Jeff Zeleny (NYTimes), Jeanne Cummings (Politico), John Dickerson (Slate), Jim Barnes (National Journal), and host Gwen Ifill discuss:
* Obama Plans First Actions as President
* Future Tax Policies Come Into Question
* Cabinet Officials Soon to Be Decided
Watch here. (Originally aired 11/7/2008)
Religion played a significant role throughout the long election campaign and here to help assess that role is R&E. In some of the Midwestern swing states that were decided by just a handful of votes, Obama came close to getting 30 percent of the white evangelical vote. Watch. (Originally aired: 11/7/2008).
This week on Reel 13:
* Stand Up: A struggling comic learns that experience leads to great comedy.
* Marty Learns To Drive: the only way to survive the wilds of suburbia.
Watch now. Then vote for your favorite.
Does Barack Obama’s victory mean a new and permanent political alignment in American politics? Bill Moyers speaks with Kevin Phillips about how America has changed since Phillips penned “The Emerging Republican Majority” 40 years ago. Watch. (Originally aired: 11/7/2008).
In this one-hour dialogue with New Yorkers hosted by Rafael Pi Roman, the Governor addresses the state’s worst financial crisis in decades. Questions were submitted via Thirteen.org and in person, and encompass a wide range of topics, including cuts in education programs, property taxes, healthcare coverage, and support for small businesses.
Terkel passed away recently, and it prompted us to unearth one of his more unusual segments from the archives. ‘Talkin’ With Terkel’ has Terkel sitting around jawing with a passel of regular folks–sitting, smoking, drinking. It’s a good example of Terkel’s hyper interview techniques. From 1971, the first season of Great American Dream Machine.
David Brancaccio sits down with Harvard Law professor Charles Ogletree, who some say is being considered for a top Justice Department position, to get early insight on what we might expect from an Obama Administration. Watch. (Originally aired: 11/7/2008).
The first in a 3-part examination of what the 2008 elections mean for New Jersey and the nation. The guests for this program are Democratic political consultant Phil Alagia and Republican advisor Steve Some. Watch.
* How can Obama prevent a nuclear Iran?
* The horrible effects of fighting dirty in Congo
* Seed of hope: a new Alzheimer’s prevention?
Watch.
* Global economic recession
* A faltering Congo
* Mexico plane crash
* New faith in Brazil
Watch.
