If you watched some cable news Saturday afternoon you likely caught some networks correspondents struggling with live shots during a sandstorm. During the 2 p.m. ET hour, Kelly O’Donnell reported for MSNBC, John Roberts was on Fox News, and Jim Acosta went live for CNN just as a rainstorm blew through
“Were still feeling the effects of the wind and now it’s picking up sand,” said Roberts on Fox News.
As she began her liveshot, O’Donnell explained, “there are about 10 people around me holding everything down.” And that was after O’Donnell and her colleague Hallie Jackson held on to their own lighting gear before she went live.
“The weather team may be familiar with that kind of condition but our White House unit is only accustomed to political storms,” O’Donnell told TVNewser after the experience.
Our Saudi sandstorm. High winds swept our live location and took out some TV gear. #nbcwhu #SaudiaArabia pic.twitter.com/Hjs6NIWX5c
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) May 20, 2017
Watch windstorm live TV. Didn't expect this covering @realdonaldtrump first day & fine grain sand is everywhere. https://t.co/qqCeed4UCP
— Kelly O'Donnell (@KellyO) May 20, 2017
Another look at sand storm that swept through press hotel live locations in Saudi via Josh Gross of CBS https://t.co/d71m6kUB70
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 20, 2017