Peter Alexander, NBC News’ veteran chief White House correspondent and co-anchor of the Saturday edition of the program today Show, is leaving the network.
Alexander announced the decision on today Saturday morning show.
Although it’s not immediately clear where Alexander is headed, there is speculation in the business that he could be in the mix for the 11am slot on MS NOW, which was clearly left open amid a major lineup overhaul announced last week.
A spokesperson for MS Now declined to comment.
Alexander has been at NBC News for 20 years, has been the network’s chief White House correspondent since 2023, and has served as White House correspondent and national correspondent for NBC since 2012. He co-anchors the Saturday edition of the NBC News show.And today Since 2018.
NBC is expected to name his successor on the weekend morning show in the near future, with other NBC News talent filling in in the meantime.
Alexander is one of the longest-tenured members of the White House press corps, and was working there on January 6, 2021, amid the U.S. Capitol riot. Talk to Hollywood Reporter The next day about the experiment.
“When I went out yesterday, I had my mask on my face, my bag on my shoulder, and I had the security guy with me and I put my head down, because as reporters covering the White House, we knew we shouldn’t make eye contact with these people who were, as they indicated, out to arrest people,” Alexander said. “As I walked past them, they were screaming ‘Stop the fucking steal!’ And repeating this language that they were receiving from the president and from different parts of the media world.
