Following a tumultuous week that included two offer-involved killings of African-American men as well as five police officers being killed by sniper fire, President Barack Obama will participate in a town hall to discuss race. The program called “The President and the People: A National Conversation” will be moderated by World News Tonight anchor David Muir as well as ESPN’s Jemele Hill.
The town hall is set to air Thursday at 8 p.m. ET and will be simulcast commercial-free on ABC, ESPN, Freeform, ABCNews.com, Freeform Digital, Watch ABC, Watch ESPN, Yahoo, ABC News’ Facebook page and YouTube channel as well as ABC Radio.