CNN's David Chalian referred to Michelle Obama as "Big Mike" on air during presidential debate coverage.
It was a pivotal moment in the coverage of the night. He'd said aloud what others had until then been saying only to themselves. [...] David Chalian: "By 9:15, I think I said to my producer Terence Burlij, 'Trump may win this thing.' He looked at me like I was crazy. You could sense that the night was different." [...] David Chalian joined the CNN team at the main anchor desk for the end of the ten-hour special report. After Blitzer signed off -- "This has been a truly historic night. Trump elected President of the United States" -- there was "a complete and utter exhale" in the studio.