NBC News' Chuck Todd gives a thumbs up before US President Barack Obama makes his way to the stage for a press conference November 14, 2012.

Chuck Todd, Bill Keller; Gay Talese; Karim Camara & Young Jean Lee

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 17, 2014

Chuck Todd, the NBC News political director and “Meet the Press” moderator, shares stories of President Obama gleaned from his White House reporting. Plus: Bill Keller and Ken Armstrong launch The Marshall Project, a new non-profit news organization covering criminal justice; potential warning labels for soda; New Journalism pioneer Gay Talese on the 50th anniversary of the Verrazano Bridge; and playwright Young Jean Lee examines white male privilege in her new play “Straight White Men.” 

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