Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/paul-mccartneys-white-house-serenade Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript President Barack Obama presented former Beatle Paul McCartney with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, on behalf of the Library of Congress. Jim Lehrer has a look at McCartney's serenade to the president and first lady at the White House. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. JIM LEHRER: Finally tonight: A Beatle comes to the White House.Last night, President Obama presented Paul McCartney with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, an award presented by the Library of Congress recognizing lifetime achievement.Here is a sample from McCartney's performance in the East Room. PAUL MCCARTNEY, Musician: The next song we would like to do is a song I have been itching to do at the White House. PAUL MCCARTNEY: And I hope the president will forgive me if I sing this one. JIM LEHRER: The entire concert will air July 28 on most PBS stations. It's part of the "In Performance at the White House" series. JUDY WOODRUFF: Again, the major developments of the day.BP managed to cut the pipe spewing oil deep in the Gulf of Mexico. The next step was containing the flow and pumping the oil to ships. And thousands of Turks mourned those killed when Israel raided six aid ships off Gaza. The Israelis rejected an international investigation of the incident.