Lester Don Holt Jr. is an American journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC. He is the first African-American to solo anchor a weekday network nightly newscast. Holt moderated the Democratic presidential candidates’ debate in January 2016, alongside a panel of NBC political reporters.
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Lester Don Holt Jr. is an American journalist and news anchor for the weekday edition of NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC. Holt is the first African-American to solo anchor a weekday network nightly newscast. Holt moderated the Democratic presidential candidates’ debate in January 2016, alongside a panel of NBC political reporters, as well as the first presidential debate on September 26, 2016. In May 2017, when Holt interviewed President Donald Trump, Holt’s interview with Trump resulted in extensive media coverage. Holt has made cameo appearances in the 1993 film The Fugitive; its 1998 sequel U.S.
Marshals; and Primal Fear; and Law & Order: Marshals. He is the son of June Holt and Lester Don Holt Sr, who was born on March 8, 1959, in San Francisco, California. He graduated from Cordova High School in Rancho Cordova in 1977 and majored in government at California State University, Sacramento, though he never graduated. Holt spent 19 years with CBS, as a reporter, anchor, and international correspondent. In 1986, Holt moved to WBBM-TV in Chicago, where he spent 14 years anchoring the evening news. Holt joined MSNBC in 2000, and assumed full-time duties at NBC News in 2003.
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