Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie, and Chuck Todd Lead NBC News Primetime Coverage
Rachel Maddow, Brian Williams, and Chris Matthews Anchor MSNBC Pre- and Post-Debate Special Coverage
MSNBC Broadcasts Live from Farmville, VA All Day Tuesday
OCTOBER 4, 2016 — Both NBC News and MSNBC are delivering full coverage and analysis of tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.
Primetime coverage on the NBC broadcast network airs from 9-11 p.m. ET, led by “NBC Nightly News” anchor Lester Holt, “TODAY” co-host Savannah Guthrie and “Meet the Press” moderator and NBC News political director Chuck Todd. Holt, Guthrie, and Todd will be joined for post-debate analysis by NBC News special correspondent Tom Brokaw, who has covered every presidential election since 1968, and a team of NBC News correspondents and contributors.
MSNBC’s all-day coverage live from Longwood University began at 9 a.m. ET. Chuck Todd anchors a special edition of “MTP Daily” at 5 p.m. ET live from New York, followed by Chris Hayes at 6 p.m. ET from Farmville.
MSNBC primetime coverage kicks off at 7 p.m. ET with a special edition of “Hardball with Chris Matthews” live from Farmville. Rachel Maddow and Brian Williams pick up at 8 p.m. ET live from Election Headquarters in New York, with Matthews and the team in Farmville. Post-debate discussion and analysis continues until 2 a.m. ET.
NBC News and MSNBC anchors and correspondents contributing to today’s coverage include Kasie Hunt, Hallie Jackson, Chris Jansing, Steve Kornacki, Craig Melvin, Andrea Mitchell, Kelly O’Donnell, Joy Reid, Thomas Roberts, Stephanie Ruhle, and Kate Snow in Farmville; along with Tamron Hall, Lawrence O’Donnell, Cal Perry, and Kristen Welker in New York; and Katy Tur in Las Vegas.
The debate will stream live on both NBCNews.com and MSNBC.com, and on NBC News’ YouTube channel.
NBC News Digital will feature a range of unique editorial and multimedia content surrounding the debate, including original videos, a live blog of the debate, and social media engagement across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and other platforms. PolitiFact will be featured as part of NBC News’ online reporting. The digital home for debate coverage is http://NBCNews.com/Debates.
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