Journalist Judy Woodruff has been covering U.S. politics for more than 50 years.

And she says she's never seen the country or Congress as divided as it is now.

We would invite people over. We would have, you know, members of Congress or people who

worked on the hill. And there would always be a mix of Republicans and Democrats.

Today, you just don't see that. You're very, very careful when you invite an R and a D to

the same event. This is Let's Find Common Ground. I'm Ashley Miltite.

And I'm Richard Davies. Judy Woodruff has covered every presidential administration since Jimmy

Carter. She moved to Washington DC in 1977 and has been there ever since reporting for NBC, CNN,

and PBS. Most recently, she spent 11 years as anchor of the PBS NewsHour.

In this episode, we speak with Judy about a big reporting project she's doing for the

NewsHour called America at a Crossroads. For the next year and a half, Judy plans to

travel across the country and hear from all kinds of people exploring our differences,

as well as learning how we can find common ground. The project will end with the 2024 election.

Now our interview. Well, Judy, first of all, thank you so much for coming on Let's Find Common

Ground with us today. It's just a delight to be with both of you. I've been looking forward

to this conversation. So have we? So this reporting project America at a Crossroads is really

personal to you. Why did you want to do it? Well, I've been a reporter covering American politics

in one form or another for over 50 years going back to 1970 when I started out as a local

reporter in Atlanta covering Georgia politics, Atlanta City politics, and then I came to Washington

in 1977. So I've been here in this city where I'm talking to you right now a long time. I'm still

based here. So I've covered Democrats and Republicans and they've had big fights over taxes and over

immigration and just about everything you can think of. But today it's not only that the two

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