Amanpour and Company

October 15, 2021

Tom Tugendhat joins to discuss the killing of a U.K. Conservative Member of Parliament - Sir David Amess. EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, joins to discuss a number of the EU's pressing concerns. Andrew Yang ran for president in 2020 and for mayor of New York earlier this year; now he’s leaving the Democratic Party entirely to launch the Forward Party.

Why Andrew Yang Left the Democratic Party

18m 6s

Andrew Yang ran for president in 2020 and for mayor of New York earlier this year. Now he's announced he’s leaving the Democratic Party entirely to launch a new party. The Forward Party shares its name with Yang's new book, which charts his experience in the 2020 presidential campaign. He speaks about the inspiration behind the book, his new party, and his vision for American politics.

Previews + Extras

  • U.K. Conservative Member of Parliament Murdered: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    U.K. Conservative Member of Parliament Murdered

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    Conservative MP Sir David Amess was stabbed multiple times at his constituency surgery, a regular session of one-on-one meetings between lawmakers and voters and a cornerstone of British democracy. A 25-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing, but the motive remains unclear. It is the second killing of a sitting U.K. lawmaker in five years.

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    Josep Borrell on The EU's Pressing Concerns

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    The European Union is facing a number of pressing concerns right now -- from Afghanistan to the Iran nuclear deal to the threat of a Polish exit from the bloc. The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, joins the show from Washington D.C., fresh from a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

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