Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is part of the Scholar In Residence program at Temple Emanu-El. This program is a conversation that Rabbi Kirshner had with David Gregory.

David Gregory is an American television journalist and the former moderator of NBC News‘ Sunday morning talk show Meet the Press. Gregory currently serves as a CNN political analyst.

Gregory began his journalism career at age 18 as a summer reporter for KGUN-TV in Tucson, Arizona. He joined NBC News in 1995 and worked for their flagship West Coast affiliate KCRA-TV in Sacramento and as a correspondent based in Los Angeles and Chicago. He served as White House Correspondent during the presidency of George W. Bush, reporting extensively on the 9/11 attacks as well as the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Gregory has also covered three presidential campaigns in 2000, 2004 and 2008. Beyond politics, he has covered nearly every major story for the network: from the O.J. Simpson trials, to the trial of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, to the impeachment of President Clinton and the death of Pope John Paul II.

In December 2008, Gregory was named moderator of NBC News’ Meet the Press. He was also a regular contributor for Today and served as a back-up anchor for the broadcast. Gregory also was a general contributor and analyst on MSNBC, and lended his voice and reporting to all NBC News broadcasts.

Gregory lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife and their three young children.