Brittney Barba

Morning News Producer @ABC15 | Forever Sun devil @Cronkite_ASU Alum | Retweets ≠ Endorsements

[Brittney Barba @BrittneyBarba]

@Suns 💜🧡

[Amber Sullins @AmberSullins]

NEW WILDFIRE!

Residents of Greer and South Fork are under "GO" status. Leave immediately!

"Set" status for everyone east of South Fork and east of Highway 261 with in a mile radius.

Updates: https://t.co/f3LwlhFFoD and ABC15 mobile

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#az #azfire

[Dave Biscobing @DaveBiscobing15]

What an honor!

Our Policing Phoenix investigation just won the @PeabodyAwards — one of the highest honors in all of television (not just news).

Special shoutouts to @MelissaBlasius and @KelsieBlazier.

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[Ashley Holden @ashleyvholden]

VERDICT: Court staff is now saying around 3:30 for the timing on it to be read @abc15

[Ashley Holden @ashleyvholden]

DAYBELL VERDICT: I’m told by court staff when everyone gets here they will read the verdict. We were told by MCSO that Daybell would be brought here to wait (so she should already be here), but family and others will have time to make their way to the court house. @abc15

[Ashley Holden @ashleyvholden]

DAYBELL DELIBERATIONS: While the jury is on lunch break, here’s @NickCiletti and my conversation from our 11 am show. Dozens of people are still in the waiting area to see if the jury reaches a verdict today. The Jury started at 10:30 am, and deliberated for an hour and a half. They will resume at 1:30, and when a verdict is reached @abc15 will start our streaming coverage (whenever that happens) ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[Ashley Holden @ashleyvholden]

Jury is back in deliberations @NickCiletti @BrittneyBarba

[Dave Biscobing @DaveBiscobing15]

Remember this violent arrest?

Phoenix cops repeatedly punched and tasered a deaf man with cerebral palsy -- all based on false info.

It happened back in August.,

This week, Tyron McAlpin filed a federal lawsuit against the city.

[Jacqui Heinrich @JacquiHeinrich]

WHCA statement on WH announcement:

"This move tears at the independence of a free press in the United States. It suggests the government will choose the journalists who cover the president.  In a free country, leaders must not be able to choose their own press corps.

"For generations, the working journalists elected to lead the White House Correspondents’ Association board have consistently expanded the WHCA’s membership and its pool rotations to facilitate the inclusion of new and emerging outlets.

"Since its founding in 1914, the WHCA has sought to ensure that the reporters, photographers, producers and technicians who actually do the work – 365 days of every year – decide amongst themselves how these rotations are operated, so as to ensure consistent professional standards and fairness in access on behalf of all readers, viewers and listeners.

"To be clear, the White House did not give the WHCA board a heads up or have any discussions about today’s announcements. But the WHCA will never stop advocating for comprehensive access, full transparency and the right of the American public to read, listen to and watch reports from the White House, delivered without fear or favor."

- Eugene Daniels, White House Correspondents' Association president

[Jacqui Heinrich @JacquiHeinrich]

The WH has always handled credentials (hard passes and day passes) - NOT the WHCA.
There are many conservative-leaning outlets with seats, including Newsmax, Daily Caller, NYPost, Washington Examiner, FOX, WSJ, etc.
WHCA has assigned seats based on coverage factors such as regular staffing from outlets - crews covering the WH every day, sending staffing for pooled events etc.
There's a gap in public understanding of how WHCA works and what it does, but people would be shocked to learn how logistics-focused it really is.

[Jacqui Heinrich @JacquiHeinrich]

This move does not give the power back to the people - it gives power to the White House. The WHCA is democratically elected by the full-time White House press corps.

WHCA has determined pools for decades because only representatives FROM our outlets can determine resources all those outlets have - such as staffing - in order to get the President's message out to the largest possible audience, no matter the day or hour.

[ABC15 Arizona @abc15]

In an exclusive interview with ABC15, Aymee Ruiz, the woman who was rescued from the fiery crash on US 60 yesterday, shared how she is thankful to be alive and is hoping to connect with those who saved her.

#FieryCrash #US60crash #GoodSamaritans #Mesa #Rescue #abc15

[The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru @Garrett_Archer]

AZ Attorney General @krismayes is joining other attorneys general from CA, CT, CO, DE, HI, MN, MD, MN, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OR, RI, VT, WA, and WI in filing a lawsuit to stop the @NIH from changing indirect cost rates to 15%.

Mayes says the change would impact AZ's medical community to the tune of $20 million.

[Melissa Blasius @MelissaBlasius]

Singer Vince Neil was not on the plane that crashed this afternoon in Scottsdale but he is “grateful for the critical aid of all first responders,” according to his Nashville-based attorney spokesman. ⁦@abc15⁩

[ABC15 Arizona @abc15]

JUST IN: Monday night's game between the LA Rams and Minnesota Vikings is moving to State Farm Stadium amid the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles. https://t.co/WDJTPuOBVD

[Brittney Barba @BrittneyBarba]

@Suns may have lost but my dog was the featured couchside fan during the broadcast 😂🧡💜

[Collin Harmon @CollinHarmonTV]

What a difference a year makes: from the swinging gate offense out of necessity to being one of 8 teams left vying for the national championship, a truly remarkable turnaround for #ForksUp

This peak back at the journey to Atlanta courtesy of @alimehlhorn

[Arizona State Sun Devils @TheSunDevils]

Onward to Atlanta 🍑

Thank you for the send off, Sun Devil Nation 🔱

#ForksUp

[Governor Katie Hobbs @GovernorHobbs]

For over 20 years, Operation Santa Claus has delivered over 1 million toys to Arizona families and provided over 2 million meals to those in need. To honor the outstanding work of Sanderson Ford and ABC15, I am proud to proclaim today Operation Santa Claus Day!

[Dave Biscobing @DaveBiscobing15]

BREAKING...

Case dismissed.

County Attorney Rachel Mitchell just dismissed all charges against Tyler McAlpin.

Decision comes one week after @ABC15 exposed the violent arrest.