MSNBC names Ali Vitali host of ‘Way Too Early’ and Jonathan Lemire to join ‘Morning Joe’ as co-host

According to a report, NBC News correspondent Ali Vitali will take over as host of MSNBC’s “Way Too Early,” and the show’s current anchor, Jonathon Lemire, will move to “Morning Joe.”

The Capitol Hill correspondent will take the reins on “Way Too Early” on Jan. 6 at 5 a.m. Lemire, meanwhile, will provide commentary as co-host during the 9 a.m. hour of “Morning Joe,” co-hosted by Joe Scarborough. and Mika Brzezinski, according to Variety.

“I will continue to work with my sources and bring viewers into the halls of power with new reporting and new interviews from Capitol Hill and around Washington,” Vitali told Variety in a statement.

Vitali worked as an embedder during President-elect Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, later reporting at the White House for NBC’s digital coverage and then as a political reporter and finally as a Capitol Hill correspondent. She reported on the ground on Capitol Hill when then-Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy was ousted.

The longtime NBC employee rose through the ranks after joining the company in 2010 as an intern, working in ad sales for NBC, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and finally MSNBC, according to her LinkedIn.

She is the author of the 2022 book Chosen: Why America Has Yet to Put a Woman in the White House…”

Lemire, who is also Politico’s White House bureau chief, hosted the MSNBC morning show for just over three years.

Previously, he covered the Trump and Biden administrations as a White House reporter for the Associated Press. He also worked as a reporter at the New York Daily News for 12 years, according to his LinkedIn.

He is the author of the 2022 book The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics After 2020.

Parent company Comcast is undergoing its own restructuring as it moves forward with plans to spin off its cable channels, including MSNBC and CNBC, into a separate company over the next 12 months. The name of the new company is not yet known.