Who Is Lester Holt?

It's the 8th Olympics at NBC for the veteran newsman, sports fan and musician

From the political pageantry of Cleveland and Philadelphia to the global spotlight of Rio de Janeiro, it's been quite a summer for Lester Holt. He's now covering his eighth Olympic Games for NBC News, but his first as anchor for NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt.

The host of TV's No. 1 evening newscast tries to define his newscast by a willingness to travel and "take the show to the story," so hosting Nightly News live from Copacabana Beach seems tailor-made for the program.

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