Paul Potts was on NBC nighly news a national TV program (the entire country watches it, not just California).
NBC Nightly News is a 30 minutes program that handles major news only.
Paul Potts' story was a good 5 minutes story.
Paul Potts will be performin in New York, Thursday June 21, 2007 during the morning news program.
Here is the video clip of the entire 30 minute news program [1]
Links:
[1] http://video.msn.com/v/us/fv/msnbc/fv.htm??f=00&t=s51&p=hotvideo_m_edpicks&g=887d6a3b-15ed-46c8-8144-217f632eb41f
[2] http://www.paulpottsfanclub.com/paul-potts-rockefeller-center
[3] http://www.paulpottsfanclub.com/phil-and-fearn-interview-paul-potts