Back in October, the veteran reporter announced she'd be ending her 16-year anchoring run after the presidential inauguration.

Andrea Mitchell has set Friday as her last day in the MSNBC anchor chair after 17 years as the host of “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” Mitchell, 78, revealed in October that she would transition to a broader role at NBC News after the presidential inauguration but had not announced a specific date for that change.

Andrea Mitchell will anchor her final MSNBC show on Friday, having announced last year that she would be stepping down from her daily program after the inauguration. Mitchell will continue as chief foreign affairs correspondent and chief Washington correspondent,