CBS News and Stations will deliver comprehensive coverage and analysis of President Joe Biden’s third State of the Union address and the Republican response on Thursday, March 7 across all broadcasts and platforms.
Primetime coverage begins at 8:00 PM, ET, on CBS News Streaming and continues with a CBS News Special Report on streaming and the CBS Television Network from 9:00-11:00 PM, ET. CBS News’ coverage will include extensive reporting and analysis before and after the speech, in addition to reporting from the team of correspondents in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Capitol and at the White House.
ON CBS NEWS STREAMING: CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett and political correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns anchor a live, hour-long State of the Union special from Capitol Hill starting at 8:00 PM, ET to preview the address and report on the arrivals in the House chamber.
ON CBS AND CBS NEWS STREAMING: CBS EVENING NEWS anchor and managing editor Norah O’Donnell anchors a Special Report as the Network simulcasts President Biden’s address and the Republican response from 9:00-11:00 PM, ET on all platforms.
She will be joined by CBS News chief political analyst John Dickerson, FACE THE NATION moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan, chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, chief election and campaign correspondent Robert Costa, chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes, senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe, senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang, senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent and congressional correspondents Nikole Killion and Scott MacFarlane for reporting and analysis before and after the President’s speech and the Republican response.
CBS News political contributors Terry Sullivan and Ashley Etienne will contribute analysis.
Rundown of additional coverage, subject to change, is below.
- Co-host Tony Dokoupil anchors CBS MORNINGS (7:00-9:00 AM, ET) from Capitol Hill ahead of President Biden’s speech. He’ll interview House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and secretary of transportation Pete Buttigieg. Dokoupil also visits the site of the first presidential address to Congress to hear what Americans think about the state of their country today.
- Major Garrett and Caitlin Huey-Burns anchor a special hour-long edition of AMERICA DECIDES at 5:00 PM, ET on the CBS News Streaming Network live from the U.S. Capitol featuring newsmaker interviews ahead of the President’s address.
- A replay of the Network’s State of the Union coverage in its entirety will begin on CBS News Streaming immediately following the Special Report as a benefit for late-night and West Coast audiences.
- CBS Newspath will provide coverage of the address to its 200+ affiliates nationwide and to broadcasters around the world with Skyler Henry and Natalie Brand offering live reports around the clock from Washington, D.C. Newspath will also operate a live standup position for Congressional lawmakers to offer reaction to their local market.
- CBS News Radio’s live, anchored coverage will begin at 9:00 PM, ET, covering the address and the Republican response. Correspondent Steve Kathan will anchor, joined by White House reporter Linda Kenyon, reporter Stacy Lyn on Capitol Hill and CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger. CBS News Radio will provide one-on-one interviews with CBS News correspondents and experts leading up to and after the President’s address.