CBS Lands First Obama Interview Since Bin Laden Death

CBS Lands First Obama Interview Since Bin Laden Death

Just two days after he announced the death of Osama Bin Laden, CBS' "60 Minutes" has officially secured the first interview with President Barack Obama.

The network has just confirmed the White House sit-down, which is to be conducted by journalist Steve Croft and broadcast Sunday, May 8 at 7:00PM ET.

The program stands to boast high viewership for the segment, as it will be the very first time the commander in chief will field questions in regards to the killing of Bin Laden.


Obama announced late last Sunday (May 1) that the al Qaeda leader was killed during a raid by U.S. Navy Seals at a compound in Abbottabad, close to Pakistan's capital of Islamabad.

As could be expected, contrary reports are also emerging, with Pakistani forces apparently telling Chinese officials that they killed bin Laden while others claim that Osama was actually gunned down by his own people.

 

 

 

 

 

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Donald Trump: Fighting with Obama & Letterman

Donald Trump: Fighting with Obama & Letterman

Trading barbs as he immerses himself in the political arena, Donald Trump was on both the firing and receiving end of public tiffs with David Letterman and President Barack Obama over the past twenty-four hours.

The "Apprentice" mogul continued his belittling of the U.S. Commander-In-Chief during an event in Nevada on Thursday (April 28) in which he called Obama "stupid".

Trump told the Las Vegas casino audience, “Our leaders are stupid, they are stupid people. It’s just very, very sad.”


All of the negative banter seemed to get under the skin of late night talk show host David Letterman, who insinuated that Donald is a "racist" while chatting with his latest guest, Dr. Phil.

“It’s all fun, it’s all a circus, it’s all a rodeo – until it starts to smack of racism," Letterman told. Then asking Dr. Phil if he considers Trump a racist, the do-good doctor said, “I do not,” while adding that the self-proclaimed billionaire lacks the quality of thinking before speaking.

Seemingly not in agreement, Letterman then said, “If he comes back on this show, and I am not sure we want him back on this show under these circumstances, he ought to be prepared to apologize just for that kind of behavior.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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White House Correspondents Dinner Party: An Inside Look

White House Correspondents Dinner Party: An Inside Look

Always one of the more well-attended events of the year, the stars were in the nation's capital for the TIME/CNN/People/Fortune White House Correspondents' dinner cocktail party on Saturday night (April 30).

Held at the Washington Hilton, President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama welcomed guests including Scarlett Johansson, Sean Penn, Paula Abdul, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer.

Also on hand was "Gossip Girl" hunk Chace Crawford, who roamed the posh locale while joined by sister Candice and her NFL star fiance Tony Romo.

Rounding out the guest list of stars were lovely actress Mila Kunis, "Glee" star Matthew Morrison, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actress Cheryl Hines and famous daughter Bristol Palin, as well as Nina Dobrev, America Ferrera and Elizabeth Banks.


With Seth Meyers leading the audience through the evening agenda, the comedic actor said prior to the dinner cocktail party's kickoff, "It may be a tough room. But as someone who follows politics, I think it’s really exciting to go into a room where people are incredibly well-informed."

Meyers added, "You can probably make jokes about the minutiae of politics that wouldn’t work on Saturday Night Live.”

Enjoy the pictures from the White House Correspondents' dinner (April 30).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Barack Obama Tuscon Speech a Call For Public Healing, Civil Discourse

 Barack Obama Tuscon Speech a Call For Public Healing, Civil Discourse

President Barack Obama did his best to comfort Tucson, Arizona and the nation as a whole last night at a eulogy for the victims of last week's tragedy.

Urging Americans to forward on "in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds," his speech evoked memories of the six killed and many wounded.

Among those wounded was U.S. Rep. Gabrille Giffords, whose supermarket meet-and-greet instead became the site of this unspeakable tragedy.

Obama Tuscon Speech

Obama condemned our nation's increasingly harsh public dialogue, or "politics, point-scoring and pettiness that drifts away with the next news cycle."

"Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let us use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully," he told 14,000 people at the University of Arizona's McKale Memorial Center in Tucson.

Instead, he called upon us "to sharpen our instincts for empathy, and remind ourselves of all the ways our hopes and dreams are bound together."

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