CBS News has announced its plans for President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil will anchor the show from Washington on Tuesday night, before leading the network’s primetime coverage of the event beginning at 9 PM ET.
Joining Doukoupil are Margaret Brennan, chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes, senior White House correspondents Weijia Jiang and Ed O’Keefe, chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, and chief Washington analyst Robert Costa.
Anthony Salvanto will contribute to the network’s coverage with new polling about President Trump’s speech and his current approval numbers.
On the CBS News 24/7 streaming platform, the coverage will begin at 5 PM ET, with Major Garrett hosting a special edition of his Takeout podcast. The network’s coverage will also include The Free Press senior editor Will Rahn, CBS News contributor Reihan Salam, and reporters Nikole Killion, and Caitlin Huey-Burns.
Michael Wallace will anchor coverage of the event for CBS News Radio. He’ll be joined by Linda Kenyon and Stacy Lyn on Capitol Hill, while other CBS News correspondents and contributors will provide analysis on the radio network.
The network will also provide coverage of the Democratic response from Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA).
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