This Week with Christiane Amanpour - Economic Crisis

In today’s episode of This Week, Former President Bill Clinton talks with Christiane Amanpour to talk about his preparation to convene the annual meeting of his Clinton Global Initiative.  He will focus on the unemployment crisis that will bring together world leaders and CEOs and discuss the huge challenges this country faces. Next, joining Amanpour, to discuss how President Obama is grappling with the economic crisis, is George Will, Cokie Roberts, Presidential historian Michael Beschloss and ABC Senior Political Correspondent Jonathan Karl.  Lastly, Amanpour talks with Google’s Chairman Eric Schmidt to discuss what it will take for business to follow his company’s lead to put America back to work. 

This Week Podcast - September 11th - America Remembers

Due to this week’s 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Memorial there is no This Week podcast.  Instead, here is an ABC News Radio Special: America Remembers.

This Week with Christiane Amanpour

Iowa Straw Poll Analysis

In this episode, ABC Senior’s Correspondent Jake Tapper talks with Former Governor Pawlenty to discuss his decision to withdraw from the Republican Presidential race.  Next, Jake Tapper speaks with the winner of Iowa Straw Poll, Michele Bachmann, to discuss what her next step will be in the race. In the special Iowa roundtable, Tapper speaks with George Will, Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham, Radio Iowa News Director Kay Henderson and ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd about Former Governor Pawlenty announcement that he is dropping out of the race. Tapper also discusses how the downgrade shook the markets and raised the stakes for the Obama reelection campaign.  Speaking about this issue is George Will, Laura Ingraham and Matthew Dowd, as well as, ABC’s news political director Amy Walters.

Podcast: This Week with Christiane Amanpour - America’s Downgrade

In this episode, Christiane Amanpour sits down with ABC’s Senior Foreign Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz to find out exactly what happened in the deadliest attack on American forces since the start of the war in Afghanistan. Next Christiane talks with S&P Managing Director John Chambers about reaction to the first ever downgrade of America’s AAA credit rating.  Then she interviews the chair of the Democratic Governor’s association, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley and top Republican on the Budget Committee Senator Jeff Sessions to discuss whether the parties have the ability to make real economic progress.  In the roundtable Christiane discusses the downgrade and how it effects the American economy with ABC’s George Will, former counselor to the Treasury Secretary and President Obama’s one-time car czar, Steven Rattner, Senior News Analyst Cokie Roberts, Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz of Utah, and Chicago, financial advisor Mellody Hobson, president of Ariel Investments.  Next to Syria, Christian talks about America’s struggle to respond to President Bashar Assad’s expanding crackdown on anti-government dissent.  

Listen: Lady Gaga Shares New Details About “You And I” Music Video

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“I don’t want to give too much away,” Gaga, who recently shot the video in Nebraska, told ABC’s David Blaustein. “But it does take place in Nebraska, and I’m walking all the way from New York City to find this guy, and as I’m walking my feet start to bleed and I begin to get very tired, and all these strange things start to happen in a cornfield in the middle of nowhere.”

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Podcast: This Week (7.31.11) - No Budget Deal Reached Yet As Default Deadline Nears

In this episode, Christiane Amanpour interviews the President’s top political advisor David Plouffe about the view from the white house on the debt stalemate. Then Amanpour chats with republican senator Lindsey Graham on the search for consensus within his own party on the deficiet debate. Amanpour also hosts a roundtable with George Will, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman, Grover Norquist, President of Americans for Tax Reform, And ABC Chief Political Correspondent George Stephanopoulos to discuss the final hours of the debt ceiling debate. Finally, Amanpour talks with ABC’s David Muir who reports on the country’s epic famine.   

ABC News Weekly Perspective Podcast

In this edition of Perspective…

• Ft. Hood Plan Thwarted.
• AWOL Soldier.
• Survivor’s Club.
• Spirit Bears.
• 6 Year Old On a Diet.
• Mommywood.

Podcast: This Week with Christiane Amanpour (07.24.11) - Debt Talks Continue

In this episode, Christiane Amanpour interviews Timothy Geithner, the Secretary of the Treasury for the U.S.  Geithner will be in charge of the mess if politicians cannot come to an agreement about the debt ceiling before the deadline.  Then, Christiane hosts a roundtable with George Will, Arianna Huffington, Alice Rivlin, and Charlie Gasparino about what would happen with the U.S defaults on its credit.  Finally, Chrsitiane sits down to interview NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his 2 aides about the legalization of gay marriage in New York State.  Bloomberg offered to officiate the wedding of his aides the day gay marriage

Podcast: This Week (7.17.11) - Differences Over Taxes, Spending Still Hold Back Budget Talks

In this episode, Christiane Amanpour sits down with White House Budget Director Jack Lew who is very familiar with the continuing arguments about the debt ceiling and budget debate. Then she interviews Minority House Whip Senator John Kyle of Arizona who talks about the rising tempers of the leaders of both parties. In the Roundtable, Christiane discusses more about the budget crisis and politics in Washington with George Will, Cokie Roberts, Congressman Raul Labrador, a Republican Tea Party freshman from Idaho; Matthew Dowd, former campaign strategist for George W. Bush, and ABC Senior Political Correspondent Jon Karl. 

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