Aug 13 Watch Jim Lehrer Will Moderate First of Four 2012 Election Debates The Commission on Presidential Debates has announced the line-up for the 2012 presidential debates, naming the PBS NewsHour's Jim Lehrer as the moderator of the first debate on Oct. 3, as well as Martha Raddatz, Candy Crowley and Bob Schieffer. Continue watching
Aug 13 PBS NewsHour’s Jim Lehrer: Moderating Presidential Debate ‘Was an Offer I Could Not Refuse’ By Larisa Epatko PBS NewsHour co-founder and executive editor Jim Lehrer will moderate the first national presidential debate on Oct. 3 in Denver, Colo. Continue reading
Jun 15 Forty Years Later, Watergate Still Intrigues By Alex Bruns The Watergate complex is located along a sharp bend in the Potomac River. A dozen blocks from the White House, the irregularly shaped buildings seem to be from another era. Designed in… Continue reading
Dec 14 Clinton on Russia’s Protests, China’s Shortcuts and Gingrich’s Comments By Larisa Epatko In a wide-ranging interview with Jim Lehrer at the Newseum Wednesday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended critical comments she made about Russia's recent elections and called China's shortcuts in the marketplace "deeply distressing." View highlights from their interview. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: September 11, 2001 NewsHour with Jim Lehrer: September 11, 2001… Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch Shields and Brooks on GOP’s Zeitgeist, Whether Obama Gets Credit for Libya Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks weigh in on the week's top political news, including Texas Gov. Rick Perry's leapfrog over Mitt Romney in the national polls and whether President Obama deserves -- or is… Continue watching
Jun 23 Gates: Chances of Negotiated Settlement With Taliban ‘Probably Good’ By Larisa Epatko Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the realistic chances of a negotiated settlement with the Taliban to end the Afghan war "are probably good," he told Jim Lehrer in an interview airing on Thursday's NewsHour. Continue reading
May 13 Watch Robert MacNeil on Jim Lehrer’s ‘Stealth’ Exit Jim Lehrer announced Thursday that he is taking another step toward ending his 36 years of anchoring or co-anchoring out daily public television news broadcast. Long-time colleague and friend, Robert MacNeil offers this reflection. Continue watching
May 13 Jim Lehrer: The Video Highlights By Mike Fritz Jim Lehrer announced this week that he's stepping back from daily anchor and co-anchor duties on the PBS NewsHour - so we decided to take a look back at some highlights from his 52 years in journalism and his… Continue reading
May 13 Watch Jim Lehrer: A Look Back at a Career in Journalism Jim Lehrer: A Look Back at a Career in Journalism… Continue watching