FOX News Channel to Present Special Live Coverage of the Events Commemorating the Life of President George H.W. Bush
04 December 2018 - 5:04AM
Business Wire
Chief Political Anchor Bret Baier and The
Story’s Martha MacCallum to Co-Anchor Coverage of the Bush Funeral
at the Washington National Cathedral
FOX News Channel (FNC) will present special live coverage
throughout the entire week of the events commemorating the life and
legacy of the 41st President of the United States of America,
President George H.W. Bush.
Beginning Monday, December 3rd at 4:30PM/ET, Special
Report’s Bret Baier and The
Story’s Martha MacCallum will co-anchor special
live coverage from Washington to cover the arrival of the body of
President Bush, as he lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
MacCallum and Baier will be joined by panelists, including The
Daily Briefing’s Dana Perino, FNC political
analyst Juan Williams, FNC contributor Karl
Rove, The Next Revolution’s Steve Hilton, FNC
contributors Mara Liasson and Marc
Thiessen.
On Wednesday, December
5th, Baier and MacCallum will
co-anchor special coverage of President Bush’s funeral at the
Washington National Cathedral beginning at 9AM/ET. America’s
Newsroom’s Bill Hemmer and The Daily
Briefing’s Dana Perino will contribute live from
outside the National Cathedral with FOX News
Sunday’s Chris Wallace joining from DC.
On Thursday, December 6th, chief news anchor Shepard
Smith will anchor live coverage of the funeral in Houston,
TX at 11AM/ET. Smith will be joined by special guests, including
FNC contributor Karl Rove, former deputy assistant to President
George W. Bush, Brad Blakeman and former special assistant and
speechwriter to then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, Clark
Judge.
Additional contributions to coverage throughout the week
will be made by: Chief White House correspondent John
Roberts and White House correspondent Kevin
Corke; Chief Congressional correspondent Mike
Emanuel from Washington National Cathedral; Washington
correspondent Rich Edson from Freedom
Plaza; Ellison Barber from Capitol
Hill; Kristin Fisher from Joint Base Andrews in
Maryland; Alicia Acuna and William La
Jeunesse from the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library
and Museum in College Station, TX.; Rick
Leventhal from Ellington Field; and Casey
Stegall from St. Martin’s Church.
FOX News Radio (FNR) will also provide live reports
for all radio affiliates on the memorial services beginning on
Monday, December 3rd through Thursday, December 6th. Gurnal
Scott, Jared Halpern, Jon Decker, Jeff Monosso and Tonya J. Powers
will lead coverage which can be heard
on www.FoxNewsRadio.com and Fox News Radio affiliates
across the country. Additionally, Fox News Headlines 24/7 will
provide updates every 15 minutes on SiriusXM Channel 115.
In addition, FOXNews.com will feature
up-to-the-minute coverage of the
services. FOXNews.com will be live streaming memorial
events, as well as feature reporting and in-depth analysis
throughout the week.
FOX Nation, FNC’s new on demand streaming service
which debuted last week, will also present a series of
specials about President George H.W. Bush
including, “President George H.W. Bush: The Man And His
Mission” hosted by senior political analyst Brit
Hume. The special will reflect on President Bush’s days as a
fighter pilot, to peacefully ending the Cold War as the
41st President of the United States. Other specials hosted by
Hume will include, “Destiny and Power: The Private Diaries
of George Herbert Walker Bush” and “A Bush Family
Album,” which will reflect on Bush’s extraordinary
life of service. Additionally, FOX
Nation will make of available a series of
speeches by then-President George H.W. Bush, including his
Inauguration Speech in 1989, two of his more notable speeches about
the fall of the Berlin Wall and the Iraq War in 1991, along
with all four of his State of the Union addresses from
1989-1992.
FOX News Channel (FNC) is a 24-hour all-encompassing news
service delivering breaking news as well as political and business
news. The number one network in cable, FNC has been the most
watched television news channel for more than 16 years. According
to a 2018 Research Intelligencer study by Brand Keys, FOX News
ranks as the second most trusted television brand in the country.
Additionally, a Suffolk University/USA Today survey states Fox News
is the most trusted source for television news or commentary in the
country, while a 2017 Gallup/Knight Foundation survey found that
among Americans who could name an objective news source, Fox News
is the top-cited outlet. Owned by 21st Century Fox, FNC is
available in nearly 90 million homes and dominates the cable news
landscape, routinely notching the top ten programs in the
genre.
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