Jim Acosta

I will not give in to the lies. I will not give in to the fear. Post it on your social media so people can hear from you too. I'll have more to say about my plans in the coming days, but until then, I want to thank all of you for tuning in. It has been an honor to be welcomed into your home for all these years. That's the news. Reporting from Washington, I'm Jim Acosta.

After giving all of this some careful consideration and weighing an alternative time slot, CNN offered me, I've decided to move on. I am grateful to CNN for the nearly 18 years I've spent here doing the news.

After giving all of this some careful consideration and weighing an alternative time slot, CNN offered me, I've decided to move on. I am grateful to CNN for the nearly 18 years I've spent here doing the news.

Do you defend what Donald Trump did, releasing these people from prison, pardoning them, commuting their sentences? Yes or no?

Do you defend what Donald Trump did, releasing these people from prison, pardoning them, commuting their sentences? Yes or no?

Do you defend what Donald Trump did, releasing these people from prison, pardoning them, commuting their sentences? Yes or no?

Congressman, that's just not true. That was covered on CNN. What you're saying, this is not Fox, Congressman. You can't just spin a tale and pull the wool over people's eyes. This is CNN. This is the news.

Congressman, that's just not true. That was covered on CNN. What you're saying, this is not Fox, Congressman. You can't just spin a tale and pull the wool over people's eyes. This is CNN. This is the news.

Congressman, that's just not true. That was covered on CNN. What you're saying, this is not Fox, Congressman. You can't just spin a tale and pull the wool over people's eyes. This is CNN. This is the news.

He warned the free press is crumbling in this country. Journalists exist to seek the truth, to tell people's stories, to lift up voices that may not be heard otherwise, to shine a light on injustice and to hold the powerful accountable. I want to take a moment to show you something. A woman sent me this sign eight years ago. She carried it here at a march in Washington.

He warned the free press is crumbling in this country. Journalists exist to seek the truth, to tell people's stories, to lift up voices that may not be heard otherwise, to shine a light on injustice and to hold the powerful accountable. I want to take a moment to show you something. A woman sent me this sign eight years ago. She carried it here at a march in Washington.

He warned the free press is crumbling in this country. Journalists exist to seek the truth, to tell people's stories, to lift up voices that may not be heard otherwise, to shine a light on injustice and to hold the powerful accountable. I want to take a moment to show you something. A woman sent me this sign eight years ago. She carried it here at a march in Washington.

She wrote on the back of the sign, to me and the press here in D.C., you have our support. To Nora, wherever you are, right back at you.

She wrote on the back of the sign, to me and the press here in D.C., you have our support. To Nora, wherever you are, right back at you.

She wrote on the back of the sign, to me and the press here in D.C., you have our support. To Nora, wherever you are, right back at you.

But it seems to me that there's a lot of this bending the knee going on. I mean, to me, it seems this is a time for our industry to stand firm because Trump is not going to change his ways when he gets back in the Oval Office. He's going to continue to say things that need to be fact checked.

But it seems to me that there's a lot of this bending the knee going on. I mean, to me, it seems this is a time for our industry to stand firm because Trump is not going to change his ways when he gets back in the Oval Office. He's going to continue to say things that need to be fact checked.

But it seems to me that there's a lot of this bending the knee going on. I mean, to me, it seems this is a time for our industry to stand firm because Trump is not going to change his ways when he gets back in the Oval Office. He's going to continue to say things that need to be fact checked.

And you can't have the news industry worrying about this sort of stuff when they're just simply doing their jobs.

And you can't have the news industry worrying about this sort of stuff when they're just simply doing their jobs.