Tom Llamas

Tom Llamas is anchor of Top Story with Tom Llamas, a daily streaming primetime newscast on NBC News NOW, and a senior national correspondent based in New York. Additionally, Llamas is a regular fill-in anchor on NBC Nightly News and TODAY.

In his role, Llamas leads breaking news and political coverage for NBC News NOW. His marathon coverage on big news nights, including the 2024 Election Night and the September 2024 Presidential Debate, has led the streaming network to ratings milestones. Throughout the 2024 campaign cycle, he was also a key contributor to NBC News’ network coverage and on Election Night, he provided viewers with the latest breakdown of numbers and results from the Big Board.

Since rejoining NBC News in 2021, Llamas has reported across the globe on major breaking news, including on the New Orleans terror attack, the Israel-Hamas war, the war in Ukraine, the June 2024 assassination attempt on President Trump, the deadly Baltimore bridge collapse, the migrant crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Tokyo and Paris Olympics and numerous natural disasters, including the 2023 Lahaina wildfires.

Throughout his career, Llamas has conducted a wide-range of news-making interviews, including with President Donald Trump, who he covered on the 2016 campaign trail, First Lady Melania Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Iran’s former Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Sen. Marco Rubio, former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, and the survivor of the Baltimore bridge collapse, among many others.

Prior to joining NBC News, Llamas was the anchor of ABC News’ World News Tonight weekend edition and was the fill-in anchor during the week. He was also the network’s chief national affairs correspondent and anchored breaking news and live events for ABC News Live.

Llamas has been in broadcast journalism for over 25 years, with deep roots at NBC News throughout his career. He began his broadcast career as an intern for a Telemundo local station, eventually working with the NBC News’ Special Unit and then taking on the role of an NBC News campaign embed in 2003. He also held roles in local news, including at WTVJ in South Florida as a general assignment reporter and WNBC in New York, where he served as an anchor and investigative reporter.

Llamas has received numerous awards and honors throughout his career, including the National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ Presidential Award of Impact and the El Award from El Diario, the largest and oldest Spanish-language daily in the U.S. In 2022, he and his team were awarded NAHJ’s Al Neuharth Award for Investigative Journalism. In 2013, he received Emmy awards for Best Anchor and Best Hard News Story and in 2012, he won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for feature and hard news reporting. Additionally, he was also part of the WNBC team that won the Murrow award for breaking news coverage of Hurricane Sandy in 2014.

A native of Miami, he graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans with Bachelor of Arts degrees in broadcast journalism, as well as drama and speech. Llamas also completed a program at the University of Miami’s Institute for Cuban and Cuban American Studies, which focused on Raul Castro and Cuban American voters.

He currently resides in New York with his wife, two daughters and son.