In October , 2016 , Shamlian interviewed Arianne Zucker , the actress who Donald Trump made suggestive comments about in an Access Hollywood video recorded in 2005 . Also in 2016 , she reported from the scene of the Orlando nightclub shooting and from France , just hours after the 2016 Nice attack , where she was vacationing with her family . Previously , she has reported on national and international events for NBC , including the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and Hurricane Katrina . In 2007 , Shamlian conducted the first evening network broadcast interview with Michelle Obama , the wife of then presidential candidate Barack Obama , on the NBC Nightly News
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Janet Shamlian