Sep 02 Watch Republican Speechwriters Discuss President Bush’s Renomination Speech President Bush will make the most prominent address of his presidential reelection campaign Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. Gwen Ifill discusses the craft of drafting a nomination acceptance address with Republican speechwriters Clark Judge and Ken Khachigian. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch President George H.W. Bush Talks About his Son’s Reelection Bid Jim Lehrer speaks with former President George H.W. Bush about his impressions of the Republican National Convention, and about how his son's bid for reelection might parallel his own failed attempt 12 years ago. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch An Interview With Karen Hughes Karen Hughes, a strategist for the Bush-Cheney campaign and a longtime communications adviser to President Bush, discusses the president's acceptance speech, his plan for the future and attacks on Sen. John Kerry by speakers at the Republican convention. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Historians Discuss Renomination Acceptance Speeches Margaret Warner discusses what history suggests makes a great renominating acceptance speech with presidential historian Michael Beschloss; Richard Norton Smith, executive director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum; and Meena Bose, professor of American politics at the U.S. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Shields and Brooks Discuss Day Four of the Republican National Convention Jim Lehrer gets perspectives from syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks about the progress of the Republican National Convention and expectations for President Bush's highly anticipated address. Continue watching
Sep 01 Vice President to Give "Big Issues" Address Wednesday Night By PBS News Hour Vice President Dick Cheney will contrast the president's "demonstrated leadership" against presidential candidate John Kerry's "confusion of conviction" when he addresses delegates Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention. Continue reading
Sep 01 Militants Seize Russian School, Hold Children Hostage Heavily armed militants, some strapped with explosives, seized a school in southern Russia near the separatist region of Chechnya Wednesday morning, taking scores of parents, teachers and children hostage. Continue reading
Sep 01 Watch Columnists Discuss Day Three of the Republican National Convention Jim Lehrer gets perspectives from syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks about what Vice President Dick Cheney and keynote speaker Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga., hope to accomplish with their addresses. Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch An Interview With Karl Rove Karl Rove, the chief political strategist for President Bush's reelection campaign, offers his thoughts on the Democratic convention, Sen. John Kerry's service in Vietnam, the Republican National Convention and the president's bid for a second term in the White House. Continue watching
Sep 01 Watch Republican Delegates Talk About the Vietnam War Many of the battles in the current presidential campaign have been over a war which the United States fought over 30 years ago. Ray Suarez speaks with some Republican delegates about how the Vietnam War continues to influence American politics. Continue watching