Amanpour and Company

November 25, 2020

Activist Leopoldo López discusses the Venezuelan opposition. Anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean discusses the federal executions scheduled in the final days of President Trump's term. COVID crisis travel nurse Chelsea Walsh explains why nurses need more support from hospitals. Musical siblings Sheku, Braimah, Konya and Jeneba Kanneh-Mason discuss their creative process in lockdown.

COVID Crisis Nurse Shares Chilling Experience

18m 23s

As of Tuesday, 88,080 people are currently hospitalized for COVID-19. This is the highest number of hospitalizations in American history. Chelsea Walsh is a traveling crisis nurse who moves from one COVID hotspot to another, serving those hardest hit by the pandemic. She speaks with Hari Sreenivasan about what she has learned along the way, from Texas to New York.

Previews + Extras

  • Seven Siblings Create Music Together in Lockdown: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Seven Siblings Create Music Together in Lockdown

    S2020 E3106 - 2m 50s

    In 2017, Sheku Kanneh-Mason shot to fame playing the cello at Harry and Meghan’s Windsor Castle wedding. But he is not alone in his talents; in fact, he’s one of seven musical siblings. Together they have just released their first joint album, "Carnival of the Animals." Four members of this unusually musical family join the show to discuss their creative collaboration during lockdown.

  • Lisa Montgomery: The First Woman To Be Executed in 70 Years: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Lisa Montgomery: The First Woman To Be Executed in 70 Years

    S2020 E3106 - 2m 52s

    The Justice Department has scheduled the executions of five federal prisoners in the final days of President Trump’s term -- despite President-elect Biden's stated wish to eliminate the death penalty at the federal level. It will be the first multiple execution during a presidential transition since 1884, as well as being the first federal execution of a woman in nearly 70 years.

  • Exiled Activist Discusses Biden's Stance on Venezuela: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Exiled Activist Discusses Biden's Stance on Venezuela

    S2020 E3106 - 2m 51s

    What will a Biden administration mean for U.S. relations with Venezuela? Christiane asks opposition activist Leopoldo López, who -- after six years in custody -- fled Venezuela last month for Madrid, where he now lives in exile.

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