NBC confirms Matt Lauer will interview embattled Sen. Larry Craig next Tuesday. The interview will air in a Matt Lauer Reports primetime special. Excerpts will also run on the Today show Wednesday morning. Lauer will also interview the Senator's wife, Suzanne Craig, who will be speaking publicly for the first time about the incident and the events that followed. The special may also reair on MSNBC later in the week. ICN was first to report this story yesterday.

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NBC NEWS' MATT LAUER TO INTERVIEW SENATOR LARRY CRAIG IN AN EXCLUSIVE "MATT LAUER REPORTS" PRIMETIME SPECIAL ON TUESDAY, OCT. 16 AND ON "TODAY" WEDNESDAY, OCT. 17

NEW YORK – October 11, 2007 - - NBC News' Matt Lauer has secured the first network television interview with Idaho Senator Larry Craig since he pled guilty following an arrest after controversial events in a Minnesota men's room this past summer. In September, Craig announced his intent to resign as Senator, and then embarked on a legal war maintaining his innocence. Lauer will also interview the Senator's wife, Suzanne Craig, who will be speaking publicly for the first time about the incident and the events that followed.

The exclusive and wide-ranging "Matt Lauer Reports" will air on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m., ET and additional coverage of the Lauer/Craig interview will be broadcast on "Today" on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 7:00 am, ET.