===KRISTIN WELKER===

Kristen Welker (born July 1, 1976) is an American television journalist working for NBC News. She serves as a White House correspondent based in Washington, D.C., and served as co-anchor of Weekend Today, the Saturday edition of Today, alongside Peter Alexander from 2020 to 2023. She took over hosting duties for the longest-running program in television history, Meet the Press, on September 17, 2023.  Welker has worked at ABC  affiliates WLNE-TV in Providence, Rhode Island, and KRCR-TV in Redding/Chico, California, and joined NBC in 2005 at affiliate WCAU in Philadelphia, where she was a reporter and weekend anchor. She then joined NBC News in 2010 as a correspondent based at the NBC News West Coast Headquarters in Burbank, California. She became an NBC White House correspondent in December 2011. Welker regularly represented MSNBC at the daily White House press briefings as well as reported live for various programs on the channel. She occasionally filled in on NBC Nightly News and Today. On January 10, 2020, NBC announced that Welker would become the regular co-anchor of Weekend Today alongside Peter Alexander. She debuted as co-anchor on Weekend Today on January 11, 2020

Sept. 26, 2024: NBC News will present comprehensive coverage of the vice presidential debate on Tuesday, Oct. 1, broadcasting the debate live with extensive special coverage on both NBC and NBC News NOW beginning at 8 p.m. ET. Viewers can also watch the debate on NBCNews.com and the NBC News app, which will also feature up-to-the-minute analysis and the latest reporting on the campaigns throughout the day. NBC Nightly News 
anchor Lester Holt and TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie will lead a pre-debate primetime special starting at 8 p.m. ET on NBC and NBC News NOW, followed by a live presentation of the debate on each network at 9 p.m. ET. Holt and Guthrie will continue special coverage following the CBS News-hosted debate until 11 p.m. ET. Top Story anchor Tom Llamas and Weekend Nightly News anchor Hallie Jackson, alongside Meet the Press 
moderator Kristen Welker, will lead an hour-long post-debate special on NBC News NOW beginning at 11 p.m. ET. Llamas, Jackson and Welker will be joined by correspondents in the spin room and a full team of analysts who will help viewers break down the news from the evening. NBCNews.com will feature a live blog throughout the day on Tuesday with live updates and in-depth analysis from NBC News’ extensive team of correspondents, reporters, producers and embeds covering the 2024 campaign all around the country.  Viewers can watch the debate live on their local NBC station or on NBC News NOW. The ad-supported streaming network is available 24/7 and free of charge across every popular online streaming platform, including Peacock, YouTube, Samsung TV Plus and via the NBC News app on smartphones and smart TVs. Across the NBCU News Group, the debate will also air on MSNBC and stream on Noticias Telemundo Ahora.

Kristen Welker of ‘Meet the Press’ welcomes second child a few weeks ahead of due date
“Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker has welcomed her second child — a baby boy named John Zachary Welker Hughes — who already knows how to impress his editors by beating a deadline. The happy news came Sunday when Welker’s fill-in, Peter Alexander, announced on air that the “Meet the Press” family officially had a new member, arriving nearly two weeks before his due date.  ​
​(Los Angeles Times 6/3/24)  READ MORE>>>>>

​“When you’re telling the world you’re going to restrict weapons delivery to the Jewish state, who is fighting a war for their survival, it emboldens Iran,” Graham replied. “It emboldens Hamas. [Hamas leader Yahya] Sinwar is probably juiced up on the idea. There’s daylight between the United States and Israel. The hostage deal is harder. This is the worst decision in the history of the US-Israel relationship to deny weapons at a time the Jewish state could be destroyed.”

'Full of C---': Lindsey Graham Snaps at Kristen Welker in Heated Exchange Over Biden's Threat to Withhold Arms From Israel
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) got in a heated exchange with NBC's Kristen Welker over President Joe Biden's threat to stop supplying arms Israel with weapons if an invasion of Rafah proceeds, RadarOnline.com has learned.
On Meet the Press on Sunday, Mediaite reports, Welker asked Graham why he objects to Biden's decision when Ronald Reagan threatened to withhold arms shipments to put pressure on Israel. “President Biden is not the first president to use arms shipments to try to influence Israeli policy,” Welker said. “As you know, former President Ronald Reagan on multiple occasions withheld weapons to impact Israel’s military actions. Did President Reagan show that using U.S. military aid as leverage can actually be an effective way to rein in and impact Israel’s policy?”
(Radar Online 5/12/24)  READ MORE>>>>>

How Welker navigates polarized politics (1/6/25)