western and pro-Russian forces. Joining the show to discuss Montenegro's current situation is 36-year old Prime Minister Dritan Abazović. Also on today's show: Emmy award-winning actor Henry Winkler, author Nicole Hemmer. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's now or never -- that is the bottom line confronting Americans as gun violence stalks people of all ages at schools, grocery stores, churches and street corners. And with midterm elections just months away, time is running out to find out what really happened to American democracy on January 6th. Starting today, Congress is holding landmark hearings on both topics. Former advisor to Barack Obama Dan Pfeiffer traces many of the ills of American society back to one thing -- disinformation campaigns waged by the right wing. He is also the author of the new book Battling the Big Lie. Also on today's show: journalist/author Tina Brown, OnPoint NYC Exec Dir Sam Rivera\. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Leaders from Canada to Chile are arriving today in Los Angeles for the ninth Summit of the Americas. But some of the region's most notable figures are nowhere to be seen. Host President Biden excluded his counterparts from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela for their human rights record -- a move that prompted a boycott from Mexico President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The squabbling over the guest list threatens to hinder the agenda focused on climate, migration and the pandemic. It also throws into question the power of America's influence in the region, just as China seeks a stronger foothold. Exploring these issues are former US Ambassador to Mexico Roberta Jacobson and CNN Correspondent Patrick Oppmann. Also on today’s show: World Food Programme Regional Director for Eastern Africa Michael Dunford, UN Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine Amin Awad, author Jonathan Martin. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kallas has ardently supported Ukraine’s defense even before the invasion -- giving the most weapons per capita of any European country. Dubbed 'The Iron Lady' of Europe, Kallas is in London meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as his political survival is on the line. Christiane sat down with her in London. Also on today's show: tennis star Rafael Nadal, author Vauhini Vara. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Next week, the Biden administration convenes countries across the western hemisphere for the Summit of the Americas, a high profile event in Los Angeles that could flop before it even begins. After the US banned Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from the summit for human rights violations, a group of countries – led by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of Mexico – threatened to boycott the event. The Biden administration hopes the summit will showcase progress on vital issues like immigration, trade, and climate. Instead, a failed meeting could highlight America’s waning influence in its own region. This all comes as China’s influence grows, and as political sands shift – with multiple countries tacking towards the socialist left. For insight into all this, Mexico’s former foreign minister Jorge Castañeda joins the program. Also on today's show: CNN Senior Political Analyst John Avlon, Nobel laureate and author Dr. Denis Mukwege. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It's a historic day for the UK as the queen celebrates 70 years on the throne. We look back on her reign and to the future. Plus: With increasing signs of an impending economic crisis come reports President Biden will visit Saudi Arabia in a bid to drive up oil supply. We speak to an expert on the country and its controversial leader, Mohammed bin Salman. And: Yet another mass shooting in America. What could be done to end this bloodshed? To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joe Biden authorizes sophisticated new rockets for Ukraine. The Kremlin says the US is adding fuel to the fire. Will it turn the tide on the ground? Plus, a conversation with the cofounder of Russia's now-shuttered independent news channel, and the film director who profiled it. And, we find out how Oxford University has shaped PM Boris Johnson and those in his party. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden huddled with Fed Chair Jerome Powell to try and figure out the best way to deal with inflation. One of Biden's key economic advisers joins us to offer perspective. Plus, new details emerge from the tragic Texas school shooting. We have the latest, plus a frank discussion about America's gun culture. And, as monkeypox cases pop up around the globe, we get the facts from the woman leading the charge against the disease for the WHO. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As President Biden mourns with families, he pledges action. But families are demanding answers. Plus, the latest on the war in Ukraine. And, Germany's vice-chancellor gives a frank assessment of America's shooting epidemic. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The world is at a turning point – that's the verdict of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who warned the annual economic forum at Davos that more than Ukraine is at risk in Russia’s war. He said Germany, and the European Union, are doing their best to wean themselves off Russian energy and stop feeding the war machine that’s devastating Ukraine. But Robert Habeck is warning there’s a roadblock to an EU embargo. The German Vice-Chancellor is naming names, telling Christiane that one EU nation is dragging its heels. The Green Party politicians joined her this week soon after the catastrophic mass shooting in Texas. A 2009 shooting in a German high school spurred immediate legislation, and Habeck says that like so many others watching from overseas, he cannot understand America’s gun laws. Also on today's show: Historian Heather Cox Richardson, Nobel laureate and author Dr. Denis Mukwege. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When American parents sent their kids to school today, in the back of their minds must have been the horrors of Tuesday's massacre in Texas that left 19 children and two teachers dead. Eric Holder was US attorney general at the time of the Sandy Hook shooting 10 years ago. Christiane asked him about grappling with this as a father and as America's highest law enforcement official, and why he says America's rule of law all comes back to voting rights. It's the topic of his new book Our Unfinished March. Also on today's show: Former Guardian Editor In Chief Alan Rusbridger, Christianity Today's Russell Moore. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yesterday's mass shooting at a Texas elementary school once again has people asking, "How many children will die before action is taken? Why does this regularly happen only in America?" Joining the show today to try and answer those questions are Tom Mauser, father of Columbine victimn Daniel Mauser, and Ryan Busse, author of Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry That Radicalized America. Also in today's show: Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James Stavridis, author Toluse Olorunnipa. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Those are the words of President Biden to the world, as the war in Ukraine enters its fourth month. Ukraine’s President Zelensky meanwhile told the annual gathering at Davos that he fears the world is losing interest, that momentum behind Ukraine is fading. He appealed “not to lose this feeling of unity.” Sergiy Kyslytsya is Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Nations. He’s spent the last three months since the invasion driving home the horror of this war, unafraid to confront his Russian counterparts, and he joins Christiane from New York. Also in today's show: Mohammad Shtayyeh, the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister; Nina Jankowicz, who just resigned from Homeland Security’s newly launched Disinformation Governance Board. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Joe Biden is on the last full day of his Asia trip, hoping to shore up America’s commitment to its allies after they were shaken by the last president. It’s a trip that all plays out against a backdrop of China’s growing dominance. But as so often happens on these international visits, it’s what Biden said when he wandered off script that garnered the most attention: at a press conference in Japan, he was asked whether the US would get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded, to which he answered, “Yes.” Top administration officials scrambled to reassure China that US policy hasn’t changed, but Biden has made similar comments in the past. So how can America maintain its traditional “strategic ambiguity” after such unambiguous remarks from the president? Christiane speaks with longtime diplomat and former US Ambassador to South Korea Kathleen Stephens. Also in today's show: Director Judd Apatow discusses his new HBO documentary, George Carlin's American Dream. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In today's Amanpour, recorded live from Kabul, Christiane opens the show by interviewing former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai. He tells her that his country is doomed if women are not part of its future. Then, UN special envoy to Afghanistan Deborah Lyons, who's had more meetings with the Taliban than any other western official, weighs in. Also in today's show: DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison, New Order's Stephen Morris and Bernie Sumner. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Every new dawn in Afghanistan seems to bring with it a new Taliban edict against women. Tolo News – Afghanistan’s leading independent news channel – has been told by the Ministry of Virtue that its female presenters must cover their faces when anchoring. Tolo has a long history of success and sacrifice, with a display case in their bureau dedicated to two reporters killed in a bomb attack in 2018. Despite everything, it’s managed to stay on the air, and female staff play a leading role. But now their future is in jeopardy, as Christiane found out today when she visited their newsroom. Also on today's show: US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko, Afghanistan National Institute of Music founder Ahmad Naser Sarmast, Brown University Professor of Economics Emily Oster. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A damning new report released today from a US watchdog blames both the Trump and Biden administration for the swift collapse of the Afghan military in August last year. Afghans are now living with the consequences, with women and girls bearing the biggest burdens. After 20 years of progress, many of their rights are slipping away, with secondary girl students still barred from public school. Despite their fears, though, girls are continuing the fight right under the Taliban’s nose. Today Christiane visited one former fashion studio, where the tools of resistance are needle and thread. Also in today's show: Afghan women’s rights activist Fatima Gailani, Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Bloomberg Managing Editor of Crypto Stacy-Marie Ishmael. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Afghanistan has fallen from the world’s attention since the Taliban’s takeover and the chaotic American withdrawal nine months ago. But for almost everyone in the country, life has become a daily struggle against poverty. Children are particularly hard hit, with more than a million facing acute malnutrition according to UNICEF. Christiane witnessed all this firsthand, visiting a humanitarian distribution center, a hospital, and a family home. Following her special report, she's joined by the World Food Programme’s country director in Kabul. Also in today's show: Part two of Christiane's exclusive conversation with Taliban deputy leader and acting Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, in which she presses him on women’s rights and whether the Taliban will commit to a more inclusive government and future elections; an Afghan women's rights activist; and former FBI special agent and domestic terrorism expert Tom O'Connor. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's show features part one of Christiane's world exclusive interview with Afghanistan's Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, head of the feared extremist Haqqani Network. The Taliban leader has never done an interview with his face showing and has never sat on camera with a western news organization -- certainly not with a female journalist. The US government says Haqqani has American blood on his hands and there’s a $10 million reward for information leading to his arrest. Yet top western officials point to Haqqani’s anti-terrorism measures in office and women working in his own ministry. Also in today's show: Laurel Miller and Margot Wallström. Miller served as America’s acting special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan during the Obama and Trump administrations, while Sweden’s Wallström put feminism at the heart of her country’s foreign policy during her time as foreign minister. And, Walter Isaacson interviews David Gergen about the latter's new book, Hearts Touched With Fire: How Great Leaders Are Made. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper was sworn in just days before that now infamous phone call in 2019 where then-President Trump repeatedly asked Ukraine’s President Zelensky to investigate the Bidens in return for military aid. Esper’s new memoir, A Sacred Oath, is filled with explosive and instructive behind-the-scenes examples of what it was like working for the most disruptive American president in modern times, and he joins the show to discuss. Also in today's episode: British-American filmmaker Louis Theroux discusses his latest documentary series, Forbidden America; iPhone co-creator Tony Fadell on his new "advice encyclopedia," BUILD. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

n a historic change for a once neutral country, driven by its neighbor Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland's leaders today said their country must apply for NATO membership "without delay". They share a 13-hundred-kilometre border with Russia, and as expected the Kremlin swiftly called the move "a threat," but Finnish president Sauli Niinisto pointed the finger squarely at Putin. Meanwhile neighboring Sweden, which has an even longer history of neutrality, is also expected to make a decision on NATO in the coming days. Joining Christiane to discuss are former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt and former Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb. Also on today's show: singer, songwriter, actor, activist, and new author Janelle Monáe; author Reshma Saujani. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US Senate votes today on a measure that would codify Roe v. Wade. Democratic leadership strongly backs its passage but didn’t expect it to get close to the filibuster-proof 60 votes required. The purpose is more symbolic, shining a spotlight on which senators – and which parties – are for and against abortion rights. The ACLU’s Alexa Kolbi-Molinas recently argued a case on abortion rights before the Supreme Court and joins the show. Also in today's episode: Audrey Diwan, director of "Happening," a new French film that takes a bracing look at the realities of life before abortion was legal ... Professor and author Richard L. Hasen on how to cure the disinformation that poisons politics. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Europe and the G7 plan to phase out Russian oil, could this help or hurt the struggle for green energy? Joining the show to discuss this is US climate envoy John Kerry. Also on today's show: One of the world's top Russia historians and authors, Simon Sebag Montefiore; journalist Judith Warner. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In perhaps the most anticipated Victory Day parade in recent memory, Russian military might was on full display this morning in Moscow. But President Vladimir Putin, while defiant, delivered a short speech without declaring victory in Ukraine, or formally declaring war and mass mobilization, or indeed any battlefield plans. Instead, Putin again defended his actions and again claimed that he had no other choice. Andrei Kozyrev has unique insight into the Kremlin leadership, having served as the Russian Federation's first foreign minister in the 1990s. Also in today's show: Ben Hodges, Former Commanding General, U.S. Army Europe; Eliyahu Stern, Professor of Modern Jewish History, Yale University To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Philippines is bracing for an important presidential election on Monday. Way ahead in the polls is Ferdinand Marcos Jr., also known as Bongbong, and his running mate Sara Duterte. If those names sound familiar, they should: Marcos is the son of the Philippine dictator of the same name, who became notorious for corruption and human rights abuses, as well as his wife Imelda – and her massive shoe collection. Sara Duterte is the daughter of outgoing strongman leader Rodrigo Duterte, whose rule has been defined by – and condemned for – its bloody war on drugs. Many have forgotten the sins of the fathers and are enthusiastically embracing the Marcos-Duterte ticket. But correspondent Ivan Watson found there are still some unnerved by this ‘back to the future’ prospect. His special report is followed by Christiane's interview with Richard Heydarian, author of The Rise of Duterte. Also in today's show: award-winning journalist Farai Chideya, CNN anchor and author Zain Asher. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If Roe v. Wade is overturned, more women may die – that is the blunt warning from the director of the CDC, as America grapples with the fallout from the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion. For California Congresswoman Jackie Speier, abortion is a lived experience. In 2011, she became the first member of Congress to share her story on the House floor. The impromptu moment happened after she heard a male colleague discussing the issue. She joins Christiane from California. Also on today's show: authors Karen Brooks Hopkins and Kristin Kobes Du Mez. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Americans on both sides of the abortion issue are fired up following the leak of a draft opinion that shows the Supreme Court looks likely to end a women's right to choose after nearly 50 years. The issue has long split the two political parties and the country, but how did it get this way? Francis Schaeffer is an evangelical scholar whose son Frank encouraged him to campaign against Roe v. Wade with Christian literature and movies they were producing. He joins Christiane from Boston to explain why he now regrets the role he played. Also on today's show: Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, author John Avlon. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The leak of a draft Supreme Court ruling overturning the Roe v. Wade abortion decision is sending shock waves throughout the United States. For decades, right-wing activists kept the fight against ‘Roe’ at the heart of America’s culture wars. Carrie Severino is the president of one such organization: the Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative legal advocacy group. She claims the draft ruling accomplishes many of her life's ambitions and she joins Christiane from Arlington, Virginia. Severino is followed by Gloria Steinem, who's been at the forefront of defending Roe v. Wade since the beginning. She sees the Supreme Court ruling as a threat not just to women, but to American democracy. Also on today's show: Jonathan Powell, former Chief of Staff to former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who dealt face-to-face with Vladimir Putin many times; and Bill Gates, who discusses his new book, How to Prevent the Next Pandemic. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Evacuations are underway from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, where dozens of civilians who were holed up in and around the Azovstal steel plant have emerged. But hundreds more remain, running out of food, water, and medicine. Mariupol’s mayor says the Russian forces are creating obstacles and making progress on evacuations difficult. Journalist Peter Pomerantsev is an expert on Russian propaganda, and he recently spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He joins the program from Lithuania. Also today: Co-founder, Afghan Peace Watch Habib Khan; Dr. Thomas Fisher, author of "The Emergency: A Year of Healing and Heartbreak in a Chicago E.R." To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Putin is doubling down on Ukraine’s Donbas region, and the Pentagon says Moscow’s shift in strategy may be working for them. Their apparent advances on the battlefield come after Putin’s initial assault on the north two months ago was blunted by the Ukrainians in a show of force that surprised the world. Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov has been taking a close look at Russia’s failures so far, and the blame game that followed in the Kremlin, and he joins the show from London. Also on today's show: author Joel Simon, professor Darrick Hamilton, Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As Russia shifts its strategy in Ukraine, so is the US shifting its tone and upping its urgency. President Biden asked Congress today for an additional $33 billion in aid, more than twice the amount he approved just last month. For more on this and how the war might end, Christiane speaks with former US officials Ivo Daalder and Evelyn Farkas. Also in today's episode: Former French President François Hollande, award-winning author and futurist Amy Webb. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today the heights of Washington paid tribute to a titan of American diplomacy, as presidents and diplomats past and present gathered at the funeral of Madeleine Albright, the first female secretary of state. Instrumental in leading the U.S. and NATO allies to ending the genocide in Bosnia, she was the one who termed America the indispensable nation. Active and incisive to the last, in February - just one month before her death - Albright wrote an essay in the New York Times about Putin and Ukraine, warning that "invading Ukraine would ensure Mr. Putin's infamy by leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically crippled and strategically vulnerable in the face of a stronger, more united Western alliance." At 84, she was prescient as ever, and President Biden paid tribute to this trailblazing woman at today's funeral. Christiane was also in attendance, so we take a look back at some of her interviews with Secretary Albright, which could scarcely be more relevant today. Also in today's episode: US Ambassador Michael Carpenter, Russian economist Sergei Guriev, author Juliette Kayyem. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The midterm elections are just months away, and right on cue the culture wars are raging. Michigan Democratic lawmaker Mallory McMorrow found herself in the middle of this pitched battle after defending the LGBTQ community. A Republican colleague accused her of wanting to “groom and sexualize” children. McMorrow's blistering response on the floor of the state senate has been viewed over 15 million times, prompting the question of whether she's offered fellow Democrats a blueprint to navigate thorny social issues usually dominated by Republicans. Also featured in today's show: Director Heather O'Neill, whose new documentary No Ordinary Life profiles five veteran CNN camerawomen who traveled the world covering conflicts and overcoming sexism. And: author, entrepreneur and professor Scott Galloway examines the impact of Elon Musk's deal to buy Twitter. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Emmanuel Macron is the first French president in two decades to win re-election, comfortably beating his hard right challenger Marine Le Pen in the second round this weekend. Despite Macron's victory, Le Pen -- who has ties to, and sympathies with -- Vladimir Putin -- herself declared a great victory last night. For more on this, Christiane speaks in Paris with Laurence Haïm, a French journalist who served as Macron’s spokesperson during his presidential campaign in 2017. Also weighing is Philippe Etienne, the French Ambassador to the United States. Also on today's show: Alina Beskrovna, a Ukrainian who fled Mariupol and is now safe in Copenhagen; and journalist Ronan Farrow. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We mark Earth Day with a special program, following efforts to combat climate change in the present and digging into why it’s taken so long to take action in the past. We begin in Chile, which has a brand new government with a serious climate agenda. Christiane discusses this with Chilean climate scientist turned environment minister Maisa Rojas. Then we welcome Dan Edge, producer of a new, three-part Frontline series, "The Power Of Big Oil," which focuses on the missed opportunities to mitigate the climate crisis. Walter Isaacson follows with an interview with Ukrainian climate activist Svitlana Romanko. And we conclude with a report on how to combat the scourge of plastic pollution. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in India for a two day visit, some 5,000 miles from home – but it seems he can’t outrun the accelerating fallout from his ‘Partygate’ scandal. Today, the House of Commons launched a formal investigation into whether Johnson misled parliament about breaking his very own Covid-19 laws. This as Johnson kicks up a fresh controversy by announcing a plan to offload asylum seekers to Rwanda, prompting immediate backlash from opposition politicians and human rights defenders. Johnson is refusing to resign, even though a majority of Britons say he should. For more, Christiane speaks with Mark Landler, London Bureau Chief for The New York Times. Also in today's episode of Amanpour: Evgenia Kara-Murza, Project Manager of the Free Russia Foundation; acclaimed author and historian Ben Macintyre. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Clashes with Palestinians in Jerusalem have deepened a political crisis in Israel. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s fragile ruling coalition lost its one seat majority earlier this month when a member of his own party defected, and now it faces a new mutiny: the Arab Ra’am party has suspended its membership in the coalition to protest the government’s handling of the clashes in Jerusalem. And rockets have once again been fired between Gaza and Israel, less than a year since the last crisis that left almost 300 dead. Bennett is trying to hold his government together all while attempting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, and he joins Christiane for an exclusive interview. Also on today's show: US Senate Democrat Chris Murphy, foreign policy expert Trita Parsi, author Justin Fenton. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden has implored western allies to stand up to Putin’s aggression in a call with partners today. It comes as both Ukraine and Russia declare that the battle of battles has begun, for the eastern Donbas region. But is the west getting enough material support to Ukraine in this crucial moment? Christiane speaks with President Zelensky’s chief diplomatic advisor, Igor Zhovkva. Also on today's show: Sarah Longwell, founder of the Republican Accountability Project; Frank Tsai, founder of China Crossroads; author J. David McSwane. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Russian missile strikes continue even around Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, as Ukrainian officials say Moscow has completed its regroup and is preparing to launch the expected offensive in the east. At least seven civilians – including a child – were killed in Lviv this morning. For the latest, Christiane speaks with the deputy mayor of Lviv, Andriy Moskalenko. Also on today's show: Nicu Popescu, Foreign Minister of Moldova, which might be Ukraine's most vulnerable neighbor; Gurinder Chadha, the director of "Bend It Like Beckham," which marks its 20th anniversary this month; social psychologist Jonathan Haidt on what went wrong with Facebook and how social media could become less corrosive. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Those two words -- "never again" -- have echoed through history as a promise to the dead and a warning to the living. Never again will we allow atrocities to be committed with impunity. Never again will the rest of the world just stand by and watch. But now, Vladimir Putin’s unprovoked war in Ukraine is testing that promise and the West’s will to stop him. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is accusing Putin of genocide, a claim also made by President Biden. Tonight, Christiane looks back at the origins of that word, “genocide,” and two men who ensured the world wouldn’t look away after the horrors of World War II: Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials and the first prosecutor to use the term “genocide” in a court of law; and Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the word in 1944. Also in today's show: Christiane visits Babyn Yar, the site of the murder of 33,000 in World War II; journalist Mark Follman, who's spent the past decade focusing on gun violence in America, talks about this week's subway shooting in New York. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today's episode begins as Christiane interviews Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani, who sees Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, amid separatist rumblings in the Balkans, as a threat and worries about her own country's sovereignty. Next, a special report from Nima Elbagir in Kharkiv, where Russian forces are launching the next phase of their invasion -- the war for Donbas in the east. Then, correspondent Ben Wedeman checks in from the edge of Donbas with Ukrainian defenders as the Russians build up for their coming assault. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden is up against it trying to make his economic case to a nation reeling from inflation exacerbated by rising energy prices due to the war in Ukraine. Is the political will there to maintain the pressure on Vladimir Putin? Joining the show to answer those thorny questions is Jared Bernstein, a top economic adviser in the Biden administration. Also on today's episode: A.J. Baime, author of "White Lies: The Double Life of Walter F. White and America’s Darkest Secrets"; Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist, who recently met with Ukrainian President Zelensky. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The British Prime Minister, his wife, and the UK’s second most powerful politician were fined by London's metropolitan police for attending illegal parties in government buildings, breaking their own Covid-19 lockdown rules. This means Boris Johnson is the first sitting British prime minister to be fined for breaking the law. So, what happens to his leadership now? Here to discuss is Johnson’s biographer Sonia Purnell. Also on today's show: Former NATO Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe Sir Richard Shirreff, French journalist Christine Ockrent, French Journalist Yascha Mounk, author Daniel Yergin, and Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The next phase of Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine begins much as the last one did: with a massive military convoy of armored vehicles heading into the fight, this time in eastern Ukraine. President Zelensky has put the onus on America to defend desperate citizens trapped in the war zone. But can the US deliver the heavy weapons Ukraine needs in time to block Russia’s full scale attack? Leon Panetta served as Defense Secretary and CIA Director and joins the show to discuss. Also appearing in today's episode: Economist Paris Bureau Chief Sophie Pedder, International Fund for Agricultural Development President Gilbert Houngbo, Atlantic staff writer Katherine Wu. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The death toll from the bombing of a train station in Kramatorsk continues to rise. Officials say it was a deliberate attack on women, children, and the elderly. Nate Mook works with Chef José Andrés at World Central Kitchen and he was in Kramatorsk, picking up supplies near the train station, when the missiles hit. He is Christiane’s first guest. Also on today’s show: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief spokesperson Zoltan Kovacs, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Chief Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

“Weapons, weapons, and weapons.” That was the Ukrainian Foreign Minister’s stated agenda ahead of today’s meetings with his NATO counterparts in Brussels, as Russia regroups and puts its firepower to the south and east. Ukraine’s military commander says Russian forces are trying to wipe the southern city of Mariupol “off the face of the earth.” Reporter Ben Wedeman has been in Mykolaiv, where he witnessed the devastating impact of constant bombardment. Also on today’s show: Top UN diplomat Martin Griffiths, Europe’s Human Rights Commissioner Dunja Mijatović, the WHO’s Europe Director Dr. Hans Kluge, author Jason Stanley. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As fresh evidence of Russia’s atrocities piles up, besieged residents in Mariupol have no light, no heat, no power – and still Russia’s airstrikes continue. Today, Christiane visited one recently liberated town, Borodianka, which Ukraine says could have a worse death toll than Bucha. Her report is followed by an interview with Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Ambassador to the UN. Also appearing: Ukrainian Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova, former Commander of US and International Forces in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen, Time Magazine investigative correspondent Vera Bergengruen. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Zelensky made an impassioned plea to the United Nations Security Council today. Listing the atrocities that took place in the city of Bucha and calling for action, the president went so far as to question whether the Security Council is even fit for purpose. The speech was another reminder to the world of the brutal toll Russia’s invasion is taking on Ukrainians every day. Today's show begins with a special report by correspondent Ivan Watson, who visited a hospital and spoke with badly injured Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. Also: interviews with Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė, ICRC spokesperson Alyona Synenko, former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, Holocaust survivor Margaryta Zatuchna. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices