VIDEO : Hoda Kotb To Replace Lauer On TODAY

Hoda Kotb has been named Matt Lauer?s permanent ?Today? show replacement, and will co-anchor the 7-9 a.m. hours with Savannah Guthrie. Kotb will continue to co-host the fourth hour of the NBC News program with Kathie Lee Gifford at 10. Kotb joined NBC News in 1998 as a correspondent for ?Dateline.? While at NBC News, Kotb has been honored with Emmy awards, a Gracie award and an Edward R. Murrow award.