Clive Myrie among presenters hosting BBC’s US election night coverage
The results programme will start at 10.45pm GMT on Tuesday November 5.
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The BBC has revealed its US election coverage will be anchored by US chief presenters Caitriona Perry and Sumi Somaskanda, with Clive Myrie presenting the News At Ten from outside the White House.
After presenting the news, Myrie, 60, will join the results show in Washington DC, hosted by Perry and Somaskanda, who will welcome BBC US special correspondent Katty Kay and BBC News presenter Christian Fraser.
The BBC’s social media investigations correspondent Marianna Spring will also be in the studio on November 5, alongside a line-up of expert guests.
Throughout the night, North America editor Sarah Smith and senior North America correspondent Gary O’Donoghue will be with the presidential candidates at their election HQs to bring the latest from both parties.
The corporation’s US correspondents will be with voters across the country in battleground states such as Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Georgia, Michigan, Arizona and Nevada.
Correspondents from around the world, including Lyse Doucet in Jerusalem, Steve Rosenberg in Russia, James Waterhouse in Ukraine, and Laura Bicker in China, will be reporting on how the news of the election is being received outside the US.
From 6am GMT, the results programme will join forces with BBC Breakfast, with Jon Kay joining Perry and Somaskanda in the studio.
Deborah Turness, chief executive of BBC News, said: “People across the world turn to BBC News for trusted, impartial news that rises above polarised politics.
The results of the 2024 US presidential election will have a huge impact on all of us, and BBC News will be there to deliver the most comprehensive reporting with breaking news, insight and analysis across our platforms.
“The results of the 2024 US presidential election will have a huge impact on all of us, and BBC News will be there to deliver the most comprehensive reporting with breaking news, insight and analysis across our platforms.
“An unbeatable team of BBC News presenters in Washington DC will be guiding us through the results night, with help from our expert correspondents on the ground in every key battleground state, and across the world.
“We’ll be providing audiences with up-to-the-minute results, analysis and reactions, debunking disinformation and providing election coverage like only the BBC can.”
The results programme will start at 10.45pm GMT on Tuesday November 5 on BBC One and the BBC News channel and run through to 9am GMT on Wednesday November 6.
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