Amanpour and Company

September 17, 2019

David Miliband speaks to Christiane Amanpour about the U.K. Supreme Court parliament suspension hearing. Christy Turlington Burns joins the program to discuss global maternal health and explain why the issue of maternal mortality hits home for her. Samantha Power gives Walter Isaacson a glimpse into her life, career and new memoir.

David Miliband on the Attack on Saudi Oil Installations

2m 58s

In the U.K., the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in what will surely be one of its most momentous decisions in years: whether Prime Minister Boris Johnson broke the law by asking the Queen to suspend parliament ahead of the Brexit deadline next month. Former U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband weighs in on this and another ongoing international crisis: the attack on Saudi oil installations.

Previews + Extras

  • Christy Turlington Burns Discusses Maternal Global Health: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Christy Turlington Burns Discusses Maternal Global Health

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    Christy Turlington Burns was one of the original supermodels. She has walked thousands of runways and appeared on countless magazine covers, including most recently British Vogue’s September issue. But her focus for nearly a decade has been the issue of maternal mortality. She joins Christiane in New York to explain why this cause hits home for her.

  • Samantha Power on Obama, Syria and the State of US Politics: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Samantha Power on Obama, Syria and the State of US Politics

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    Former U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power's first book on genocide, “A Problem from Hell,” won her a Pulitzer Prize. But when she served on President Obama’s National Security Council and later as Ambassador to the United Nations, Power found that the road to hell is often paved with good intentions. She sits down with Walter Isaacson to discuss her new memoir “The Education of an Idealist.”

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