Washington, DC -

WHO:
Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri
Former Senator Jack Danforth (R) Missouri
Mayor Patti York, City of St. Charles, Missouri
Community Housing Advocate, Christopher Krehmeyer
Ms. Gwen Ifill, Senior Correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer

WHAT: 
LIVE MEDIA EVENT:
TUESDAY, APRIL 28. 2009
7PM – 8PM: KETC-TV, 3655 OLIVE, ST. LOUIS, MO 63108

NATIONAL BROADCAST:
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 2009, 6PM CDT
(PBS) THE NEWSHOUR WITH JIM LEHRER

LOCAL BROADCAST, KETC-TV, CHANNEL 9
FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009, 7PM, CDT
NEWSHOUR SPOTLIGHT CITY ST. LOUIS TOWN HALL, WITH GWEN IFILL

STORY:

Congressman Clay will be a featured panelist at a PBS town hall meeting in St. Louis to mark President Barack Obama’s first 100 days in office.  The special event, to be moderated by Gwen Ifill, Senior Correspondent for the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, will be taped in front of a live studio audience at KETC-TV, Channel 9. 

Joining Congressman Clay on the panel with be former U.S. Senator Jack Danforth, St. Charles Mayor Patti York and housing advocate Christopher Krehmeyer.

Highlights of the town hall meeting will air on the The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, on Wednesday, 4.29.09, at 6PM CDT, along with excerpts from President Obama’s visit to Missouri on Wednesday morning.

The entire town hall meeting will air in St. Louis on KETC-TV, Channel 9, at 7PM on Friday, 5.1.09.