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What Now, Mr President?

Barack Obama takes over as US President with a promise to change America and make it a fairer place. Can he reshape the world's most powerful country?

Barack Obama takes over as US President with a promise to dramatically change America and make it a fairer place. He is inheriting the worst economic crisis in almost a century, and a country so unequal that 23,000 people die every year because they cannot afford basic healthcare.

To close the gap between rich and poor Obama will have to take on the might of the corporate world, which wields enormous influence in Washington. Can he change the world's most powerful country, and should he?

30 minutes

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterJeremy Vine
ParticipantHilary Andersson
ProducerMark Gregory

Broadcasts

  • Mon 19 Jan 200920:30
  • Thu 22 Jan 200904:30
  • Fri 23 Jan 200900:25
  • Fri 23 Jan 200900:55
  • Sun 25 Jan 200920:30
  • Tue 27 Jan 200901:55