Chuck Todd announced Sunday he is parting ways with NBC’s “Meet the Press” after almost 10 years as host of the political panel show.
Projected replacement Welker, a former chief White House correspondent, has been at NBC News in Washington since 2011.
Her “sharp questioning of lawmakers is a masterclass in political interviews,” Rebecca Blumenstein, NBC News president of editorial, said in a memo seen by AP announcing Welker’s elevation. Moderator Kristen Welker of NBC News asks a question during the second and final presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn.
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