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The News with Brian Williams
The News with Brian Williams (later known as The News on CNBC) was an American news program that premiered on July 15, 1996, MSNBC's first day on the air. It was the first flagship signature news broadcast on both MSNBC and CNBC. The show was hosted by Brian Williams. "The News" was a broadcast designed mainly for primetime viewers who might have missed that night's "NBC Nightly News".
"The News" was originally shown at 9:00pm ET on
" included an interview with President Bill Clinton, who took questions from callers and e-mailers. BET host Ed Gordon also contributed to the new network by hosting the Saturday version of "Internight".
Connecting news and the Internet (1996–1998) Early programs Brian Williams and Soledad O'Brien.
The original two primetime shows were "The News with Brian Williams", hosted by Brian Williams, and "The Site", a show about the Internet and computers co-hosted by Soledad O'Brien and a "live" computer-generated