Well here's sometihng you almost never see - a major U.S. TV nightly newscast interrupted by a medical issue. It happened Wednesday on CBS, when anchor Tony Dukoupil was in the middle of reading copy at a live location. He suddenly stopped mid-sentence and asked for a doctor, when the guy operating the camera had some sort of health problem. 

"Is he ok? We’re gonna take a quick break. We have a medical emergency here. We’re calling a doctor."

Dokoupil was live on location in Taiwan covering Trump's China trip when the incident took place. Not sure how many viewers are aware that on a remote broadcast, there's always someone sitting at the desk back in New York, ready to jump in if something happens. When something did, they went to the back-up, who threw to a break. 

CBS would later say the man involved was recovering and would be OK.

You can see the incident here. 

So why was Dokoupil in Taiwan and not Beijing like the other network anchors? Turns out, in a metaphor for what's plauging CBS News these days, he wasn't able to get a visa to enter the country, so they had to settle for Taiwan - where the summit is not taking place. 

"A CBS source called Dokoupil’s Taipei jaunt a “cover your a-s” move for the network and its beleaguered “Evening News” program, the ratings of which continue to fall deeper into third place.
 
“This is possibly the dumbest decision in the history of broadcast news,” the source said, adding that “Beijing will be furious when he anchors from Taiwan which they claim as part of their territory.”

CBS News sends Tony Dokoupil to Taiwan after failing to get China visa in time for Trump visit: ‘very sloppy’