CBS NEWS ANNOUNCES SPECIAL COVERAGE FOR THE SEPT. 10 PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
CBS News Will Deliver Five-Plus Hours of Live Debate Night Coverage on Television and Streaming Starting at 5:00 PM, ET on CBS News 24/7
Primetime Coverage Kicks Off at 8:00 PM, ET on CBS and CBS News 24/7, Followed by the Presidential Debate at 9:00 PM, ET
CBS News will deliver AMERICA DECIDES: CAMPAIGN '24 coverage of the presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday, Sept. 10, across shows and streams. CBS News' live, multiplatform debate coverage begins at 5:00 PM, ET, on CBS News 24/7, followed by primetime coverage at 8:00 PM, ET on the CBS Television Network, CBS News 24/7 and Paramount+. CBS News will simulcast the presidential debate hosted by ABC News across television and streaming platforms starting at 9:00 PM, ET. Following the debate, CBS News' team of political journalists will provide original reporting, fact-checking and analysis from CBS News' election headquarters in Times Square and at the debate site in Philadelphia.
Norah O'Donnell will anchor the primetime coverage from New York and will be joined in-studio by CBS News chief political analyst John Dickerson, FACE THE NATION moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan, chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett will lead CBS News Confirmed fact-checking, and executive director of elections and surveys Anthony Salvanto will deliver new CBS News battleground state polling.
Award-winning veteran journalist Ed Gordon will join the coverage from New York in his first appearance as a CBS News contributor. Gordon's decades of experience as a broadcaster and interviewer covering politics, culture, entertainment and sports most recently included one of President Joe Biden's final sit-down interviews before he ended his re-election campaign earlier this summer. He is also a correspondent for AMERICA IN BLACK, the BET newsmagazine produced by CBS News.
CBS News chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa, senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang and political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns will report from Philadelphia. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion will moderate a focus group of undecided voters in Bucks County, Penn., a key county that could determine the outcome of the election, both before and after the debate. Political reporters from CBS stations in the Keystone State, including CBS News Philadelphia anchor and reporter Natasha Brown and CBS News Pittsburgh political editor John Delano, will join the Network's coverage.
CBS News' digital platforms, including CBSNews.com, the CBS News app and CBS News social channels will provide dedicated coverage. CBS News' debate programming will stream everywhere CBS News 24/7 is distributed, including Paramount+ and Pluto TV. CBS News Radio will provide special coverage starting at 8:30 PM, ET, including a simulcast of the debate. Jarred Hill and Natalie Brand will report from Philadelphia for CBS Newspath.
PROGRAMMING SNAPSHOT:
Schedule in Eastern Standard Time. Programming subject to updates.
5:00-6:00 PM
AMERICA DECIDES streams on CBS News 24/7 to preview the debate with original reporting and interviews live from the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
6:00-7:00 PM
THE DAILY REPORT WITH JOHN DICKERSON streams on CBS News 24/7 with pre-debate coverage.
6:30-7:00 PM
The CBS EVENING NEWS WITH NORAH O'DONNELL will originate from CBS News' election headquarters in Times Square on the CBS Television Network.
7:00-8:00 PM
A special edition of AMERICA DECIDES streams on CBS News 24/7.
8:00-9:00 PM
Primetime coverage begins on CBS and CBS News 24/7 featuring coverage from the CBS News political team.
9:00-11:00 PM
CBS News simulcasts "Presidential Debate: Hosted by ABC News" on the CBS Television Network and CBS News 24/7.
11:00-11:35 PM
Analysis following the debate, streaming on CBS News 24/7 and available to all affiliated stations, will feature original reporting, interviews and key takeaways from the CBS News team, political contributors and guests.
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