The Situation Room

The Situation Room is a news show on CNN, moderated by Wolf Blitzer and aired for the first time on 8 August 2005. The program replaces the three policies and news, Inside Politics, Crossfire and Wolf Blitzer Reports.

Initially, The Situation Room divided into one hours policy, an hour on the security situation and an hour for international news. This concept has been replaced on 5 August 2007, a three-hour unit format to report one years adequately before the U.S. presidential election here on can.

Receives support moderator Blitzer frequently by journalists and commentators like Jack Cafferty, Donna Brazile, Ali Velshi, Carol Costello, Abbi Tatton, Paul Begala, Bay Buchanan, James Carville and JC Watts.

The program starts by default with the words (or a slight variation ): You're in the Situation Room - where news and information are arriving all the time. Standing by: CNN reporters across the United States and around the world to bring you the day 's top stories. Happening Now ... I'm Wolf Blitzer, and You're in the Situation Room.

The Happening Now - turn is there again the main issues of the day and is made of the most influential predecessor broadcast Wolf Blitzer Reports were adopted.

The program was criticized for its so-called human interest stories, the stories ( behind News ) present of people on an emotional or interactive way to arouse sympathy for this. Above all, the satirist Jon Stewart made ​​fun of often for that reason on the show. Has also criticized the show for the split screens during Hurricane Katrina.

• Newscast
• TV Program (United States)
• TV Program of the 2000s
• TV show of the 2010s