Guide Note

Barack Obama, wife Michelle and their two daughters will appear on the entertainment program, Access Hollywood on July 8, 2008. This is the first time in the campaign that the entire Obama family will participate in an interview together.¹

Fast Facts

1. Four-part interview will air: July 8th, July 9th and 10th
2. Malia Obama is 10-years-old
3. Sasha Obama is 7-years-old
4. The interview was taped on July 4, 2008
5. Location: Butte, Montana
6. Interviewer: Maria Menounos

• Malia Obama recalls a time when her father greeted a friend who came over to the Obama family home: "You really don’t shake kids’ hands that much … You just wave or say hi"¹

• Malia, expresses excitement about potentially being able to decorate her White House bedroom: "I enjoy decorating so I get this whole new room to do whatever I want."¹