9/11’s 5th: MSNBC coverage plans…
NBC announced its 9/11 coverage plans today. Here’s the MSNBC part…
MSNBC will begin coverage of the 9/11 anniversary on Sunday, September 10, with Chris Matthews anchoring from Ground Zero beginning at 8:00 a.m., ET. A special, live edition of “Hardball with Chris Matthews” will air at 7:00 p.m., featuring an interview with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. All day on September 11, 2006, Matthews will anchor from Ground Zero and MSNBC will carry portions of the “Today” show, as it aired live on the morning of the attacks. In addition, Alison Stewart will report from Ground Zero throughout the day. That evening, several MSNBC primetime programs will telecast from Ground Zero, including “Hardball with Chris Matthews (5:00 and 7:00 p.m., ET), “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” (8:00 p.m., ET) and “Scarborough Country” (9:00 p.m., ET). At 10:00 p.m., ET, MSNBC will present “9/11: The Day That Changed America,” an MSNBC Living History Event, with prominent Americans including former Secretary of State Colin Powell, Senator Hillary Clinton, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Robert Redford speaking about where they were on the morning of the attacks and how they think life has changed.


