"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.
"'Meet the Press' has sustained its historic role as the indispensable news program on Sunday mornings," Blumenstein and Budoff Brown said.
She is the second woman — following its inaugural host, Martha Rountree — and the first Black journalist to moderate "Meet the Press."
Todd — the 12th moderator of "Meet the Press" and a five-time Emmy-winning journalist — saw himself as a custodian of the show.
Welker has regularly filled in for Todd on "Meet the Press."
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