LEWISTON — Maine’s newest U.S. senator is poised to make a national splash this week as he appears on two of the country’s most watched television news and politics shows.
Independent Angus King, a former Maine governor, will be sworn in to the U.S. Senate on Thursday. He will appear on “NBC Nightly News” in an interview with Tom Brokaw at 6:30 p.m. that same day. Some of that interview was shot in Maine over the New Year holiday.
On Sunday, King will appear live on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” which airs at 9 a.m.
King’s staff confirmed the appearances on his Facebook page.
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- U.S. Sen.-elect Angus King, I-Maine. King will be sworn into office Thursday and begins his career with appearances on two national news and politics shows.
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