Thomas Edward Llamas is an American journalist currently working for NBC News.
14 Facts About Tom Llamas
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Tom Llamas worked for ABC News as the weekend anchor of ABC World News Tonight from 2014 until 2021, before joining NBC News as Senior National Correspondent and anchor for NBC News Now, hosting Top Story with Tom Llamas, and serving as a substitute anchor for Today and NBC Nightly News.
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On March 5,2025, Tom Llamas was named as Lester Holt's successor as anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News beginning June 2,2025.
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Tom Llamas has won multiple Emmy Awards for his reporting, as well as two Edward R Murrow awards.
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Tom Llamas was born in Miami, Florida, on July 2,1979, to Cuban immigrants who had fled the island as political refugees.
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Tom Llamas graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana, with bachelor's degrees in broadcast journalism, and drama and speech.
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Tom Llamas was a member of the LA Gamma chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon, a social fraternity.
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Tom Llamas began his broadcasting career in 2000 with the NBC News Specials Unit and moved to MSNBC where he worked from 2000 to 2005 and covered mostly politics.
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Tom Llamas moved to New York and joined WNBC and NBC News in 2009 as general-assignment reporter and anchor.
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In 2015, Tom Llamas became the Sunday anchor of ABC World News Tonight.
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Tom Llamas became the sole weekend anchor in January 2017.
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Tom Llamas criticized the use by Jeb Bush and Donald Trump of the term "anchor baby" and was called a "sleaze" by Trump after questioning him about the amount of money he had donated to charity.
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In January 2021, it was reported that Tom Llamas would leave ABC News and return to NBC News.
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Tom Llamas won an Emmy Award in 2013 for his coverage of Hurricane Irene.