The broadcast and cable news networks will provide live coverage of Sen. Ted Kennedy's memorial services on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 28 and 29; and his burial at Arlington National Cemetery on the afternoon of Saturday, Aug. 29.
CNN's coverage begins Friday at 7 p.m. with Wolf Blitzer and Campbell Brown anchoring coverage of the Celebration of Life service at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum in Dorchester, Mass. CNN's coverage continues Saturday at 10 a.m. with Blitzer and Anderson Cooper anchoring from the service at The Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Boston, with John King weighing in "on the ground."
CNN will also cover Kennedy's 4 p.m. burial service at Arlington National Cemetery, where his slain brothers are also buried.
Shepard Smith will anchor Fox News' coverage of the memorial service beginning Friday at 7 p.m. Continuous coverage will resume Saturday morning at 10 a.m. with Smith anchoring the funeral mass and procession from New York with Martha MacCallum on location. Additionally, Chris Wallace will anchor special coverage of the burial in Arlington National Cemetery beginning at 5 p.m.
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