Amanpour: Wendy Sherman, Akala and Clint Johnson

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman joins Christiane Amanpour to discuss President Joe Biden's plans amid Taliban's wins in Afghanistan as well as tensions with China and Iran. She says the U.S. is not withdrawing from Afghanistan. Then award-winning rapper and best-selling “Natives” author Akala discusses turning his hand to fiction, combating systemic racism in the UK and how Shakespeare has more in common with modern day hip-hop than you might expect. The first case of AIDS was reported 40 years ago this month, Michel Martin speaks to Clint Johnson from the San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus to reflect on the millions of lives lost to the virus.

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