CBS NEWS’ PRIMETIME COVERAGE ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK WILL BEGIN AT 9:00 PM, ET, ANCHORED BY NORAH O’DONNELL FROM WASHINGTON

NANCY CORDES, JEFF PEGUES, NIKOLE KILLION AND ED O’KEEFE WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE COVERAGE, WITH ANALYSIS FROM JOEL PAYNE

CBSN’S COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE BEGINS AT 5:00 PM, ET ON “RED & BLUE” AND CONTINUES WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ADDRESS AND THE REPUBLICAN RESPONSE, FOLLOWED BY ANALYSIS

CBS News will deliver comprehensive, multi-platform coverage of President Joe Biden’s address to Congress and the Republican response on Wednesday, April 28 across all broadcasts and platforms. CBS EVENING NEWS anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell will anchor a live, primetime CBS News Special Report from Washington, D.C., Wednesday beginning at 9:00 PM, ET, on the CBS Television Network.

O’Donnell will be joined in-studio by chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and CBS News political contributor Joel Payne. Chief justice and homeland security correspondent Jeff Pegues will contribute coverage throughout the evening. Congressional correspondent Nikole Killion will report from the Capitol and senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe from the White House.

The coverage will also feature insight from the CBS News Polling Unit, which will take an in-depth look at President Biden’s first 100 days, with Americans weighing in on his handling of the pandemic and the economy, plus infrastructure proposals, race relations and their outlook for the challenges ahead.

Leading up to the primetime coverage, CBS News will feature original reporting on President Biden’s address that day on CBS THIS MORNING (7:00-9:00 AM, ET) and continuing on the CBS EVENING NEWS with NORAH O’DONNELL (6:30-7:00 PM, ET).

CBS News Digital will deliver extensive coverage across CBSN, the 24/7 streaming news network, CBSNews.com, and the CBS News social channels. CBSN will feature special live pre- and post-address coverage beginning at 5:00 PM, ET on the daily political show “Red & Blue” anchored by Elaine Quijano, and will stream the address and Republican response. CBSN’s surrounding coverage will include reporting and analysis from correspondents and contributors, featuring CBS News political reporter Caitlin Huey-Burns, CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez reporting from the border, CBS News political contributors Joel Payne, Leslie Sanchez, and Antjuan Seawright, and CBS News political analyst Lynda Tran. CBSN is available at cbsnews.com and on the CBS News app for mobile and connected TV devices.

Follow CBS News’ live blog featuring continuous coverage and analysis of the address and the Republican response at cbsnews.com.

Additional details for CBS News’ division-wide coverage are below:

• CBS THIS MORNING co-hosts Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Anthony Mason will interview newsmakers on Wednesday and Thursday with the team of CBS News correspondents providing the latest headlines surrounding the address.

• CBS EVENING NEWS with NORAH O’DONNELL, the only network evening news broadcast based in Washington, D.C., will air special coverage and original reporting ahead of the president’s address.

• CBS Newspath correspondent Natalie Brand will report from Capitol Hill. She will offer CBS stations pre- and post-speech coverage and will deliver live shots throughout the day and evening for the president’s address.

• CBS News Radio will provide stations with in-depth coverage of President Biden’s speech from CBS News Radio correspondents Steve Kathan, Steven Portnoy and Steve Dorsey. Also contributing to the coverage will be CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger, CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus, correspondent Adrienne Bard in Mexico City and military consultant retired Army Colonel Jeff McCausland. Stations will also be provided anchored coverage of the Republican response and in-depth analysis of both speeches.

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