A busy Labor Day weekend: How the networks covered multiple big stories

Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019

‘NBC Nightly News’

Kate Snow anchored.

• Hurricane Dorian
  • Overview from Snow.
  • Morgan Chesky with update from Bahamas, including anchor debrief.
  • Gabe Gutierrez on hurricane preparations, as well as Trump’s comments on never hearing of a Category 5 hurricane; his package also included a standup from Kathy Park (interestingly, Park did not appear separately although she was included in the four-box showcasing its “team coverage.”

• • WNBC meteorologist Raphael Miranda in studio with weather update.
• Odessa shooting
  • Miguel Almaguer overview package with debrief.
  • Joe Fryer with profiles of victims.
  • Garrett Haake on Texas’ expanded gun rights that went into effect Sept. 1.
• Hong Kong protest voiceover by Snow.
• Pope Francis stuck in elevator voiceover.
• Break 1
• Kevin Hart accident package from Sarah Harman.
• Break 2
• School bus close calls report from Molly Hunter.
• 737 Max flight cancellations voiceover from Snow.
• Jonas Brothers “surprise concert” in hospital voiceover.
• Break 3
• Cori “Coco” Gauff and Naomi Osaka package from Blayne Alexander.

‘ABC World News Tonight’

Tom Llamas anchored.

• Hurricane Dorian
  • Overview from Llamas.
  • Bahamas report from Marcus Moore, who is trapped on the island.
  • The broadcast then aired a phone update from Moore, due to limited communications.
  • Evacuations in the U.S. package from Victor Oquendo.
  • Rob Marciano weather update report with drone shot from Melbourne Beach, Florida.
• Odessa shooting package from Matt Gutman with debrief.
  • Gun control and White House reaction to shooting from Rachel Scott.
• Hong Kong protests package from Ian Pannell.
• Break 1
• Hotel hazmat evacuation package from Marci Gonzalez.
• Break 2
• “The Index” voiceover from
  • Kevin Hart accident.
  • Nationwide manhunt for Tucson couple.
  • Machete attack on police.
• Break 3
• Cori “Coco” Gauff and Naomi Osaka package from Llamas.

‘CBS Weekend News’

David Begnaud anchored from Odessa, Texas with Elaine Quijano anchoring from New York.

• Odessa shooting
  • Overview voiceover and package from Begnaud.
  • Live debrief and package from Mireya Villarreal on social media’s role in the shooting’s chaos.
  • Ben Tracy package on White House reaction and gun reform.
• Elaine Quijano took over with Dorian overview.
  • Jeff Berardelli joined the broadcast with weather update.
  • Mark Strassmann report from St. Augustine on hurricane preparations.
• Excerpts from James Mattis interview with David Martin for “Sunday Morning.”
• Break 1
• Sequoia National Park package from Jonathan Vigliotti.
• Break 2
• London Queen’s guards fainting due to heat package from Elizabeth Palmer.
• Break 3
• Return to Begnaud in Texas with wrap up on victims and new gun laws in Texas.