The World and President Obama
NOVEMBER 6, 2008 THURSDAY AT 3PM CT

 


  Parisians were overjoyed while Russians were muted. Kenyans had a national holiday while Iraqis remain skeptical. The world is reacting to the election of Barack Obama, but what happens now with our image abroad? Jean Feraca talks to award-winning journalists from across the globe.

Guest
  • Charlayne Hunter-Gault, CNN 's Johannesburg bureau chief and correspondent, national correspondent for PBS on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, author of "New News from Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance"
  • Marc Chavannes, political columnist for the Dutch paper NRC Handelsblad in Amsterdam, Washington correspondent during the paper’s coverage of the U.S. election.
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