Jan 18 From Carter to Obama: Covering Inaugural Addresses With the NewsHour When it comes to inaugurals, the circumstances often outweigh the event. The weather is cold, the incoming presidents and their families all seem to have mastered the same genteel wave and the speeches are largely ceremonial. Here's a review of… Continue reading
Jan 18 Watch Insider Tour of the Capitol with Sen. Schumer Insider Tour of the Capitol with Sen. Schumer… Continue watching
Jan 18 Politics and Pizza: An Insider's Tour of Washington EmbedVideo(5483, 482, 304); Visiting Washington, D.C., for the inauguration? NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni gives an insider's guide to sights that are off the beaten tourist path. She visits the best places to get grub, meet the the… Continue reading
Jan 18 Obama's Approval Ratings Rise, Campaign to Reform as Advocacy Group President Obama arrives for a news conference at the White House last week. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters. President Obama will begin the final weekend of his first term with support among Americans at its highest levels since he… Continue reading
Jan 17 Watch In Pre-Trial Hearings for WikiLeaks Case, Rulings on Admissable Evidence, Motive In Pre-Trial Hearings for WikiLeaks Case, Rulings on Admissable Evidence, Motive… Continue watching
Jan 17 Obama's Strategy on Guns: Less Compromise, More Confrontation After unveiling gun control proposals at the White House on Wednesday, President Obama high-fives 8-year-old Hinna Zejah, who was among many children who wrote to the president after the school shooting in Newtown, Conn. Photo by Jason Reed/Reuters. Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch Daily Download: Lasting Legacies of Obama's 2012 Digital Campaign Strategy Daily Download: Lasting Legacies of Obama's 2012 Digital Campaign Strategy… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch Challenges and Implications of President Obama's Gun Control Proposals Challenges and Implications of President Obama's Gun Control Proposals… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch President Obama Unveils Ambitious 23-Point Gun Control Plan At a White House news conference, President Obama unveiled a series of executive actions meant to prevent gun violence, including proposed bans on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. Ray Suarez reports on the set of far-ranging initiatives, which also touch… Continue watching
Jan 16 President Obama's Gun Violence Executive Actions On Wednesday, President Obama signed a series of 23 executive actions aimed at stopping what he called, "the epidemic of gun violence in this country." Mr. Obama and Vice President Biden announced the specifics of the proposals at a… Continue reading