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<blockquote data-quote="Box Ox" data-source="post: 3895115" data-attributes="member: 48469">Finally, he&#039;s doing it. Have no problem with Trump presenting his case and articulating his reasons for a wall to the American public in prime time. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/07/media/networks-trump-border-security-speech/index.html" target="_blank">Broadcast networks deliberating whether to air Trump&#039;s prime time immigration address&nbsp; - CNN</a>&quot;Trump announced in a tweet on Monday that he will deliver his address at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday. In his tweet, the president characterized the situation on the border as a &quot;national security crisis.&quot;For several hours on Monday, none of the major broadcasters said they had committed to airing what is sure to be a highly controversial address. Network newsrooms were abuzz with speculation about what the broadcasters would decide.Come Monday evening, CBS said it would go ahead and carry the address. ABC, NBC, PBS, and the Fox broadcast network have yet to comment.&quot;&quot;There is precedent, however, for broadcast networks declining to air a presidential speech. In 2014, ABC, NBC, and CBS declined to carry an <a href="https://money.cnn.com/2014/11/19/media/networks-and-obama-speech/index.html" target="_blank">address delivered by President Barack Obama on immigration</a>, though Obama&#039;s White House never formally requested time after it was determined networks would be reluctant to agree to broadcast it.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Box Ox, post: 3895115, member: 48469"] Finally, he's doing it. Have no problem with Trump presenting his case and articulating his reasons for a wall to the American public in prime time. [URL="https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/07/media/networks-trump-border-security-speech/index.html"]Broadcast networks deliberating whether to air Trump's prime time immigration address - CNN[/URL] "Trump announced in a tweet on Monday that he will deliver his address at 9 p.m. ET on Tuesday. In his tweet, the president characterized the situation on the border as a "national security crisis." For several hours on Monday, none of the major broadcasters said they had committed to airing what is sure to be a highly controversial address. Network newsrooms were abuzz with speculation about what the broadcasters would decide. Come Monday evening, CBS said it would go ahead and carry the address. ABC, NBC, PBS, and the Fox broadcast network have yet to comment." "There is precedent, however, for broadcast networks declining to air a presidential speech. In 2014, ABC, NBC, and CBS declined to carry an [URL='https://money.cnn.com/2014/11/19/media/networks-and-obama-speech/index.html']address delivered by President Barack Obama on immigration[/URL], though Obama's White House never formally requested time after it was determined networks would be reluctant to agree to broadcast it." [/QUOTE]

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