{"id":3353,"date":"2020-02-05T13:56:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=3353"},"modified":"2020-02-05T13:56:51","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T18:56:51","slug":"lester-holt-chuck-todd-hallie-jackson-vanessa-hauc-and-jon-ralston-to-moderate-nbc-news-and-msnbc-democratic-presidential-debate-on-feb-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2020\/02\/05\/lester-holt-chuck-todd-hallie-jackson-vanessa-hauc-and-jon-ralston-to-moderate-nbc-news-and-msnbc-democratic-presidential-debate-on-feb-19\/","title":{"rendered":"LESTER HOLT, CHUCK TODD, HALLIE JACKSON, VANESSA HAUC AND JON RALSTON TO MODERATE NBC NEWS AND MSNBC DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON FEB. 19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>NBC NEWS\nMODERATORS TO BE JOINED ON STAGE BY NOTICIAS TELEMUNDO AND <em>THE NEVADA\nINDEPENDENT&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>DEBATE TO\nAIR AT 9 P.M. ET ON WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19 FROM LAS VEGAS, NEV.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\n     debate will air exclusively on NBC News and MSNBC live from Las Vegas,\n     Nev. at 9 p.m. ET\/6 p.m. PT on Wednesday, Feb. 19.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\n     primetime event will be moderated by <em>NBC Nightly News<\/em> and <em>Dateline\n     NBC<\/em> anchor <strong>Lester Holt<\/strong>, <em>Meet the Press<\/em> moderator and NBC\n     News political director <strong>Chuck Todd<\/strong>, NBC News Chief White House\n     Correspondent and host of <em>MSNBC Live<\/em> <strong>Hallie Jackson<\/strong>, senior\n     correspondent at Noticias Telemundo <strong>Vanessa Hauc,<\/strong> and <strong>Jon\n     Ralston<\/strong> of <em>The Nevada Independent.<\/em><\/li><li><strong>Vanessa\n     Hauc<\/strong> is an Emmy-winning journalist\n     and senior correspondent for Noticias Telemundo. She also leads the\n     network\u2019s investigative unit on environmental issues and is the director\n     of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telemundo.com\/noticias\/planeta-tierra\"><em>Noticias Telemundo Planeta Tierra<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em>In addition, she is the co-founder of Sachamama (\u201cMother Jungle\u201d), a\n     nonprofit organization educating and empowering Latino communities on\n     climate issues and sustainability.&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Jon\n     Ralston<\/strong> is the editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/\"><em>The\n     Nevada Independent<\/em><\/a>and has\n     been covering politics in Nevada for more than 30 years. He founded the\n     go-to Nevada politics blog, <em>Ralston Reports<\/em>, in 2012 and has hosted\n     several public affairs programs including <em>Ralston Live<\/em> on Vegas PBS\n     and <em>Ralston Reports<\/em> on NBC affiliate KSNV News 3.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The\n     debate will also stream live on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\">NBC News NOW<\/a> on OTT devices, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/\">NBCNews.com<\/a>,\n     <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/\">MSNBC.com<\/a>,\n     NBC News Mobile App, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NBCNews\/\">NBC News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/msnbc\/\">MSNBC<\/a>\u2019s\n     Facebook pages, and online at<a href=\"https:\/\/thenevadaindependent.com\/tv\"> <em>The Nevada\n     Independent<\/em><\/a>.<\/li><li>It\n     will also air live in Spanish on cable channel Universo as well as the\n     Noticias Telemundo mobile app and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telemundo.com\/noticias\">website<\/a>,\n     and Noticias Telemundo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NoticiasTelemundo\/\">Facebook<\/a> page.<\/li><li>The\n     two-hour debate will air live from the Paris Theater at Paris Las\n     Vegas.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Candidates\n     will have one minute and 15 seconds for answers and 45 seconds for\n     follow-ups at the moderators\u2019 discretion.<\/li><li>The\n     Democratic National Committee previously <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-announces-qualification-criteria-for-nevada-democratic-presidential-primary-debate\/\">announced<\/a> the qualification criteria;\n     participating candidates will be announced at a later date.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Viewers\n     can also submit questions for consideration during the debate at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/debatequestions\">NBCNews.com\/DebateQuestions<\/a> until\n     Friday, Feb. 14.<\/li><li>In the lead up to the debate,\n     NBC News and MSNBC will also air special on-the-ground coverage in Nevada\n     with <em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt<\/em> and <em>MTP Daily<\/em> with\n     Chuck Todd live from Las Vegas.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>This\n     is the third Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by NBC News and\n     MSNBC this cycle. The first debate in June 2020, held in Miami, Fla., set\n     viewership records as the most-watched Democratic presidential debate in\n     history with 18.1 million viewers and nine million live stream views. In\n     November 2019, MSNBC hosted the fifth presidential debate with the first\n     all-female moderator panel of the cycle with Rachel Maddow, Andrea\n     Mitchell, Kristen Welker and Ashley Parker of the <em>Washington Post<\/em>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong># # #&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For\nmore information, contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Hudock<br \/>\nNBC News<br \/>\no: (202)\n885-4159<br \/>\ne: <a href=\"mailto:Richard.Hudock@nbcuni.com\">Richard.Hudock@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joya Manasseh<br \/>\nNBC News<br \/>\no: (212) 664-2498<br \/>\ne: <a href=\"mailto:joya.manasseh@nbcuni.com\">joya.manasseh@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>__<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NBC\nNEWS AND MSNBC<\/strong><br \/>\nMore\nAmericans watch NBC News and MSNBC than any news organization in the world. NBC\nNews\u2019 award-winning television news broadcasts include <em>TODAY<\/em>, <em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt<\/em>,\n<em>Meet the Press with Chuck Todd<\/em>\nand <em>Dateline NBC<\/em> \u2013\nall of which closed out 2019 at #1 in the key news demo for the fourth straight\nyear. Additionally, NBC News produces <em>Third\nHour of TODAY, TODAY with Hoda and Jenna<\/em> and <em>Sunday TODAY with Willie Geist<\/em>,\nas well as primetime specials and breaking news reports. 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