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Starting January 16 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Holt Leads NBC News\u2019 All-Day Inauguration Coverage on January 20, Including Special One-Hour Edition of Nightly News <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK (January 12, 2017) \u2013 Starting January 16, Lester Holt will travel across the U.S. on the road to Washington D.C. for the presidential inauguration, talking with Americans about the nation\u2019s most pressing issues and their hopes for the next four years. Holt will anchor \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d from Sacramento, Calif., Warren, Mich., Fayetteville, N.C. and the nation\u2019s capital through Friday, January 20 as part of \u201cAcross America,\u201d a special series for \u201cNBC Nightly News.\u201d Holt will also lead NBC News\u2019 all-day inauguration coverage on January 20, starting at 10 a.m. ET and including a special one-hour edition of Nightly News.<\/p>\n<p>Holt will talk to Americans about issues including jobs, the economy, health care, national security and immigration. \u201cAcross America\u201d culminates a year of Holt\u2019s reporting throughout the country leading up to the election, starting with moderating the first Democratic Presidential Debate in Charleston, S.C. in January 2016. Holt also traveled to Iowa, New Hampshire, Columbia, S.C. and California for the state primaries, interviewing voters along the way, and moderated the most-watched presidential debate in history.<\/p>\n<p>Holt also interviewed President Barack Obama in Chicago this past Tuesday, prior to the president\u2019s farewell address to the nation. Holt\u2019s in-depth and intimate interview with the president will air in a one-hour \u201cDateline NBC\u201d special, \u201cBarack Obama: The Reality of Hope,\u201d this Friday, January 13 at 10 p.m. ET\/9 p.m. CT. Holt had rare, behind-the-scenes access, traveling with President Obama on his final plane trip on Air Force One. The two also visited one of the president\u2019s favorite restaurants in the Hyde Park section of Chicago to discuss how the president believes he delivered on the promises made eight years ago.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><strong>ABOUT NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNBC Nightly News with Lester Holt\u201d is America\u2019s most-watched evening newscast, going beyond the day\u2019s headlines to uncover stories of how people\u2019s lives are affected by the world around them. \u201cNBC Nightly News\u201d reaches over 24 million people every week through its broadcast and millions more through NBCNews.com, the \u201cNightly News\u201d app, and social media platforms. Lester Holt is the anchor and Sam Singal is the executive producer.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information contact<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Jake Urbanski<\/p>\n<p>NBC News<\/p>\n<p>212-664-3211<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:jake.urbanski@nbcuni.com\">jake.urbanski@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holt Anchors NBC Nightly News from Sacramento, Calif., Warren, Mich., Fayetteville, N.C. and Washington, D.C. 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