Evening Newscasts Cover One-Year Anniversary of Deepwater Horizon Disaster
The network evening newscasts are preparing to cover the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, which happened a year ago today.
Anne Thompson will report for “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” tonight, focusing on the environmental impact of the disaster. Thompson spent 80 days in the Gulf region last year. Williams himself anchored his program from Louisiana on Monday night.
Mark Strassman will lead the coverage on the “CBS Evening News with Katie Couric” tonight. Strassman, who spent weeks in the Gulf last year, has been covering the story all week for CBS News.
Matt Gutman has been covering the anniversary for “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer,” and the broadcast will continue its coverage tonight.
Elsewhere: NBC News is planning a livechat with Thompson at 1:30 Pm ET, while the three network morning shows covered the anniversary this morning:
On CBS, Erica Hill spoke to survivors of the explosion:
On “Today,” Matt Lauer spoke to Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal:
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