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Marking Earth Day, world-renowned broadcaster & naturalist David Attenborough talks to Christiane Amanpour about the how the coronavirus pandemic fits into the global climate emergency. Govenor of Washington state, Jay Inslee, tells Christiane why he made climate the centre of his recent presidential campaign and discusses how his state is coping with its coronavirus outbreak. And Walter Isaacson...

Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown joins Christiane Amanpour from his home in Scotland to discuss his call for a global response to the coronavirus pandemic. Dr Dennis Carroll discusses the race for a vaccine for Covid-19 and the hit Netflix show "Pandemic." Our Walter Isaacson talks to the great jazz musician Wynton Marsalis about grief and the healing power of music following the loss of...

Democratic Senator for Connecticut Chris Murphy tells Christiane Amanpour that the people protesting the stay-at-home-orders only represent the minority of Americas and their protests are perfect for TV. He says most Americans don't want to open the economy too early and disregarding expert advice could be catastrophic. Former UK Health Minister Anna Soubry argues that UK Prime Minister Boris John...

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, joins Christiane Amanpour to talk about the economic consequences of the coronavirus. She says that debt cancellation may be necessary. Esther Perel, psychotherapist and best-selling author of "Mating in Captivity," speaks about the impact this crisis is having on our relational health. She offers up innovative ways to cop...

Whilst the UK are set to overtake Italy with nearly 15,000 coronavirus deaths, Germany have recorded under 5,000 deaths. Jens Spahn, the German Health Minister, joins Christiane Amanpour to reflect on how his country's policy of intensive testing as well as their high ICU bed capacity have helped to reduce mortality rates. Amid this pandemic we have seen fascinating effects on our climate; from a...

As the world continues to grapple with the surge in coronavirus deaths and how best to protect their citizens and economy, Jamie Metzl, adviser for the World Health Organization and author of "Hacking Darwin", joins Christiane Amanpour. He reflects on President Donald Trump's announcement that he will pull funding from the WHO. He says that Trump is trying to rewrite history with this shocking mov...

Christiane Amanpour is joined by Gary Cohn, former chief economic adviser to President Trump, to discuss how the US economy could reopen post-coronavirus and Monday's jaw-dropping White House briefing. Amidst falling oil prices and a prolonged power vacuum, Iraqi President Barham Salih tells Christiane how his country is coping with its coronavirus outbreak. And Hari Sreenivasan speaks to Nobel Pr...

Christiane Amanpour is joined by Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman to discuss how he thinks the global economy will fare as some countries begin to ease their lockdown measures. Walter Isaacson talks to Dr Robert Gallo, a world-renowned virologist who helped discover the HIV virus. He's now leading an initiative to repurpose the oral polio vaccine which he believes could provide some mont...

Reverend William J. Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss why it is immoral not to focus on the poor during this pandemic. He highlights why it is important to celebrate Easter, even if at a distance. Our Michel Martin speaks to Katie Porter, Democratic congresswoman who sits on the Oversight & Reform Committee, about why Americans need straight answe...

Lisa Blunt Rochester, co-chair of Joe Biden's Presidential Campaign, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the former vice president's strategy as the November election draws closer. Our Walter Isaacson speaks to LaToya Cantrell, the Mayor of New Orleans, about revealing new data that shows the black community are being disproportionately impacted by Covid-19. They also reflect on the decision not...

David Axelrod, former senior adviser to President Obama, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the news that Senator Bernie Sanders has dropped out of the race to be the Democratic nominee, leaving the road clear for Joe Biden to go head to head with Donald Trump in the November election. As countries around the world deal with the coronavirus pandemic in varying ways, Erna Solberg, the Norwegian P...

George Osborne, former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the shocking news that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who tested positive for coronavirus, has been admitted to the ICU due to his worsening condition. They dig into how the country are dealing with the crisis and this new development. Jeremy Farrar, director of The Wellcome Trust, talks about the race th...

Cancer physician Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee joins Christiane Amanpour to outline why people should be wearing masks to protect against Covid-19, the unusual behaviour of the virus and his new documentary "The Gene." Mohammad Nahavandian, the Iranian VP for Economic Affairs, speaks exclusively about the Iranian government's handling of the crisis and U.S. sanctions. Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Para...

Dr. Atul Gawande, surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital and staff writer at the New Yorker, joins Christiane Amanpour to outline the importance of protective equipment for our frontline health care workers and how we at home can employ simple strategies to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Nick Clegg, VP for global affairs and communications at Facebook and former British Deputy PM, answers...

Lawrence H. Summers, professor at Harvard University, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the record surge in U.S. unemployment. He says that the government is underreacting to this crisis and expects to see those numbers go into the tens of millions. Dr. Celine Gounder, assistant professor of medicine and infectious diseases at NYU, and Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King's Co...

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Greek Prime Minister, joins Christiane Amanpour from Athens to discuss how his country is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and what the country are doing to protect its thousands of refugees who are unable to social distance or isolate safely. Airforce General Terrence O'Shaughnessy, Commander of United States Northern Command, talks about leading the fight against Co...

Christiane Amanpour talks with William Burns, the former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State, about how the global Coronavirus crisis could create a chance for restoring democratic leadership. With millions around the world confined to their home some relationships are under strain. Sociologist Eric Klinenberg and Dr. Orna Guralnik, psychoanalyst and host of Showtime series "Couples Therapy," talk abou...

With more nations around the world going under lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 President Trump says they would be doing well to keep U.S. deaths under 100,000. Beth Cameron, the Vice President for the Global Biological Policy Nuclear Threat Initiative, joins Christiane Amanpour to give her take on this global crisis and how we are and aren't dealing with it. As a former NSC senior direc...

Democratic congresswoman Elissa Slotkin of Michigan joins Christiane Amanpour to talk about the bailout plan Congress passed to help Americans in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Nicolai Wammen, Dutch Finance Minister, discusses the substantial economic actions Denmark took early during the outbreak. James Shapiro, academic and author of "Shakespeare in a Divided America" talks about how the...

Senait Fisseha, chief advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organisation, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the latest efforts to tackle the coronavirus and why the World Health Organisation thinks world leaders have not acted fast enough. Next to the spread of Ebola in Africa, and the undeniable parallels to today's pandemic, addressed in a PBS Frontline film by Ben C. Solomon. O...

Arancha González Laya, Spanish Foreign Minister, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the alarming rise in coronavirus cases in her country. Dr. David Shulkin, former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, talks about the pressure U.S. hospitals are under and the designated medical backup role the Veterans Administration plays. Our Hari Sreenivasan talks to Lawrence Bartley about The Marshall Project...

Dr. Boris Lushniak, Dean of the Maryland School of Public Health, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the Trump administration's response to the continuing coronavirus outbreak. Jay Carney, Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs at Amazon, talks about how the company is thriving during the pandemic. Dick Pound, International Olympic Committee Member and Olympic Golf Medalist Eliud Kipc...

Karen Armstrong, author and religious scholar, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the aloneness many of us will feel in self-isolation as the coronavirus continues to spread worldwide and the hit the pandemic will have on practicing religion. Mike Chinoy, former Senior CNN Asia Correspondent, talks about China's response to the coronavirus and his new book "Are You With Me?" detailing the life o...

George Osbourne, former UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss the UK's economic response to the coronavirus. David Ho, the inventor of a cocktail therapy for AIDS, joins our Walter Isaacson to talk about the medical advances to fight COVID-19. Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of jailed British-Iranian citizen Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, talks about her temporary release...

Peter Piot, the Director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, joins Christiane from self-isolation in London to explain the ongoing health risks of Covid-19 and whether warmer weather could stop it's spread. Symone Sanders, a senior adviser to Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, discusses his latest primary wins and the impact of the virus on the 2020 election. David Mil...