President Barack Obama will address the nation on Sept. 10 at 9pm ET, from the State Floor of the White House. A release from the White House press secretary said that the president will “discuss with the American people the threat posed by ISIL and to lay out the United States’ strategy for degrading and ultimately destroying the terrorist group.”
Press secretary Josh Ernst told reporters that the president is addressing the nation in primetime because he “believes this is a high national security priority.” ISIL [also known as ISIS, or Islamic State] has taken over parts of Iraq and Syria and killed scores of people, including the beheadings of two American journalists.
President Obama’s national address about ISIS will be covered on television by the following networks (all times Eastern):
ABC — George Stephanopoulos will anchor ABC News coverage, with Jonathan Karl from the White House.
Al Jazeera America — The network’s coverage begins at 8:30pm.
C-SPAN — Coverage begins at 9pm.
CBS — Bob Schieffer will anchor CBS News’ live coverage of the Obama address, beginning at 9pm. Scott Pelley will contribute to the coverage from Iraq, where he is on assignment this week.
CNBC — CNBC’s Scott Wapner anchors live coverage beginning at 9pm. American Greed will be joined in progress following the president’s speech.
CNN — Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer anchor CNN’s coverage starting at 9pm.
FOX (broadcast) — FOX News Channel’s Shepard Smith anchors coverage of the President Obama speech at 9pm. This will interrupt the season premiere of Hell’s Kitchen, which will now air 8pm-10:15pm.
Fox Business Network (FBN) — Neil Cavuto anchors an FBN special report on Sept. 10 beginning at 9pm ET. Following the president’s address, FBN will present live special editions of Lou Dobbs Tonight, at 10pm, and The Independents, at 11pm.
FOX News Channel (FNC) — FOX News Channel presents live coverage of President Obama’s speech on The Kelly File, hosted by Megyn Kelly, at 9pm. FNC’s chief political anchor Bret Baier will appear on The Kelly File for portions of the show to discuss the speech with various guests and analysts. Also, a special edition of Special Report will air at 11pm to cover the remarks, preempting The O’Reilly Factor repeat. The O’Reilly Factor and Hannity will both be live at 8pm and 10pm, respectively, leading up to the president’s speech.
MSNBC — Coverage on MSNBC begins at 8pm, with Rachel Maddow hosting, joined by Chris Matthews, Chris Hayes, Andrea Mitchell and Rev. Al Sharpton.
NBC — NBC News will cover the presidential address at 9pm, with Brian Williams anchoring and Chuck Todd reporting. America’s Got Talent and Taxi Brooklyn are both scheduled to start 15 minutes past their respective hours to accommodate the coverage.
