LESTER HOLT, SAVANNAH GUTHRIE AND CHUCK TODD LEAD NBC NEWS COVERAGE; BRIAN WILLIAMS AND NICOLLE WALLACE TO LEAD FOR MSNBC
NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT BEGINS AT 8:15 A.M. ET, COVERAGE ON MSNBC BEGINS AT 8:30 A.M. ET
NBC NEWS DIGITAL WILL LIVESTREAM TESTIMONY ON NBC NEWS NOW
July 22, 2019 – NBC News and MSNBC will feature live coverage of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s congressional testimonies before the House Judiciary Committee and House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, July 24.
NBC NEWS
Coverage on NBC News will begin at 8:15 a.m. ET and continue into the afternoon through both sessions. The special coverage will be led by NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, NBC News chief legal correspondent and TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, and moderator of Meet the Press and NBC News political director Chuck Todd.
MSNBC
On MSNBC, live coverage will start at 6 a.m. ET with Morning Joe. Brian Williams, host of The 11th Hour, and Nicolle Wallace, host of Deadline: White House, will anchor coverage beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET in New York and will be joined by Ari Melber, host of The Beat, from Washington, D.C. in the lead up to and following both hearings.
CORRESPONDENTS, REPORTERS AND ANALYSTS
Additional correspondents, reporters and contributors will provide the latest reporting and analysis across NBC News and MSNBC from locations throughout Washington, D.C. and New York including:
- Andrea Mitchell will join from NBC News Headquarters in New York
- Pete Williams will provide analysis from the network’s Washington Bureau
- NBC News legal analysts Neal Katyal, Chuck Rosenberg, Joyce Vance and NBC News Political Analyst former Sen. Claire McCaskill will offer analysis from New York
- Cynthia McFadden and Richard Engel will also join from New York and London respectively to provide analysis on Russian election interference
- Geoff Bennett and Kasie Hunt will be live from Capitol Hill
- Hallie Jackson and Kristen Welker and will report on the latest from the White House
NBC NEWS DIGITAL
The testimony will also stream live on NBC News NOW, NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, YouTube, and other OTT platforms beginning at 8:30 a.m. ET.
NBC News NOW will host additional special coverage in the afternoon, hosted by Danny Cevallos, covering reactions to the testimony and more. NBC News Digital’s Jane Timm and Adam Edelman will provide real-time fact checks, and Ken Dilanian, Danny Cevallos and Jon Allen will publish reporting and analysis of the testimony.
Plus, a live blog from additional contributors across NBC News will include highlights of can’t-miss moments and reactions from the president, committee members and 2020 candidates.
NBCNews.com will also publish a full transcript of the testimony that is filterable by the party of the representative questioning Mueller, a live ‘deflections tracker’ counting the number of times Mueller avoids answering a question directly, and more.
NBC Stay Tuned will cover the testimony as an explainer in that day’s show on Snapchat and Instagram.
A special edition of the Chuck ToddCast, a podcast from Meet the Press and Chuck Todd, will be available following the testimonies featuring an interview with former Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe.
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