For the first time ever, there are now more new infections of coronavirus outside mainland China--where it originated--than inside, where it originated, and the world is scrambling to contain it. Tom Frieden was director of the Centers for Disease Control during the Ebola crisis, and joins the show to explain the severity of the crisis and how the U.S. should respond.

In France, a shocking story has shattered the image of a man once called a “living saint.” Jean Vanier was revered for his devotion to the disabled, yet the organization he founded, L’Arche International, revealed this past week that Vanier sexually abused at least six women over a period of 30 years. His biographer Michael Higgins joins the program to react to this news.

Congressman Dan Crenshaw of Texas was a Navy SEAL in Afghanistan eight years ago when he sustained a shrapnel injury to his eye. Thus healthcare is high on his list of priorities, especially because he lost his mother to cancer. Walter Isaacson speaks with Crenshaw in his home state of Texas about these and other election issues on his radar, as he faces his fight for re-election this November.

After being attacked from all sides at last night’s debate, Bernie Sanders is still standing and positioned as the strong frontrunner. But the criticisms came thick and fast from his fellow candidates, who slammed Sanders for his stance on guns and the price tag for his policies. His campaign co-chair Nina Turner joins the program to discuss whether the U.S. is ready for a Democratic socialist.

In 1974, one young lawyer stood at the intersection of the Watergate scandal and the women’s movement. Jill Wine-Banks, then just thirty years old, was an assistant special prosecutor in the Watergate investigation, the only woman on a team that took down the highest ranking White House officials. She joins Christiane to discuss her new book "The Watergate Girl," which details this experience.

America Ferrera is the executive producer of the new Netflix show “Gentefied,” a bilingual drama following three Mexican-American cousins’ fight to keep their grandfather’s taco shop open. Ferrera herself is a first generation Latina whose parents immigrated from Honduras. She joins Michel Martin to discuss how her experiences shape the way she portrays the Latinx community.

President Trump’s official state visit to India has ended with a deal on defense cooperation, but the trip has also been marked by some of the deadliest clashes in India in decades. Tension has been building since the controversial citizenship law brought in by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which discriminates against Muslims. Journalist Bobby Ghosh joins Christiane to discuss.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.