Amanpour and Company

August 6, 2020

Christiane speaks with Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow about her campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. She also speaks with Stuart Stevens about why he turned on his former Party, the Republicans. Hari Sreenivasan speaks with LaTosha Brown and Ari Berman about voter suppression. Photographer Misan Harriman discusses his work for this year's historic British Vogue September issue.

Voter Suppression and the Looming Election Crisis

17m 44s

What's at stake for voters when a president and his party drum up fears about an election's integrity? LaTosha Brown is a community organizer, political strategist and co-founder of the Black Voters Matter Fund, and Ari Berman is an author and senior reporter at Mother Jones. They tell Hari Sreenivasan what voters must watch out for this fall.

Previews + Extras

  • Nobel Laureate Setsuko Thurlow Recalls Hiroshima: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Nobel Laureate Setsuko Thurlow Recalls Hiroshima

    S2020 E3027 - 2m 59s

    Christiane speaks with one of the few remaining survivors of Hiroshima: 88-year-old Setsuko Thurlow, who became an activist after surviving the bombing and received the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons in 2017. She recounts the agonizing memories and explains why there is reason for hope.

  • Stuart Stevens on the Republican Party: "It Was All a Lie": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Stuart Stevens on the Republican Party: "It Was All a Lie"

    S2020 E3027 - 1m 59s

    In his new book, political strategist Stuart Stevens turns on his old party. Titled "It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump," the book argues President Trump is the natural outcome of five decades of Republican hypocrisy and self-delusion.

  • Misan Harriman on His Historic Vogue Cover: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Misan Harriman on His Historic Vogue Cover

    S2020 E3027 - 2m 29s

    This year, a historic British Vogue September issue highlights activists in the fight for racial justice. The cover was the work of Misan Harriman, the first Black photographer to shoot a September cover, backed by an all-Black team. The cover features soccer star and anti-poverty campaigner Marcus Rashford and model and mental-health activist Adwoa Aboah. Harriman tells Christiane about his work.

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