PBS NewsHour to Broadcast Impeachment Hearings on December 9

The PBS NewsHour will provide live, anchored coverage of the House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee Impeachment Hearing. Coverage for next week’s hearing will begin at 9:00 am ET on Monday, December 9th. The hearing will broadcast on PBS stations (check local listings).

Anchor and Managing Editor Judy Woodruff will anchor the special broadcast with contributions from NewsHour correspondents including Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins and White House correspondent Yamiche Alcindor, among others.

Woodruff will be joined by Michael Allen, Managing Director at Beacon Global Strategies, LLC and Mieke Eoyang, Vice President at Third Way. Allen served as the Majority Staff Director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence under Republican leadership from 2011-2013. Allen also served in George W. Bush’s White House for seven years in various national security policy and legislative roles, including as Senior Director for Counter-proliferation Strategy at the National Security Council, Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, and in the Bureau of Legislative Affairs at the Department of State. Eoyang was the Subcommittee Staff Director on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence under Democratic leadership from 2007-2010, and a Professional Staff Member on the House Armed Services Committee, as well as Chief of Staff to Representative Anna Eshoo (D-Ca.) and Defense Policy Advisor to Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)

NewsHour’s nightly broadcasts will include highlights from Monday’s hearing and further analysis featuring special guests.

In addition to online coverage on PBS NewsHour’s digital and social platforms, the PBS NewsHour “Here’s the Deal” newsletter will offer impeachment reports with the most recent and important developments.

Media Contact:

Sydney Cameron, scameron@newshour.org