The veteran newsman is going "to focus on health issues" following his struggles on the air, the NBC affiliate said.

After struggling through an evening news broadcast last week, NBC4 newscaster Leon Harris will be “stepping away from the anchor desk to focus on health issues,” the D.C. station said in a statement shared during Monday’s evening news and on social media.

TV in Washington, D.C. in 2003, news reporter Leon Harris has been a highly reputable name and face in the metropolitan area. In his position at NBC 4 Washington, which he began in 2017, Harris delivered the news on local and national events happening every evening.