Al Roker: Latest News

Al Roker. ET spoke with the 68-year-old weatherman alongside his co-hosts of the third hour of, Sheinelle Jones, Craig Melvin and Dylan Dreyer, during a visit to St.

Al Roker has much to celebrate this year as he rings in his 69th birthday. The beloved host documented his special day on Sunday, telling fans he's feeling «grateful» after a year filled with health complications. «This is my 69th anniversary of orbiting the sun and after everything I went through at the end of last year, I am more than grateful to be celebrating this birthday,» he said in a video shared to Instagram, taken while he was out enjoying a solo walk in the sunshine.

Al Roker is out and about after undergoing a total knee replacement last month. The beloved 68-year-old weatherman looked dapper as he attended the 2023 Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic with wife Deborah Roberts on Saturday.Roker was all smiles as he wore a light blue seersucker suit with a purple tie and coordinating fedora hat to the event at at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Al Roker is on the road to recovery after undergoing a total knee replacement on Tuesday. Just one day later, the weatherman shared an update on social media by posting a video of himself walking around on his new knee with the help of a walker, and even making his way down some prop stairs using a cane.«Up and walking this morning on the #newknee #stepbystep,» he wrote, thanking his doctor. «Wearing a negative pressure pump to help facilitate wound healing.»Roker's wife, Deborah Roberts, also offered a look at Roker's recovery with a selfie from his hospital bed. «Wednesday wonder.

Al Roker is back to his old shenanigans: driving his wife of nearly 30 years crazy. Deborah Roberts wouldn't have it any other way, but the road back to a sense of normalcy and without the health scares was tough, if not painful.Speaking with ET's Rachel Smith on Wednesday at the premiere for the new Netflix documentary, , in New York City, the 62-year-old ABC News journalist opened up about what life's been like since the beloved show weatherman returned to the airwaves following long stints in the hospital late last year due to blood clots in his leg that ultimately veered to his lungs.After more than two months away from the morning show, Roker made his triumphant return on Jan. 6, when he and Roberts sat down and revealed he was «very, very, very sick» and that his mere presence in the studio was major because he proved to be «a living, breathing miracle.»Nearly three months since his return to the show, Roberts tells ET that Roker's back to his old self.«He's back to driving me crazy,» she quipped.That she can joke about it now is a testament to how far they've come since Roker's serious health scares.

Al Roker is protecting himself against COVID-19. During Tuesday's episode of the show, the 66-year-old co-host received his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine live on-air.Roker qualifies for the vaccine due to his age, but it still wasn't easy for him to get an appointment.«All weekend long, I went on the New York state health.gov website and kept logging in and adding my information.

American weather forecaster and journalist--Al Roker just announced that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer and will be undergoing surgery to have his prostate removed. The 66-year-old Today network weatherman and co-host explained he wanted to publicly reveal his diagnosis to spotlight the fact that 1 in 7 African American men, 1 in 9 men overall, will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.

Savannah Guthrie and Al Roker are together again! The show co-anchors reunited in person on Tuesday's episode, both reporting live from Hudson, New York.Guthrie appeared on the show first, teasing to Hoda Kotb, who was in the show studio, that she was «bringing the fun» while reporting from upstate New York. Guthrie proved her point when the camera zoomed out to show Roker standing near her, while still adhering to social-distancing guidelines.«I told you I was bringing the fun.

The show has lost another beloved member of its team. On Monday, the staff announced that crew member Dave Anderkavich had passed away. 

celebrates its 150th episode with a special guest:

Al Roker had reason to celebrate over the weekend, as his oldest daughter, Courtney Roker, 32, got engaged to Wesley Laga! Al took to Instagram to share the exciting news with his followers. He posted various selfies of Courtney and Wesley, where she’s proudly showing off her giant engagement ring to the camera. “I was waiting to get the ok, but now that it’s on her insta, we are so thrilled [Welsey] asked [Courtney] to marry him,” Al wrote. “Could not be more thrilled for these two.”

Engaged in quarantine! Al Roker's daughter, Courtney, took to Instagram over the weekend to share that news that she had gotten engaged to her longtime boyfriend, Wesley Laga, while in quarantine amid the coronavirus outbreak. 

It's a sad day for the NBC News team.