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Gwen Ifill analyzes the Obama 'breakthrough'

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Gwen Ifill
Gwen Ifill of PBS watches a clip of 'Saturday Night Live' during a live taping of 'Meet the Press' from NBC October 5, 2008 in Washington, DC.
Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images for Meet The Press)

Gwen Ifill, host of PBS' "Washington Week," discusses her new book "The Breakthrough: Politics in the Age of Obama," with New York Times columnist Bob Herbert.

In the book, Ifill profiles four of the nation's "new generation" of African-American politicians, including President Barack Obama.

Ifill appeared at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston last week.

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Gwen Ifill
Gwen Ifill of PBS watches a clip of 'Saturday Night Live' during a live taping of 'Meet the Press' from NBC October 5, 2008 in Washington, DC.
Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images for Meet The Press)