Amanpour and Company

September 28, 2020

Former national security adviser H.R. McMaster reacts to The New York Times report on President Trump’s taxes. Conservationists Beverly and Dereck Joubert discuss the extraordinary global collapse in biodiversity. Global health professor George Aumoithe explains why there is a devastating shortage of ICU beds in low-income communities.

H.R. McMaster Reacts to President Trump's Taxes

2m 37s

The New York Times finds that -- according to the President's tax records -- Trump paid only $750 in federal income tax in his first year as president, and no income taxes at all for at least a decade before that. The report also points towards staggering debts and potential conflicts of interest that may directly threaten national security. To discuss this, Christiane speaks with H.R. McMaster.

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  • Half of Low Income Communities Have No ICU Beds. Why?: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Half of Low Income Communities Have No ICU Beds. Why?

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    A new study shows Black and Latinx Americans are twice as likely to test positive for COVID-19 as white people. Global Health expert George Aumoithe recently explored the pandemic's racial disparities in a Washington Post article titled “The racist history that explains why some communities don’t have enough ICU beds.” He speaks with Michel Martin about the history of healthcare policy in the U.S.

  • Conservationist Beverly Joubert's Near-Death Experience: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Conservationist Beverly Joubert's Near-Death Experience

    S2020 E3064 - 1m 51s

    In a time of crisis, one of the most overlooked issues is the critical global collapse in biodiversity. Today 64 world leaders, preparing for a United Nations summit on the issue this week, pledged to reverse the decline by 2030. But is it a case of too little, too late? To answer that question, Christiane speaks with National Geographic Explorers Dereck and Beverly Joubert.

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