Peter Alexander Is Leaving Nbc News To Join Ms Now As An Anchor

Peter Alexander, who covered Washington for NBC News for much than a decade, is leaving nan web to subordinate MS NOW, according to group acquainted pinch his plans.

Alexander, 49, will service arsenic an anchor and main nationalist newsman for MS NOW. He will person a weekday programme and besides grip breaking news sum passim nan day.

A 22-year seasoned of NBC News, Alexander served arsenic main White House analogous and co-host of nan Saturday version of “Today” pinch Laura Jarrett. He is among nan astir acquainted faces successful nan White House briefing room.

Alexander told viewers astatine nan extremity of his Saturday broadcast that he is departing NBC News but did not mention his caller job. A typical for MS NOW declined comment.

MS NOW is nan progressive-leaning cablegram transmission formerly known arsenic MSNBC. The web changed its sanction aft it was spun disconnected from Comcast into a caller institution called Versant.

After nan split, MS NOW ended its narration pinch NBC News. Journalists who worked connected some MSNBC and NBC News had to chose which entity they would activity for going forward.

Correspondents Jacob Soboroff and Ken Dilanian switched from NBC News to MS NOW. Data guru Steve Kornacki decided to instrumentality pinch NBC News arsenic he besides has assignments astatine NBC Sports. Willie Geist, a co-host connected MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” is an objection arsenic he continues to anchor NBC’s “Sunday Today.”

Alexander is nan first NBC journalist to transverse complete to MS NOW since nan split. His woody pinch Versant besides gives him nan opportunity to lend to sports sum connected nan company’s different cablegram properties, USA Network and nan Golf Channel.

Alexander will anchor nan 11 a.m. Eastern hr connected MS NOW, succeeding Ana Cabrera, who is leaving nan web erstwhile its daytime programming changes return effect successful June.

Alexander joined NBC News aft serving arsenic an anchor connected nan network’s Washington position WRC.

He was White House analogous from 2012 to 2014 during President Obama’s 2nd word and returned to nan duty successful 2018 to screen President Trump.

An fierce questioner, Alexander has been chastised by Trump publically complete news convention questions that made him unhappy.