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Contact:  Neil O’Brien                                     Release Date:  Immediate                            neil.obrien@msnbc.com                  End Date:  May 28, 2014





 This Wednesday, May 28th, NBC News is hosting a special live screening of its hour-long interview with Edward Snowden, the man who exposed America's most sensitive secrets.

 From 9pm-11:30pm, NBC News will host a Town Hall conversation at the Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City, NC.  As you may know, Elizabeth City is where Edward Snowden spent some of his formative years.

 "NBC Nightly News" anchor and managing editor Brian Williams traveled to Moscow this past week for an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with Edward Snowden. The former NSA contractor's first-ever American television interview will air in an hour-long NBC News primetime special on Wednesday, May 28 at 10 pm.

Following the screening, NBC News Correspondent Kevin Tibbles will moderate a conversation which will air later on TODAY and NBC NIGHTLY NEWS.
 You are invited to participate in this Town Hall conversation.  Please RSVP to newsforum@nbcuni.com OR moa@ncdcr.gov.  


You should arrive no later than 9pm on Wednesday.  This is an invite-only event.  Unfortunately, invitations cannot be transferred.

 Admission to the Museum of the Albemarle is free.  The Museum of the Albemarle is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm and is located at 501 South Water Street, Elizabeth City, North Carolina.


 For more information call 252-335-1453 or visit us on Facebook.

 Please feel free to share your thoughts on what you would like to hear from the Edward Snowden interview by e-mailing NBC at newsforum@nbcuni.com.

The Museum of the Albemarle is located at 501 S. Water Street, Elizabeth City, NC. (252)335-1453.  www.ncdcr.gov/ncmoa/.    Find us on Facebook!
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closed Sundays, Mondays and State Holidays.

Serving Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Hertford, Hyde, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell and Washington counties, the Museum is the northeast regional history museum of the North Carolina Division of State History Museums within the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, the state agency with the mission to enrich lives and communities and the vision to harness the state’s cultural resources to build North Carolina’s social, cultural and economic future.
 Information is available 24/7 at www.ncculture.com.