NBC Evening News for Friday, Aug 31, 2012
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(Washington: Andrea Mitchell) The unusual speech by actor Clint Eastwood that threatened to upstage presidential nominee Mitt Romney at the Republican National Convention reviewed; scenes shown of him with an empty chair speaking to an imaginary President Obama, running mate Representative Paul Ryan looking on; details given about the “Invisible Obama” Twitter account with a photo tweeted by Obama. [Ann ROMNEY – says she didn’t know it was coming.]
(New Orleans: Brian Williams; Washington: David Gregory) The state of the presidential campaign discussed.
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