Christiane Amanpour criticises CNN decision to hold Trump town hall – video

The CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour said she strongly disagreed with her network's decision to host a town hall event with Donald Trump last week and had had 'a very robust exchange of views' with Chris Licht, the chief executive under fire for approving and then defending the decision to stage it. 'I would have dropped the mic at nasty person', but then that's me, she said at Columbia Journalism School in New York. Trump called the CNN moderator, Kaitlan Collins, a 'nasty person', one of number of raucous moments during the event

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