CNN Reporter Sara Sidner in Tears During COVID-19 Coverage TV Sidner couldn't hold back her tears while delivering her reports on COVID-19 and its impact on communities of color from California in the Tuesday episode of 'New Day'. Jan 13, 2021 AceShowbiz - Coronavirus pandemic is just too much to take for CNN's reporter Sara Sidner. Sidner couldn't hold back her tears while delivering her reports on COVID-19 and its impact on communities of color from California in the Tuesday, January 12 episode of "New Day". In her coverage, Sidney interviewed Juliana Jimenez Sesma, who lost her mother and stepfather less than two weeks apart. Sesma and her family held a funeral in a parking lot. "This is the tenth hospital that I have been - I'm sorry," Sidner told host Alisyn Camerota before choking up on her tears. "I apologize. I'm gonna try to get through this," she added.