Hurricane Gustav
Gustav or Not, Property Insurers Keep Up Lobbying in St. Paul
ST. PAUL—With Hurricane Gustav slamming into the Gulf Coast today, the schedule here at the Republican National Convention has been upended today and official events have been canceled. But lobbying, even for the property insurance industry (which will surely be paying out a fair amount of claims in coming months), goes on.
We bumped into David Sampson, a former deputy Commerce secretary under George W. Bush and president of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, early this afternoon. He seemed very much on task and undistracted by Gustav.
"Obviously, the atmosphere here is much more subdued because of the landfall of the hurricane," he said of St. read more »
Sammy Hagar Tries to Turn Convention Rock Show Into Gustav Fund-Raiser, Gets Few Takers
On Sunday night, as Hurricane Gustav bore down on New Orleans and Republican Party elders scrambled to muffle all sounds of revelry from the Twin Cities, Sammy Hagar, the former Van Halen frontman, stood before a microphone at the legendary Minneapolis nightclub First Avenue. He was wearing plaid board shorts, sunglasses, and a logo T-shirt from Cabo Wabo Cantina, a bar he owns in Mexico. Hagar, who had just ripped through a set of his old standards, including “I Can’t Drive 55,” told his audience—several hundred Republican notables—that his band had just come from a gig in Houston.
“The hurricane is going to hit down there and that’s a big shame and all,” Hagar said. read more »
Fox News' Shepard Smith and Geraldo Rivera to New Orleans, Brit Hume to St. Paul
Tonight, Shepard Smith will be anchoring Fox News' coverage of Hurricane Gustav from New Orleans beginning at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Afterwards, Brit Hume will continue the hurricane coverage, anchoring from St. Paul. From 10 p.m. to midnight, Geraldo Rivera will anchor live from New Orleans.
Fox News will continue its live hurricane coverage throughout the night until 5 a.m. with Gregg Jarrett, Julie Banderas, Todd Connor and Uma Pemmaraju anchoring the late night shift. Beginning at 5 a.m., Fox & Friends will take over the hurricane coverage live from the channel's makeshift St. Paul studio.
Over at the Fox Business Network, Alexis Glick will be leading all day coverage of the hurricane from New Orleans.
ABC News' Charlie Gibson to Anchor 'World News' from New Orleans
Tonight, ABC News' Charlie Gibson will be anchoring World News from New Orleans. George Stephanopoulos will head up the network's convention coverage from St. Paul.
More from ABC News' press release:
ABC News will continue to report from the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, MN. "This Week" host and Chief Washington Correspondent, George Stephanopoulos, will anchor and report from the RNC and ABC News correspondent David Wright -- who has been covering the McCain campaign for ABC News -- will continue to report from the trail for all ABC News broadcasts and platforms.
On Monday, September 1, "GMA" weather and news anchors, Sam Champion and Chris Cuomo, will bring morning viewers reports on Hurricane Gustav and the damage and destruction that Hurricane Gustav is expected to bring to
the Gulf Coast area during the morning broadcast.
Katie Couric Headed to Gulf Coast
Katie Couric will anchor the CBS Evening news from the Gulf coast on Monday night, CBS News announced today.
More from the CBS press release on the network's hurricane/convention coverage:
--CBS News Correspondents Cynthia Bowers, Randall Pinkston, Byron Pitts, Dave Price, Tracy Smith and Hari Sreenivasan will report from the area for all CBS News broadcasts.
--The Early Show's Harry Smith will anchor from the area beginning tomorrow morning (7:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT), along with Early Show Weather Anchor Price.
--CBS News' live Republican National Convention primetime specials-Monday, Sept. 1 through Thursday, Sept. 4 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET; check local listings) will include coverage of both the hurricane and the RNC.
Brian Williams to Gulf Coast, Tom Brokaw to St. Paul, Keith Olbermann to New York
Tonight, Brian Williams will interview John McCain from the Gulf coast in the pathway of Hurricane Gustav for Sunday's Nightly News. In the meantime, Tom Brokaw will be heading up the network's coverage of the RNC convention in St. Paul.
Over at MSNBC, Dan Abrams will be anchoring the channel's primetime hurricane coverage on Sunday from a studio in New York. On Monday, Mr. Abrams will handoff to Keith Olbermann. Chris Matthews will be anchoring the convention coverage from St. Paul.
More from the NBC release:
NBC News' Ann Curry, Lester Holt, Al Roker and a team of correspondents including Contessa Brewer, Don Teague, Janet Shamlian, Kerry Sanders, Lee Cowan, Mark Potter, Mary Murray, Michelle Kosinski, and others, will also be on location.
