Tony Dokoupil and Donald Trump Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images; Alex Wong/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment CBS Evening News anchor Tony Dokoupil is looking to make a splash a couple of weeks into his new job. Dokoupil, who is set to anchor the evening newscast from Detroit, Michigan tonight, is slated to interview President Donald Trump, according to a White House pool report and a source at the network. The anchor has had a whirlwind start to his tenure at the program, starting a couple of days earlier after the U.S. launched a shock campaign in Venezuela, abducting that country's president Nicolas Maduro. Related Stories TV CBS News Taps Adriana Diaz and Kelly O'Grady as 'CBS Saturday Morning' Anchors News Megyn Kelly Lambasts New CBS Anchor for Crying on TV as Top Producer's Firing Shocks Newsroom He was only named anchor a month ago, in what was the first major programming move of CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. His launch was a rocky one, with an unfortunate Teleprompter flub (it was fixed for the west coast version of the broadcast). The ratings for the first week didn't move the needle, improving slightly from the past few weeks, but the show was still far behind ABC and NBC. The show also featured a number of curious editorial decisions, garnering outrage or praise (depending on who you ask) in segments about Marco Rubio's many jobs (Dokoupil proclaimed him "the ultimate Florida man"), and a commentary about the aftermath of the ICE shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis. The Trump interview is sure to generate similarly intense interest. The president is slated to tour a Ford plant in Michigan, and later deliver remarks to the Detroit Economic Club. Dokoupil is slated to anchor the show from the headquarters of General Motors. According to The New York Times, Weiss has been focused heavily on the Evening News relaunch, telling staff to think of segments that will go viral, and that "we need to be the news." Sometimes that may be quirky segments like the meme-focused Rubio bit, but others could be newsmaking interviews, like his chat with White House border czar Tom Homan. As part of his tour of America, Dokoupil interviewed Colorado Governor Jared Polis on Monday. The Evening News shake-up also comes as Weiss grapples with the fallout from a 60 Minutes segment that she held about the Trump administration's effort to deport people to a notorious prison in El Salvador. That segment, from correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi, is said to be in the process of being reworked in order to get it on air. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Live Feed 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' Names Anna Ouyang Moench as Showrunner for Season 2 Sports Andre Agassi Docuseries Coming to Apple TV Live Feed 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' TV Series on the Way From Sky Portobello 'Portobello' Trailer Teases the Fall of the King of 1980s TV in First Italian HBO Max Original Late Night With Seth Meyers Connor Storrie Says He Was "Already Planning on Getting A New Job" Before 'Heated Rivalry' Blew Up on 'Late Night' Debut Live Feed 'Tell Me Lies' Drops Surprise Episode With Season 3 Premiere (Exclusive) Live Feed 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' Names Anna Ouyang Moench as Showrunner for Season 2 Sports Andre Agassi Docuseries Coming to Apple TV Live Feed 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' TV Series on the Way From Sky Portobello 'Portobello' Trailer Teases the Fall of the King of 1980s TV in First Italian HBO Max Original Late Night With Seth Meyers Connor Storrie Says He Was "Already Planning on Getting A New Job" Before 'Heated Rivalry' Blew Up on 'Late Night' Debut Live Feed 'Tell Me Lies' Drops Surprise Episode With Season 3 Premiere (Exclusive)