ABC, CBS News to Carry James Comey Senate Testimony Live

[babylonsister]

When was the last time they did this?

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/abc-cbs-news-james-comey-senate-testimony-1202454088/

ABC, CBS News to Carry James Comey Senate Testimony Live
Joe Otterson

June 5, 2017 | 01:55PM PT

ABC and CBS will break into their daytime programming on Thursday to cover James Comey’s appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee.

ABC’s George Stephanopoulos will anchor the network’s coverage, while “CBS This Morning” co-hosts Norah O’Donnell, Gayle King and Charlie Rose will anchor coverage for that network. Rose, King and O’Donnell will be joined in New York by “Face the Nation” anchor and chief Washington correspondent John Dickerson and chief legal correspondent Jan Crawford. The former FBI Director’s testimony is set to begin at 10 a.m. ET.

NBC News has yet to confirm whether or not they will carry the hearing live.

The decision to break into regularly scheduled programming for a Congressional hearing is unusual for broadcasters, indicating the incredibly high level of public interest in what Comey may or may not say regarding his interactions with President Donald Trump. Comey is expected to address whether Trump tried to influence the FBI’s investigation of Russian influence into the 2016 election, including a probe of Michael Flynn, who resigned as Trump’s national security adviser in February. According to the New York Times, Comey kept detailed memos of their meetings, including one from a day after Flynn’s departure in which Trump was quoted as saying, “I hope you can let this go,” about the Flynn investigation. Comey was subsequently fired by Trump in May.

There had been speculation that Trump would use his executive privilege to block Comey’s testimony, but the White House issued a statement on Monday saying this would not be the case.

“The President’s power to assert executive privilege is well-established. However, in order to facilitate a swift and thorough examination of the facts sought by the Senate Intelligence Committee, President Trump will not assert executive privilege regarding James Comey’s scheduled testimony,” the White House said in a statement.

[MFM008]

1. Good

[underpants]

2. WHERE'S MY STORIES???

Good for them but they'll hear a lot of that

[babylonsister]

3. This is a better soap opera than what anyone is watching. nt

[helpisontheway]

4. HA! That was actually my first thought..would it be over before GH? hahahaha Definitely watching

the hearing but I can do that on CNN or MSNBC. Not like many people will be home on a weekday to watch it live anyway. Those that are home problably have cable.. But whatever...ready to see Comey finally spill the beans on Trump. Hope he has some good stuff on him..........

[underpants]

5. Funny story

There's a charity operation called Virginia Voice. It's a service for blind people. They get a battery operated radio tuned only to that frequency - you can't pick this station up on a car radio.

There are 4 of these in Virginia. Volunteers come in and read the local paper cover to cover everyday. No. Va, Richmond, Roanoke, Tidewater.

More than a few years ago they decided to "re-vamp" the line up. Cutting out a reading of Soap Opera Digest was part of it. They got BURIED in phone calls emails and letters.

They put the Digest back on.

[helpisontheway]

6. lol nt

[CK_John]

7. IMO, Comey better be ready for the former NY Mayor and his FBI group.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Our local CBS news radio station announced they will carry it live

Since Comcast/NBC/Universal has multiple outlets, they will probably pre-empt MSNBC programming to run the hearing and leave the network with regular programming.

[miyazaki]

9. Will Faux News cover it? rofl. n/t

[MiddleClass]

10. I'm sure NBC will follow suit

Relatively few people are into politics stories normally.

But the broadcast networks, putting millions upon millions of eyeballs on this?

It's that big? That would be great! News that outside the Beltway, w o w

[Connie_Corleone]

11. Anyone know if NPR will carry it?

I'll be at work and can't livestream there. I have a radio though.

[L. Coyote]

12. Invest in popcorn futures. This is just the beginning of the circus of the century.

All the clowns are going down.