Amanpour: Sadiq Khan, Nachman Ash, Dana Priest and Michael Pollan

As virtually all coronavirus rules are lifted in England, London's Mayor Sadiq Khan joins Christiane Amanpour to explain that he does support the easing of restrictions but urges people to get vaccinated, saying "the virus is still with us". Then the Director-general of Israel's Health Ministry Nachman Ash discusses his country's fight against Covid-19 as the Delta variant hits. The Washington Post's Dana Priest talks about the sophisticated technology used to spy on journalists, activists and two women linked to Jamal Khashoggi. And our Walter Isaacson speaks to Michael Pollan, author of "This Is Your Mind On Plants," about the way we think about drugs, from psychedelics and opioids to the caffeine in tea and coffee.

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