Brian Williams would be reassigned to MSNBC to anchor breaking news and special reports for NBC Nightly News .
In turn , Brian Williams would be reassigned to MSNBC ( where he served as a correspondent and − until that program 's move to CNBC in 2002 – host of The News with Brian Williams from the cable news channel 's inception in 1996 until 2004 ) to anchor breaking news coverage and special reports for the channel .