Amanpour and Company

December 7, 2020

California's Lieutenant Governor Eleni Kounalakis joins Christiane to discuss the COVID surge in her state. Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine discusses his race against President Yoweri Museveni. Director Hao Wu discusses his new documentary "76 Days." Plus: two special reports on the state of the pandemic in Venezuela and Ethiopia's Tigray conflict.

"76 Days" Inside Wuhan Hospitals During COVID-19 Outbreak

16m 50s

When COVID-19 overran Wuhan, the Chinese government imposed a 76-day lockdown. In his harrowing new documentary, "76 days," filmmaker Hao Wu takes us inside four city hospitals to share the gripping stories of frontline workers and their patients. Here he is talking with our Hari Sreenivasan about the desperate effort to combat what was then a mysterious illness sweeping through the city.

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  • Uganda's Bobi Wine on Obstacles to His Presidential Campaign: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Uganda's Bobi Wine on Obstacles to His Presidential Campaign

    S2020 E3114 - 2m 50s

    Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has been in power nearly 35 years -- longer than many Ugandans have been alive. In the beginning, Museveni won praise for bringing stability to the nation. But over time he tightened his grip on power and cracked down on dissent. With elections due in January, Museveni is facing an unlikely challenger: the pop-star-turned-politician of the people, Bobi Wine.

  • California's Lt. Gov. Discusses COVID-19 Surge: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    California's Lt. Gov. Discusses COVID-19 Surge

    S2020 E3114 - 2m 43s

    Eleni Kounalakis, Lieutenant Governor of California, is the first female ever to hold that post. One of her earliest endorsements came from her friend Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and Kounalakis is being considered to fill Harris' Senate seat after the inauguration in January. The Lieutenant Governor joined Christiane from Sacramento to speak about the state of the pandemic in her state.

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