Under Kaplan , CNN/U . S. galvanized its ability to provide worldwide viewership with the most extensive and up-to-the-minute live coverage and analysis of both breaking and on-going news events , as evidenced in the unprecedented 100 hours of live , global Millennium 2000 coverage , the award-winning Investigating the President series of CNN Special Reports , the 1998 off-year election coverage , John Glenn ’s return to space , the '' Showdown with Iraq '' series of CNN Special Reports , the week-long series entitled Ground Zero on nuclear proliferation , and various timely news specials on topics including the NATO air strikes against Yugoslavia , the Littleton , Colorado school shootings , the effects of El Niño in 1997 and the network ’s groundbreaking series of town hall meetings , including '' Investigating the President : Media Madness ? '' He also played a major role in the planning and execution of CNN ’s Campaign 2000 coverage , producing four multi-candidate primary debates , including the Bradley-Gore debate at Harlem ’s Apollo Theater . Kaplan also produced all of CNN ’s prime time coverage of both the 2000 Republican and Democratic National Conventions
Democratic National Conventions
2000 Democratic National Convention
Rick Kaplan