Tony Dokoupil had to suddenly halt the CBS Evening News broadcast from Taiwan Wednesday after a cameraman suffered a medical emergency.
“You will hear a lot about the rise of a powerful new China,” Dokoupil was saying as the camera quickly cut to B roll footage. “Is he ok?” Dokoupil was heard asking. “We’re going to take a quick break. We have a medical emergency here. We’re calling a doctor,” he says before the segment ends abruptly.
“Tonight during the final segment of CBS Evening News, our cameraman on set suffered a medical emergency. Thankfully, he’s okay and recovering,” CBS Evening News said on X.
Dokoupil reportedly failed to get a visa for China on time to report from Beijing, where President Trump is meeting with Xi Jinping. His network competitors, including Tom Llamas of NBC News and David Muir of ABC News, are in Beijing. Meanwhile, Dokoupil is broadcasting from Taipei.
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