The last voter at Texas Southern University has walked out of the voting booth. It took Hervis Rogers nearly 7 hours to vote tonight.
#supertuesday2020
I think a proper tribute to
@Bourdain
would be wherever you live, venture across town, across the tracks, to a place you wouldn’t normally go and find a place to eat and talk with strangers.
#anthonybourdain
A powerful moment that will likely go unnoticed by most. Nancy Pelosi escorts Congressman Sam Johnson of Texas to casket of
#JohnMcCain
. Johnson is one of the most conservative members of Congress and also spent 7 years as a POW in the Hanoi Hilton.
The parents of Axel Acosta Avila come to the
#AstroWorld
memorial to pay tribute to their son with mariachi music. They sing, “I have a home on the other side of the sun.”
I’ve spent a lot of time in my career reporting on/from
#Texas
and this is easily one of the darkest, most frustrating weeks I’ve ever experienced here.
Important to note that just before the Governor of Texas went on Fox News to talk about Green New Deal he was telling local reporters that natural gas pipelines were frozen and the source of bigger issues.
You’re the governor of a state where millions don’t have power, where people are literally dying of exposure, and you go on Fox news to talk about... the Green New Deal? You are the governor. Your party has run Texas for 20 years. Accept responsibility & help us get out of this.
DEVELOPING: Yesterday the director of the Texas DPS said a Robb Elementary campus officer "engaged" the
#Uvalde
shooter outside the school Now, Texas DPS says the shooter enter school unobstructed, there was no campus officer.
BREAKING: In what will surely spark a Texas election controversy, Gov Greg Abbott is ordering counties to only operate one mail-in ballot drop-off location. Harris County had opened nearly a dozen drop sites in a county that's larger than Rhode Island. More details to come..
UPDATE: Looks like it was a good night of power restoration across
#Texas
. This site shows the number of households without power is down to 536K. Lowest number we've seen in several days.
#TexasBlackout
#TexasFreeze
Antonio Basco arrived at the service and instead of going right inside the La Paz Faith Center walked down the street to greet the people who showed up.
People told him “You’re not alone” and “We’re your family.”
JUST IN: Gov Greg Abbott announces Texas will build its own
#border
wall. He says Texans can donate their private land and money to the project. But he can't say what the project will look like, how many miles will be built or where it will be built.
The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to end DACA, an Obama-era program that protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the US as children from deportation
As someone who has spent many years reporting in the South, there is a long history of resentment among Southerners who feel like the NE elite look down on them. Wondering how this quote is playing those southern red states.
JUST IN:
#ElPaso
County Judge has issued a two-week shutdown of all non-essential services starting at midnight to help get the
#coronavirus
outbreak under control before the holiday season. Election activities are not affected.
Heartbroken doesn’t capture it.
@DrewGriffinCNN
is the best. Smart, relentless and dedicated to journalism. Always one of the first to send a note praising a story I had done. A fellow field reporting soldier who I will miss deeply.
NEW: Texas DPS Director says no efforts were made by 19 officers to break into classroom where gunman killed children, even as 911 calls came in saying some students were alive. It was decision of
#Uvalde
Police commander not to enter.
This really hurts... my husband, pictured in this photo with Anderson Cooper, passed away September 27, 2017, almost 1 year ago. 26 years at CNN.
@DonaldJTrumpJr
&
@realDonaldTrump
HE’S MY HUSBAND.
One of the biggest stories in
#Texas
is what has unfolded in South Texas. Look at Starr County in the Rio Grande Valley, heavy Latino population. It’s a small county but the swing is unreal. Clinton won 79-19 in 2016. Biden won 52-47.
This audio is a pretty good example of how the WH aides also known as press wranglers are almost screaming as reporters try to ask questions of Trump in our “pool sprays.”
BREAKING: A federal judge in
#Houston
has ruled that 127-thousand votes cast at drive-thru locations in
#HarrisCounty
will be counted, ruling against a Republican effort to invalidate the votes. More to come...
#Election2020
UPDATE: If you remember our story about the police officer who adopted the baby of a homeless heroin addict. Thanks to the story, a rehab facility offered to help Crystal and Tom. And they are now getting help! The officer has set up this
@gofundme
page.
Late to sharing this news. When I started at CNN 20 years ago, there were very few Latinos on air at the network. It's a real thrill to see my friends
@AnaCabrera
@Acosta
and
@Boris_Sanchez
reach new heights. Felicidades!
Big announcements about CNN's TV schedule this morning:
First,
@BriKeilarCNN
is moving to
@NewDay
, effective in April. Here's my full story about the schedule refresh
There are no words to capture what
@sarasidnerCNN
means to us. A fierce and loyal friend who loves the magic of life like few others.
I almost feel sorry for this breast cancer because this wretched disease has no idea who it's messing with.
Our newest
@CNN
documentary takes deep dive into the forces influencing Texas politics. Please tune in and let your friends know “Deep in the Pockets of Texas” airs Sunday night 8pmET/7pmCT
CNN: More than 2,000 people have died from the coronavirus in the US as of 7:45 p.m. EST Saturday, according to a CNN count compiled through data on state health department websites.
There are 2,010 deaths reported as of now.
The 1,000 death mark was reached Thursday.
This is a bizarre statement. I witnessed Harvey aftermath. Thousands of Texans weren't on boats watching the storm, they were rescuing family, friends and neighbors.
Just tuned into
@CNN
and I hear
@AnaCabrera
say Robert De Niro and Billy Crystal will be on to eulogize
#LarryKing
. The guest list paying tribute to the King of Talk is amazing!
A city commissioner in Enid, Oklahoma with ties to white nationalists faced a special recall election. Here's our story on the tension gripping the city.
I’m disgusted and heartbroken for Mike Nguyen, a San Antonio restaurant owner we featured in a story about Texas re-opening. His restaurant, Noodle Tree, was vandalized with racist messages “kung flu,” “go back to china,” and “hope u die.”
JUST IN: Less than 10 hours before
#ElectionDay
polls open in
#Texas
, the same Republican group is now asking federal appeala judges to shut down drive-thru voting on Tuesday. Earlier the group lost his to invalidate 127K Drive-thru votes.
Absolutely brilliant reporting here. Again, if you watched our documentary
#DeepInThePocketsOfTexas
, the group involved here is largely funded by the West Texas billionaires that was the focus of our reporting.
NEW: The leader of a group that's given millions of dollars to AG Ken Paxton and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick hosted white supremacist Nick Fuentes on Friday. Also there: Kyle Rittenhouse + Texas GOP Chair Matt Rinaldi, who denied meeting Fuentes.
STORY:
Watching
@andersoncooper
interviewing a mother in
#Kyiv
with her 3 children and I don’t know how a family trapped in such a horrific moment can make us smile so much.
#ThankGodForKids
Proud to call each member of this CNN team my friends. Have worked with them for years. Omar, Bill and Leonel are class acts. Professionals. You want these guys telling the stories that matter!
Thank you to everyone for watching our
@CNN
documentary
#DeepInThePocketsOfTexas
last night. The response is overwhelming. I’m grateful for all the feedback - the good, the bad and the ugly. If you want to read more about our reporting. Dive into this.
Republican representatives continue objecting to various state electoral votes, only to say the Senate counterparts no longer support their objection.
#ElectoralCollege
We are thrilled to be honored with two
@PeabodyAwards
for "The Hidden Workforce: Undocumented in America" and "Apollo 11." Congratulations to all the winners!
#PeabodyAwards
Cool news to share. I’ve spent the last 7 months working on a documentary exploring the lives of undocumented immigrants in America. The special airs this Friday on CNN. Please share, tune in or set your DVRs if you’re so inclined. It’s a powerful projec…
It’s like
#MatthewMcConaughey
is preaching from the White House briefing room, honoring the victims of the
#Uvalde
school shooting. Saying the words that any city leader could have said in the last 2 weeks.
It's beyond inspiring to watch
@KFILE
and his wife
@RachelEnsignWSJ
channel the unbearable grief of losing their beautiful daughter to cancer into such noble work.
A note of thanks to everyone who helped us raise $1 million dollars through the Pan Mass Challenge for Dana Farber, from my
@CNN
colleagues to complete strangers across all spectrums of life.
BREAKING: Second round of air strikes hitting
#Odesa
,
#Ukraine
this Sunday night. Earlier in the day multiple strikes hit a fuel storage facility. More details to follow...
What
@MaxBoot
sees Trumpworld trying to do: "Throw a bunch of information out there, a bunch of claims, and have people just say, 'I don't know what to believe anymore.'"
Everyone give a shout out to Leo! His barking alerted his North Texas family that Zoya, another family pup, had fallen through the ice in their frozen backyard pool. Zoya was rescued and hopefully Leo got some extra treats for it!
Jussie Smollett says after all charges against him are dropped in Chicago, "I have been truthful and consistent on every level since day one." Follow live updates:
This was an excruciating story to report and witness. A Honduran father tried for years to reunite with his daughter in the United States, it all ended in tragedy.
Heartbreaking news from a CNN colleague. I spend a lot of time thinking of the strength Rene and
@KFILE
have shown. Both are coping with unimaginable pain with the utmost grace and dignity. May your children’s memories always bless you!
An unreal look by
@KyungLahCNN
into the Republican efforts to audit the Arizona election. Complete with a cameo from a “security” group that call itself the “Cyber Ninjas.”
Just put the final touches on a story that will roll out on
@CNN
tomorrow that is simply breathtaking! It’s so good, it’s making me write this lame tease tweet!
I’ve never reported from a tragedy of this magnitude where elected and vital community leaders have gone to such lengths to hide from the public. More importantly, I’m not convinced that the vast majority of
#Uvalde
residents are bothered by it.
Uvalde residents are calling for transparency from city and school district officials, whom they feel have retreated from serving their constituents at a time they are needed most.