Amanpour and Company

February 26, 2020

Sanders 2020 campaign co-chair Nina Turner explains why she thinks the senator has what it takes to go up against President Trump. Jill Wine-Banks tells Christiane about her experience as the only woman on the prosecution team during the Watergate investigation. Congressman Dan Crenshaw of Texas sits down with Walter Isaacson to discuss healthcare, gun violence, the environment and more.

Sanders Campaign Co-Chair Defends Democratic Socialism

2m 53s

After being attacked from all sides at last night’s debate, Bernie Sanders is still standing and positioned as the strong frontrunner. But the criticisms came thick and fast from his fellow candidates, who slammed Sanders for his stance on guns and the price tag for his policies. His campaign co-chair Nina Turner joins the program to discuss whether the U.S. is ready for a Democratic socialist.

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  • Jill Wine-Banks Describes Sexism She Faced During Watergate: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Jill Wine-Banks Describes Sexism She Faced During Watergate

    S2020 E2173 - 2m 24s

    In 1974, one young lawyer stood at the intersection of the Watergate scandal and the women’s movement. Jill Wine-Banks, then just thirty years old, was an assistant special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation, the only woman on a team that took down the highest ranking White House officials. She joins Christiane to discuss her new book "The Watergate Girl," which details this experience.

  • Rep. Dan Crenshaw Talks Gun Violence and Healthcare: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Rep. Dan Crenshaw Talks Gun Violence and Healthcare

    S2020 E2173 - 18m 56s

    Congressman Dan Crenshaw of Texas was a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan eight years ago when he sustained a shrapnel injury to his eye. Thus healthcare is high on his list of priorities, especially because he lost his mother to cancer. Walter Isaacson speaks with Crenshaw in his home state of Texas about these and other election issues on his radar, as he faces his fight for re-election this November.

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