MSNBC Gears Up Live Coverage For West Virginia Primary
Olbermann, Matthews To Anchor Five Hours Of Live Election Coverage
By Larry Barrett -- Multichannel News, 5/12/2008 7:01:00 AM
MSNBC will serve up five hours of live coverage of the results and reactions to Tuesday’s West Virginia primary with Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews hosting a number of political pundits and correspondents between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET.
NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and Tim Russert, NBC News’ Washington bureau chief and moderator of Meet the Press, will join NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd and MSNBC Chief Washington Correspondent Norah O’Donnell to offer up their analysis of primary results in the hotly contest Democratic battle between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Dan Abrams will anchor special After Hours coverage from 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. ET.
Former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee and Harold Ford, Jr. will serve as MSNBC's "Insiders," providing insight and analysis throughout the evening.
NBC News Chief White House Correspondent and host of MSNBC's Race to the White House David Gregory will lead a panel including MSNBC political analysts Rachel Maddow and Pat Buchanan, and Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post.
NBC News correspondents Andrea Mitchell and Ron Allen will report with the Clinton campaign in West Virginia; Lee Cowan will be reporting with the Obama campaign in Missouri.
