Chuck Todd will depart NBC's 'Meet the Press'; Kristen Welker to become host

June 04, 2023

“Meet the Press” host and moderator Chuck Todd announced on Sunday that he will step down this year after nine years hosting the public affairs talk show. Kristen Welker, NBC News’ co-chief White House correspondent, will succeed him. I am really proud of what this team and I have built over the last decade,” Todd said during the broadcast Sunday. They’re falsehoods.”Todd — the 12th moderator of “Meet the Press” and a five-time Emmy-winning journalist — saw himself as a custodian of the show. Todd took over “Meet the Press” in September 2014, succeeding David Gregory, expanding the program’s broadcast and digital footprint to include a weekly podcast, a blog and an annual film festival.