Bangkok--Nov 1--Francom Asia
Dedicating more than thirty-five experienced CNN correspondents, anchors and analysts in twenty-five locations around the globe, CNN will provide audiences with an unprecedented twenty-one hours of live international coverage and perspective of the 2004 U.S. Election. With foreign policy in focus and potentially the largest voter turnout in American history, the world watches in interest and CNN promises to be the network of record for this event.
The network's wall-to-wall election coverage kicks off as polls begin to close on Wednesday, November 3 at 05:00a.m. (Bangkok and Jakarta time) with a two-hour election results preview special anchored from Atlanta by CNN International's Richard Quest and Jonathan Mann, featuring reports from Bush and Kerry Headquarters, CNN's team of reporters in battleground states, global reaction and viewpoints from CNN correspondents in bureau cities around the world, including Baghdad, Paris, Jerusalem, Madrid, Hong Kong, London, Tokyo, Berlin, New Delhi and Moscow.
Then at 07:00a.m. (Bangkok and Jakarta time) as the first polls close, Wolf Blitzer fires up CNN’s commanding presence from the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City, where he will be joined by Larry King, Aaron Brown and the network’s senior analysts Bill Schneider and Jeff Greenfield who will be presenting real-time vote information, exit polls and analysis of key state races across the country in front of the state-of-the-art 96-screen video wall in Times Square.
In battleground states across the U.S., CNN will strategically position correspondents at key polling places to take the pulse of the American public. In addition, senior White House correspondent John King and senior political correspondent Candy Crowley will be reporting live from the Bush-Cheney headquarters in Washington D.C. and the Kerry-Edwards headquarters in Boston respectively.
From the Time Warner Center in New York, Judy Woodruff and Bill Hemmer head up CNN's Election Analysis team, using real time voting results to project state-by-state winners in the presidential and key congressional races. CNN's Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin will join them to examine any possible legal challenges across the country.
Coverage continues throughout the night as CNN's correspondents around the world continue to gauge the reaction of expatriates, U.S. allies and soldiers serving abroad as election results unfold.
“This election is being as closely watched outside the U.S. as it is inside because of the major foreign policy issues at stake”, said Rena Golden, senior vice president CNN International. “The expertise of our global network of correspondents, analysts and anchors, our emphasis on providing both the U.S. and international perspective as the race to the White House comes to a climax, ensures that our viewers will be delivered the most complete picture of this election”, she added.
CNN International’s signature in-depth current affairs program INSIGHT wraps up the twenty-one hours of special coverage at 06:00a.m. on November 4 (Bangkok and Jakarta time), as Jonathan Mann reviews the wider, global implications of the election results specifically for the international audience.
In addition to the extensive on-air coverage, CNN.com will offer live video streams, photo galleries, countdown clocks for polls in each state and exit polls throughout the day. Site users, through CNN.com's unique "Your Races" feature, can customize their online experience by choosing up to 20 different presidential, federal and gubernatorial races.
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