Luke Russert

D.C. Snow Flurries Prompt Reactions On Twitter

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.09.2012

WASHINGTON -- In what could be described as normal weather conditions for the month of January, the nation's capital experienced its first snowfall of...

Luke Russert Talks Career, His Father

The Buffalo News |  Jerry Zremski | Posted 12.31.2011

WASHINGTON -- The young reporter with the familiar Irish eyes wouldn't let Rep. Anthony Weiner get away with it. "The picture that went over Twitter t...

WATCH: Bachmann Practices For 'Meet The Press'

Posted 10.08.2011

Everyone could use a little practice before going on "Meet The Press," if only to get the name of the host straight. Comedian Sara Benincasa, who y...

Luke Russert Talks About Nepotism Charges, MSNBC Career

The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011

He is relaxed, earnest and witty during the rare interview, granted only after months of requests (the NBC publicity team is very protective of him an...

Rangel's Reckless Behavior Making Things Worse

Jamal Simmons | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamal Simmons

Gambling on vulnerable Democrats to acquit him after promising to "drain the swamp" on an unethical Congress during a treacherous electoral season does not seem like a good bet.

Questions I Would Have Liked Luke Russert to Ask Charlie Rangel

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011

Stanton Peele

In a viral news clip, Charlie Rangel is shown lecturing a "young" Luke Russert after NBC's Russert questioned Rangel about facing trial for a host of ethical violations. Here are the follow-up questions I would have rather heard.

RUSSERT VS RANGEL: Luke Russert Challenges Congressman Over Ethics Violations

Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE: Charlie Rangel has apologized for his comments to Luke Russert. In a press conference on Friday, Rangel said that “I had a very good convers...

Luke Russert's Hair: How Do You Like It?

Posted 05.25.2011

Luke Russert's new hair cut (that's him Monday on MSNBC on the left) is a big change from the shaggy college hair of yore. ...

Jason Linkins

Luke Russert Presses Joe Wilson On College Football (VIDEO) [UPDATED]

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

On Thursday, congressional reporters confronted South Carolina Congressman Joe Wilson on his infamous "You lie!" interjection. Wilson launched into a...

Pelosi Will Keep "Villains" Campaign Contributions

Congressional Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., called health insurers "the villains" in the unfolding story of the health care overhaul on Thursday, ratcheting...

When We Grow Up, Can We Be Tim Russert?

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Ragogna

Tim Russert had virtually anything in the universe to write about for his book, but he chose the bond between fathers and sons and his love for his family as his template.

Whisk-y Business! Luke Russert Cooks With Martha Stewart (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Luke Russert appeared on "The Martha Stewart Show" Thursday morning, where he got a cooking lesson as he and Martha made spaghetti carbonara. Luke di...

Luke Russert Gets Into The Family Business

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The reporter who sat across from John McCain and Barack Obama for separate interviews that aired on NBC's "Today" show Friday was onl...

And The Talking Heads Run On, Gavel To Gavel

Beverly Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Beverly Davis

Stay tuned! Rest assured there's more "election coverage" coming at you from one of the many "best political teams" on television. My advice: Switch to C-Span.

Brian Williams And Luke Russert Bromance: Pair Talks Tim, Sweat, And Kids On NBC Payroll

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Monday afternoon on MSNBC, a jacket-less Brian Williams sat down with NBC correspondent at-large Luke Russert for a jovial segment touching on what Lu...

Luke Russert Joins NBC News As Correspondent At Large

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

NBC News announced Thursday that Luke Russert, son of late Washington Bureau Chief and moderator of "Meet the Press" Tim Russert, will be joining the ...

Tom Brokaw, You're No Tim Russert

Mark Joseph | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Joseph

Please NBC, let Brokaw resume his status as elder statesmen and reminder to us all of a generation of newsmen who seemed to think that they were better and smarter than their viewers.

A Big Slip of Chris Matthews' Quick Tongue

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Carol Felsenthal

Matthews audibly groaned when he slipped, meaning to say that a tape came out of the Osama HQ just before the election in 2004 had hurt Kerry and helped Bush -- but saying, instead, "Obama."

Maureen Orth Opens Up On Tim Russert's Death, Their Final Embrace: "I Just Had A Feeling" I'd Never See Him Again

People | Posted 05.25.2011

Leaving their hotel room in Italy ahead of his wife and son to go back to Washington, D.C., so he could tape that Sunday's Meet the Press, Tim Russert...

Show A Little Faith, There's Magic In The Night

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 05.25.2011

...or in a late Washington, D.C afternoon. That was when yesterday's memorial service for Tim Russert was held, a nationally-televised affair at the K...

Tim Russert Funeral: Washington Elite Pays Tribute

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The crowd at Tim Russert's funeral Wednesday would have made a great panel on his Sunday morning news show. The two men vying to b...

Luke Russert At Tim Russert's Memorial (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Luke Russert spoke at Tim Russert's memorial service Wednesday afternoon at the Kennedy Center. Watch the speech below (transcript below): Watch T...

Tim Russert Funeral Photos

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Tim Russert's funeral was held Wednesday morning at Holy Trinity Church in Washington, D.C. Below are selected photos from the occasion, which was cl...

Tim Russert's Italy Family Photo: Inside His Last Vacation

People | Silvia Sansoni | Posted 05.25.2011

Tim Russert's sudden death came as a shock to friends worldwide - none more than Cardinal John Patrick Foley, who spent time with him during the 58-ye...

Swimming In Quicksand: A Daily Journal Of Surviving Grief

Carol Ross Joynt | Posted 11.17.2011

Carol Ross Joynt

It's the busyness that will get Luke Russert and Maureen Orth through this week. The hard part comes when the busyness stops.