Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akabatana neNBC News muna 1978 achishanda kunze kwehofisi yavo yeChicago. Muna 1989, Cummins akavhurazve hofisi yeSouthwest yeNBC muDallas, achiva munyori wayo. Kwemakore, akashuma nhau dzakasiyana-siyana kusanganisira nhau dzezvematongerwo enyika dzeU.S., tsaona dzendege, dambudziko reIran, Hondo yeVanhu veSalvador, kuputika kwebhomba kweOklahoma City, madutu mazhinji, mafashama, uye madutu, uye kufukidzwa kwehupenyu kweWaco Siege. Basa raCummins rakazviratidza paakakunda Mubayiro nokuda kwokushuma kwake mafashamo eMidwest muna 1993
. Akagamuchirawo mazita maviri eNational Emmy nokuda kwekubudisa kwake Hurricane Hugo neSalvadoran Civil War.