Overview
- The White House press pool and Dokoupil confirmed the sit-down in Michigan, with the conversation set to air on Tuesday’s Evening News from Detroit.
- Dokoupil said he pressed Trump on protests in Iran, the economy and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s disclosure of a federal investigation.
- The New York Times reported that Bari Weiss and aides rewrote the Jan. 5 Evening News script minutes before airtime, contributing to the on-air teleprompter stumble.
- Weiss has prioritized viral-ready segments and postponed a previously produced 60 Minutes piece on U.S. deportations to El Salvador’s CECOT prison for further reporting.
- Early ratings showed about 4.4 million viewers and 596,000 adults 25–54, trailing ABC and NBC, as Dokoupil continues a two-week, multi-city tour that included an interview with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis.