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Nexstar’s The Hill and NewsNation are planning an all-day summit next week tied to the first six months of Donald Trump’s term.

House Speaker Mike Johnson will be among the participants in the July 16 event, called the Hill Nation Summit. It will be held from 8 a.m. Et to 5 p.m. Et.

Among the others in the lineup are White House Senior Counselor Peter Navarro; Sen. Mark Warner (D-va); David Hogg, former vice chair of the Democratic National Committee; Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler; former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy; Bo Hines, executive director of the White House Council on Digital Assets; Rep. Lisa McLain (R-Mi); Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-fl); Rep. Ro Khanna (D-ca); Rep. Kevin Hern (R-ok); Rep. John James (R-Mi); Rep. Jim Jordan (R-oh); and Rep. Ted Lieu (D-ca). Per NewsNation, more names are still to be confirmed, with the final list expected to have a bipartisan balance.

Former President of the United States Jimmy Carter’s funeral service is taking place today.

The late 39th President’s casket arrived in Washington D.C. on Tuesday (January 6), followed by a procession to the U.S. Capitol, the Rotunda service and the start of the lying in state.

The national day of mourning began on Thursday (January 9) as U.S. officials, loved ones and members of the public say their final goodbyes to Jimmy Carter, who will be buried beside his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, at the home they built in Plains, Georgia.

He will be honored with two funeral services: one in Washington, D.C., and one in his small hometown.

Several news networks will be covering the Washington, D.C. ceremony, and there is also a way to watch via livestream.

Keep reading to find out more…

ABC‘s ABC News Live First will begin coverage...

Former president Jimmy Carter’s funeral services involved a few steps that led up to Thursday, Jan. 9. Following a funeral in his home state of Georgia Jan. 4, the 39th President of the United States’ casket arrived in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, Jan. 7 followed by a procession to the U.S. Capitol, the Rotunda service and the start of the lying in state.

Several main news networks will provide coverage of the events Thursday, as they have of the week’s previous moments and transport. Those schedules are outlined below. Find also below, a link to livestream the funeral service via PBS:

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“ABC News Live First” Jan. 9 will begin coverage with anchor Diane Macedo at 8 a.m. Est for the Capitol Hill procession. There will then be a simulcast of network-wide coverage. ABC News coverage has been available to watch on ABC News Live, Disney+ and Hulu.

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As the nation mourns Jimmy Carter following his death at age 100, networks are planning tributes to the 39th president of the United States.

On Sunday, Lesley Stahl will report on President Carter’s legacy during ‘The Last Minute’ segment of 60 Minutes at 7pm Et/Pt on CBS, with a new episode of the podcast 60 Minutes: A Second Look – President Carter: Three 60 Minute Interviews available Monday.

Also on Sunday, ABC News will air Jimmy Carter: A Full Life – A Special Edition of 20/20 at 10:01pm Et, available to stream Monday on Hulu.

The one-hour special will reflect on President Carter’s extraordinary life, his rise to the presidency and his continuing legacy, featuring interviews with family members, colleagues, historians and reporters, as well as archival ABC News footage from his life and interviews with Barbara Walters in the White House.

NewsNation will also present a one-hour special report on the...

In the pre-coverage of Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, the speech is being billed as the most important of his presidency, what with his dismal approval numbers and what is shaping up to be very difficult campaign for reelection.

Moreover, so much attention has been paid to the president’s age — at 81, he is the first octogenarian on a major party ticket — that any kind of slip up will be seized upon by his rivals.

Then again, Biden’s most memorable moment last year was an exchange with House Republicans over Social Security, showing that the president had command of the stage. That’s why it’ll be interesting to see if GOP members restrain themselves so as to not give the president the opportunity this year.

Related: Maria Shriver, Bettie Mae Fikes And Shawn Fain Among First Lady Jill Biden’s Guests At President’s State...

NewsNation is adding a three-hour morning show to its weekend lineup, part of a series of programming moves.

Morning in America with Hena Doba will debut on January 27, airing Saturdays and Sundays from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. Et. Paid programming, reruns and religious fare have been airing in that time period.

Starting on January 22, the network will debut a new weekday lineup. Elizabeth Vargas Reports will move up an hour to 5 p.m. Et, switching places with The Hill moderated by Blake Burman. The Hill will air at 6 p.m. Et.

Other changes: The weekday edition of Morning in America will air from 6 a.m. Et to 9 a.m. Et, with Markie Martin as solo anchor. Adrienne Bankert will become NewsNation’s special projects anchor and will start a new series on faith in America, One Nation Under God, to debut in February. NewsNation Live with Marni Hughes will air from 9 a.

The cottage industry of cable series and streaming documentaries about UFOs may be set for a boom as bi-partisan Congressional efforts aimed at increasing transparency around what the U.S. Government knows about so-called Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (previously known as UFOs) have gained major momentum in recent days.

Last week, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) announced the House Oversight Committee would hold hearings on the topic after a high-ranking whistleblower came forward in June and, according to Politico, “after the Pentagon and other national security agencies have said in recent months that they are investigating unidentified aircraft and hundreds of new reports of UFOs.”

Burchett, who with Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has taken the lead on the hearings, said point-blank last week: “That’s what it is about: aliens…I think people deserve to know.”

Today, Burchett announced on Twitter that the first hearing on UAPs would take place next Wednesday.

Breaking news at NewsNation: The cable net is about to go round-the-clock during the work week.

The Nexstar-owned cable news outlet said today that it will launch a 24-hour weekday programming schedule on April 24. The new sked will include a new live four-hour weekday programming block called NewsNation Now.

Airing from 1-5 p.m. Et Mondays through Fridays, NewsNation Now will cover the day’s top headlines with live reports from network correspondents around the country. It will be anchored by a rotation of journalists from 1-3 p.m. Et, followed by anchor Nichole Berlie from 3-5 p.m. Until a permanent anchor is named, guest anchors will include weekend anchor Natasha Zouves, chief Washington correspondent Blake Burman and correspondents Markie Martin, Keleigh Beeson and Brooke Shafer.

“From the start, our mission has been to inform and enlighten our viewers with balanced news programming and we will continue...

In an interview on Fox Business Wednesday, President Trump said he is “all for” wearings masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus and would if he were in “a group of people.”

Trump has been regularly criticized for forgoing a mask in public and has been seen in close proximity to others without a mask on multiple occasions. At press conferences about the pandemic and its effects and a tour of a factory repurposed to produce ventilators for people infected by the virus, the president has been spotted with no facial covering. Ahead of the factory tour in May, the Michigan attorney general even wrote an open letter imploring him to wear a mask out of “legal responsibility.”

He ultimately appeared at the plant with no mask, claiming he wore one “in the back area” but removed it because he “didn’t want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it.

Amid one of the more consequential weeks in American politics, President Donald Trump will visit the House of Representatives’ chamber tonight to deliver his third State of the Union Address. Below is a rundown of how to watch on TV and online.

Note first that Deadline will have the livestream right here, starting at 9 Pm Et/6 Pm Pt. Watch it above.

Potus 45 will take the podium a day after the first vote of the 2020 presidential election cycle — the Iowa caucus — and the night before the Senate votes on whether to convict him on House Democrats’ articles of impeachment. Oh, and the Democratic White House hopefuls have another debate set for Friday.

While the electorate digests all that, here is where you can watch Trump speak — and possibly House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slow-clap — with the Democratic Response from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to follow:

PBS NewsHour‘s coverage will be anchored by managing editor Judy Woodruff,...