NOV. 6, 2018 | The crew wrapped up filming A Hard Road with three interviews with political insiders, followed by attending an election party at the National Press Club to watch the election returns as Democrats regained the U.S. House, but lost key seats in the U.S. Senate.
NOV. 5, 2018 | On the day before the midterm elections, the crew traveled around Washington, D.C., starting with Bruce Hawker being on an international panel (above) commenting on the midterm elections, followed by an interview with a Democratic communications consultant.
NOV. 3, 2018 | Over the last four weeks, we’ve traveled more than 3,500 miles, visited 12 states and interviewed 130 people. Our last day on the, ahem, hard road was in and around West Chester, Penn., where we met seasoned public policy strategist Eric Schnurer, an opinion contributor to U.S. News and World Report.
NOV. 3, 2018 | U.S. Rep. Dwight Evans, a Pennsylvania Democrat pictured above, told the crew Saturday during a health care rally near Independence Hall that his state would be ground zero in his party’s effort to take back the U.S. House
NOV. 2, 2018 | Just over two weeks before then 155th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s short Gettysburg Address that describes America’s national purpose, the crew visited the battlefield that had the largest number of casualties during the American Civil War.
NOV. 1, 2018 | The effects of thousands and thousands of job losses came into focus in Monessen, Penn., where decaying buildings and blight fill a once-vibrant downtown. Later on this gray day, the crew traveled to Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa., to talk with a respected pollster about what’s happening across the country.
OCT. 31, 2018 | Days after the horrific murder of 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue, people continued to mourn, offering flowers, candles, hand-written signs and more.
OCT. 31, 2018 | Australian political strategist Bruce Hawker spoke to PRI’s The World radio host Marco Werman about the division impacting America during the midterm elections in this national show aired today.
OCT. 30, 2018 | More than 3,000 people in Pittsburgh marched this afternoon in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood to protest a visit by President Donald Trump after a Saturday massacre of 11 worshipers at a prominent synagogue.
OCT. 29, 2018 | The crew spent the day conducting “man on the street” interviews with people in Columbus, Ind., hometown of Vice President Mike Pence. Columbus, a prosperous city of about 44,000 people, is the headquarters of Cummins, an American Fortune 500 manufacturer of engines.