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A revitalized Brian Williams stays up late for MSNBC — and President Trump

NEW YORK - The third-floor studio at NBC headquarters in midtown Manhattan is nearly desolate as 11 p.m. approaches on a recent weeknight.

Stagehands are using the quiet time to start construction of the set for MSNBC's coverage of the congressional midterm elections on Nov. 6, which has been building Super Bowl-like anticipation in the cable news business.

But there is activity at the anchor desk in the darkened space filled with flat video screens and rolling camera jibs as NBC News veteran Brian Williams prepares for the next edition of his late-night program "The 11th Hour." While a makeup artist applies a touch-up, he quips about having a new hairpiece (he actually doesn't wear one).

He bemoans the sad state of his beloved New York Giants to technicians on the floor. His crisp baritone voice is just as relaxed at airtime when he debriefs the rotating

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