Ashleigh Banfield is an MSNBC anchor and correspondent. She is the anchor of MSNBC's A Region in Conflict which airs Monday through Thursday from 9-10 p.m. ET on MSNBC. Banfield covered the events of September 11 from Ground Zero in New York City for eight days before departing for Islamabad, Pakistan.

Preceding the events of September 11, 2001, Banfield co-anchored Newsfront weeknights with Lester Holt. Banfield covered the 2000 Election for MSNBC by going on th... More >