Fareed Zakaria GPS

May 17, 2020 | On GPS: Rahm Emanuel on how to turn the Covid crisis into opportunity

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Airdate May 17 2020: To reopen or not to reopen, that has been the question. But how do we reopen safely? How do we reopen and reform our economy? First up, former White House Chief of Staff and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel on the policies and the politics.  Then, doctor and author Atul Gawande on what we can learn from hospitals about lifting lockdowns. And, Beijing's battle with Washington - are China and the U.S. headed for a Cold War? Richard Haass tells Fareed what the Covid crisis has revealed about the new geopolitical order and our capacity to solve global problems with global solutions. Finally, the world's pandemic problem. Scientific journalist Sonia Shah tells Fareed why the world is seeing more outbreaks of disease.

GUESTS: Rahm Emanuel, Atul Gawande, Richard Haass, Sonia Shah