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HARDtalk: Reverend Jesse Jackson

23/06/2009

Reverend Jesse Jackson

BBC News Channel - HARDtalk, Reverend Jesse Jackson

Stephen Sackur is joined by veteran civil rights campaigner Reverend Jesse Jackson.

Stephen Sackur is joined by veteran civil rights campaigner and Obama supporter Reverend Jesse Jackson to discuss whether America is ready for an era of big government.

Can a highly interventionist federal government re-make 21st century America? President Obama thinks it can. Whether he's right may be determined by his attempts to push through ambitious reform of the economy, healthcare and energy policy. Stephen Sackur is joined by veteran civil rights campaigner and Obama supporter Reverend Jesse Jackson to discuss whether America is ready for an era of big government.

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