“Every one of us was prepared to give our life to kick Hitler’s ass out of Europe!” 101-year-old D-Day veteran Jake Larson tells me that he knew exactly what they were fighting for 80 years ago today. “I lost friends, everybody lost friends. But we were soldiers. We were prepared to give our life.”
I was in that room, I’m pretty sure the initial reaction was like 90% percent of college football fans that a 13-0 FSU team was left out. Had nothing to do with anything about Bama.
A really special interview from tonight. I went home to Alabama to meet Sherman Williams, who went from being an Alabama football star to Super Bowl champion to serving 15 years in prison. How he’s using that to invest in and change his community. I hope you’ll watch. W/ @bonkapp
Simple and common decisions turned deadly in such an intense and overwhelming storm. Some victims succumbed in minutes in complete whiteout conditions. Lots of lessons for future storms in a city that knows snow. Thanks @bonkapp and @frankbivona for getting this one together.
BREAKING: @CNN Exclusive->
"We need fraud examples. We need it this weekend." What the Meadows texts reveal about how two Trump congressional allies lobbied the White House to overturn the election.
w/ @AnnieGrayerCNN@ZcohenCNN & @jamiegangel
https://t.co/Z6tRANhjhq
Such an honor to tell the story of one family, a musician and lover of books, who fled Odesa and is now taking refugee at what was once Greenpeace offices in Bucharest. Thanks to @bonkapp@DavidBrooksCNN@anamocanua18@Leav_eless https://t.co/NcAId5NvhC
It is stunning to see people who were living normal lives just a few weeks ago transformed, overnight, into refugees. Thanks @bonkapp and @DavidBrooksCNN
The most vulnerable victims of war. We met these kids and their teachers from Ukraine who are now sheltering in Romania. Huge thanks to @bonkapp and @DavidBrooksCNN for helping put this one together.
Protesters won’t leave and the government is rapidly running out of patience. This won’t end well. Thank you @bonkapp@BerrymanKim@SarahLJorgensen @jerryappleman @KenBorland and Jerry Appleman.
Anti-vaccine and coronavirus mandates protests grows to block traffic at major US/Canada crossing. Traffic from Canada has been tricking in throughout the day. The US side is still shut with all traffic diverted to other crossings. Thank you @bonkapp for producing and shooting
Maybe, hopefully, possibly this is the last turn before the pandemic becomes endemic. Painful as everything that came before. Thanks to @TexasChildrens for trusting us to tell their story and to @bonkapp@maddogcnn and Nate Little for helping get this one together.
No matter how many times I do these stories it’s still hard to believe that some Americans will not get vaccinated for whatever reason. Thanks to @bonkapp @CarolynSungCNN @bobnebel and Albert Lutan for helping get this together https://t.co/p2jjuLSeFS
The @FDNY announced this morning, Alvin Suriel, the assistant chief of EMS died today of 9/11 cancer. He's the 264th member of the department to die of WTC-related illness.