Adriana Diaz

CBS News will launch a live third hour of CBS Mornings on television and streaming named CBS Mornings Plus, which will debut Monday, Sept. 30 with Tony Dokoupil and Adriana Diaz as co-hosts. CBS MORNINGS PLUS (9:00-10:00 AM, ET) will air weekdays on CBS-owned stations in Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Detroit and Miami and simulcast on CBS News 24/7, CBS News' national, free streaming news network.CBS Mornings Plus will be produced by the award-winning CBS Mornings team and take viewers deeper into the most important headlines of the day, as well as pop culture, entertainment, health, wellness and financial news. Dokoupil, who will continue as co-host of CBS MORNINGS, and Diaz, will drive in-depth interviews and original reporting on major news stories each day during the new live hour.

The CBS Evening News is a TV institution, having some of the most well-known journalists in the world anchor it through its many decades on the air. It's currently anchored by veteran newsman Bob Schieffer, who took over when Dan Rather retired early in 2005. The half hour show covers both international and domestic news.

Hosts Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson set out to unite CBS' morning landscape with their lively and original reporting on international news stories during the weekday program's first hour, while expanding on feature reporting during the second hour with live interviews as well as in-depth pieces, covering topics from news, sports, climate and technology to race, health, parenting and personal finance. The team broadcasts from a new state-of-the-art studio in New York's Times Square.