Special Bulletin

An evening of TV programming is interrupted by breaking news: in Charleston, South Carolina, two Coast Guard personnel and two members of a local news team have been taken hostage by a group of terrorists who are seeking to destroy the triggers of all local nuclear devices. Caught live on television, the incident unfolds as a series of disturbing and unsettling broadcasts, eerily mirroring the real-time coverage that would later become a staple of cable news. As the situation spirals out of control, the RBS News team finds themselves torn between their professional obligations and the desperate plight of those being held hostage.