He was covering the event for Good Morning America at the time and convinced his producer to stop by the hotel to party after Kerry was declared the winner. Thats his right that I lost two legs defending. Heres how. Fox News settlement made CNN's Jake Tapper laugh, an 'embarrassment' Author, Journalist, Television & Radio Host - American, American journalist, author, and cartoonist, Born on Wednesday, March 12, 1969 [1][2][3] Tapper helped with the coverage of the inauguration of President Obama that earned an Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story. (Not that we would have seen them the judge wouldnt allow cameras in the courtroom.). Deadline is a part of Penske Media Corporation. His going wasn't easy", "Christiane Amanpour Named 'This Week' Anchor", "Jake Tapper leaves ABC to anchor show for CNN", "National Headliner Awards: 2014 Winners", "Announcing the 2014 Sigma Delta Chi Award winners", "Jake Tapper stuns Jeb Bush: If your brother is blameless for 9/11 why is Hillary Clinton responsible for Benghazi? The journalist recently criticized Lara Trump, President Trumps daughter-in-law, for defending the president as he chanted lock her up in regards to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. [38], In 2018, Tapper was part of a four-person team at CNN that included Carl Bernstein, Jim Sciutto, and Evan Perez that won the Merriman Smith Award for broadcast reporting on the White House under deadline pressure. Tapper's son, Jack Tapper appeared alongside him, dressed up as Tom Hanks character Captain Miller from Saving Private Ryan. He is the chief Washington correspondent for the network and currently anchors his one-hour weekday program, The Lead with Jake Tapper. This is the pandemic of the unvaccinated, one senior administration official said Thursday. [64] He's served alongside press corps veterans in Washington, D.C. for 14 years. As part of a special lineup, Jake agreed to anchor the 9p hour through the midterm elections, a spokesperson told Semafors Max Tani, who first reported the news, adding that CNN would announce post-election plans for that time slot in the coming days." [75] They reside in Washington, D.C. with their two children Alice and Jack. Tapper won a Society of Professional Journalists award for his work at the Washington City Paper. Im confident that he is what he says and does are consistent with what happens., The president noted that his son wrote a book about his problems and was straightforward about it., He said that Hunter Biden had filled out an application for a gun purchase and answered no on the question of whether he used drugs.