Brian Williams

Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959) is an American journalist and television news anchor. He gained prominence as a correspondent for NBC Nightly News in 1993 and went on to become the anchor and managing editor of the broadcast in 2004. In 2015, Williams was suspended by NBC News for six months due to misrepresentation of events during his coverage of the Iraq War in 2003. He was subsequently removed from NBC Nightly News and reassigned as the breaking news anchor for MSNBC. In 2016, Williams became the host of MSNBC's political news show, The 11th Hour. He announced his departure from MSNBC and NBC News in November 2021.