Tom Llamas turned his Today With Jenna & Friends cohosting gig into a family affair.

Jenna Bush Hager and the NBC Nightly News host sat down with his parents, Luis and Lisette Llamas, on the Thursday, September 18, episode of Jenna & Friends, but not before Tom opened up about his family in an emotional video package.

“To be the anchor of Nightly News, it’s the honor of a lifetime. When I walk into 30 Rock, it doesn’t leave me that I’m the son of immigrants,” he said in the prerecorded clip. “Two people who came to this country, they didn’t know the language, they didn’t have money, and this great, beautiful country gave them a second chance.”

Tom credits his parents with sparking his passion for news, as they kept up with current events on TV in English and Spanish during his chi

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