Former mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel believes local politics determine the national. He has served in the White House under Presidents Clinton and Obama, in Congress, and now has a new book making the case for mayors: “The Nation City: Why Mayors Are Now Running the World.” He gives Christiane his opinions on two former mayors who are now running for president: Mike Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders.

Dan Pfeiffer was once a senior advisor to President Obama. But it’s in the podcast world that he really found fame, as one of the co-hosts of “Pod Save America.” Now, he is warning that the very idea of American democracy is under threat. It’s a theme he explores in his new book, “Un-Trumping America.” He joins Michel to explain how he believes Democrats can win in November.

Today, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of committing a criminal sex act in the first degree involving one woman and rape in the third degree involving another woman. Although the New York jury acquitted Weinstein on charges of predatory sexual assault, he is now in custody and his team will appeal the convictions. Anne Milgram assesses the legal and cultural implications of this verdict.

President Trump is going for every possible vote in November. His campaign is voraciously gathering data and aggressively going after voters to win a second Trump term, and one of the key figures behind this effort is Marc Lotter. He joins the program from Trump 2020 campaign headquarters to discuss warnings of Russian interference in the 2020 election.

Douglas Wigdor represented one of the so-called “Molineux” witnesses at the Weinstein trial and was in the courtroom when the verdict was announced. He joins the program from outside the court to talk through how all this unfolded and what happens next.

The U.S. economy is going through its longest expansion in history but is it working for everyone's benefit? Heather Boushey, CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, warns that wages are not rising as quickly as the economy. Boushey, one of Washington’s most influential voices on economic policy, joins Tanzina Vega to discuss.

Two weeks ago, the Republic of Ireland underwent a seismic political change. Sinn Fein, a left-wing nationalist party, made huge gains in the general election - a surprise that has seen Prime Minister Leo Varadkar ousted from power. New Yorker journalist and "Say Nothing" author Patrick Radden Keefe joins Christiane to discuss this major change.

Jane Birkin is a living, breathing 1960s icon. Her marriage to Serge Gainsbourg may have ended a lifetime ago in the early 1980s, but her name remains irrevocably linked to his.The British Parisienne reflects on her extraordinary life, from the making of the "Je t'aime" song to navigating the feminist revolution.

When McKay Coppins, a journalist for The Atlantic, created a Facebook page so he could follow pro-Trump social media accounts and communicate with online Trump supporters, he uncovered something remarkable: a campaign-coordinated effort to undermine journalists and the mainstream press on a mass scale. Coppins told Hari Sreenivasan about his findings.

Last night in Nevada, voters saw a heated Democratic debate. Vanessa Hauc, a journalist for Telemundo, was one of the debate’s moderators and Van Jones is a former special adviser to President Obama. They join Christiane to break down the political fallout from last night and the issues that matter most to these voters.

Tragedy has struck Germany after a suspected far-right gunman went on a murder spree last night, killing nine people in the city of Hanau. Katarina Barley is a member of the European Parliament and was previously a Justice Minister who served in Angela Merkel’s government until last year. She joins Christiane to reflect on the tragedy and to address the roots of such an atrocity.

Clearview AI is an astonishing piece of technology—a groundbreaking facial recognition app that collects billions of images from social media and all across the internet. Law enforcement agencies around the world are becoming enthusiastic clients, using the app to identify suspects. Hari speaks to the company's co-founder and CEO, Hoan Ton-That, about the app's implications for society.

President Assad’s offensive in Syria, backed by the Russians, has hundreds of thousands fleeing for their lives. The Human Rights Commissioner for the United Nations has called the Idlib assault "cruelty beyond belief." David Miliband, CEO of the International Rescue Committee, joins Christiane to discuss the grave situation on the ground.

The new documentary "Black Patriots" examines African American revolutionaries who fought in America’s War of Independence. From the initial sparks of revolution to the climactic Siege of Yorktown, the program tells the story of the revolution from the point of view of key African Americans active in the founding of the republic. Executive producer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar joins Christiane to discuss.

Yale University's Timothy Snyder is a historian and author who has devoted much of his career to understanding the rise of tyranny in different parts of the world. He sits down with our contributor Ana Cabrera to discuss the health of American democracy and a worrying trend taking root in the U.S.

2020 Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has qualified and will join the Democratic Nevada primary debate. As he enters the spotlight, so too do some of the more controversial aspects of his history, both as a private citizen and as a policymaker. Timothy O'Brien, Senior Advisor to Bloomberg's campaign, joins Christiane to respond to recent criticisms.

The fallout from coronavirus threatens both the general health of the public and the established political order in China. To break down how the disease continues to afflict the global population and the implications for Chinese President Xi, Christiane speaks to journalist John Pomfret and CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen.

The new PBS Frontline documentary, "Amazon Empire: The Rise and Reign of Jeff Bezos," explores how Amazon founder Jeff Bezos built the juggernaut that we know today. The film's director, James Jacoby, joins Hari to explain Amazon’s rise as an online bookseller into a trillion-dollar business with no competitor in terms of scale.

Though impeachment is in the rear-view mirror, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a lot on her plate with a fractious Democratic contest for the presidential nomination in play. Christiane spoke with Speaker Pelosi live from the Munich Security Conference in a fascinating, exclusive interview.

In his first TV interview since the acquittal of President Trump, President Zelensky sits down exclusively with Christiane to discuss Trump's claim that Ukraine is "the third most corrupt country in the world."