Beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET, Lester Holt, Savannah Guthrie, Chuck Todd, Megyn Kelly, and Andrea Mitchell Lead Network Coverage
MSNBC Coverage Begins at 9:50 a.m. ET Led by Stephanie Ruhle and Brian Williams
NBC News Digital will Livestream Coverage Across Apps and Platforms
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 – NBC News and MSNBC will feature live coverage of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s testimonies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, September 27. Coverage starts at 9:30 a.m. ET led by NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, NBC News chief legal correspondent and TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, moderator of Meet the Press and NBC News political director Chuck Todd, Megyn Kelly TODAY host Megyn Kelly, and NBC News chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell.
On MSNBC, coverage begins at 9:50 a.m. ET with Stephanie Ruhle who will be joined by Brian Williams, host of The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, in the lead up to the hearings. Williams will anchor continuing coverage joined by Ruhle, Mitchell, Ali Velshi, Katy Tur and a slate of NBC News and MSNBC correspondents throughout the day.
NBC News national correspondent Peter Alexander, MSNBC correspondent Garrett Haake, NBC News Capitol Hill correspondent Kasie Hunt, NBC News chief White House correspondent Hallie Jackson, TODAY news anchor Craig Melvin, NBC News White House correspondents Kelly O’Donnell and Kristen Welker, and NBC News justice correspondent Pete Williams will report for both NBC and MSNBC from locations across Washington D.C. including Capitol Hill and the White House.
Beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET, special coverage will stream live on NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, the NBC News app, YouTube, and OTT platforms. NBC News digital reporters including Jon Allen, Dylan Byers, Dartunorro Clark, Danny Cevallos, Carrie Dann, Ken Dilanian, Adam Edelman, Mark Murray, Rebecca Shabad and Jane C. Timm will provide original, digital coverage and analysis and contribute to the live blog.
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