Brian Williams Heading To Cuba

By Brian 

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams is traveling to Cuba for the Non-Aligned Summit. He’ll be live in Havana tomorrow night. “It is expected that Williams will be the only network news anchor to travel to Cuba for the Summit,” NBC says. Andrea Mitchell will also be on the scene.

> Mitchell blogs: “Brian will be anchoring from here tomorrow night, which is a very big deal. Cuba TV — part of the government here — has already talked about his anticipated arrival…”

> Williams blogs: “What an interesting gathering… how often do all of this nation’s enemies gather in the same hotel ballroom, after all? The fact that it’s happening 90 miles off the coast of Florida makes it all the more interesting…”

> Update: A CBS insider says weekend anchor Russ Mitchell is also at the summit…

> Update: ABC correspondent Jim Avila is also in Havana…

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