During the appearance, his wife of nearly 14 years explained that the kids wanted to share insight into the side of their dad that viewers don't get to see, so they came up with a

Craig Melvin gets emotional when his wife Lindsay Czarniak and their two kids Delano, 10, and Sybil, 8, surprise him on his first day as co-anchor on 'Today.'

Watch as the South Carolina native is overcome with emotions on his first day co-anchoring the first two hours of 'Today.'