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Denuclearization may be at the end of the road and not sort of walk out if you dont get it immediately. so its really tricky. and there are no career experts really in the trump administration right now. >> all right. lets segue to sex. its a natural segue. >> in this odd, odd diplomatic environment. >> so you have a six-part series is coming out starting this weekend on cnn. why did you want to explore sex globally? >> well, here it is. it is called sex & love. here is the bottom line. for 30 y...

Its so fascinating. but then the other thing that strikes me is that throughout your career, we know you for covering extreme human conditions around the world. war, conflict, genocide, the plight of refugees. what inspired you to take this on, a six-part series about sex and love? >> what inspired me is exactly what you just described, that i have spent my whole career doing that. but i suddenly started to think a couple years ago, actually in the midst of the syria war, watching all these refu...

Zones and refugee camps and asking tough questions to world leaders, what kind of experiences did you have doing this series and why did you do it? >> we were in japan for that episode and we have been in six cities around the world. it is the vital side of human connection and the human experience and the human condition that ive been exploring from the other side. the survival, the trying to survive a war zone, make sure your kids have something to eat, make sure they stay in school, how do yo...

The worst possible instances. and thats what made me want to know what the other side of their life was. i started by worrying about syrian refugees coming out of syria under a hail of bombs and gunfire. how do they keep their personal lives, how do they keep their intimacy, how do they relate sexually to their husbands, how do they have talks really important talks with their girls who are now rushing out to new dangers and the unknown. so it started there. and i decided, well, why dont i explo...

Where they gather to dish on their lives and their loves. ladies, lets talk about sex. how is sex? do you think men here, who youre dating and your husband and your partners, do they care about your happiness, about your emotional and your physical satisfaction? >> all right, christiane amanpour joins me now to talk about sex. words i might have never thought i would say. but to that end, christiane, seriously, people know you, this is not standing amidst bombs in sarajevo, this is something ver...

>> i keep forgetting what a freak show this family is until somebody comes in and looks at us like that. >> we all are human and fallible and crazy and have foibles and all in it together. >> nothing more interesting than the foolishness of the human condition. it takes the comedian to find the moment that helps people laugh at themselves. >> if youre lucky in life you will have seen it, done it, eaten it, [ bleep ] it, all of it. and now you can relive it through storytelling and somebodys poin...

Thats not part of my dna. it is how we use our political capital to improve the human condition for individuals. lastly, i would never support federal agents snooping, spying on american citizens without a judicial warrant. thats un-american. its not who we are. thats not our values in a great state like california. >> you have also said voters will always know where you stand implying you will be toeing the party line. are there issues you feel you could reach across the aisle and work with rep...

Values. you didnt mention her by name. was it directly about senator feinstein? if so, where do you feel she has not shown real leadership and moral clarity? >> let me say there is a clear contrast, without question, on our values. what we do if given the opportunity to move the agenda forcefully that impacts the human condition for californians regardless of where you come from. on the issue of climate change, i dont believe we need summome on the sidelines but on the front lines. on the issue ...

Want it. >> and a lot of it is taking the stigma out of mental health. those of us who have been on the battlefield, theyve been in the military, we are well aware of the stigma that can be associated with post-traumatic stress. its a very real thing. you are worried, what are people going to think of me if i seek out help, seek out counseling. if somebody sees me walk out of that door, its a very real thing. i think we have to work together to take that stigma out of it. let people know eye is ...

Want it. >> and a lot of it is taking the stigma out of mental health. those of us who have been on the battlefield, theyve been in the military, we are well aware of the stigma that can be associated with post-traumatic stress. its a very real thing. you are worried, what are people going to think of me if i seek out help, seek out counseling. if somebody sees me walk out of that door, its a very real thing. i think we have to work together to take that stigma out of it. let people know eye is ...