20191222_CN

Source: CNN and YouTube

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7somzcfeW8

Date: 22/12/2019

Event: David Remnick on Donald Trump's impeachment: "it's about the future of the Earth"

Credit: CNN, Tea Partiest

People:

• David Remnick: Editor, The New Yorker
• Brian Stelter: CNN show "Reliable Sources"

Brian Stelter: So my question this Sunday is: what did we learn, if anything, in the past week? With me to discuss that - and much more - is the editor of The New Yorker, David Remnick - he's been running the magazine, running the New Yorker since 1998, the last time there was an impeachment all over the news. David, thanks for being here - great to see you.

David Remnick: Great to see you, Brian.

Brian Stelter: Did anything change this week?

David Remnick: Well I'll tell you what I think I hope changes, and that I think is more important, because we've seen the Republicans stuck where they are - their illusions about Trump remain, and you're right to describe it as a flat line. Here's what I hope that we understand, that the - the stakes here are immense. It's just it's not about the - just about the political future of one man, Donald Trump, it's about the future of democracy and democratic process.

And - and this is a trend throughout the world - it's about the future of the Earth. We have a party that has decided to be disbelieving about climate change - it's about issues as essential as that, and right now you have a country that is split and, to the great frustration of people like you and and people like me, we don't somehow understand. We don't understand why the the evidence of things, why facts don't penetrate so many of our brothers and sisters in the United States of America. And this is a source of great frustration for the press.

Brian Stelter: For the press...

David Remnick: And for for anybody who's - who's thinking about these issues that are so important.