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Today, Kristen Welker, is keen to point out, making a splash or spawning a thousand think pieces on isn’t the point.“The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is about celebrating journalism and free speech,” Welker tells Glamour. “But most importantly, it’s about paying it forward.” The event, which has been lovingly dubbed “” by some of its honored guests, takes place tonight, April 29, at the Washington Hilton Hotel. This year, the Daily Show’s Trevor Noah will host.Welker has more than two decades of experience in broadcast journalism, and more than ten years’ experience covering the White House.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorCAA has signed Peter Alexander, the co-chief White House correspondent for NBC News, and will represent him in his dealings with media and other potential employers.Alexander is also co-anchor of the weekend broadcast of “Today,” which he joined in October of 2018. He and Kristen Welker, who is also NBC News’ co-chief White House correspondent, have led “Today” on weekends since January of 2020, anchoring the program from Washington, D.C.Alexander has been with NBC News since 2004 and has covered events around the world as well as in the nation’s capital.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorChuck Todd and Kristen Welker hope to learn a few things by anchoring an Election Night special in a year when there really isn’t supposed to be a special Election Night.Voters won’t decide on November 2 who wins the White House or whether Republicans or Democrats gain control of Congress, but Welker and Todd will lead coverage that evening which could prove to be a harbinger for programming to come: a two-hour streaming show, “Meet The Press: Election Night

Kristen Welker is one busy woman. The 45-year-old is one of NBC News’ most notable journalists, working as the network’s co-chief White House correspondent and as co-anchor of Weekend Today. She also moderated the second presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in Oct. 2020. Kristen is just as lucky outside of her career in her marriage to husband John Hughes, 51. And just recently, the happy couple expanded their family by welcoming their first child!

Savannah Guthrie is a doting mother to two young children, and was more than made up when she heard about some happy baby news close to home on Monday.MORE: Savannah Guthrie stuns with swimsuit selfie while relaxing in the poolThe Today star paid a heartfelt tribute to her good friend and colleague Kristen Welker, who welcomed her first child at the beginning of the week.Savannah shared a series of photos of Kristen's bundle of joy, baby Margot, alongside a sweet message. VIDEO: Today's Savannah

NBC News chief White House correspondent Kristen Welker and her husband John Hughes are going to be parents.

Today show's Hoda Kotb celebrated some amazing baby news on Friday and her teary reaction was the sweetest. The mum-of-two was on set of her show when she received the heartwarming news that her colleague, Kristen Welker, was expecting a baby via surrogate after years of fertility treatments. MORE: Today's Hoda Kotb celebrates exciting health update - and Savannah Guthrie congratulates herThe weekend anchor made the announcement with her husband, John Hughes, by her side and neither Hoda, nor

Mike Memoli and Carol Lee will join the NBC News White House team as correspondents, as part of a series of assignments announced on Monday by the network’s VP and Washington bureau chief Ken Strickland.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorAs NBC News’ newly minted chief White House correspondents, Kristen Welker and Peter Alexander have the sort of job that rarely ends neatly for the week on Friday at 5 p.m.

Peter Alexander and Kristen Welker will serve as chief White House correspondents for NBC News, as the network unveiled some of its plans for coverage of Joe Biden’s administration.

Donald Trump steamrolled Chris Wallace with constant interruptions in the first one, a performance that cost the Republican incumbent support in the polls. Susan Page struggled to make the vice presidential candidates adhere to time limits their campaigns had agreed to in advance.Next up: Kristen Welker.The NBC News White House correspondent is scheduled to moderate Thursday's second and last session between Trump and Democrat Joe Biden.

Also Read: Trump Once Praised Debate Moderator Kristen Welker, Now He Think's She's 'Terrible and Unfair'The 90-minute event, moderated by NBC’s Kristen Welker, will be split into six 15-minute sections that focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, “American families,” race in America, climate change, national security and leadership, according to a list released by the debate commission.The rule change comes in response to the first Trump-Biden debate, in which Trump interrupted Biden and moderator

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterPresident Trump kept up the attacks on NBC’s Kristen Welker on Monday, calling her a “dyed-in-the-wool, radical left Democrat.”Welker is set to moderate the final presidential debate on Thursday from Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. Over the weekend, the New York Post reported that Welker’s parents had donated to Democrats.

Ted Johnson Donald Trump and Joe Biden are scheduled to meet again on Thursday for the second and presumably last debate, and the president’s campaign has again weighed in with complaints about the format.Bill Stepien, Trump’s campaign manager, wrote in a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates that the focus of the next event should be on foreign policy, not on the list of topics selected by moderator Kristen Welker.

Ellise Shafer editorPresident Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday afternoon to criticize NBC News anchor Kristen Welker, who will be moderating the final presidential debate on Oct. 22.“She’s always been terrible and unfair, just like most of the Fake News reporters, but I’ll still play the game,” Trump tweeted.

Topics for the second presidential debate have been announced by Kristen Welker, an NBC anchor who will serve as the moderator for next week’s event, and coronavirus, race in America and climate change are expected to be widely covered. “Kristen Welker, moderator of the Oct.

Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden.According to the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, the moderators will be:—Chris Wallace of Fox News for the debate Sept. 29 in Cleveland.—Steve Scully of C-SPAN for the “town meeting” debate Oct.

According to the Commission on Presidential Debates, Fox News anchor Chris Wallace will moderate the presidential debate on Sept. 29 in Cleveland.

Ted Johnson Fox News’ Chris Wallace, C-SPAN’s Steve Scully and NBC News’ Kristen Welker will moderate the three presidential debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, and USA Today’s Susan Page will be at the helm for the vice presidential debate.The Commission on Presidential Debates, a bipartisan group that has organized the debates since 1988, announced the lineup on Wednesday.Wallace, anchor of Fox News Sunday, will moderate the first presidential debate on Sept.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorFox News’ Chris Wallace, NBC News’ Kirsten Welker, and C-SPAN’s Steve Scully will each moderate one of three Presidential Debates leading up to the 2020 election, taking center stage in seminal events in the campaign to win the White House later this year.The non-profit Commission on Presidential Debates said Wednesday that the three debates would each be 90 minutes long, as would a separate vice-presidential debate moderated by Susan Page of USA Today.More to

The fifth debate between 2020 Democratic presidential primary candidates is happening on Wednesday evening (Nov. 20), beginning at 9 p.m. ET.

Kristen Welker proved herself to be a stellar live reporter, unfazed by anything – especially a collapsing set.

Kristen Welker, 43, was officially announced as the new co-anchor for Weekend TODAY on Jan. 10 and she’s already being welcomed with open arms! The television journalist, who works as a White House correspondent for NBC News, will be joining Peter Alexander every Saturday morning for her new gig, and after existing anchors Carson Daly, Craig Melvin, Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker confirmed her addition to their TODAY family, they were full of praises.

By Ted Johnson