MARCH 22, 2016 — Below are the latest coverage plans for NBC News and MSNBC Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Tomorrow on NBC News:
Matt Lauer will co-anchor a split edition of “TODAY” live from Brussels on Wednesday morning.
Lester Holt will travel to Belgium after tonight’s hour-long “NBC Nightly News” to anchor Wednesday evening’s broadcast live from Brussels.
Tonight on MSNBC:
Brian Williams anchors ongoing breaking news coverage from 5 – 7 p.m. ET. Williams interviews Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, Admiral John Kirby, Ambassador Nicholas Burns, and other newsmakers and experts.
Chris Matthews anchors from 7 – 9 p.m. ET and will speak with Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Republican presidential candidate Gov. John Kasich (R-OH), Sen. Chris Murphy (D- CT), Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), and others.
Rachel Maddow leads a special edition of “The Rachel Maddow Show” live at 9 p.m. ET. Williams and Matthews will join Maddow from 10 p.m. – 2 a.m. ET for continuous live coverage of the attacks in Brussels, the politics of terrorism, and primary and caucus results from Arizona, Utah, and Idaho.
Correspondents:
Now in Brussels: Kelly Cobiella, Billy Neely, Keir Simmons, and NBC News contributor Chris Dickey.
En route to Brussels: Richard Engel, Erica Hill, Chris Jansing, Kelly O’Donnell, Ayman Mohyeldin, Olivia Sterns, Claudio Lavagna, Chris Hayes, and Cal Perry. Gabe Gutierrez is traveling to Paris.
Other correspondents contributing to coverage today include: Andrea Mitchell in Havana with President Obama, Tom Costello, Pete Williams, Hallie Jackson, Kristen Welker, Anne Thompson, Miguel Almaguer, Harry Smith, and Jacob Soboroff.
Earlier Tuesday:
Matt Lauer and Savannah Guthrie anchored live breaking news coverage beginning at 5:00 a.m. ET, followed by a special edition of TODAY, Terror in Brussels, live from 7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ET.
Lester Holt, who was in Cuba Monday night, anchors a special hour-long edition of “NBC Nightly News” from New York. Holt also anchored an optional network special report at 4:45 p.m. ET.
MSNBC broke in with the news at 4:00 a.m. ET. Brian Williams anchored breaking coverage from 7 a.m. – 12 p.m. ET.
Andrea Mitchell anchored from 12 – 1 p.m. ET, Savannah Guthrie anchored from 1 – 3 p.m. ET, Erica Hill anchored from 3 – 4 p.m. ET, and Tamron Hall anchored from 4 – 5 p.m. ET.
Follow the NBCNews.com live blog for the latest updates: http://nbcnews.to/1pZtHma.
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