Posted on 08/30/2006 4:51:26 AM PDT by areafiftyone
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC and its networks will provide a full-court press of coverage on the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, calling on current NBC News journalists as well as former anchor Tom Brokaw and former "Today" co-host Jane Pauley.
"Today" co-anchor Matt Lauer will broadcast live from the site of the World Trade Center and will be joined by Brokaw, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, survivors of the attacks and emergency personnel who were at the scene.
At 8 p.m. September 11, Pauley will update her "Dateline" report broadcast in 2001 on United Flight 93, which crashed in a field near Pittsburgh as passengers tried to regain control of the plane from hijackers. New interviews and audio tapes will accompany Pauley's report.
NBC will reach into the vault September 9 to replay Brokaw's "America Remembers: 9/11 Controllers" at 8 p.m. Brokaw had interviewed 20 air traffic controllers who dealt with the four hijacked planes that day. Then "Dateline" will have a special that aired in 2001 called "The Miracle of Ladder Company No. 6," a Stone Phillips report of the firefighters and an office worker who were rescued from the rubble of the World Trade Center's North Tower after it collapsed.
MSNBC will have coverage beginning September 10 with Chris Matthews anchoring from the site at 8 a.m. ET and a special live "Hardball" at 7 p.m. with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. MSNBC's "9/11: The Day That Changed America" will feature NBC coverage as it aired that day as well as interviews with former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and Robert Redford.
CNBC will cover the impact of the attacks on the financial community, including interviews with correspondents as well as how New York has recovered since then. Spanish-language broadcaster Telemundo will have special coverage as well.
Meanwhile, new "CBS Evening News" anchor Katie Couric will interview President Bush for an hour long primetime special that will air September 6 called "Five Years Later: How Safe Are We?" It also will feature Lara Logan, Byron Pitts, David Martin and Jim Stewart.
CBS also will air an updated version of the award-winning documentary "9/11" on Sunday evening.
ABC News hasn't formally announced its plans, though Charles Gibson will anchor a special "Primetime" on the September 11 anniversary that will begin shortly after 10 p.m. at the conclusion of the second part of ABC's four-hour miniseries "The Path to 9/11." The special will look at the country's security and also why Osama bin Laden has yet to be caught. ABC's "Good Morning America" will broadcast live from St. Paul's Chapel across from the site of the World Trade Center, and "Nightline" and "World News" also will have coverage.
Of Course Chris Matthews will have Two idiots who have nothing to do with Sept. 11th! He still can't get over his love affair with Hillary! YEESH!
The "Spitting" Chris Matthews is a media bottom feeder who doesn't have the shame to yank himself off the air.
He is sooo obsessed with Hillary - even on 9/11 he has to have that woman on his show.
I think I'll turn off NBC during these 9/11 "festivities."
No wait....I don't watch that network now. :)
I'll be at work so I'll miss most of the ceremonies.
If NYC had a Nagin type mayor, I shudder to think of the bungling and incompetence, the whining and blaming others, the victimhood...........
BUMP!
BUMP!!
Of course. They have to be "fair and balanced", with four liberals to rip apart Bush's answers.
Where the hell is Brian Williams gonna be? In New Orleans interviewing Nagin?
Isn't she the former cheerleader who used to have nice legs?
I have several pairs of boots I'd not let her shine.
Uh, Robert Redford? WTF?!
I'll never forget it either. He sounded like he wanted to have Clinton's baby.
I'm surprised more Freepers don't remember it too! It was comedy gold, and truly unforgettable.
She's not GOOD enough to shine your shoes, humble.
Likely no good at that job, either.
Comedy gold is exactly why I watched Hardboiled during the DNC convention!
I didn't see the F-bomb dropped on CNN when the balloons didn't drop, but I saw it later on the net! LOL
Boy did they ever pick some loosers to put on at the same time as our President! Am I surprised???? Nope.
It's going to be a hard call. Sit there and want to throw a cup through the TV while Couric is on and watch Pres. Bush, or just keep my blood pressure where it should be and not watch it at all.
We must NEVER forget 911. There are many who would like to put this nation on it's knees. Stay vigilant.
God Bless America and our President... and our faithful service people all over the world.
Nana (for our entire family!)
This isn't a Jersey Girl alert is it?
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