joshascher

Senior Producer for ABC News Live. Just imagine news, but it's live, and also it's on the internet.

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oh sweet sweet irony

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Beloved WABC Anchor Bill Ritter steps away from the anchor desk; reveals Alzheimer's diagnosis https://t.co/DRA8l9xC52

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@MikeIsaac Bleak

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@Clayton_Sandell @GooglePlay

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

This reporter refused to be shushed:

Yesterday Mariam Khan (@MKhan47) was the TV pool representative aboard Air Force One, meaning she was there on behalf of all the major networks. Khan brought up the fact that "your PAC put out a fundraising email" using photos taken at a dignified transfer of US service members killed in Kuwait. She asked: "Do you think that's an appropriate email to send?"

Trump said yes, and that he didn't see the email, then defended himself, then asked, "Who are you with?"

Trump genuinely didn't recognize Khan — it was actually her first time aboard Air Force One with him. (She reported from Capitol Hill for ten years and recently switched beats to cover the State Department, Pentagon and foreign affairs.)

When she answered Trump's question and said ABC, he said, "I don't want any more from ABC," and looked around the plane for other questioners.

But Khan was undeterred. She tried asking about the deaths of US service members. He didn't respond. She later said, "Can you explain why we’re sending 5,000 marines and sailors?" and he replied with the shush, adding, "You're a very obnoxious person."

Khan kept trying — recognizing, again, that she was there on behalf of CNN, Fox and other networks. She asked about the Pentagon investigation into the missile strike at the school in Minab, Iran. He said, "We don't know." She asked about the deaths of service members again. He ignored her.

Khan was exemplary. She was, as one ABC colleague said, "steady as can be." She was respectful and persistent. She refused to be shushed.

[TMZ @TMZ]

William Shatner is photographed eating a bowl of cereal in his car at a stop light. https://t.co/ZweCXL3awL

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@MikeIsaac I always want this to be the born slippy one

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@jayobtv Look ma I’m on tv (x the everything app)

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@MikeDrucker Hell yea weird ass Mario tennis

[Terry Moran 🇺🇸 @TerryMoran]

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[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

every new poll that comes out

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i'll be on ABC News at 4 pm to talk about kamala harris fortnite!

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@brittanys @GenePark can confirm @brittanys

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@IAmAmnaNawaz @WaltHickey stabilizing!

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[Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla]

“You won’t have cows anymore.” 🐄

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[Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff]

Also, I’m starting to suspect the man I gave my wallet to was not the wallet inspector