Schieffer and Hill to Host Presidential Town Hall

CBS News’ “Face the Nation” anchor Bob Schieffer and Erica Hill, co-anchor of “The Early Show,” will host a town hall meeting on the economy with President Obama on Wednesday, May 11th.  The event will take place before a live audience at the Newseum while CBS News Business and Economics Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis facilitates questions from a nationwide audience through a special partnership with YouTube.

The hour-long event will be broadcast on Thursday May 12th during the 8:00-9:00 AM hour of “The Early Show.”  Excerpts from Wednesday’s town hall will also be broadcast later that evening on the CBS Evening News and during a special edition of “Face the Nation”  on Sunday, May 15. Additionally, John Dickerson will host CBSNews.com‘s web extras, including interviews at the White House and with the audience, which will air on cbsnews.com following “The Early Show.”

The entire unedited event will be streamed on www.YouTube.com/cbsnews and on www.cbsnews.com.

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