Lester Holt

Lester Don Holt Jr born March 8 1959 is an American journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News NBC Nightly News Kids Edition and Dateline NBC On June 18 2015 he was made the permanent anchor of NBC Nightly News following the demotion of Brian Williams He followed in the career footsteps of Max Robinson an ABC News evening coanchor and Holt became the first AfricanAmerican to solo anchor a weekday network nightly newscast