NBC Is in Talks to Secure a White House Interview on Super Bowl Sunday

Lester Holt says network would 'welcome' a conversation with Trump

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NBC News is still hoping to secure an interview with President Trump on Super Bowl Sunday, a tradition that goes back more than a decade.

“Without getting into specifics, I can tell you that there have been conversations between NBC News and the White House about a conversation format, the timing, the location, those sorts of things,” NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt told Adweek.

“We have not come to any agreement yet,” he said. “I think it’s always a great opportunity.”

The pre-Super Bowl live interview started in 2004 when CBS’s Jim Nantz interviewed George W.

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