years_active children birth_place credits birth_date spouse image article_title education name occupation
since 1973 two sons lansing , illinois , united states '' see prose '' 21 august 1951 andrea joyce harry smith.jpg harry smith -lrb- journalist -rrb-
 bachelor of arts -lrb- communications and theater -rrb- harry smith journalist , news anchor
harry smith -lrb- journalist -rrb-

harry smith -lrb- born august 21 , 1951 -rrb- is an american television journalist , working for nbc news .
he hosted the cbs news morning programs , `` the early show '' and its predecessor , `` cbs this morning '' , for seventeen years .
in july 2011 , smith left cbs news to become a correspondent for nbc news and the now cancelled newsmagazine rock center with brian williams .
he is now a contributing correspondent for nbc news and cnbc .
