Lester Holt Talks NBC News’ Israel Coverage: ‘I Think This Will Be A Long TV Deployment’
variety.comBrian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Lester Holt joined NBC News’ efforts to cover terrorist attacks in Israel by flying first to London, then Amman.
The journey took hours, and it’s unclear when it all will truly end. “I think this will be a long TV deployment,” says the “NBC Nightly News” anchor of coverage of terrorists’ moves against the country.
He is one of many from NBC News who have traveled to cover the unrest. Richard Engel, the popular foreign correspondent, is also at work, as are crews devoted to logistics, technology and more. “It’s hard to know what direction this thing will take,” says Holt, speaking from Israel by phone. “It could become a full military invasion, which has a lot of international consequences.
It could just be a regional conflict.” NBC News has many rivals in the area also seeking stories. CBS News has dispatched “CBS Evening News” anchor Norah O’Donnell to Israel, while ABC News sent “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir, who lead a Thursday-night special report in primetime that sought to bring U.S.
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