WINK News speaks with CBS Evening News Anchor Norah O’Donnell

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In two-and-a-half hours, CBS Evening News will air its show from Kennedy Space Center. WINK News Anchor Lindsey Sablan led coverage of reenactment liftoff Tuesday morning. This afternoon, Sablan had a chance to speak with the new face of the network: Norah O’Donnell.

Sablan is on the roof of the CBS Studio, where 50-years ago Walter Cronkite broadcasted the Apollo 11 liftoff. On Tuesday night, it seems fitting a new generation is taking over Cronkite’s spot from that same studio.

While O’Donnell faces new challenges to bring viewers back, she is confident in her team’s success.

“The broadcast networks offer clarity,” O’Donnell said. “They offer information, rather than affirmation of your political views and so we deliver a straight broadcast where we speak to both sides of an issue. We can fact check certain issues.”

Another issue O’Donnell said they would be addressing is humanity. She hopes to tell more stories of the people who served our country in the military, police and Emergency Medical Services.

Launch of the Apollo 11 mission

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