Amanpour and Company

November 20, 2019

Bob Bauer and Evelyn Farkas join Christiane Amanpour to analyze Gordon Sondland's impeachment testimony, Cass Sunstein sits down with Walter Isaacson to discuss the history of impeachment and Mark van Baal explains how he became a so-called activist investor in Shell, pushing for change from the inside at one of the biggest oil companies in the world.

Legal Scholar Cass Sunstein on the History of Impeachment

17m 57s

Treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanors: four things which are integral to an impeachment process, and which Cass Sunstein can explain better than most. He is a Harvard Law Professor who also served as a White House administrator under President Obama. Walter sits down with Sunstein to find out his take on the impeachment hearings and how "Star Wars" relates to today's politics.

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  • Bob Bauer and Evelyn Farkas Discuss Sondland's Testimony: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Bob Bauer and Evelyn Farkas Discuss Sondland's Testimony

    S2019 E2103 - 2m 49s

    In bombshell testimony today on Capitol Hill, key impeachment inquiry witness Ambassador Gordon Sondland made it crystal clear he was working at the direction of President Trump as he tried to get Ukraine to investigate the Bidens and the 2016 election. To analyze, Christiane speaks with former White House counsel Bob Bauer, and Evelyn Farkas, the former Russia expert at the Department of Defense.

  • Mark van Baal Explains How He's Pushing for Change at Shell: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Mark van Baal Explains How He's Pushing for Change at Shell

    S2019 E2103 - 2m 51s

    The U.N. warned last year that we barely have a decade to avoid the worst consequences of climate change, an emergency due in no small part to major fossil fuel companies. Dutch activist Mark van Baal wanted oil giants to change their policies, so he bought shares in one of the biggest oil companies in the world, Shell, and became a so-called activist investor, pushing for change from the inside.

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