Jan 26 Help Translate the State of the Union We're collaborating with the team at Universal Subtitles on a unique project around this year's State of the Union. It's an effort to make the video of the speech available to non-English speaking viewers, in the U.S. and abroad,… Continue reading
Jan 26 President Obama's State of the Union Has the Feel of a Re-election Launch By David Chalian President Obama is greeted following his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night was far closer to the launch of a re-election campaign than to… Continue reading
Jan 26 State of the Union: Live NewsHour Coverage On-Air, Online and Mobile By News Desk Watch more videos: Rep. Paul Ryan Delivers GOP Response Shields and Gerson on the GOP Response Rep. Michele Bachmann Delivers Tea Party Response Watch Reactions From Lawmakers on Capitol Hill Watch the Full… Continue reading
Jan 26 Pence, Gillibrand, Brown and Gingrey React to the State of the Union Speech By Quinn Bowman PBS NewsHour Capitol Hill producer Linda J. Scott spoke with lawmakers from both parties at the U.S. Capitol immediately following President Obama's State of the Union address for reactions to the speech. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., said it started a… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch Shields and Gerson on Bipartisan Mood, Deficit Debate and GOP Response Jim Lehrer previews the politics surrounding Tuesday's State of the Union address with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, from the cooperative spirit behind this year's seating chart to the Republican response and disagreements on issues… Continue watching
Jan 25 Gibbs on Deficit: 'We Did Not Get Into This Overnight' White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs talks to Gwen Ifill about spending and the budget deficit as part of a preview of President Obama's State of the Union address. Watch the full interview on Tuesday's NewsHour. Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch Illinois Senators Cross Partisan Seating Divide Judy Woodruff talks to two Illinois senators -- Democrat and majority whip Dick Durbin and newly-elected Republican Mark Kirk -- on why they will be seated together in a show of bipartisanship during the president's speech. Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch Gibbs: President to Make 'Very Hard Choices' On Deficit Gwen Ifill talks to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs about the message the president hopes to convey to Congress and the American people in his State of the Union address. Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch President Obama to Focus on Jobs, Government Spending in State of the Union At the midpoint of his term, President Obama is expected to emphasize bipartisanship to address critical issues, including the economy and federal spending, as he reaches out to a Republican-dominated House of Representatives in his State of the Union address… Continue watching