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August 28, 2008
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www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/s... In a web exclusive video Tavis Smiley Young Voices blogger Tamika Thompson gets people's reactions to Biden's speech and Obama's suprise appearance at the DNC.
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August 23, 2008
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Webcast Extra: Denver Edition taking questions from our live audience at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Denver.
August 22, 2008
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Tavis discusses his plans to cover the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Denver.
August 16, 2008
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Gwen Ifill and panel discuss: reports on Russia's invasion of Georgia; lobbyists' influence at the conventions; and the Hispanic vote in campaign '08.
August 15, 2008
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Tavis tells about going to the Montreux Jazz Festival this summer. He also discusses the documentary he's making with Wyclef Jean, Cornel West and other iconic African American men. In the documentary, they sit down with Isaac Hayes in what turned out to be his last recorded conversation. Tavis also tells about the plans to broadcast from the upcoming Democratic and Republican conventions.
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August 12, 2008
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Analysis after back-to-back interviews with the candidates; why oil prices are down 20%; why Iraqi oil revenue is soaring; and reports on the FBI's seven-year investigation of the anthrax attacks.
August 5, 2008
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Gwen Ifill and panel discuss: strategies being taken by Barack Obama and John McCain less than a month before the conventions, the record-setting $480 billion deficit; and fallout from the federal corruption indictment of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens.
NewsHour with Jim Lehrer's coverage of the 2008 elections beginning with the race for the Democratic and Republican party presidential nominations.
August 29, 2008 - Republican Convention by the Numbers
August 29, 2008 - Sarah Palin, elected in 2006 as Alaska's first female governor, arrived in Juneau on an ethics reform platform after defeating two former governors in the primary and general elections.
August 29, 2008 - After a morning of fever-pitch speculation over the identity of Sen. John McCain's vice presidential pick, the presumptive GOP nominee gave the nod Friday to first-term Alaska governor Sarah Palin.
August 28, 2008 - Sen. Barack Obama delivered his speech accepting the Democratic nomination for president before a crowd of thousands at Denver's Invesco Field. A panel of NewsHour analysts and historicans react to Thursday night's event.
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