O'Donnell led CBS News' political coverage throughout the 2020 presidential election, the transition of presidential power, the new administration, and beyond. She has reported from the scenes of Hurricanes Dorian and Harvey reported and anchored from the country's largest migrant processing facility on the southern border George Floyd's memorial services in Minneapolis and Texas mass shootings in Las Vegas, Annapolis, Maryland, and El Paso, Texas and the Boston Marathon bombing. She also covered the historic election of Pope Francis in Vatican City, as well as his first Apostolic Voyage to the United States. She has also interviewed South Korean President Moon Jae-in the Duke of Sussex Prince Harry Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and the Dalai Lama. O'Donnell is the only western television journalist to have interviewed the Saudi Crown Prince twice. In September 2019, O'Donnell spent a week reporting in Saudi Arabia for 60 MINUTES where she interviewed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for his first interview following the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. As anchor of the "CBS Evening News," O'Donnell also covered the historic first summit between President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, Switzerland anchored live from Surfside, Fla., hours after a deadly beachfront condo building collapse and interviewed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and reported live from the Kennedy Space Center for the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch.Īt CBS News, O'Donnell has sat down with some of the world's most influential leaders. Andrew Cuomo who alleged sexual harassment by the then-governor, and more. 6, 2021 an exclusive interview with a former staffer for New York's Gov. Rick Bright, the former top federal scientist following his whistleblower complaint about the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus a live interview House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy during the insurrection of the U.S. Prior to that, she served as CBS News' chief White House correspondent covering the administration of President Barack Obama.Īs the anchor of the "CBS Evening News," O'Donnell has conducted interviews with newsmakers in Washington and beyond, including President Joe Biden's first interview since taking office an exclusive sit-down with Vice President Mike Pence on the killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani an exclusive 60 Minutes interview with Dr. O'Donnell joined "CBS This Morning" as a co-host in July 2012. Previously, O'Donnell was co-host of "CBS This Morning" and a contributor to 60 Minutes. Named anchor and managing editor of the "CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell" in 2019, O'Donnell leads CBS News' flagship broadcast from Washington, D.C., becoming the only network evening news anchor based in the nation's capital. She has covered six presidential elections and traveled around the globe to interview some of the world's most important leaders, including six U.S. O'Donnell is a multiple Emmy Award-winning journalist with more than two decades of experience covering the biggest stories in the world and conducting impactful, newsmaking interviews. Norah O'Donnell is the anchor and managing editor of the "CBS Evening News," anchor of CBS News Election Specials, including primary, debate and election nights, and a "60 Minutes" contributing correspondent.
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