The New Hampshire Debates on CNN

Press Release from CNN:

Voters Take Center Stage in CNN New Hampshire Presidential Debates

Republican, Democratic Hopefuls Face Battery of Questions from Both Journalists, Voters for June Debates

Mixing a moderated debate with the traditional New Hampshire-style town hall, CNN, along with Hearst Argyle’s WMUR-TV and the New Hampshire Union Leader, gather presidential hopefuls to respond to questions from both political journalists and registered New Hampshire voters for the Democratic and Republican presidential candidate debates on Sunday, June 3, and Tuesday, June 5, respectively.

For the first hour of both two-hour, commercial-free debates, candidates will address questions from CNN's Wolf Blitzer, WMUR-TV political director Scott Spradling and New Hampshire Union Leader State House bureau chief Tom Fahey. In the second hour, candidates move from behind their lecterns to the front of the stage to field queries directly from an audience of more than 100 undecided registered voters.

The debate will be broadcast live throughout New Hampshire on WMUR-TV and nationally on CNN, CNN Radio, CNN International, CNN.com, WMUR.com and UnionLeader.com. In an unprecedented move, unlimited debate coverage will be made available without restrictions at the conclusion of each live debate.

CNN’s wall-to-wall Raw Politics coverage surrounding the debates kicks off on Sunday, June 3, at 7 a.m. (ET) and features CNN’s political team anchors including Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Lou Dobbs, Larry King, Soledad O’Brien and John Roberts. Programming highlights include:

Sunday, June 3

7 a.m.-8:30 a.m. CNN Sunday Morning with reports from Bill Schneider on location in New Hampshire

9 a.m.-10 a.m. CNN Sunday Morning with reports from Bill Schneider on location in New Hampshire

10 a.m.-11 a.m. Reliable Sources with reports from Wolf Blitzer and John Roberts on location in New Hampshire

11 a.m.-1 p.m. Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer live on location in New Hampshire

5 p.m.-7 p.m. Raw Politics, pre-debate program anchored by Lou Dobbs live on location in New Hampshire

7 p.m.-9 p.m. CNN/WMUR/New Hampshire Union Leader Democratic Candidate Debate

9 p.m.-11 p.m. Raw Politics, post-debate program anchored by Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Larry King and John Roberts live on location in New Hampshire

Monday 4 June

6 a.m.-9 a.m. American Morning with anchor John Roberts live on location in New Hampshire

4 p.m.-6 p.m. The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer live on location in New Hampshire

7 p.m.-8 p.m. The Situation Room with Blitzer live on location in New Hampshire and Soledad O’Brien moderating the Sojourners’ forum live from Washington, D.C.

8 p.m.-9 p.m. Paula Zahn Now from New York

Tuesday 5 June

6 a.m.-9 a.m. American Morning with Roberts live on location in New Hampshire

4 p.m.-6 p.m. The Situation Room with Blitzer live on location in New Hampshire

6 p.m.-7 p.m. Lou Dobbs Tonight with Dobbs live on location in New Hampshire

7 p.m.-9 p.m. CNN/WMUR/New Hampshire Union Leader Republican Candidate Debate

9 p.m.-11 p.m. Raw Politics,a post-debate program anchored by Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Larry King and John Roberts live on location in New Hampshire

11 p.m.-midnight Anderson Cooper 360º with Cooper live on location in New Hampshire

Wednesday 6 June

6 a.m.-9 a.m. American Morning with Roberts live on location in New Hampshire

Correspondents providing reports for CNN’s numerous networks and services include Dana Bash, congressional correspondent; Candy Crowley, senior political correspondent; Ed Henry, White House correspondent; Joe Johns, correspondent; Andrea Koppel, congressional correspondent; John King, chief national correspondent; Suzanne Malveaux, White House correspondent; Elaine Quijano, White House correspondent; and Bill Schneider, senior political analyst. Political contributors will include Paul Begala, Bill Bennett, Donna Brazile, James Carville, Mike Murphy and J.C. Watts.

Over the three days of political programming, CNN.com will stream large segments of the forums, as well as post-debate responses and commentary. The site also will offer on-demand video as well as an “All Access” podcast showing behind-the-scenes footage of the presidential debates. CNN’s top political producers and reporters will offer behind-the-scenes tidbits, immediate reflections and on-the-spot analysis on CNN’s Political Ticker at www.CNN.com/ticker.

CNN Pipeline, CNN.com’s premium live video news service, will offer extensive political coverage that includes live streams of the debate with alternative camera angles of the candidates and numerous Web-exclusive analysis and viewer responses. The service will be free to all users from 6 p.m. (ET) Sunday, June 3, through midnight (ET) Tuesday, June 5.

CNN International will broadcast CNN/U.S. coverage of both debates on Sunday, June 3, and Tuesday, June 5, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. (ET). The network will also air coverage of the Sojourner’s forum on Monday, June 4, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. (ET) for the Europe and Latin American feeds only. CNN en Español will simulcast both New Hampshire debates.

CNN Radio will provide live anchored coverage of both debates with Lisa Goddard and Steve Kastenbaum anchoring from Manchester. CNN Newsource will provide its affiliates access to reports and live shots on-site correspondents, including Kyung Lah and Mary Snow, from Sunday, June 3, through Wednesday, June 6.

CNN Student News will present the news of these debates and free classroom materials that help to tie these

political events to the textbook. Teachers, parents and students can find the CNN Student News program and its curriculum materials online at CNN.com/Education and on Headline News from Monday through Friday at 3:12 a.m. (ET)

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