ALL NEXT WEEK — LESTER HOLT TO ANCHOR “NBC NIGHTLY NEWS” FROM COAST TO COAST FOR A SPECIAL SERIES BEGINNING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1

Holt Goes ‘Across America’ to Report from Austin, TX, St. Louis, MO, Washington D.C, Nashville, TN & Phoenix, AZ

PLUS: Wednesday — Holt Sits Down with Gen. Mark Milley in an Exclusive Interview During Aspen Security Forum

October 27, 2021 — All next week, Lester Holt will travel “Across America,” anchoring NBC Nightly News from five different cities. Holt will report from the ground, beginning Monday, Nov. 1, taking the pulse of Americans on the highs and lows they are facing almost two years into the global pandemic.   

The “Across America” series kicks off its sixth installment in Austin, Texas on Monday and continues in St. Louis, Missouri, Washington, D.C., Nashville, Tennessee and Phoenix, Arizona. Holt will take an in-depth look at how the pandemic is impacting the cities’ real estate markets, school structures, crime rates and political systems, and he will also speak to residents who are making a difference in their communities.

Additionally on Wednesday, November 3, Holt will sit down for a one-on-one exclusive interview with General Mark Milley in Washington, D.C.during the Aspen Security Forum. Parts of the interview will air that night on NBC Nightly News. He will also anchor a special edition of NBC Nightly News: Kids Edition from the road on Thursday, November 4. 

For updates, more content and behind-the-scenes footage, follow NBC Nightly News on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, and the hashtag #LesterAcrossAmerica. 

NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt reaches nearly 30 million people every week through its broadcast and millions more through NBCNews.com, the Nightly News app, the Nightly newsletter, Nightly Films, its podcast and social media platforms. The broadcast provides the latest on the day’s top stories, going beyond the headlines to uncover how people’s lives are affected by the world around them. Lester Holt is the anchor, and named the “most-trusted television news personality in America,” according to the most recent The Hollywood Reporter/Morning Consult survey. Holt also anchors Nightly News Kids Edition. Meghan Rafferty is the executive producer.

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For more information:

Dana Klinghoffer

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Dominique Donahue

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