Today, BET announced an exclusive news special with former President Barack Obama airing Tuesday, November 17, at 8PM ET/PT on BET and BET Her. “AN HOUR WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA” features Mr. Obama’s first on-camera sit-down interviews with “CBS THIS MORNING’S” Gayle King and “60 MINUTES”‘ Scott Pelley following the election of his former vice president and now President-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris.
The special, hosted by Gayle King, marks the launch of his new memoir, A Promised Land, which releases Tuesday, November 17, and features his thoughts on his political ascent and presidency. The interviews first aired in full on CBS News on “CBS SUNDAY MORNING” and “60 MINUTES,” and excerpts from it will air in the new one-hour BET special. From his improbable odyssey as a young man searching for his identity to shattering immeasurable barriers as the first African American president, securing passage of the Affordable Care Act, to being commander in chief and meeting the moral challenges of high-stakes decision-making, to the fight for racial justice for Black Americans, and President Donald Trump. No topic was off-limits.
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