Every week, more and more Democrats express dissatisfaction with America's policy toward Israel and the war in Gaza. Some influential figures, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are now even joining in calling for an end to U.S. arms transfers to Israel. Sen. Bernie Sanders has been one of the most vocal advocates on this issue. At 82, he manages to be the voice of young liberals who say they could lose in November if President Biden doesn't change course on Israel's war and expand economic policies for working families. I'm warning you. Senator Sanders joins Christian from Washington.
and the incredible life story of newly elected New York City Councilman Yousef Salam. In 1989, he was just 15 years old when he and four other teens were falsely accused of raping a jogger in Central Park. The media fully assumed their guilt, and the group became known as the “Central Park Five.” Salaam spent nearly seven years in prison for a crime he did not commit. He and the others were acquitted when the real culprit confessed and provided DNA to prove it. But Mr. Salaam refuses to be overcome by resentment, and as Harlem's councilor, who began taking oath this year, he talks to Christiane about it all as they sit together in Manhattan.
This Sunday marks 10 years since the terrorist attack in Chibok, Nigeria, sparked a global cry to “bring back the girls.” Nearly 300 innocent students were kidnapped by Boko Haram militants. Many of those taken have not yet been able to return home. And kidnapping is a recurring fear in this country. Now CNN's Stephanie Busari takes us to the places where the tragedies happened as part of his ongoing CNN series on gender inequality, “As Equals.”
Also on this week's show, Bill Weir, CNN's chief climate correspondent who has covered our warming planet for years, said that despite all the despair surrounding climate change, there's still room for hope. . His book “Life as we know it (can be)'' will be released on April 16th. He joins Christian in New York.
From the Amanpour Archive: As the war rages on in Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may feel more intractable than ever. Peace may feel like a distant possibility. But there was a time when Northern Ireland felt the same way. After decades of brutal sectarian conflict and terrorist violence, its leaders and people bravely chose peace. And this week they celebrated 26 years since the Good Friday Agreement that guaranteed that. This remains one of the biggest diplomatic victories for the United States, as President Bill Clinton and Senator George Mitchell brokered the meeting. Together with British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, and of course the leaders of Northern Ireland, they reached an agreement that got them over the line. And last year, on its 25th anniversary, Christian traveled to Belfast and met with Clinton, Blair and Ahern. A reunion of peacemakers. Reconsidering some of that historical conversation.
It ends with a little opera for the soul. and a history-making show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. “Fire Shut Up in My Bones,” by Grammy Award-winning trumpeter Terrence Blanchard, makes history as the first work by a black composer in the Metropolitan Opera's 138-year history. Ta. And now it's back. Christiane went to the Metropolitan Opera to see him.
