Amanpour on Covering Democracy

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 25, 2011

Christiane Amanpour, host of ABC's This Week with Christiane Amanpour (who is stepping down to work for CNN and ABC), talks about reporting on and covering pro-democracy movements this past year, and entering the presidential election cycle as a talk show host.

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