Sep 02 President Bush to Deliver "Future-Oriented" Speech By PBS News Hour In his acceptance speech Thursday night at the Republican National Convention, President Bush is expected to outline a domestic agenda for a second term and to explain the affect the terrorist attacks had on him personally, and on the world. Continue reading
Sep 02 Watch Assessing the President's Speech Political analysts and historians discuss President Bush's renomination acceptance speech Thursday night and the conclusion of the Republican National Convention. Continue watching
Sep 02 Watch Republican Delegates Discuss Day Four of the Republican National Convention The Republican National Convention culminates Thursday night when President Bush formally accepts his party's nomination for four more years as president. Ray Suarez speaks with some Republican delegates about their expectations for this evening's address. Continue watching
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