Shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

About this episode

Fareed Zakaria discusses the implications of a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and explores topics including US foreign relations and advancements in AI.

After a shocking shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, Fareed is joined by CNN Presidential Historian Timothy Naftali to discuss what this suggests about American politics and society. Next, after President Trump canceled a US delegation trip to Pakistan for possible talks with Iran, Fareed talks to retired US Admiral William McRaven about how the war might end. Finally, Anthropic's new AI model “Mythos” is so powerful that the company hasn’t released it to the public. Sebastian Mallaby, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, joins to discuss AI’s rapid advancement and the risks that come with it. GUESTS: Timothy Naftali (@TimNaftali), William McRaven, Sebastian Mallaby (@scmallaby) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Fareed Zakaria

Guests: Timothy Naftali, William McRaven, Sebastian Mallaby

Topics covered

• shooting
• American politics
• society
• US delegation
• AI advancement
• risks of AI

Keywords

• shooting
• White House Correspondents’ Dinner
• American politics
• Trump
• Pakistan
• Iran
• AI
• Anthropic
• Mythos

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CNN, Council on Foreign Relations

Places: Pakistan, Iran

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