Feb 12 Volunteer Translators Give Obama's State of the Union Global Reach Two years ago, PBS NewsHour partnered with the Participatory Culture Foundation to launch a captioning and translation team of volunteers to subtitle and translate President Barack Obama's 2011 State of the Union address. Powered through the translation… Continue reading
Feb 12 'Designated Survivor' Most Powerful Man (or Woman) for Three Hours President Obama and Vice President Biden posing with the full Cabinet in the Grand Foyer of the White House, July 26, 2012 (courtesy White House flickr) Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman had been in office for 18 months when… Continue reading
Feb 12 Behind Every President, There Is a Speechwriter EmbedVideo(5696, 482, 304); PBS NewsHour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan spoke to presidential speechwriters Don Baer and Michael Gerson. Cabinet Secretaries prowling the halls for clues, White House staffers crafting secret policy -- it sounds straight out of the TV… Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch Speechwriters Dish on Drafting a State of the Union Speechwriters Dish on Drafting a State of the Union… Continue watching
Feb 12 Obama to Focus on Economy in State of the Union Address President Obama will deliver his fourth State of the Union address Tuesday evening. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama will deliver his fourth State of the Union address Tuesday evening, laying out the policy pieces to fill… Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch State of the Union: President Obama Proposes Smarter, Not Bigger, Government President Obama gave his fourth State of the Union address, focusing on the economy and proposals to boost economic performance without adding to the deficit. The president also touched on climate change and renewable energy, raising the minimum wage, education… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch News Wrap: Shootout Between Ex-Cop, LAPD Kills Officer In other news Tuesday, the manhunt for former Los Angeles cop Christopher Dorner hit a climax when a firefight broke out between authorities and the fugitive. Frank Stoltze of Southern California Public Radio reports from the scene. Also, the government… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch White House Press Secretary Jay Carney Offers State of the Union Preview Judy Woodruff gets a preview of President Obama's first State of the Union of his second term from White House Press Secretary Jay Carney, who offers a sense of what Americans can expect from the speech, as well as the… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch Novel Examines What It Takes to Protect a President From Assassination Novel Examines What It Take to Protect a President From Assassination… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch Manhunt Continues for Fugitive Cop Wanted for Murder in California Manhunt Continues for Fugitive Cop Wanted for Murder in California… Continue watching