NBC NEWS, MSNBC, CNBC AND TELEMUNDO TO BROADCAST SPECIAL COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN’S TRAVEL TO BELGIUM AND POLAND

Lester Holt to Anchor ‘NBC Nightly News’ Live from Brussels Wednesday & Thursday, Poland on Friday

Plus – NBC News Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell to Anchor MSNBC’s ‘Andrea Mitchell Reports’ Live from Brussels and Warsaw

Special Coverage to Stream Across NBC News Digital

March 21, 2022 – This week, NBC News, MSNBC, CNBC and Noticias Telemundo will feature live continuing coverage of President Joe Biden’s travel to Brussels, Belgium and Warsaw, Poland to meet with NATO allies, G7 and European Union leaders, and Polish President Andrzej Duda amid Russia’s ongoing attack on Ukraine.

  • On NBC News, Lester Holt will anchor special editions of NBC Nightly News live from Brussels on Wednesday, March 23 and Thursday, March 24. He will then anchor the flagship newscast from Poland on Friday, March 25.
  • NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent and chief Washington correspondent Andrea Mitchell will anchor MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports live from Brussels and Warsaw this week.
  • NBC News chief White House correspondent Kristen Welker will anchor MSNBC Reports at 9 a.m. ET live from Brussels on Wednesday, March 23 and Thursday, March 24.
  • NBC News will provide Special Reports throughout the week with the latest updates from President Biden’s trip to Europe. The network’s Special Reports will stream across NBC News NOW.
  • NBC News correspondents will join the special coverage from the ground in Brussels and Warsaw and provide the latest reporting across the networks, including NBC News chief White House correspondent Kristen Welker, NBC news senior White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell, NBC News senior international correspondent Keir Simmons, and NBC News correspondent Josh Lederman.
  • MSNBC host Ali Velshi and NBC News correspondents Kelly Cobiella and Dasha Burnswill also report from Poland. Plus, NBC News correspondent Courtney Kube will be in Norway covering NATO military exercises. 
  • NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel, NBC News Tehran bureau chief and correspondent Ali Arouzi, NBC News national correspondent Gabe Gutierrez, NBC News and MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff, NBC News correspondent Cal Perry, and NBC News foreign correspondent Molly Hunter will continue to report on the ground in Ukraine.
  • President Biden’s trip will be a key piece of NBCNews.com’s live blog on Ukraine, with reporting from White House reporter Shannon Pettypiece who will be on the ground in Europe. In addition, NBC News’ digital teams in London and Washington will provide the latest reporting and analysis on the trip.
  • CNBC senior White House correspondent Kayla Tausche will report from Brussels for CNBC’s Business Day programming and The News with Shepard Smith.
  • Noticias Telemundo senior Washington correspondent Cristina Londoño will provide on-the-ground reporting from Brussels and Warsaw with reports on Telemundo’s morning show hoyDía and the network’s news programs.

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For more information, contact:

Richard Hudock
NBC News
e: Richard.Hudock@nbcuni.com

Joya Manasseh
NBC News
e: Joya.Manasseh@nbcuni.com

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