She gained her first national news job in October 1991 for CBS News , when she moved to New York City and became a correspondent and back-up anchor for the morning , evening , and weekend news broadcasts . She later moved to NBC , where she anchored the weekend edition of the '' Today Show '' and filled in for Brian Williams on the weekend edition of '' NBC Nightly News '' , and undertook various special reporting assignments in the U.S. and elsewhere . During this period of national news coverage , Fernández reported on the crisis from Cuban immigration , unrest in Haiti , the 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama , the trial of the conspirators from the 1993 World Trade Center bombing , and a scud missile attack while covering the Persian Gulf War . She was invited to make a rare interview of Fidel Castro , then president of Cuba
1993 World Trade Center bombing
1993 World Trade Center bombing
Giselle Fernández