In its latest post-election move, MSNBC has found a new host for its Morning Joe lead-in Way Too Early.

Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali will take over as host of Way Too Early beginning on Jan. 6 at 5 a.m. ET, while current host Jonathan Lemire will be getting an expanded role in the 9 a.m. hour of Morning Joe, a flagship show anchored by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.

Vitali, who joined NBC News in 2012, covered the Trump administration as White House reporter for the news organizations digital side before covering the midterms and then the campaigns of Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Michael Bloomberg during the 2020 Democratic primary. During the Biden administration, Vitali was on-site as Capitol Hill reporter during the dramatic ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker. Vitali is also author of the 2022 book, Electable: Why America Hasnt Put A Woman In the White HouseYet from HarperCollins.

Lemire, meanwhile, is taking on an expanded role at MSNBC shortly after exiting Politico after a three-year run as White House bureau chief at the end of November. Hes been an analyst at the network since 2017 and is the author of the tome, The Big Lie: Election Chaos, Political Opportunism, and the State of American Politics after 2020.

While MSNBC reprograms its lineup as the second Trump administration prepares to gain power in January, its corporate parent, Comcast, also is reworking its plans. On Nov. 20, the company set in motion a deal to spin off its cable networks, including MSNBC, into an as yet-to-be named holding firm that would separate itself from other NBCUniversal assets like NBC and NBC News. That spin off is expected to be complete by this time in 2025.