hello, everyone. welcome to the amanpour hour. here is where we re headed this week. playing politics or playing with fire? the republican party tanks a border security deal that it had spent months demanding. that is the kind of chaos that donald trump instills. you have voter i.d. to buy a loaf of bread. what the polls aren t telling you about donald trump s re-election chances. also ahead the remarkable resilience of ukraine s war-weary children, still forced into subterranean schools. the islamic revolution came to iran 40 years ago this weekend. 20 years later, there was hope for reform. democracy in iran is literally being born in these newspapers. the struggle continues today. finally, the edgy little play that could. kim s convenience comes full circle as it lights up london with its slice of asian life. welcome to the program, everyone. i m christiane amanpour in london. the world is once again watching a congress in disarray, with literally lif
hello, everyone. i m christiane amanpour. we will take you around the world to ask questions and tackle the big problems and let history be our guide. here is where we re headed this week. the united states fights fires on multiple fronts. will it win? a briefing from one of america s best-known generals, david petraeus. we face more challenges in number and more complex and more dangerous challenges than arguably at any time since the end of the cold war. also ahead, the imf chief optimistic about the u.s. economy. cheer up, this is a new year, people. then can you feel it rock star lenny kravitz on life, legacy and vying for an oscar. and from the archive, the anniversary of the pope s first visit to atheist communist cuba. welcome to the program, everyone. i m christiane amanpour. this year crises overseas could also tip the scales. first in ukraine where the war grinds on and president biden s request for emergency funding could die in congress.
thank you so much for joining me this saturday. i m fredericka witfield. we begin with new questions emerging following israel s raid on gaza s largest hospital. video evidence analyzed by cnn suggests israel s defense forces may have rearranged weapons found at the al shifa hospital before international news crews visited the scene. it comes after the idf claimed they raided the facility in an operation against hamas last week. israel has claimed hamas operated a large-scale command center and these tunnels, like the one in this video. doctors say they were ordered to evacuate the al shifa hospital by the israel military, though the idf disputes that claim. six doctors are staying at the medical complex to treat around 120 patients too vulnerable to evacuate. meantime, the first plane carrying children from gaza with urgent medical needs to the uae today and it comes as the palestinian authority s ministry of health says only nine of gaza s 35 hospitals are still operating.
public sector organized labor, the give-aways are incredible. hello, everyone. i m christiane amanpour in london. welcome to the amman pour hour in. the next 60 minutes we will take you around the world to ask the tough questions and tackle the big problems and let history be our guide. here is where we re headed this week. biden and xi re-established military ties and some cooperation. despite being on opposite sides of israel and ukraine. do i think world peace is going to break out and you re also going to start learning the words to kumbaya? no. but i think it this is the right step and a firm step in the right direction. white house insider and key diplomat rahm emanuel joins the show. to the war in ukraine. while the world has taken its eye off that ball, putin s nervous neighbors are taking matters into their own hands. madam president are you calling for lithuania, american, british, french, german boots on the ground? also ahead, a look back into my archi
here right now on cnn. hello, everyone. i m christianne amanpour in london. welcome to the ammanpour hour. in the next 60 minutes, we will take you around the world, to ask the questions, tackle the big problems, and let history be our guide. here is where we re heading this week. nobody s hands are clean. is america reaping of the consequences of value in the middle east? the former. df soldier joins me, before israel s last invasion of gaza. this is a leadership that i don t really trust. guns alone are not going to defeat hamas. two super heroes, a high stakes meeting months in the making. it is time to ratchet down the temperature. my exclusive conversation with one of biden s top china whisperers, u.s. commerce secretary gina raimondo. also ahead mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. 34 years ago this week, that wall finally did come down. from the archive, my interview with reagan s partner, the last soviet leader, mikhail gorbachev. and finally, why