Obama: special report

It was the moment when President Obama was confronted with liberal disappointment in his presidency – and appeared to respond with a new slogan: “Yes we can, but…”, writes Felicity Spector.

The backlash against President Obama in the US midterm elections has even spread to those who depend on the aid they could lose if the Republicans win power, as Sarah Smith reports from Kentucky.

They’re the most important voters in the Democratic party base. Now President Obama is reaching out to women in an all-out effort to win over crucial support, writes Felicity Spector.

A surge in the number of female candidates in the running or the US mid term elections is changing the face of US politics, writes Washington correspondent Sarah Smith.

A well-timed leak of the juiciest bits to the Washington Post and the New York Times guaranteed Bob Woodward’s book a slot on the bestseller lists. Job Rabkin looks at the revelations in detail.

That’s the question many Americans still can’t answer. Before he was even elected Obama was called “the biggest celebrity in the world” Yet most Americans feel they still don’t really know him.

Obama won a landmark battle to extend health insurance to millions of Americans in March 2010. Channel 4 News visited US hospitals and talked to documentary maker Michael Moore about Obama’s change.

Iowa made history in January 2008 as the first state to put a black candidate at the top of a presidential election poll. Channel 4 News returns to discover what voters made of President Barack Obama.

Obama came to power promising to close Guantanamo Bay. In June 2009, Channel 4 News talked to his top security official about the threat of al-Qaida and the controversial detention camp.

Two million people from around the world descended on Washington DC to watch Barack Obama take office as the USA’s first African-American president.

Though huge challenges lie ahead, Barack Obama and the American people celebrate the achievement of a historic election victory in November 2008.

Channel 4 News investigates Obama’s roots in early Chicago politics and looks at the role race played in his presidential campaign.