Back in 2017, the Harvard grad was on the air for at least three hours a day, which meant she relied heavily on a very detailed schedule. "At any given moment of the day, I can tell you precisely what I’m doing — which is frightening, but the only way to do it with the limited time we have!" Melissa said in an interview with Benzinga.

"Basically my mission when I first wake up is to get a sense of what’s going on right now and what could be the big stories of the day," she shared. It's safe to say that having kids changes all that!

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