Representative Barney Frank - Barnett "Barney" Frank is an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives.
He is a Democrat and has represented Massachusetts's 4th congressional district since 1981. The district includes many of Boston's southern suburbs--such as Brookline, Newton and Foxborough--as well as the South Coast.
Emily Rooney - Emily Rooney is host and executive editor of WGBH's nightly news program Greater Boston. Since the show's debut in January of 1997, Emily has brought her journalistic credentials and deep knowledge of Boston to the program. She was director of political coverage and special events at Fox Network in New York from 1994 to 1997. Prior to that, she was executive producer of ABC World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. Before that, Emily worked at WCVB-TV in Boston for 15 years, from 1979 to 1993, where she served as news director for three years and as assistant news director before that. Since being with Greater Boston, Emily has picked up a number of awards, including the prestigious National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism, a series of New England Emmy Awards, and Associated Press recognition for Best News/Talk show for Beat the Press and Greater Boston.
Congressman Barney Frank speaks with Emily Rooney, host and executive editor of Greater Boston, to unravel the factors that led to Barack Obama's victory in the historic 2008 election -- and then look forward to its impact on the coming years for our nation- Ford Hall Forum