Politics Sep 06 Watch Historians: In Speech, Obama Will Forsake ‘Gauzy and Grandiose’ for Specificity Historians: In Speech, Obama Will Forsake 'Gauzy and Grandiose' for Specificity…
Politics Mar 30 Watch Health Care May Grant Obama Legacy as ‘Reformer’ In the wake of the passage of health care reform, Jim Lehrer talks to historians Ellen Fitzpatrick and Richard Norton Smith and columnists Michael Gerson and Clarence Page about what the victory means for the Obama presidency.
Politics Sep 10 Presidential Heckling Quite Rare, Historian Says South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson's interruption of President Obama's address to Congress Wednesday night was a rare instance of presidential heckling, but it was not the first. Historian Richard Norton Smith discusses past instances and the context.
Nation Jan 03 Watch Former President Ford Returns Home to Michigan for Final Farewell Former President Ford's final memorial service was held at an Episcopal Church in Grand Rapids, Mich., Wednesday. The NewsHour offers excerpts of the eulogies as he was laid to rest.