SUMMARY:Betty Ann Bowser, a long-time correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, died Friday night at the age of 73. After working for CBS News during the Walter Cronkite era, she joined the NewsHour as a correspondent in 1986; covering natural disasters, the Oklahoma City bombing, Hurricane Katrina, and the fight over the Affordable Care Act.
SUMMARY: Elizabeth Farnsworth traveled the world for years as a foreign correspondent for the NewsHour. Her new book, A Train Through Time, examines her experiences in hotspots such as Latin America. But it's more than a story of her reporting, as she details her childhood and the loss of her mother, and also blends fact with fiction. Farnsworth sits down with Jeffrey Brown to discuss her work.
HARI SREENIVASAN (NewsHour): In case you missed it, the White House Correspondents’ dinner was last night. And, as is the custom, the president took playful shots at just about everyone, including himself.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I usually start these dinners with a few self deprecating jokes after my stellar 2013 what could I possibly talk about? I admit it. Last year was rough. Sheesh!
At one point things got so bad, the 47 percent called Mitt Romney to apologize.
Of course, we rolled out Healthcare.gov. That could have gone better.
In 2008, my slogan was “Yes, we can”. In 2013 my slogan was [Control][Alt][Delete].
HARI SREENIVASAN: He didn’t spare his Vice President.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: You may have heard the other day, Hillary had to dodge a flying shoe at a press conference.
HARI SREENIVASAN: He targeted the media.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: I am happy to be here even though I am a little jet lagged from my trip to Malaysia, the lengths we have to go to the get CNN coverage these days.
HARI SREENIVASAN: And, of course, he went after the Republicans.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: Just yesterday, I read a heart breaking letter. You know, I get letters from folks around the country every day. I get 10 that I read. This one got to me.
A Virginia man has been stuck in the same part-time job for years, no respect from his boss, no chance to get ahead.
I really wish Eric Cantor would stop writing me. You can just pick up the phone, Eric.
HARI SREENIVASAN: For more perspective on what White House correspondents really think about their jobs, and a bit more on the dinner, watch my Google+ Hangout with deputy editor of POLITICO magazine – Blake Hounshell.
I am Retired U.S. Navy (22yrs) and a Vietnam Veteran. After my Navy retirement I was in the computer related industry, now retired. In 2000 I was a registered Republican and voted for George W. Bush. Six months of having Bush in the Whitehouse forced me to re-evaluate my political stance. I had always thought of myself as a Moderate Republican, but was a Republican by "default" NOT because of close examination of the GOP. Due to what has happened in America since 2000, I now consider myself a progressive, and registered as a Non-Affiliated voter.
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