Hello, everyone, and welcome to the amanpour. Our haiti is where were headed this i think our policy has got to be very clear, not another nickel conditioning usa to israel to stop the carnage in gaza Bernie Sanders, the senator from vermont, joins me, then one of the exonerated central park 5, yusef salaam tells me about his extraordinary journey from prisoner to elected new York City Council member, having been run over about a spike wheels of justice i was i thought that that was the end of my life, plus, i believe shes like shes my glute and i believe shes alive. The story that grip the world ten years since boko haram kidnapped almost 300 Nigerian School girls some have still to return and the art of the possible 26 years since brokering peace in northern irend. A ok bk at my engine with the leader behind this historic Peace Deal Everywhe would prefer to Work Together and be at war. Also, this hour, staying positive despite the dread aguing the Planet America f climate corresent, bill, were, s so of a doubleedged coin. You got to ho sort of fear d hope in your hd at the same time welcome to the program, everyone, im christiana, im on poor in new york this week it is an uneasy time here in the United States as the fate of the country. And in fact, much of the world hangs to a great extent in the balance. Just months away from yet another bidentrump matchup President Biden hopes that his strong commitment to democracy and his record on the economy climate, and womens rights will win out. And he hopes to overcome dissent in his own party. Thats mounting over the war in gaza. Every week, more and more democrats are expressing frustration with american policy. Some heavyweights, including former House Speaker he can nancy pelosi, and now even joining the call for us to stop Arms Transfers to israel. And of course, protesters continue to mount what is really a growing Peace Movement . Senator Bernie Sanders has been one of the loudest voices on this issue. And 82 years old, he manages to be the voice of young liberals and many others. And he warns that if biden doesnt change tack on the israel war and doesnt expand his Economic Policy for Working Families at home. He could lose in november Senator Sanders join me from washington. Welcome back to our program. Senator. So weve laid ouyo criticisms of the at, hey, what do you want him tothat he hasnt ne up until no christiane, we are looking right now in gaza at one of the worst humanitarian diste in the modern history of the world. Hundreds of thousands of people face starvation our children are dying from Malnutrition 80 of the population has been displaced over half the buildings have been damaged or destroyed and israel continues to make a difficult to get the tiny aid that desperate people need so to my mind, the most important thing the United States government can do say to mr. Netanyahu, you know what you cannot continue this disastrous, horrific war you cannot allow children by the thousands, the face starvation or youre not getting another nickel. Now i think one of the congruencies that a lot of people in america see, is everybody has criticizing netanyahu as in the next word, oh, him us didnt you . Heres a little 14 billion on top of the threeandahalf billion youve got your terrible guy, youre doing trible things. But heres your money. I think r policy has got to be very cle tanyaghtwing extremist goment. Whil hundreds of thousaof people inaza face Starvation Peod and said, i want to know what you think about the election coming up in this country that prident Den Iserunning with former President Trump. Do you believe given wha happen in so of the primaries,he protest vote, that this r will hurt november . Biden at the pls in yes, i. The choice is very, very clear. I think trump will be a disaster if elected for this country, a very dangerous person was undermining american democracy every day but to answer your question, i think in terms of how young people how people of color, a feel about the president. This is being negatively impacted by the support for israel that he has shown. I think thats got to change and we are doing our best to try to get that to change. So youve mentioned President Trump he is, you know, seems to be caught between his own rock and his own hard place about abortion. Now, he started the backlash, having nominated very, very conservative judges who rolled back rovers does wade and now hes saying that the latest decision by the courts, which presumably are independent in arizona that go back 160 years in terms of abortion, rights are no abortion rights. He say thats mistake and were going to straighten out. What is your comme on that christiana the difficulty we have in trying to respond to trump and i say this, it has said with all due respect, hes a pathological liar. So what he says today is not what he will say tomorrow. He will lie about virtually everything. Ill trump boasts. He boasts that he appointed three Rightwing Supreme Court justices to overturned roe v. Wade he may, i think he is catching on to the reality that is backfiring within the general population. The American People do not want to go back 50 years, women of this country of fought to be able to control their own body, fought for womens rights, and overwhelmingly not only virtually all democrats, but many republicans are saying this is absurd to take away basic rights that women have. One as we all know, President Biden was the first sitting president to go to a picket line, uaw his former Chief Of Staff is saying though that instead of his campaign looking back and trying to boast or whatever get credit for them for that for their this that theyve done already. Tyve toook foard and look good. The economy ing forward. Do you agree with that . 100 luck biden has the right to take credit for a number of important initiatives and you should, should be proud of what hes accomplished but at the end of the day in america today, and this has been the case for a long, long ti. You got a Working Class, which is really hurting 60 of People Living paycheck to heck yove got people all over ameri cannot afford the risi cost of housing. You have a Health Care System which is broken and dysfunctional repay twice as much per Capita Health care as people of any other country. At 85 billion americans are uninsured or under enjoyed our Child Care System is a disaster. People dont have pensions so we have enormous problems. Bottom line Economy Today that its n an working really, really, really good 4 billion aza. The 1 not working for the middleclass or the Working Class of this country. And the president understands that. But hes Gotta Get Out In Front and say, look, this is my agenda. Were going to raise the minimum wage to a living wage. Were going to make it easier for workers, the support unions. Were going to do away with was student debt. And hes making some progress on that. But you need an agenda that speaks to the pain of Working Families who too often have felt neglected, which is why trump is gaining support from them senator Bernie Sanders, thank you very much indeed for joining us thank you coming up later on the show. When america wage peace, my conversation from the archives with bill clinton, tony blair, and virginia in Northern Ireland. But first, the Incredible Journey of yusef salaam falsely convicted at 15 from the central park five to new York City Councilman we will hoping that a person who became the future president of these United States would equally say, you know what, i took out a fullpage ad in 1989, colon for your death im sorry 2024. So far, mba play in tournaments before these teams thank you to the playoffs. They got to win, to get four so far, mba play in tournament begins tuesday at 7 30 you can do that what it means comparing custom quotes from Skilled Service professionals or booking up grab price. 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He was just 15 when along with four other teens, they were falsely accused of raping a jogger but in central park in 1989, the media went all out, assuming their guilt introducing the dehumanizing word wilding, and the group became known as the central park five salam spent nearly seven years in prison for a crime that he didnt commit he and the others were exonerated after the real perpetrator confessed and submitted dna to prove it. A religious man to his core, yusef salaam refused to be beaten by bitterness and began this year being sworn in as the elected council or for harlem. And we talked about all of this when we sat down together here in manhattan yusef salaam, counselors salam, welcome to the program. My pleasure and thank you for having me. I was a journalist based here in new york when all of this happened, and i covered some of what happened to you i want to know whether you ever thought that you would get from that point of the worst time in your life to being an elected City Council Member in new york . I think that that perhaps was the furthest thing from my mind as a young 15yearold child, having been run over about a spike, was of justice i was i thought that that was the end of monday. If i thought that my life would never be the same. And of course it has never been the same. But to be an elected official wow never imagined. And theres just so much power, elected power, power from the people that you have right now to im going to just use this word, avenger yourself of what was done to you so when you think about the police, for instance, and Police Reform what do you think cut off their funding, put them in and accountability box. What do you think being a servant of the people and being a person whos not just been close to the pain, but has been in pain a lot of the experiences that our community experiences. Ive experienced firsthand you know, and so being a spokesman for the people as an elected official is different for me because i get the opportunity to really use that in a really powerful way, right i never say things like defund the police because i feel like the police are necessary. But when i think about all of the things that Police Departments do and Police Officers do. I know that theres ways that we can right. Size budgets . We can allow for the right person to respond to the right situation. And oftentimes thats not the police. You are asked in your first hearing is chairman, at the Public Safety committee. You press the nypd to explain how it prevents wrongful convictions. Now, you will obviously wrong hopefully convicted along with the other four. Did you get an answer . What i know about the detective that interrogated us, they knew that they were getting inconsistent and incorrect stories. They knew that what they were hearing as false statements just to save the lives of us who were trying to figure out how to get out of the nightmare that we will now in. So you would trying to just tell him anything to get them to stop whatever harsh treatment and get yourself out was. So i didnt make a false confession, but four of my comrades did but im saying that when you listen to those confessions, every single one of them with different ill never forget. In the central park five documentary, Raymond Santana reads as false confession he stops midway through, looks up at the camera. Have remember being in the audience watching with the audience and he would he ask the question, what 14 yearold boy talks like this . And it was you could hear the audible gasp in the room. It was almost as if everyone had realized that theyve been tricked. Two, was the shame was there shark was there regret for what theyd done to you . You know, for for me my experience in what i call the womb of america. I know oftentimes in our community they call it the Belly Of The Beast was different there was a knowing of sorts from many of the officers. They knew that i wasnt supposed to be there and they gave me grace and mercy. They allow me to read books and draw a you read a lot of mandela he said, to be angry and bitter is like Drinking Poison and expecting your enemy to die brilliant. I had to digest that because i was angry. I was upset. I did not understand how could the system run over us with a spike wheels of justice . And then one over us again and leah us out flat. I couldnt understand it i wanted to have someone even when we were found innocent, we were hoping for an apology. We were hoping that a person who became the future president of these United States would equally say, you know what, i took out a fullpage ad in 1989 colin, for your death . Im sorry. Instead, im going to take out a full page ad n call for an apology for you. Instead, he doubled down. This is donald trump. And again, we all remember these ads in the newspapers in new york calling for a reinstatement . The death penalty. Here he doubled down. They admitted their guilt. Yes. And now, i dont know what you think, wheth