As World War II raged in Europe, the "Roundup" format spawned a weekend edition, "The World Today." It was just before one 2:30 p.m. Eastern broadcast, on December 7, 1941, that White and "World Today" anchor John Charles Daly received word in New York that the Japanese had attacked Pearl Harbor. Daly's report at the top of the show, among the first on any radio station or network, is the one most often used in audio retrospectives. (For more on that, see John Charles Daly.)