President Obama pushes his stimulus in prime time

The World

President Obama gave his first prime time press conference last night. He used the chance to push hard for his economic stimulus plan. Many of us were glued to our television screens, but April Ryan, the White House correspondent and Washington bureau chief for American Urban Radio networks, was actually there. She joins us from Washington.

In Obama’s prepared opening remarks, he addressed the economic crisis and pushed for the stimulus bill.

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