Natalie Leticia Morales (born June 6, 1972 in Taipei, Taiwan), is a co-anchor and national correspondent for NBC's Today. Usually she replaces Meredith Vieira during the third hour of the show. Many times she fills-in for Ann Curry as news anchor.
Morales was an anchor and correspondent for MSNBC from 2002-2006. She covered a number of major news stories there including the 2004 Presidential election, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, the Iraqi prisoner abuse, Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the Northeast Blackout of 2003, the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, and the investigation and trial of Scott Peterson. Additionally, she was named one of Hispanic Magazine’s Top Trendsetters of 2003.