Ari Melber is an American journalist. He is currently a co-host of the afternoon MSNBC talk show The Cycle and an occasional substitute host for other MSNBC shows, including All In with Chris Hayes and The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. He also appears as an analyst on other MSNBC and CNBC programs, writes a blog about politics and law for MSNBC, and serves as a correspondent for The Nation. His writing has focused on politics, organizing, civil rights, legal issues in national security, and technology issues, and has appeared in The Atlantic, Reuters and Politico. Melber wrote a report about Organizing for America and contributed to several books. He previously worked for Senators John Kerry and Maria Cantwell, and also practiced law and was an editor of the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. He also worked for the Center for Constitutional Rights based in New York, NY. 

January 1st, 1980 in (Age 44)