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EVERYONE.
I'M CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR IN LONDON.
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STARTING WHAT COULD BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WEEKS OF HIS PRESIDENCY.HE LEAVES WASHINGTONM TODAY FOR A SECOND SUMMIT WITH KIM JONG-UN.
HE WILL ALSO BE TRYING TO LEAVE BEHIND HIS POLITICAL TROUBLES AS HIS FORMER PERSONAL LAWYER MICHAEL COHEN TESTIFIES ON CAPITOL HILL PUBLICLY THE VERY SAME DAY AS THE SUMMIT STARTS.
THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY TRUMP DECLARED TO BUILD A BORDER WALL IS FACING INCREASING THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESTOME EXECUTIVE ACTION AND 58 FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICIALS TODAY HAVE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THEY SEE NO EVIDENCE FROM TRUMP'S OWN ADMINISTRATION THAT WOULD JUSTIFY THE USE OF THIS EXECUTIVE ACTION AS A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY.
THERE ARE BIPARTISAN GROUPS HAILING FROM THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF PRESIDENT BUSH, CLINTON AND OBAMA.
NICHOLAS BURNS SERVED UNDER PRESIDENTS CLINTON AND BUSH AND IS JOINING ME FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY.ALSO JOINING ME IS ST JENNINGS WHO SERVED AS SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W.
WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING.
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Christiane Amanpour speaks with former George W. Bush administration officials Nicholas Burns and Scott Jennings about North Korea; and actor Chiwetel Ejiofor about his directorial debut. Alicia Menendez speaks with author Esmé Weijun Wang about her book of essays, “The Collected Schizophrenias.”
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