Jan 20 Watch The Obama White House, from the man behind the lens By PBS News Hour For the past eight years, Pete Souza has visually chronicled the Obama era. He was in the situation room when U.S. special forces killed Osama Bin Laden in 2011 and at the prayer service for victims of the Newtown, Connecticut,… Continue watching
Oct 07 Gwen’s Take: The end is in sight By Gwen Ifill Just about a month from now, Election Day will have come and gone. Americans, who appear not to have much taste for either major presidential nominee, will have made their choice. But truth to tell, any politician who is being… Continue reading
Jan 26 Watch 9:32 What past elections can teach us about fear politics By PBS News Hour Fear of terrorism has been a recurring theme of the current presidential race -- from grave callbacks to November’s Paris attacks to promises of bans on Muslim immigrants -- but the tactic is nothing new in American politics. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch FULL SPEECH: President Obama’s 2016 State of the Union Address President Obama delivered his final State of the Union Address to the nation, offering some proposals for his last year in office and an assessment of his tenure, as well as looking ahead to America's future… Continue watching
Nov 05 Watch What did Bush 41 think of his son’s presidency? New bio reveals By PBS News Hour In writing “Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush,” Jon Meacham was given unprecedented access to the Bush family and their personal diaries. Judy Woodruff sits down with Meacham to talk about what he learned about… Continue watching
Oct 13 Watch 8:55 ‘Last of the President’s Men’ sheds light on Nixon’s vulnerability, motivation By PBS News Hour In “The Last of the President’s Men,” journalist Bob Woodward offers a whole new understanding of Richard Nixon. Using interviews with Nixon’s deputy assistant, Alexander Butterfield, and thousands of documents, Woodward reveals previously unexplored sides of the president. Woodward and… Continue watching
Oct 02 When a secret president ran the country By Dr. Howard Markel All during September of 1919, President Woodrow Wilson became thinner, paler and ever more frail. Unfortunately, the president refused to listen to his body. He had too much important work to do. Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch 9:26 What Andrew Jackson has in common with Donald Trump By PBS News Hour Of the nearly two dozen major candidates running for president, the ones getting the most attention are the political outsiders. Is this a rare situation, or have American voters seen this before? Gwen Ifill talks to presidential historians Michael Beschloss… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch George W. Bush honors New Orleans educators ‘who stared into the eye of the storm’ By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 20 Watch 4:24 Jimmy Carter: ‘I’ll be prepared for anything that comes’ By PBS News Hour Former President Jimmy Carter revealed to reporters today that he has spots of melanoma on his brain. He discussed his diagnosis, his faith, what he wishes he had done differently in life and what he’d like to see happen with… Continue watching