Amanpour and Company

August 2, 2019

Robert Blecker and Ruth Friedman join Christiane Amanpour to outline both sides of the death penalty debate. Gideon Raff and Daniel (identity masked) join the program to discuss the film "The Red Sea Diving Resort." Walter Isaacson speaks to award-winning journalist for The New York Times Magazine, Nikole Hannah-Jones, about busing and desegregation.

Robert Blecker and Ruth Friedman Debate the Death Penalty

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After U.S. Attorney General Barr announced he would reinstate the federal death penalty, Christiane Amanpour first speaks to a proponent of the decision, New York Law School professor Robert Blecker, and then Ruth Friedman, who represents one of the men due to be executed, to get both sides of the debate.

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  • Gideon Raff and Daniel on “The Red Sea Diving Resort": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Gideon Raff and Daniel on “The Red Sea Diving Resort"

    S2019 E2025 - 2m 52s

    Christiane Amanpour speaks to Gideon Raff, director of the new film “The Red Sea Diving Resort,” which tells the extraordinary true story of undercover agents who used a resort to smuggle refugees to safe, and to Daniel (identity masked), the real-life Mossad agent who was involved in the operation.

  • Nikole Hannah-Jones Discusses Busing and Desegregation: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Nikole Hannah-Jones Discusses Busing and Desegregation

    S2019 E2025 - 19m 4s

    Walter Isaacson speaks to award-winning journalist for The New York Times Magazine, Nikole Hannah-Jones, about the complex history of desegregation busing and the benefits of integration in schools.

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