NBC’s Today Show open for Decision 2008 Election Day (Tuesday, November 4, 2008) with Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira live from Election Plaza at Rockefeller Plaza. West Coast feed.
“Who will be the next president of the United States? It’s up to you to decide. Today, election day, Tuesday, November 4, 2008.”
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It was November 4, 2008, and we were on a two night layover in Dar es Salaam, the capital of Tanzania in East Africa. We had just concluded our 2nd safari in two years to East Africa, with five nights in the huge Selous Game Reserve, and two weeks with our good friend and superb guide, Baraza Salaho of Bushbuck Safaris of Arusha. It was 7:30 AM, hours before the first polls were scheduled to open in the Unied States. We had shot over 1000 photographs once again, and I had shot seven hours of Hi Def video from Selous clear up to the Masai River in the North. We sensed that Barck Obama would be our next President, and we wanted to guage the reaction of typical Africans on the street. So with trusty SONY on my shoulder, we took to the street corner in front of the New Africa Hotel to learn the reaction of Africans to the possible election of the first African American President of the United States.
The revelation that Obama’s candidacy was the only thing that gave their lives any meaning has caused many supporters to wander aimlessly, unsure of what to do with themselves.
El domingo 14 de diciembre, durante una conferencia en Baghdad, el presidente estadounidense dialogaba con reporteros acompañado del primer ministro de Irak, Nuri al-Maliki, cuando de pronto un periodista de nombre Al-Zeidi gritó en árabe: ¡Este es un beso de despedida, perro! y le arrojó sus zapatos.
Esto es por las viudas, los huérfanos y todos los muertos en Irak.
Bush se agachó y logró esquivar los proyectiles improvisados.
Bush Dodges Shoes Thrown by Iraqi Journalist. During a news conference in Baghdad on Sunday, reporters took off his shoes and throw them at the president.