NBC News Release on Coverage Plans for Convention, Gustav
THE NETWORKS OF NBC NEWS COVERAGE PLANS FOR THE
RNC AND HURRICANE GUSTAV
Brian Williams to Head Up Coverage From the Gulf Region and Tom Brokaw to Lead Coverage Live from St Paul
Williams to Interview Presidential Candidate Senator John McCain on This Evening's “Nightly News”
New York, N.Y. - The networks of NBC News will have comprehensive coverage of the Republican National Convention live from St. Paul, and from the Gulf Region as the area braces for Hurricane Gustav.
"Nightly News" Anchor and Managing Editor, Brian Williams will report live from the region beginning this evening with an exclusive interview with Presidential hopeful Senator John McCain. NBC News' Ann Curry, Lester Holt, Al Roker and a team of correspondents including Contessa Brewer, Don Teague, Janet Shamlian, Kerry Sanders, Lee Cowan, Mark Potter, Mary Murray, Michelle Kosinski, and others, will also be on location. Coverage will extend across MSNBC, and the networks of NBC News will benefit from Weather Plus and a preliminary agreement with The Weather Channel by utilizing their expert teams on and off air.
NBC News' Tom Brokaw will head up the network's coverage of the RNC live from St. Paul. He will be joined by the network's political team of Andrea Mitchell, Chuck Todd, David Gregory, John Yang, Luke Russert, Kelly O'Donnell, Mike Taibbi, Savannah Guthrie, Tom Costello, among others.
MSNBC will have continuing live coverage of Hurricane Gustav beginning today, with Dan Abrams anchoring in primetime from New York, with reports from NBC News and MSNBC correspondents on location across the Gulf Coast. MSNBC will continue live coverage throughout the day Monday, with Keith Olbermann anchoring the network's coverage of Hurricane Gustav in primetime live from New York.
Chris Matthews will lead MSNBC's coverage of the Republican National Convention from St. Paul, with Norah O'Donnell leading a panel of MSNBC political analysts Rachel Maddow, Pat Buchanan and Eugene Robinson.
