Some of the events he 's anchored breaking coverage of include the Scotland independence vote , 2013 government shutdown , Boston Marathon bombing , Japanese earthquake and tsunami , NATO 's attack in Libya , and the Arab Spring and Egypt ’s revolution . Lui 's field reporting has included covering the Ferguson unrest , Hurricane Sandy , and the 2012 U.S. Presidential election . For the election , his reports have ranged from the implications of the Tea Party movement to presidential election night exit poll data . In an NBC News investigation , Lui reported on a phenomenon involving high-volume brothels in the U.S. where women are forced to have sex 100 times a day
Boston Marathon bombing
Boston Marathon bombing
Richard Lui