Jim Lehrer to Interview President Barack Obama

Media Advisory

President Barack Obama discusses healthcare and the economy 
in an extended newsmaker interview with Jim Lehrer

Monday, July 20, 2009

Jim Lehrer will join President Barack Obama at the White House Monday, for an extended interview to discuss healthcare reform, the economy, and the war in Afghanistan.  The interview will take place Monday afternoon and will air Monday, July 20, 2009 on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer(check local listings.)

For a transcript of the interview please contact Anne Bell at abell@newshour.org or (703) 998-2175

The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is seen five nights a week on more than 315 PBS stations across the country (check local listings) and is also available online, via public radio in select markets and via podcast.  The program is produced by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions, in association with WETA, Washington, DC and Thirteen/WNET in New York.  Corporate funding for The NewsHour is provided by Chevron and Intel along with major funding from the Atlantic Philanthropies, the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, the National Science Foundation, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers.