Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski (/ˈmiːkə bərˈzɪnski/; born May 2, 1967) is an American television host and author. Brzezinski co-hosts MSNBC's weekday morning broadcast Morning Joe with former Republican representative Joe Scarborough. Brzezinski is also a visiting fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics in the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Brzezinski was formerly a CBS News correspondent, and was the principal "Ground Zero" reporter at the September 11, 2001 attacks. She left CBS and joined MSNBC in 2007 as an occasional anchor. She was subsequently chosen to co-host Morning Joe. In early 2017, she became engaged to her co-host Joe Scarborough. Brzezinski has also written three books, two on her work life and one on food addiction. - Donald Trump Twitter, Morning Joe Scarborough
On October 23, 1993, Brzezinski married TV news reporter James Patrick Hoffer, now of WABC-TV. They met when both worked at WTIC-TV. They have two daughters, Emilie and Carlie Hoffer. Hoffer and Brzezinski divorced in 2016. In early 2017, Brzezinski became engaged to her co-host Joe Scarborough. Brzezinski has written three books. Her first book was a memoir, All Things at Once, published by Weinstein Books in January 2010.Brzezinski wrote the book Knowing Your Value: Women, Money and Getting What You're Worth (Weinstein Books) in 2011. Told as her personal story, the book discusses women and financial negotiations. It includes tips for negotiating salaries and compensation packages. In 2014, she wrote about food addiction in the book "Obsessed: America’s Food Addiction and My Own" (Weinstein Books). - Donald Trump Twitter, Morning Joe Scarborough
