John King to Moderate Jan. 20 Face-Off; Blitzer, Cooper, Burnett, O'Brien, Crowley Anchor from Charleston On Friday, Jan. 20, just days before the highly anticipated primary election in South Carolina, CNN and the Southern Republican Leadership Conference (SRLC) will present a presidential town hall debate live from the North Charleston Coliseum. The two-hour debate will begin at 9 a.m. HKT and will be moderated by CNN anchor and chief national correspondent John King. Wolf Blitzer, Anderson Cooper, Erin Burnett, John King and Soledad O'Brien will anchor their respective programs live and on-location in Charleston on Friday. Then, on Sunday, Jan. 22, the anchors will be live beginning at 7 a.m. HKT from the CNN Election Center for America's Choice 2012: South Carolina Primary. A special edition of Anderson Cooper 360° will air at 12 noon HKT followed by a special edition of Piers Morgan Tonight at 1 p.m. HKT. The following five presidential contenders will participate in Friday's debate: former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum. In addition to questions posed to the candidates by King and southern Republicans in the audience, CNN will solicit questions and comments submitted in real-time from CNN.com, the CNN Politics fan page on Facebook and by using the #CNNDebate hashtag on Twitter. CNN.com In the days leading up to the South Carolina primary, CNNPolitics.com will be the online destination for all news and analysis related to the 2012 Elections. New for the South Carolina primary, CNN has launched the GOP Delegate Calculator. After each caucus or primary, users can try their hand at predicting which candidates will win each state and eventually, the Republican presidential nomination. CNN.com will also provide a CNN Electoral Map with the most recent predictions on battleground states as updated by CNN's political experts as well as the 2012 Primary Caucus Calendar, an interactive datebook where users can slide over a specific month to see when states will hold their primaries and caucuses throughout the year. On the day of the primary, CNN.com will live stream the events in South Carolina and live blog the night's developments. As the primary results come in, users will be able to track them in real-time at the CNN Election Center. To engage and comment on election night news as it happens, users can view the CNN Politics Facebook page for political stories and photos of CNN's favorite faces and also follow @CNNPolitics on Twitter for breaking developments all night. CNN iReport, the network's global participatory news community, will be asking for submissions related to the South Carolina primary, some of which will be shown on CNN.com and broadcast on CNN. Across CNN's mobile platforms, the latest election stories and opinion pieces will be available via CNN's mobile website and on the CNN apps for iPhone, iPad, Android phone and Android tablet. The new Election Center section can also be accessed on CNN's mobile platforms. Additionally, all apps will carry live video of candidate speeches and events. On election night, live results can be viewed on CNN's mobile website and in the CNN App for iPad. - Ends - CNN is the world's leading global 24-hour news network and one of the world's most respected and trusted sources for news and information. The CNN brand is available to two billion people via 18 CNN branded TV, internet and mobile services produced by CNN Worldwide, a division of Turner Broadcasting System Inc and a Time Warner company. CNN International is the international directorate of CNN Worldwide and distributes news via 14 services in seven different languages. CNN International can be seen in more than 280 million households and hotel rooms in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, including over 44 million across the Asia Pacific region and online at www.cnn.com/international. Get the latest social media updates from CNN at: facebook.com/cnninternational @cnnasiapr |
