Bret Baier

Bret Baier is a broadcast journalist, anchor and author. His political coverage over the years has made him one of the most trusted journalists in the past decade. For his outstanding work, he received the Sol Taisho¬ Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism.

Most recently, Baier provided live broadcast coverage of the U.S. Summit with North Korea in Vietnam. During that time Special Report with Bret Baier aired live from Hanoi, Vietnam and presented a breakdown of the latest developments from the Summit with expert guests and analysis.

In addition, Baier conducted an interview with 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the first Democrat to appear on the network for the 2020 election cycle. Previously, Baier presented an exclusive interview with Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir to discuss the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Turkey. Baier also exclusively interviewed the President of Nicaragua Daniel Ortega on the country’s political and civil unrest. In addition, he co-anchored live coverage of the 2018-midterm elections alongside The Story’s Martha MacCallum. According to Nielsen, FNC’s America’s Election HQ: 2018 Midterms delivered the highest-rated midterm coverage in cable news history with total viewers, topping all of broadcast and cable news.

During the 2012 political season, he served as co-anchor of Fox News Channel’s America’s Election HQ alongside Megyn Kelly. He also provided extensive coverage of the 2012 campaign cycle, anchoring Presidential and Vice-Presidential debates, as well as the Republican and Democratic conventions. Baier also moderated FOX News Channel’s five Republican presidential primary debates. In the 2016 campaign cycle, he interviewed all of the presidential candidates, including Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders in a Democratic town hall, for Special Report. Baier continues to provide extensive political coverage for FOX News Channel. Prior to his anchor role, Baier was named Chief White House correspondent in 2006 and covered the second term of the Bush Administration.

He is also the author of four New York Times best-sellers, "Three Days in January", "Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love", "Three Days in Moscow: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of the Soviet Empire", and his most recent book "Three Days at the Brink: FDR’s Daring Gamble to Win World War II" which was released in October 2019.