Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…Peter Alexander’s new MS NOW program will debut Monday, Aug. 10, the network announced on Monday, formally launching the former NBC News White House correspondent into the role he was hired for earlier this year. “State of Play with Peter Alexander” will air weekdays at 11 a.m. ET from Washington, D.C., with Alexander also serving as MS NOW’s chief national reporter and a breaking news anchor. The hour will focus on political and national news through original reporting, interviews and analysis, per the network. The launch also represents another milestone in MS NOW’s aggressive effort to build its own reporting operation after relying on NBC News’ newsgathering resources for nearly three decades.