MSNBC is embarking on its first major steps toward building up a newsgathering operation, with plans to add a Washington bureau and domestic and international correspondents. With MSNBC being spun off from Comcast later this year,

New MSNBC President Rebecca Kutler is eying an expanded role for network breakout Jen Psaki and for "The Weekend" hosts Symone Sanders-Townsend, Alicia Menendez and Michael Steele, TheWrap has learned.