Brian Williams is the anchor and managing editor for NBC Nightly News, which is the largest single daily source of news in America. He recently became the most honored network evening news anchor. He received four Edward R. Murrow awards, his fifth Emmy award, the duPont-Columbia University award and the industry's highest honor, the George Foster Peabody award. Most were given for his work covering New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, and all were awarded to Williams in only his second year on the job.

Williamswas the first and only network evening news anchor to report from New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit and was the only network news anchor to report during the storm from the Superdome. He remained in New Orleans to report on the aftermath and destruction of Hurricane Katrina, and continues to travel back and forth to the region to cover the recovery and rebuilding efforts.

Rachel Maddow hosts MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show, featuring her take on the biggest stories of the day, political and otherwise. She debates with guests from all sides of issues and gives analysis of stories that no other cable news will cover. Maddow also continues to host The Rachel Maddow Show on Air America.

In January of 2008, Maddow was named an MSNBC political analyst; she is a regular panelist on MSNBC's Race for the White House with David Gregory and frequently contributes to Countdown with Keith Olbermann. She has been the regular guest host for Countdown, has filled in for David Gregory on Race, and has been a regular panelist on MSNBC's 2008 election coverage.

Maddow has worked with Air America Radio since its inception in the spring of 2004. Prior to joining AAR she worked for WRNX in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and WRSI in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Maddow received a bachelor's degree in public policy from Stanford University. She attended Oxford University where she earned her doctorate in political science, which she attended on a Rhodes Scholarship. She is currently working on a book on the changing role of the military in U.S. politics, due out next year. She lives in New York City and Massachusetts with her partner, artist Susan Mikula.

Morning Joe is hosted by former Congressman Joe Scarborough (R-Fla.).Morning Joe features interviews with top newsmakers and politicians and in-depth analysis of the day's biggest stories.

Scarborough used to host Scarborough Country, in primetime on MSNBC.

Before hosting Scarborough Country in April 2003, Scarborough was the publisher and editor of the award-winning newspaper The Florida Sun.

Joe Scarborough served as a member of Congress from 1994-2001. While in office, he served on the Judiciary Committee and the Armed Services Committee. After leaving Congress, he was named by President Bush to the President’s Council on the 21st Century Workforce, where he served with Labor Secretary Chao, national labor officials and business leaders. Scarborough is a member of Beggs and Lane, the oldest law firm in Florida.

Chris Matthews hosts Hardball with Chris Matthews. Matthews is also the host of The Chris Matthews Show, a syndicated weekly news program produced by NBC News and distributed by NBC Universal Television Distribution. Mr. Matthews is also a regular commentator on NBC's Today show.

He has remarkable depth of experience, Matthews has distinguished himself as a broadcast journalist, newspaper bureau chief, Presidential speechwriter, and best-selling author. Matthews covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first all-races election in South Africa and the Good Friday Peace Talks in Northern Ireland. In 1997 and 1998, his digging in the National Archives produced a series of San Francisco Examiner scoops on the Nixon presidential tapes. Matthews has covered American presidential election campaigns since 1988, including the five-week recount of 2000. In 2005 Matthews covered the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

In March 2004, he received the David Brinkley Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism. He has also been awarded The Abraham Lincoln Award from the Union League of Philadelphia and in 2005 he received the Gold Medal Award from the Pennsylvania Society.

Ed Schultz hosts the Ed Show.With 30 years experience in broadcasting, he is the radio industry's top rated progressive talker, Schultz also serves as the host of the syndicated radio program The Ed Schultz Show. The show has a weekly audience of more than 3 million listeners on 100 stations across the country. Schultz has been the breakthrough talent in an industry dominated by conservative voices. As an avid voice for the middle class Schultz will bring his hard-hitting style to MSNBC.

Schultz has won three Eric Sevareid Awards and has managed and been lead talent for a team that won two Marconis and a prestigious Peabody Award. He has been named one of the top ten radio hosts in the country by "Talkers" magazine in each of the last two years. In 2007, Schultz was nominated for Syndicated News/Talk Personality of the year by "Radio & Records."

Schultz also wrote "Straight Talk from the Heartland" published in 2004.

Schultz is a graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead where he led the nation in passing and achieved All-American status as a quarterback at MSUM. Schultz and his wife Wendy have six children. His son Dave Schultz is a professional golfer on the PGA Nationwide tour. He shares his passion for hunting, fishing and flying with his large family.

Veteran NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondant, Andrea Mitchell, is also the host of MSNBC'S Andrea Mitchell Reports, an hour of political news and interviews with top newsmakers. Mitchell covered the entire 2008 presidential campaign, from the kickoff in February 2007, broadcasting live from every major primary and caucus state and all the candidate debates for NBC News and MSNBC programs, including Today, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, Hardball, Morning Joe and Meet the Press. She also covered Barack Obama's trip to Iraq, the Middle East and Europe during the presidential campaign. Mitchell currently covers foreign policy, intelligence and national security issues, including the diplomacy of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, for all NBC News properties.

She was a featured political correspondent in 2004and a regular panelist on MSNBC's Hardball and was the first reporter to break the story that Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry had chosen Sen. John Edwards as his vice presidential running mate.

In September 2005, Mitchell wrote "Talking Back," a memoir about her experiences as one of the first women to cover five presidents, congress and foreign policy. That year, Mitchell also received the prestigious Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from the John F. Kennedy School of Government. In 2004, the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) honored Mitchell with the Leonard Zeidenberg Award for her contribution to the protection of First Amendment Freedoms.