Roe v. Wade ripple effects
At a time when reproductive rights are under attack in the United States, France will become the first country in the world to make abortion a constitutional right. CNN's Melissa Bell explains how US politics fueled this history-making moment.
Christiane then asks French President Emmanuel Macron's former gender equality minister, Marlene Schappa, if turning back the clock on the right to choose has hurt America's reputation abroad.
Meanwhile, more than 110 Israeli hostages have been freed from Hamas captivity since the war began. However, there is no word on the situation of 130 people remaining in Gaza, 99 of whom are believed to still be alive. Chen Almog Goldstein lived to tell the harrowing story of surviving in Hamas captivity. Her husband and eldest daughter were murdered in front of her just before she and her three remaining children were kidnapped and taken to Gaza. She explains her own suffering and tells Christiane why her captors did not let her cry.
And the United States and Jordan airlifted food to Gaza this week as the United Nations warned that widespread hunger was now “almost inevitable.” Parents in Gaza now tell CNN that their children are dying of hunger and dehydration. CNN's Nada Bashir has the story.
It was a close call for Ukraine's president this week after a Russian missile exploded near his convoy. It was also a shocking event that made us realize how dire the situation was. Nowhere is this war more real than on the front lines, where Ukraine is distributing munitions while it waits for ammunition and aid from the United States. CNN's Nick Peyton Walsh is seeing this struggle firsthand.
This week from the Amanpour archives: How shock therapy, poverty and moonlighting as a taxi driver in capitalism-curious Russia spurred Vladimir Putin's rise to power.
And finally, ahead of the Academy Awards, Christiane revisits her interview with Mstislav Chernov, the director of 20 Days in Mariupol, a leading contender for Best Documentary. If we don't cover the “reality of war,” he tells Christiane, “it becomes acceptable.”
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