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Expect new headlines soon out of “CBS Evening News.”

After being overhauled in major fashion earlier this year, the venerable evening newscast, which has direct ties to Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather, is likely to get some new twists and tweaks. The program, according to two people familiar with CBS News, is seen as being at the of a to-do list for Tom Cibrowski, the executive recently named to lead CBS News and whose decision-making has even more potency after his direct superior, Wendy McMahon, announced on Monday her plans to leave the company.

The show has lost a significant chunk of its viewership since a new format was unveiled in January that relies on the dual-anchor team of John Dickerson and Maurice DuBois, and a story mix that hinges more closely on enterprise and feature reporting than it does on breaking news. For the five-day period starting May 5, “CBS...

CBS News has made a series of new assignments for correspondents in its Washington, D.C. bureau, as is typical at the start of a new presidential administration.

Fin Gómez has been named executive director, politics and White House, adding to his duties as CBS News political director. He will oversee daily coverage of the White House team and politics as well as running the political unit, and will report to Mark Lima, Washington bureau chief.

At the White House unit, Olivia Rinaldi will join as producer/reporter and Aaron Navarro will join as digital reporter. They will join the White House team that includes chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes, political correspondent Ed O’Keefe, senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs and White House reporter Willie Inman.

On Capitol Hill, Caitlin Huey-Burns will be congressional correspondent and Taurean Small joins as reporter. They join congressional correspondent Nikole Killion.

The January 19th edition of “CBS News Sunday Morning” looks to bookend an era and peek into what’s next. Jane Pauley guides us through a lineup that acknowledges the shifting political sands while still finding room for human interest and historical nuggets. Nancy Cordes will attempt the not-insignificant task of summarizing Joe Biden’s lengthy political […]

Biden’s Curtain Call: “CBS Sunday Morning” Eyes Presidential Exit...

In addition to ABC preempting “The View,” “GMA3: What You Need to Know” and “General Hospital,” CBS will also preempt its daytime lineup consisting of “The Price is Right,” “The Young and the Restless,” “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “Let’s Make a Deal” on Monday, January 20, due to special news coverage of the second inauguration President-elect Donald J. Trump.

Starting at 7:00 a.m. Et with a special edition of “CBS Mornings” anchored by Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson from Washington, D.C., CBS will deliver special all-day coverage of the presidential inauguration across all shows and platforms with Norah O’Donnell anchoring

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At 9:00 a.m. Et, CBS will air “CBS News: The Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump” anchored by Norah O’Donnell who will be joined by journalists John Dickerson, Maurice DuBois, Margaret Brennan, Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil, Nancy Cordes, Major Garrett, Robert Costa,...

There’s a little election this week that you might have heard about.

The early votes are in and the polls are open for the 2024 presidential showdown between Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican former President Donald Trump. Now we pivot to The Coverage.

There’s no shortage of options for how to watch Election Day – and Night, and probably Week – unfold on broadcast and cable TV and streaming services beginning Tuesday. See a rundown of the various networks and platforms’ plans below.

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Along with the usual suspects of network news divisions, cable news pundits, pubcaster PBS and political outlet C-span comes a new player: Amazon’s Prime Video, which features former NBC News and MSNBC mainstay Brian Williams in his return to the anchor chair.

So read on to decide on how to watch America decide.

See how your favorite channel will be following the race for the White House and other key races around the country on Tuesday evening.

The waiting 2024 U.S. presidential election is nearly over. Election night is Tuesday, Nov. 5, and each of the major broadcast and cable news networks that traditionally cover election news are gearing up for a cycle like no other. Virtually no one expects to be able to call the race for the White House on Tuesday night, and there are down-ballot decisions from all around the country to keep track of as well. Find out what kind of coverage you’ll be able to see on your favorite news channel here and make sure you stay informed on this highly consequential election!

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During her recent on-air reporting, CBS anchor Gayle King mentioned rumors she’d heard regarding power couple Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift.

King, regularly seen on CBS Mornings, covered the Democratic National Convention (DNC) with co-anchors Norah O’Donnell and Nancy Cordes.

The event, part of Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign, occurred at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois.

It featured plenty of star power, including King’s good friend Oprah Winfrey, actress Kerry Washington, Saturday Night Live’s Kenan Thompson, and singer Pink.

During the coverage, King speculated about Swift and Kelce’s potential involvement in the event.

However, her co-hosts corrected her, leading to an exchange regarding the rumors, and viewers called King out online.

Gayle King’s co-hosts questioned her Kelce and Swift rumors

During the CBS News America Decides coverage of the DNC’s final night in Chicago, Cordes said they couldn’t confirm...

The first of two scheduled presidential debates ahead of the 2024 election will become the earliest debate in the history of a campaign as Democratic incumbent Joe Biden and third-time Republican candidate Donald Trump face off once again.

Simulcasts and extra coverage will be available to watch on CBS and C-span. CNN will host this first debate from its Atlanta headquarters. There will be no audience present so that the candidates can maximize their allotted time, and the debaters’ microphones will be muted when they aren’t speaking.

Jon Stewart will host live episodes of The Daily Show after the two confirmed debates so far on Comedy Central.

Read on for all the details about how to watch the first presidential debate:

When is the first 2024 presidential debate?

The first debate leading up to the presidential election is set for 9 p.m. Et Thursday, June 27.

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Update: TheGrio will simulcast CNN’s presidential debate on Thursday while providing pre- and post- event coverage.

TheGrio will start live coverage at 8:30 p.m. Et with a preview show hosted by April Ryan, Washington, D.C. bureau chief and senior White House correspondent, and senior correspondent Natasha Alford. The pre show will focus on issues affecting the Black community and provide background on the candidates’ positions.

The coverage will air on TheGrio television network, streaming Fast channel and digital platform Local Now.

After the debate at 10:30 p.m. Et, Ryan and Alford will get reactions, including from those in politics and advocacy.

Columnists for theGrio, Touré and Michael Harriot, will provide additional commentary.

Byron Allen, chairman and CEO of Allen Media Group, said that the coverage “will provide comprehensive analysis to ensure that viewers gain a deeper understanding of the political landscape and the stakes involved for America.

Chris Christie was for Donald Trump before he was against him. The former New Jersey governor stood by Donald Trump through scandal and controversy, and on Sunday the Republican candidate was confronted with his support of the former president, who he now opposes.

“You stood by [Trump] after he was accused of rape, after he praised Vladimir Putin repeatedly, after he was impeached. Didn’t you normalize his conduct for a long time as well?” Face the Nation host Nancy Cordes asked Christie, who is running for the GOP’s presidential nomination,...

CBS is debuting a revamped daily streaming politics show American Decides, which will feature a team of the network anchors and correspondents.

Set to debut on May 1, America Decides will feature Robert Costa, Caitlin Huey-Burns, Major Garrett, Ed O’Keefe, Nikole Killion, Scott MacFarlane, Weijia Jiang and Nancy Cordes. The show will stream on CBS News Streaming at 5 p.m. Et Monday through Thursday, re-airing at 6 p.m. Et and 9 p.m. Et. That slot is currently occupied by Red & Blue, which launched six years ago.

Robert Gifford, CBS News vice president and managing editor, said in a statement that they “aim to bring a fresh perspective that will leave viewers more informed, offering facts without opinion, and allow newsmakers to speak in a venue that goes beyond soundbites.”

The show will be based in Washington, and also will feature Anthony Salvanto, CBS News elections and surveys director, with the latest polling.

TV news can help a dozen soundbites from politicians go viral on any day. One recent social-media uproar stirred by CBS News came not from flagship programs like “CBS Mornings” or “CBS Evening News,” but from “Red & Blue,” a program available only through streaming.

On a recent Wednesday, CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns nabbed an interview with Senator Tim Scott, the Republican presidential hopeful, and made sure to ask him his stance on federal limits on when women might be able to terminate a pregnancy. Scott gave all kinds of answers, but none of them directly answered her questions. The exchange made news — even though it debuted first in a place where, in another era, it might have gotten lost.

Correspondents would like to do more of these kinds of interviews, says Huey-Burns. “He hadn’t defended a position before, so we saw that as an opportunity. Once people...

Fox News Channel dominated coverage for Tuesday’s State of the Union address as the most watched cable news channel. In broadcast, ABC News took the win.

Led by anchors Martha Maccallum and Bret Baier, Fox News Channel drew in 4.6 million total viewers and 793,000 in the key cable demo among adults 25-54 during the 9:00-10:30 p.m. coverage of President Joe Biden’s address, according to Nielsen data.

MSNBC, spearheaded by hosts Rachel Maddow, Nicolle Wallace and Joy Reid, trailed slightly behind Fox News, coming in second place for total viewership in the demo with 3.5 million viewers and third place in the demo with 479,000 viewers during the 9:00-10:30 p.m. time slot. CNN’s coverage with Jake Tapper and Anderson Cooper came in third place in terms of total viewers with 2.3 million total viewers and scored second in the demo across cable news networks with 617,000 viewers...

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to deliver its findings during its first public hearings on Thursday night.

The “Big 3” networks (ABC, CBS and NBC) and two major cable news channels (CNN and MSNBC, but not Fox News) will carry live, primetime coverage of the hearings, during which the committee — consisting of chairperson Bennie Thompson (D-ms); majority committee members Zoe Lofgren (D-ca), Elaine Luria (D-va), Adam Schiff (D-ca), Pete Aguilar (D-ca), Stephanie Murphy (D-fl) and Jamie Raskin (D-md); and minority committee members Liz Cheney (R-Wy) and Adam Kinzinger (R-il) — will “show...

CBS News and Stations announced an overhaul Monday that included a new studio in New York, and a new slate of programming. CBS News Miami also became the company’s 13th local streaming service, launching Monday.

The rebranding was announced by Neerah Khemlani and Wendy McMahon, presidents and co-heads of CBS News and Stations.

“We’re unlocking the power of CBS News – streaming the best of our reporting and storytelling on television to viewers everywhere,” Khemlani said in a statement. “From up-to-the-minute reporting from our new live news desk, signature interviews by Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell, adventures on ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ and ’60 Minutes,’ true crime on ’48 Hours’ – and reporting out of Washington to Kyiv to Beijing – we’re delivering a 24/7 experience with quality journalism from the best news brands in the business.”

The overhaul now brings together national and local live news in addition to content from CBS News’ long-standing shows,...

President Joe Biden holds a solo press conference at the White House on Wednesday, one of the few such events he’s had in the 12 months since he took office.

Reporters will likely pepper him with questions about Omicron, the situation with Russia and Ukraine, the status of voting rights and the future of Build Back Better. It would not be at all surprising if he’s asked simply how he thinks he’s done in his first year, the kind of self-assessment the can be telling in and of itself.

What viewers will see are far fewer reporters than normal as social distancing limits the number allowed in the East Room to just 42, this for an event that normally packs in as many journalists as possible.

That’s a reflection of the surprises and setbacks for Biden as his presidency reaches the one-year mark on Thursday. His administration has...

The memorial service for retired Army general, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell is set for Friday in Washington D.C., with the broadcast news networks and their digital and affiliate outlets planning live coverage that will impact regular daytime programming.

Coverage at National Cathedral will begin just before noon Et/9 a.m. Pt. C-Span and the cable news networks will join ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS in providing live reports from the ceremony, which will include tributes from Richard Armitage, Madeleine Albright and Powell’s son Michael.

You can watch a livestream here:

Powell died October 18 at age 84 from complications of Covid-19. Born in Harlem the son of Jamaican immigrants, he played an influential role in shaping foreign and military policy in the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.

Here’s what the...

Updated, with comment from Jen Psaki: As Nicki Minaj has soaked up attention for her social media posts casting doubt on the safety of the Covid-19 vaccine, the White House has offered to call her to answer questions.

“As we have with others, we offered a call with Nicki Minaj and one of our doctors to answer questions she has about the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine,” a White House official said on Thursday.

Minaj on Monday posted on Twitter that she would not be going to the Met Gala because of its vaccine requirement. She then claimed,” My cousin in Trinidad won’t get the vaccine cuz his friend got it & became impotent. His testicles became swollen.”

The Biden administration response came after Minaj tweeted on Wednesday that they had invited her to the White House. “I think it’s a step in the right direction. Yes,...

White House correspondents often describe Joe Biden’s first 100 days through the lens of policy — Covid-19 relief, immigration, voting rights, racial justice.

That in and of itself is a change from the comparable period of Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, whose tenure was marked by endless palace intrigue, frequent leaks and unceasing combat with those assigned to cover him.

Deadline spoke separately with White House correspondents at six major networks — Cecilia Vega of ABC News, Nancy Cordes of CBS News, Kaitlan Collins of CNN, Peter Doocy of Fox News, Geoff Bennett of NBC News and Yamiche Alcindor of PBS NewsHour — to talk about covering an administration that has, from the start, been a world of difference from the past four years.

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Cecilia Vega: The [inauguration] speech was different. It wasn’t “American carnage,” and the tone was different. There was an emphasis on bipartisanship. He projected image that...

Update, 11:34 Pm Pt: Joe Biden wrapped up his first formal press conference, lasting about an hour, by telling the reporters gathered, “But folks, I’m going.”

Very quickly, Fox News keyed into the fact that Biden did not call on its White House correspondent, Peter Doocy, who was in the East Room, even as Biden called on reporters from the other major networks.

“Peter Doocy was not given a question, which is of note as well,” said Fox News’ Martha MacCallum, as the chyron read, “Biden signed 37 EOs but holds just 1 news conf.”

News outlets called upon during the press conference: Associated Press, PBS, The Washington Post, ABC News, The Wall Street Journal, NBC News, CBS News, CNN, Bloomberg and Univision. A typical press conference features reporters from across the country, including a number from lesser known news outlets, but Covid-19 restrictions limited the number of correspondents allowed in the room.

“I got elected to solve problems,” Joe Biden said today in response to the first question at his first solo press conference as President. “All I know is I’ve been hired to solve problems, not create division,” he staunchly added, laying down again that there is a new kind of Potus in the White House after Donald Trump.

“I want to change the paradigm,” the well calibrated and well prepped president proclaimed of his ambitions for the nation.

The AP had the first question in the just over 62-minute long affair that ranged from timely topics of the Covid-19 health crisis, the just passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan, the surge at the southern border, and filibuster reform in the Senate. Following a week that saw mass shootings in Atlanta and Bolder, gun control was on the press conference agenda too, as was a large infrastructure package, withdraw from the forever war in Afghanistan,...

Joe Biden is facing the media in his first press conference as President of the United States on Thursday, with the remarks set to begin at 1:15 p.m. Et/10:15 a.m. Pt — meaning the broadcast networks will be breaking in to their regularly scheduled lineups to cover it. Below is a guide on how to watch the event.

Donald Trump was 27 days into his presidency when he held his first press conference. Barack Obama did so at just 20 days. George W. Bush waited 33 days before taking questions in a formally. For Biden, it’s been more than two months, prompting ongoing questions about the delay.

The president has plenty to discuss. He surely will seek to play up the fulfillment of his pledge to administer 100 million doses of vaccine in his first 100 days, which he accomplished 42 days early. Then there is the massive $1.9 trillion relief package he signed...

Joe Biden is making his first primetime address to the nation as President of the United States on Thursday, with the remarks set to begin at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt, meaning the broadcast networks will be breaking in to their regularly scheduled lineups to cover it.

Biden has plenty to discuss, with the main topic the one-year anniversary of the Covid pandemic this week. It comes as a massive $1.9 trillion relief package passed by Congress this week heads to his desk for signature, the vehicle for Biden’s major bet that the stimulus will help fuel an economy hobbled by the virus.

Meanwhile, he has accelerated his original goal of having enough vaccines for every American by the end of May, even as the U.S. death toll nears 530,000.

You can watch the address on Deadline here via PBS:

Here’s how the news networks plan to...

Updated with Day 4 details: The prosecution has rested in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, and now it’s the defense’s turn. The proceedings in the U.S. Senate are set to continue Friday at noon Et/9 a.m. Pt. Day 4 of the trial featured the Democrats impeachment managers summarizing their incitement case against Potus 45 for the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Defense attorneys Bruce Castor and David Schoen begin their case Friday, after the latter told reporters that they should wrap by Saturday..

Follow the live hearing here, via C-span:

Previously, February 9 Am: The second impeachment trial of now former President Donald Trump is set to begin Tuesday at 1 p.m. Et/10 a.m. Pt in the U.S. Senate, in the same building where just more than a month ago a pro-Trump mob uprising led to five deaths and an article...

Nancy Cordes has been the indefatigable Capitol Hill beat reporter at CBS News for more than a decade. Now she will start a new role for the ViacomCBS news unit – at the White House.

CBS News named Cordes its chief White House correspondent, part of a reshuffling of news resources that usually takes place around the industry whenever a new occupant takes over the Oval Office. CBS News also named Ed O’Keefe senior White House and political correspondent and said Weija Jiang, another familiar face covering the White House, would be a senior White House correspondent going forward.

The moves are some of the first put in place by Ingrid Cipiran-Matthews, who was named CBS News’ Washington Bureau Chief on January 5.

“I have taken a fresh look at the needs in D.C. and feel confident that we are putting the right team in place for success,:” Ciprian-Matthews said in a statement.

CBS News on Friday unveiled a series of changes to its lineup of assignments for correspondents in Washington, D.C.

Nancy Cordes, who has covered Capitol Hill for 12 years, moves to chief White House correspondent. Ed O’Keefe, political correspondent since 2018, will become senior White House and political correspondent. Weijia Jiang will be senior White House correspondent, and Paula Reid will continue to report out of the Washington bureau.

Almost all of the networks have changed out their White House teams with the incoming Biden administration.

CBS News’ EVP and Washington bureau chief Ingrid Ciprian-Matthews wrote in a memo: “I have taken a fresh look at the needs in D.C. and feel confident that we are putting the right team in place for success. Our priorities: to break news, provide the audience with original reporting and context and lead the way among our peers.

“The Washington bureau has served an...

CBS News is the latest TV news division to shuffle its Washington D.C. correspondent corp.

The network says that Nancy Cordes, Ed O’Keefe and Weijia Jiang will be its new White House correspondent team, covering the incoming Biden administration. Cordes currently covers Capitol Hill and will become chief White House correspondent, O’Keefe is currently political correspondent and will add White House responsibilities on top of that, while Jiang, who currently covers the White House, will become senior White House correspondent. Paula Reid will leave the White House beat but will continue to repot out of Washington.

Elsewhere, Ben ...

CBS News is the latest TV news division to shuffle its Washington D.C. correspondent corp.

The network says that Nancy Cordes, Ed O’Keefe and Weijia Jiang will be its new White House correspondent team, covering the incoming Biden administration. Cordes currently covers Capitol Hill and will become chief White House correspondent, O’Keefe is currently political correspondent and will add White House responsibilities on top of that, while Jiang, who currently covers the White House, will become senior White House correspondent. Paula Reid will leave the White House beat but will continue to repot out of Washington.

Elsewhere, Ben ...

Nancy Cordes, CBS News chief congressional correspondent, knew something was wrong when she saw Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley being whisked out of the Senate chamber on Jan. 6.

Cordes had stationed herself in the Russell Senate Office Building, next door to the Capitol, where she planned to do live shots all day for various CBS News programs on the congressional certification of the Electoral College vote in the 2020 presidential election.

Around 2 p.m. Et, she watched as the debate got underway in the Senate with the first of several planned objections to certification raised by GOP lawmakers; their aim was to draw attention to President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that the election was marred by widespread voting fraud.

“The next thing I knew suddenly I saw Chuck Grassley, the highest-ranking Republican in the Senate, suddenly get rushed off the dais out the door,” Cordes tells Variety. “Then I saw staffers...

Congress will count the 2020 Electoral College votes on Wednesday to confirm President-elect Joe Biden’s presidential victory in a joint session beginning at 1 p.m. Et/10 a.m. Pt in the House of Representatives.

The final (and usually pro-forma) step in the Potus certification process, today’s count is expected to verify the votes electors cast back in December that gave Biden a 306-232 win in the Electoral College, a month after Biden won the popular vote in the general election. The margin of victory is the same in which now-President Donald Trump declared victory in 2016.

Trump and many GOP members of Congress have disputed the results of the this year’s presidential election, though dozens of attempts to overturn results in both state and federal courts (and two in the U.S. Supreme Court) have failed. Trump continues to press on with unfounded claims that the election was stolen from him,...

In normal times, the certification by Congress of electoral votes for president would be, at best, a nominal news event. But these aren’t normal times.

On Wednesday, Congress is expected to complete the final step in making Joe Biden’s election official. But with some Republican lawmakers signaling that they will bow to public pressure from President Donald Trump to upend the electoral-college certification — a process rarely infused with drama and described by the Constitution as a fairly routine counting exercise — television-news is gearing up for event coverage.

MSNBC will kick off its coverage at 9 a.m. Et with Stephanie Ruhle on “MSNBC Live”; Hallie Jackson will then take over as anchor for two hours of special coverage from Washington, D.C., beginning at 10 a.m. Et. At noon Et, coverage will be taken over by Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell in Washington, D.C., and Katy Tur in New York.

Republican leaders continue to embarrass themselves by not acknowledging reality, and the growing number of world leaders who’ve shown no problem facing the truth is making the GOP look even more pathetic.

Three full days have passed since the 2020 election was called in favor of Joe Biden and, astonishingly, the number of congratulations from foreign leaders has far exceeded those from Republican officeholders.

According to NBC News’ count, only four current GOP senators, six members of Congress, and three governors have broken from the cult of Trump to express acknowledgment,...

Gayle King has been a TV anchor for many years and many election cycles. But she’s never had an Election Night experience like this one.

The “CBS This Morning” anchor was part of the live team that anchored CBS’ coverage from 7 p.m. Et on Tuesday until just after 3 a.m. Et Wednesday on a wild night of seesawing numbers and partisan jousting over the vote-counting process. She was back on the air live from 6 a.m.-noon Et on Wednesday.

“I am cock-eyed tired,” King admitted.

King had been prepared for a late night on Tuesday but was surprised when her assistant told her she’d need to be back on air at 6 a.m. Et. At that point, wearing the yellow dress that she wore on air, King decided rather than heading home she would grab a few winks on a couch in the green room of MTV’s “Trl” studio,...

The end of the road is finally in sight for the 2020 presidential election — though the drama could, and probably will, certainly continue on after Nov. 3. But no matter what happens on Tuesday night in this race between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, CBS News will be there to cover all of it, and you’ll be able to watch the network’s coverage for free from wherever you end up.

CBS News will have its coverage going all day on the Cbsn streaming platform, but the main event — the network’s dedicated coverage bloc — will start up at 7 p.m. Et/4 p.m. Pt. Which is when the first states close their polls on the East Coast. “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell will be the lead. But she won’t be alone.

O’Donnell will be joined on the desk by “CBS This Morning” co-host Gayle King, “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan,...

CBS News will base its election night coverage from Times Square for the first time, in ViacomCBS’s headquarters at 1515 Broadway.

The network on Thursday announced its plans for coverage of Nov. 3, with a heavy emphasis on its reporting team, visual graphics and exit and polling data.

The biggest scrutiny, though, will be on how the networks characterize the state of the race and at what point they will declare a winner. One of the biggest concerns has been of candidates declaring victory based on election night totals, even though big chunks of mail-in votes remain to be counted.

The network’s decision desk, led by Anthony Salvanto, will feature an Election Night Tracker that combines exit poll data and vote tallies along with the network’s polling. CBS News’ Battleground Tracker will have polled 100,000 people by election day. The network said that Salvanto will explain its methodology and how it makes projections.

The election coverage will be from CBS News. The studio may remind some savvy viewers of MTV.

CBS News will cover the 2020 election from different digs than it has in the past, moving a phalanx of its best-known anchors from its regular New York digs to a big studio in Times Square that once housed MTV’s long-running music program “Trl.” The new space will give Norah O’Donnell, Gayle King, Margaret Brennan, John Dickerson, and Ed O’Keefe a chance to maneuver along with crew and producers while making use of new technologies that let viewers see graphic displays and maps in real time.

The team will need room, thanks to the new rigors of covering an election amid a global pandemic and a bevy of new wrinkles in this critical national process.

“This is going to be the most complicated election of our lifetime, and there are a host of...

The atmosphere on Capitol Hill during the past week has been one of increased caution: Absent are visiting tourists and many congressional staffers.

For members of the media who remain, the past couple of days have been especially tense and even surreal: They are trying to cover a massive, unprecedented $1-trillion-plus coronavirus relief bill at the same time that new concerns have been raised about the virus’ spread at the Capitol.

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Sen. Rand Paul’s announcement on Sunday that he tested positive for the virus added to the anxiety, forcing his colleagues to retrace their steps and for members of the media to recall their recent interactions with him.

On Tuesday,...

In matters concerning the impeachment trial, Republican senators have been warned: if they go against Trump they should be prepared to reap the whirlwind. “Vote against the president and your head will be on a pike,” a source told CBS News’ Nancy Cordes.

The report did not say whether the threat came from Trump himself, the White House, or Republican leadership. There have been few signs of Republican Senators breaking ranks. All of the procedural votes, which set the rules for the trial, have fallen to defeat on party lines.

Update, 3:40 Pm Et: The first full day of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump is likely to be taken up by important procedural questions likely to trigger hours of acrimonious debate. Shortly after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the text of proposed rules and parameters for the trial, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called it “nothing short of a national disgrace.” Democrats are objecting to a number of proposals, including a plan to give each side 24 hours of time to lay out their case. But that would take place over two days for each side — meaning that the Senate (and viewers watching) are looking at 12-hour days that will spill over into the wee hours of the morning. Schumer said that the resolution “stipulates that key facts be delivered in the wee hours of the night simply because he doesn’t want the American public to hear from them.

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The usual suspects are gearing up to cover the U.S. Senate’s impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, the latest swirl in what seems to be a never-ending news cycle centered on the White House. But the impeachment proceedings, which kick off in earnest Tuesday, take place as many networks are also deep into coverage of the race among Democrats to secure the nomination for the 2020 election.

“There is an election campaign going on, and CNN has coverage plans that are somewhat unrelated to the impeachment trial,” says Sam Feist, CNN’s Washington Bureau chief, in an interview. “We will have to remain flexible.”

That’s not to say the AT&T-owned news outlet and its rivals aren’t gong to present hours of impeachment coverage. They are. “We have plans in place for anything that could happen,” says Susan Zirinsky, president of CBS News.

Update, Jan. 17, 3:15 Pm Pt: PBS NewsHour will cover the impeachment proceedings live as well as the commercial broadcast and cable news networks.

Judy Woodruff will anchor the broadcast, with Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardnis and White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor. PBS NewsHour will feature highlights and additional analysis. Guests are expected to include Elizabeth Chryst, Marty Paone, Victoria Nourse, John Hart and Margaret Taylor.

Some PBS stations will rebroadcast the trial proceedings in the evening, including Weta-tv, the PBS affiliate in Washington, D.C.

Previously, Jan. 16, 7:50 Am Pt: Broadcast networks are devising plans for coverage of the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, meaning substantial pre-emptions of regular daytime programming.

Set to begin in earnest on Tuesday, the trial is expected to last about two weeks, and could very well go longer, especially if the Senate votes to call witnesses.

CBS News announced that it will broadcast...

Updated with schedules for Week 2 hearings: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence will continue public hearings in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump for a second week beginning Tuesday. Last week’s three witnesses marked the first such hearings to take place since President Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998 and only the fourth time against a sitting president in U.S. history.

The House of Representatives is probing charges that Trump attempted to coerce Ukraine, a foreign government, to launch an investigation of political rival Joe Biden and his son. The hearings could wrap before the end of the year.

Like last week, cable networks are planning full-court coverage for scheduled hearings this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (see the breakdown below). Most broadcast networks plan to break in to regularly scheduled programming, while offering uninterrupted coverage via their digital outlets.

Deadline will also live-stream all the hearings this week.

Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine whose ouster is the backstory of the impeachment inquiry, did something that the previous witnesses did not: She got President Donald Trump’s attention.

As he tweeted against her, Democrats quickly accused the president of trying to intimidate a witness in real time.

Trump wrote, “Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad. She started off in Somalia, how did that go? Then fast forward to Ukraine, where the new Ukrainian President spoke unfavorably about her in my second phone call with him. It is a U.S. President’s absolute right to appoint ambassadors.”

In a break from her dramatic testimony, commentators quickly seized on the implications of Trump’s tweet.

“That was a turning point in this hearing so far. She was already a sympathetic witness & the President’s tweet ripping her allowed Schiff to point it out real time characterizing it...

Update: All of the major broadcast networks will pre-empt regular programming on Wednesday and Friday for coverage of the first public hearings of the impeachment inquiry.

ABC and NBC announced their lineups for the hearings on Monday, joining CBS and PBS, which announced their plans last week.

The hearings will start on Wednesday with Bill Taylor, pictured, and George Kent testifying, followed by Marie Yovanovitch on Friday. They all have previously testified in closed-door hearings.

ABC News’ coverage will feature chief anchor George Stephanopoulos, World News Tonight anchor David Muir, chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl, senior White House correspondent Cecilia Vega, senior congressional correspondent Mary Bruce, chief Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas, senior national correspondent Terry Moran, chief legal analyst Dan Abrams and contributor Kate Shaw. Muir will anchor World News Tonight from Washington starting on Wednesday.

ABC News Live will are pre- and post- shows on both days, anchored...

The House’s impeachment inquiry has given new importance to what is a part of the culture at the Capitol — the media stakeout.

As lawmakers meet behind closed doors in a House Intelligence Committee hearing room, a handful of reporters are waiting just outside the restricted space, anxious for any information on what is being said. C-span has started a regular feed on its website of this stakeout spot, located two floors down a spiral staircase in the underground Capitol Visitor Center.

Many of the images on cable news channels lately have been of reporters catching lawmakers in fleeting moments for comment, or even just a glimpse of an entering or exiting witness. But the relentless pace of the news cycle, with its ever-expanding scope of bombshells related to President Donald Trump, has placed new competitive pressure on journalists to break new details and gather reaction.

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Nearly three months after the release of Robert Mueller’s report into Russia’s election interference and possible obstruction of justice by President Trump, the former special counsel will testify Wednesday in public before Congress. Mueller will appear in two back-to-back hearings before the House Judiciary and Intelligence Committees in what promises to be one of the most closely watched political spectacles of the Trump presidency.

Broadcast, cable networks and streaming platforms will be blanketing with live coverage.

Live, comprehensive coverage begins on CNN at 8 Am with Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper, who will be joined by other CNN anchors and correspondents, with analysis by CNN contributors and commentators.

NBC’s coverage will begin at 8:15 a.m. Et and continue through both sessions. The special coverage will be led by NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, NBC News chief legal correspondent and Today co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, and moderator of...

The television networks are gearing up for extended coverage of Sunday’s Mueller Report revelations, with CBS airing a primetime special Monday. This is in addition to the ’round-the-clock treatment on all-news channels.

CBS will broadcast The Mueller Report: A Turning Point, a one-hour special set for Monday, March 25 at 10 Pm Et/Pt. The special will be simulcast on CBS News Radio and available on CBS stations via CBS All Access. The special will be also available at 1:00 Am Et on Cbsn, the CBS News’ 24/7 digital streaming news service, and CBS News.com.

The report will unpack the findings of a two-year investigation into President Donald Trump, his aides, allies, and associates, answering the question of whether the then-candidate and his campaign coordinated with the Kremlin to win the White House and if the president obstructed justice.

The special will bore in on why the Special Counsel was not...

Last year — appropriately for a year in which the #MeToo movement was launched — marked a significant milestone on the road to gender equity in television news. In 2017, for the first time, nightly news assignment desks gave equal time to their leading male and female correspondents. Of the top 10 reporters ranked by airtime on the three broadcast networks’ weekday nightly newscasts, five were men and five were women. <em>ABC World News Tonight</em> gave most prominence to Jonathan Karl, Mary Bruce and Cecilia Vega. <em>CBS Evening News</em> relied most on Nancy Cordes and Jeff Pegues. On <em>NBC Nightly News</em>, Hallie Jackson ...

CBS Evening News anchor Scott Pelley and the network’s Face the Nation anchor John Dickerson will lead CBS News’ live coverage of Monday’s first presidential debate, 9-11 Pm Et. CBS News correspondents Nancy Cordes and Major Garrett will provide original reporting on the network's primetime debate coverage, post-debate analysis on all CBS News broadcasts and platforms, including Cbsn, CBS News' 24/7 streaming news service. CBS News contributor Bob Schieffer, who…...

CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes may have exposed just how bitter things have gotten between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Following Clinton’s criticisms of Sanders’ comments regarding the 2012 Newtown elementary school shooting, Cordes tweeted on Wednesday, “Asked @BernieSanders abt calls for him to apologize to Sandy Hook victims. He said maybe @HillaryClinton shld apologize to Iraq War victims.” It seems Cordes hit a nerve, because Sanders went off on a “fiery” rant, which Cordes happily tweeted out to her followers. Also Read: Bernie Sanders Gets Slammed for 'Disaster' Interview With NY Daily News According to Cordes, Sanders offered a few more apology recipients for Clinton,...