“CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil” ended abruptly Wednesday when a cameraman suffered a medical emergency.
The incident occurred while Dokoupil reported from Taiwan ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese PresidentXi Jinping.
“Is he OK?” Dokoupil asked in a clip posted to the social media platform X.
Moments earlier, viewers heard an unusual noise as the off-screen cameraman collapsed.
“We’re gonna take a quick break,” Dokoupil said without skipping a beat. “We have a medical emergency here.”
The journalist then said, “We’re calling a doctor.”
Back in the studio, CBS News chief correspondentMatt Gutmanconcluded the show on Dokoupil’s behalf.
“So I’m going to sign off for Tony Dokoupil, who’s been reporting in Taiwan. We’re gonna go to break. We’ll be right back,” Gutman told viewers.
Yikes: The ‘CBS Evening News’ in Taiwan — not Beijing due to reported visa issues — ended on a bizarre and premature note as someone off-screen collapsed in some sort of medical emergencypic.twitter.com/XHP0KFrLUQ
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck)May 13, 2026
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