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Tom Llamas stated he s excited to take the helm of Nightly News and will live by his tenets of being tough but fair while reporting without fear or favor Llamas succeeds Lester Holt as anchor and managing editor of Nightly News in a historic move making him the first weekday Latino evening news anchor of an English-language show I m a little nervous but I m looking forward to the challenge Llamas stated IN THE PRESENT DAY anchor Savannah Guthrie in a sit-down interview His new role is the peak of his decades-long career in journalism that started when he was just years old Never ever in my wildest dreams did I think I could get to that point You get a new opportunity a new challenge and you get to a point where you think Wow maybe that could be me Llamas reflected You just kind of keep running your race and that s what I ve been doing It s like everybody dreams of this happening to them Television May As Lester Holt leaves Nightly News ' Tom Llamas is ready for the challenge Television Mar Tom Llamas will succeed Lester Holt as anchor of NBC Nightly News' He disclosed he ll come into work with the same fire and fuel he had when he was younger working overnights in the industry because I know this is a calling Llamas announced little by little I do want to put my stamp on Nightly News I d like to launch an investigative series into the insurance industry I think people are having a tough time getting house insurance getting medicinal insurance trying to find a physician trying to get their kids covered So I think we should take a look at that a little closer he explained Holt who held those roles for a decade broadcasted in February that he planned to step down over the summer He will remain a fixture at NBC with a full-time role at Dateline where he has been the principal anchor for nearly years In addition to his duties at Nightly News Llamas will continue to anchor Top Story a daily evening newscast that streams on NBC News NOW Llamas started out as an intern at a local Telemundo station before kickstarting his professional journalism career at NBC News working as an overnight production assistant and then a political campaign embed He rose through the news business as a local journalist at WTVJ in Miami and WNBC in New York He later moved to ABC serving as the arrangement s chief national affairs correspondent and anchoring weekend editions of World News Tonight Llamas returned to NBC News in as a senior national correspondent and then took the helm at Top Story He was a regular fill-in anchor on Nightly News In modern years Llamas has led coverage of major latest news and political events for NBC News Now reporting on pivotal storylines such as the Israel-Hamas war Russia s invasion of Ukraine the July assassination attempt on President Donald Trump and the Tokyo and Paris Olympics He has interviewed key world leaders including Trump during the presidential contest as well as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro Llamas who grew up in Miami in a Cuban-American family credited his parents with inspiring his journey My parents came here as immigrants They came here with nothing Their son is now going to be the anchor of Nightly News one of the biggest and majority essential newscasts in our country What it tells me is that the American Dream is still alive I know that because I m living it he announced He also praised his three children calling them my biggest cheerleaders and his wife a television producer and his best editor with helping him soar in his career This article originally appeared on NBCNews com Read more from NBC News Tom Llamas will succeed Lester Holt as anchor of NBC Nightly News Lester Holt is stepping down as anchor of NBC Nightly News after a decade Specific Americans are shifting their summer plans to avoid tariff price hikes
