Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Errol Barnett, a veteran of CBS and CNN, will take up morning-anchor duties at 7 a.m. on CBS 24/7, the CBS News live-streaming hub.
His tenure in the hour will start Monday. Barnett appeared Friday morning as the hour’s current anchor, Anne-Marie Green, bid farewell.
She is moving to “48 Hours.” “I know the show is in good hands,” Green told him. “I hope to bring that essence of curiosity and heart that you bring to the table,” he said, noting that coverage on his first day, October 7, would nod to the anniversary of Hamas’ attacks on Israel.
Barnett joined CBS News in 2016, and during his tenure has worked assignments as a weekend White House correspondent and a transportation reporter.
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