Kristen Welker to replace Chuck Todd as host of 'Meet the Press'

Chuck Todd is leaving NBC's "Meet the Press" after nearly a decade of moderating the political panel show, to be replaced by Kristen Welker. Todd's departure comes after rumors of his exit when the show's executive producer was reassigned last summer. Welker, a former chief White House correspondent, has been Todd's chief fill-in for the past three years and drew praise for moderating the final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in 2020. Todd will leave the show this summer, and Welker will become the first Black moderator of "Meet the Press" and the first woman since 1953.