- “Meet the Press” host and moderator Chuck Todd said Sunday that he will step down this year after nine years hosting the public affairs talk show.
- NBC News’ co-chief White House correspondent Kristen Welker will replace Todd.
- “It’s been an amazing nearly decade-long run,” Todd said during the broadcast Sunday. “I am really proud of what this team and I have built over the last decade. I’ve loved so much of this job, helping to explain America to Washington and explain Washington to America.”
- Todd plans to remain at NBC in a new role as chief political analyst.
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MEET THE PRESS -- Pictured: (l-r) Moderator Chuck Todd, Kristen Welker, White House Correspondent for NBC News, and Chris Cillizza, Political Reporter for The Washington Post appear on "Meet the Press" in Washington, D.C., Sunday Oct. 16, 2016. (Photo by: William B. Plowman/NBC/NBC Newswire/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)
