Fareed Zakaria’s Saturday Special: ‘Restoring the American Dream’

By Molly Stark Dean on October 27, 2010 4:30 PM

Fareed Zakaria will debut his first primetime special this weekend, solidifying his new role at CNN. The special, “Restoring the American Dream: A FAREED ZAKARIA GPS Special” will feature Zakaria’s talks with four global CEOs, who provide advice for businesses and political leaders in the U.S.

His guests will include: Former IBM chairman and CEO Lou Gerstner, Google, Inc. chairman/CEO Eric Schmidt, Coca Cola Company chairman/CEO Muhtar Kent, and Alcoa, Inc. chairman/CEO Klaus Kleinfeld.

Zakaria and the CEOs will discuss technology, globalization, unemployment, education, and innovation. The theme of the special will be how to bring back good jobs to the U.S.

The special will air this Saturday at 9pm on CNN.

The official press release is after the jump…

CEOs Tell Fareed Zakaria How to Restore America’s Economic Prosperity in FAREED ZAKARIA GPS Special Debuting Saturday, Oct. 30

CNN presents a Fareed Zakaria GPS Special with four of the world’s most respected business leaders, on the decline of the American dream and how to bring it back.

Former IBM chairman and CEO Lou Gerstner, Google, Inc. chairman/CEO Eric Schmidt, Coca Cola Company chairman/CEO Muhtar Kent, and Alcoa, Inc. chairman/CEO Klaus Kleinfeld discuss how technology, globalization and the recession brought about American’s unacceptable unemployment rate…and how America can leverage the keys to bringing good jobs back to America – education and innovation.

Restoring the American Dream: A FAREED ZAKARIA GPS Special airs on Saturday, October 30, 2010 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT on CNN/U.S. It will replay on Sunday, October 31 at 10a.m. ET/PT on CNN/U.S. and at 8:00 a.m. ET on CNN International.

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