#tony-dokoupil

#tony-dokoupil

Tony, we have now the hottest country in the world, and a year and a half ago, our country was dead. We had a dead country. You wouldn't have a job right now. If she got in, you probably wouldn't have a job right now. Your boss, who's an amazing guy, might be bust, okay? Might be what? Dokoupil asked. Might be bust. I doubt it in his case, but you never know, Trump continued.

Mr. Dokoupil's debut weeknight telecast on Jan. 5 was marred by a teleprompter issue that left the anchor grasping for words and shaking his head with frustration in front of millions of live viewers. First night, big problems here, he conceded. The blunder occurred in part because Ms. Weiss and her aides were rewriting the Evening News script up until minutes before the 6:30 p.m. airtime, three people with knowledge of the events said.