Jan 27 Watch Exclusive | Biden: Mubarak Is Not a Dictator, But People Have a Right to Protest In an exclusive interview with Jim Lehrer, Vice President Joe Biden discussed the U.S. attitude toward intensifying anti-government protests in Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East, plus the White House's agenda for the economy and gun control, disagreements with… Continue watching
Jan 27 Paul Solman on the Economics of the Union By Paul Solman What a relief: a SOTU address without the traditional partisan whack-a-mole standing ovations. "Date night's" civility - or, if you prefer, lack of passion - had the virtue of keeping Democrats and Republicans mostly in their seats. (… Continue reading
Jan 26 Paul Solman on the Economics of the Union By Elizabeth Shell What a relief: a SOTU address without the traditional partisan whack-a-mole standing ovations. "Date night's" civility - or, if you prefer, lack of passion - had the virtue of keeping Democrats and Republicans mostly in their seats. (Sitting… Continue reading
Jan 26 State of the Union Reactions From Public Media Stations Around U.S. Reactions continue to roll in regarding President Obama's latest State of the Union address (check out the NewsHour's complete coverage, if you haven't already), plus the pair of responses from the GOP. Here is a roundup of reaction… Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch On the Road, President Continues State of the Union Message of Growth A day after his State of the Union address focused on job creation and innovation, President Obama toured an energy technology firm to promote his economic message. Correspondent Kwame Holman recaps the day, then Gwen Ifill talks to public media… Continue watching
Jan 26 Help Translate the State of the Union We're collaborating with the team at Universal Subtitles on a unique project around this year's State of the Union. It's an effort to make the video of the speech available to non-English speaking viewers, in the U.S. and abroad,… Continue reading
Jan 26 President Obama’s State of the Union Has the Feel of a Re-election Launch By David Chalian President Obama is greeted following his State of the Union address Tuesday night. Photo by Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images. President Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night was far closer to the launch of a re-election campaign than to… Continue reading
Jan 26 State of the Union: Live NewsHour Coverage On-Air, Online and Mobile By News Desk Watch more videos: Rep. Paul Ryan Delivers GOP Response Shields and Gerson on the GOP Response Rep. Michele Bachmann Delivers Tea Party Response Watch Reactions From Lawmakers on Capitol Hill Watch the Full… Continue reading
Jan 25 Watch Shields and Gerson on Bipartisan Mood, Deficit Debate and GOP Response Jim Lehrer previews the politics surrounding Tuesday's State of the Union address with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and Washington Post columnist Michael Gerson, from the cooperative spirit behind this year's seating chart to the Republican response and disagreements on issues… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch Illinois Senators Cross Partisan Seating Divide Judy Woodruff talks to two Illinois senators -- Democrat and majority whip Dick Durbin and newly-elected Republican Mark Kirk -- on why they will be seated together in a show of bipartisanship during the president's speech. Continue watching