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Bari Weiss, the newly installed editor-in-chief for CBS News, will interview Erika Kirk, the widow of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk in a network prime time special on Dec. 13.

The network announced Thursday that Weiss will conduct the taped special called “A Town Hall with Erika Kirk” in front of an invited audience at a venue in New York. It will be the first time Weiss appears on the CBS broadcast network in her new role.

It’s highly unusual, but not unprecedented, for a network TV news executive to appear in front of the camera. Tim Russert was an executive at NBC News before he became moderator at “Meet the Press.”

Weiss has conducted numerous video interviews shown on Th

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