back then, the story for the country? was this one, the three-mile disaster in pennsylvania. even though andrea spent years reporting in nearby philadelphia, even though she was on the energy beat for nbc news, when three-mile island happened andrea mitchell was kept back in d.c. she was not allowed to cover it because she was a woman. andrea sat down with rachel recently to discuss that particular experience. during the first week of the emergency, the bureau chief in washington was sending all of the men to three-mile island. and the only two women in the bureau had not been sent. and so finally we friday night came and we marched into his office. and we said why is it that we re the only two correspondents that have not been sent. and the bureau chief said because you re women of child bearing age, and we don t know
help at a breakfast. andrea mitchell is now a chief foreign correspondent. but back then, she reported on a variety of items for nbc news. back then, the story for the country? was this one, the three-mile disaster in pennsylvania. even though andrea spent years reporting in nearby philadelphia, even though she was on the energy beat for nbc news, when three-mile island happened andrea mitchell was kept back in d.c. she was not allowed to cover it because she was a woman. andrea sat down with rachel recently to discuss that particular experience. during the first week of the emergency, the bureau chief in washington was sending all of the men to three-mile island. and the only two women in the bureau had not been sent. and so finally we friday night came and we marched into his office. and we said why is it that we re the only two correspondents that have not been sent. and the bureau chief said