NBC Nightly News” viewers have come to expect Lester Holt in the anchor seat at 6:30 every weeknight, providing a tight and polished overview of the day’s biggest news stories. The newscast has only had three anchors in the past 40 years: Tom Brokaw,

NBC’s Tom Llamas joins TODAY in Studio 1A hour before his debut as the new anchor of Nightly News to celebrate the new chapter in his career and shares the advice Lester Holt gave him as he passed the torch.

NBC national correspondent Tom Llamas will take over as anchor of "NBC Nightly News" following Holt’s departure. Llamas, who has been in the journalism industry for over 25 years, will continue to host his daily primetime streaming program "Top Story with Tom Llamas" on NBC News NOW while stepping into the "Nightly News" role.