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Station and saw the towers burning and i ran down to the assignment desk and when i heard vernon gross was on our air probably a small plane lost in the sun and saysna. i ran out into the newsroom i said no, i saw the plane it was a jet liner, i thought it was a 737. no, and i went right on the air knew right away it was a terrorist attack. flying an airliner into a building is a terrorist attack and certainly when the second one hit i already knew. look, i have covered this terrorism in this city for well, will fourth generation now. they always newcome back we are a target whether it's in th...

Because your voice then is quiet for 12 hours, that has a tremendous impact. it's not just with naomi wolf for president trump when they're off the platform then the promotion of other people and of other ideas also goes down. what do you think of my argument that, in fact, they are like the assignment desk, twitter is? they are the suspenders and the banners. if you challenge the orthodoxy which may, in fact, be completely wrong, it's not about misinformation, it's about not conforming, isn't that right? >> oh, of course because clearly what i said on all three fronts as i just laid out was n...

You likely didn't know his name, but you sure knew his spectacular camera work here on abc news for so many decades. our friend and longtime abc news photographer jim cecile has died after battling lung cancer. hestarted in the mail room in 1972, then the assignment desk and then out in the field as a photographer. he covered so many stories in the u.s. and around the world, from 9/11 to hurricane katrina. he was part of the only news crew inside the 1983 sing sing prison uprising when guards were held hostage by inmates for two days. in haiti, covering hurricane isaac in 2012. his daughter ka...

Our own. you likely didn't know his name, but you knew his spectacular camera work here on abc news for so many decades. our friend and longtime abc news photographer jim see seal has died. he started in the mail room in 1972, then the assignment desk and then out in the field as a photographer. he covered so many stories in the u.s. and around the world, from 9/11 to hurricane katrina. he was part of the only news crew inside the 1983 sing sing prison uprising. in haiti, covering hurricane isaac in 2012. his daughter kaitlyn recently posting, "every world news event you watched on tv, my dad ...

ESPN promotes execs Brian Lockhart and Mike Shiffman to senior VP roles There are new people overseeing ESPN's 30 for 30 and basketball divisions. 05/07/2021 ESPN is promoting from within as executives Brian Lockhart and Mike Shiffman are both moving up and accepting new roles within the company. The Worldwide Leader in Sports announced that Lockhart will have the title of “Senior Vice President, ESPN+ Original Content and ESPN Films” while Shiffman will be “Senior Vice President, Production” with a focus on basketball. Lockhart is taking over from departing VP’s Libb...