Pete Williams

NBC's TODAY Show gave an emotional tribute to longtime Justice Correspondent Pete Williams, who is retiring from the network after 29 years of a storied ...

The screen then cut to a collection of clips from Williams’ career, highlighting his award-winning reporting from nearly three decades. Kotb continued, “Most beloved is a good word for the nearly thirty years Pete Williams has been a rock for our NBC family. Two months ago, NBC News President Noah Oppenheim announced that Williams was set to retire in a bittersweet note to network employees.

UPDATE, with video: NBC's Today team gave a toast Pete Williams on Friday as the veteran Supreme Court and Justice Department correspondent retires at the ...

Per a network rep, Holt told the 100 or so journalists, lawmakers and Biden administration officials at the Tuesday event, “Anyone who has done live breaking television knows that scary moment of being out there, you’ve got two lines about a breaking story, you’re being told to keep it going, keep it going. Kelly O’Donnell will add to her duties as senior White House correspondent and serve as interim Supreme Court correspondent until a permanent successor is chosen. PREVIOUSLY: NBC News feted Pete Williams with a send off at Cosmos Club in Washington as the longtime Supreme Court and Justice Department correspondent prepares to retire at the end of the month.

The veteran NBC News journalist first announced his plan to retire in May.

Still a little bit in the exploratory stages but I have plenty of new projects to take on." Oppenheim added: "Pete's decency, kindness, and generosity are unmatched. TODAY recalled Williams' coverage of Stephen G. Breyer's retirement from the Supreme Court, the recent overturning of Roe v. "He has been handed some of the most difficult assignments — 9/11, terrorist attacks, mass shootings." "I already have some things in mind. She continued, "He could do the hardest story but he could also do a story that broke his heart and he could do it in the most loving way possible."

“We all look up to him,” co-anchor and NBC News chief legal correspondent Savannah Guthrie said. “And when Pete is covering a story, we all hang on his every ...

And I’m just so proud.” “I’m just so proud to have been part of his organization,” Williams said during his toast. Described as “legendary,” “generous” and “unflappable,” the journalist, who is 70, is known for his precision, being the sole person to accurately report that the Affordable Care Act had been upheld by the Supreme Court as other outlets said otherwise.