Who is the woman subbing for Ari on The Beat the last two days?

[stopbush]

I think she’s excellent. Haven’t caught her name.

[monmouth4]

1. She's a co-host on First Read before Morning Joe. She has an odd name and I'm not crazy about her

at all. She interrupts a lot and gets snippy if she feels the guest is making a better point than she is. Where is Ari?

[stopbush]

2. I've been struck by the fact that she hasn't interrupted anyone.

And she doesn’t trip over her words á la Katy Tur.

[Celerity]

15. why call her name 'odd' followed by expressing dislike for her? why bring it up at all?

Yasmin is super common globally and her surname Vossoughian is Iranian. Your real life name would probably be 'odd' in Tehran.

[samnsara]

18. it because the other hosts make fun of themselves for not being able to

..pronounce it. Its all done in fun. My professional belly dancing name was Yasmine.

[Kind of Blue]

3. I see her on overnights. Yasmin Vossoughian is her name.

[PCIntern]

6. She just got back from maternity leave

I’m up at 4:30 AM and she comes on at 5.

[Kind of Blue]

8. It seems we're in different time zones 3 hours a part.

Congratulations to her and family!

[manor321]

4. I'd say she's pretty good. 100x better than Chuck Todd!

[PCIntern]

7. But she just said that

Cohen had a Come To Jesus Moment.

As a fellow Jew I am offended. I’m not happy that Cohen is Jewish, but that’s just not right. Sorry. We don’t do that.

[Funtatlaguy]

9. Where I live that expression is not considered religious.

It just means that a person has started acting differently generally after meeting with an authoritative figure.

[jcgoldie]

11. Oh come on

"Come to Jesus moment" is not a reference to Cohen's religious beliefs its common slang meaning he's suddenly acquired a conscience perhaps out of sheer pragmatic necessity.

[OnDoutside]

13. Gasp

[PCIntern]

21. Ummm...

Even she acknowledged that she was uncomfortable when she said it. But ok.

[lunatica]

29. Thank you.

I’m an agnostic, tending towards atheism but non committed because I can’t claim to know anything for sure. I consider myself an honest disbeliever, but open to facts.

I’ve admired you for years. I’m happy to continue to do so.

[Blue_true]

23. But Jesus was Jewish, if you don't accept the historically europeanation of him.

I think that the way the term is used does not have a ethnic-religious orientation. Seeing the Light is another term that some may take as religious based, but is used frequently to describe previously clueless people getting a clue.

[PCIntern]

24. Not the point

But if you’re not Jewish perhaps it doesn’t make sense to understand how we Jews might feel.

[Blue_true]

27. I am not Jewish. My background is Christianity, although I am a Deist now. nt

[lunatica]

30. Thanks for saying that

I googled deist and find it very close to my own belief.

[LiberalFighter]

25. I push that Jesus was never a Christian.

[Blue_true]

28. Technically, you are right.

True Christianity came about after his death, driven by Paul the Baptist.

The history of organized religion is sort of facinating to study if a person avoids the dogma aspects. The idea of a savior and crucifixion was around thousands of years before Jesus, Christians copied that. Paul the Baptist (Paul of Tarsus) was from the religion that immediately preceded Christianity and had a savior, a crucifixion and a resurrection, and an ascent to heaven as part of it's dogma.

[dem4decades]

26. A slug is better than Chuck Todd.

[Judi Lynn]

10. Saw your post, turned on the TV to see who she is, how she conducts interviews.

I think she is outstanding. She treats the job respectfully, acts professional in a way most show hosts just can't manage. Most of them seem to imagine you are there just to adore them.

So glad you mentioned your opinion. As one poster already mentioned, she's far better than Chuck Todd. She has so much more presence, and seems far more intelligence. She doesn't mug, and act cute, or make knowing looks, or seem in love with herself. About time! I've been pining for the days who treat their careers with respect, and their audiences.

Thank you.

[kydo]

12. I'm just glad she is back

I get up early and Yasmin Vossoughian, Ayman Mohyeldin, and Louis Burgdorf host First Look on msnbc, 5am. Yasmin and Ayman are perfect in the morning. Over the weekend both, Yasmin and Ayman, also get some of that msnbc live time.

Yasmin just returned from maternity leave.

[samnsara]

17. i see her that early as well....

[chillfactor]

14. I really miss Ari.....

yesterday I watched her but today when I saw here there again, I switched too CNN and watched Erin instead.

[samnsara]

16. yasmine something. im not too keen on her yet...I switched to CNN yesterday

...I see her when I get up at 2am..shes goes on before Joe so shes got a long day.

[stopbush]

19. She reminds me of Alex Witt - it's not about her.

Let’s face it, the stars who get their own hour-long shows on MSNBC tend toward displaying a TV personality. There are only a handful who somehow stay out of the way of the news they’re reporting.

[Grasswire2]

20. "Better than Chuck Todd" is faint praise, indeed.

I saw her for about twenty minutes today and turned her off.

Just seemed like a news reader to me; nothing I didn't already know, nothing particularly insightful.

[Ilsa]

22. I like her. nt