Kristin Fisher
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I almost can’t believe what I’m seeing. POTUS just walked out the front door of the White House and into Lafayette Square - the epicenter of the DC protests - to visit historic St. John’s Church, which was set on fire last night.
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This is my Dad. He’s a 73 year old Emergency Room physician in Texas who loves his job and will never retire.
He texted me this picture tonight after I’d asked him how he was doing, and I burst into tears the second I saw it. My reaction came out of nowhere...
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and the first mother in space!
She gave birth to me on a Friday and was back at work, training for her first space flight on Monday 🤯
My absolute favorite photo of her...
Anna Fisher in 1985 - one of the first US women in space, and the longest running active NASA astronaut.
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On my first day at Fox
@ShannonBream
was the first person to walk into my office & welcome me to the team. Tonight, she was the first person to wish me luck on filling-in for her
@foxnewsnight
. The world needs more people like her. And I just hope to do her show justice tonight.
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...I’d been watching Narcos and laughing seconds earlier. I called him to say I was worried about him, but could barely speak as I fought to keep my voice steady. I think we all have a moment where the gravity of what’s happening finally hits us. This was mine.
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One of many feisty exchanges at tonight's town hall:
@BernieSanders
"Martha, you make more money than I do. Why don't you do that?" (volunteer to pay more taxes)
@marthamaccallum
"I didn't suggest the wealth tax."
@BretBaier
"And she's not running for president."
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Wrote a story about my unforgettable 42-hours on a secret trip to Afghanistan with
@realDonaldTrump
@PressSec
@Scavino45
@JuddPDeere45
@josh_wingrove
@humeyra_pamuk
@colvinj
@alexbrandon
@FrancoOrdonez
@anitakumar01
@michaelcrowley
And now I’m going to bed
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Chris Wallace says he asked Putin: “Why do so many of your political opponents end up dead or close to it?”
@FoxNewsSunday
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Y’all are stuck with me for one more night
@foxnewsnight
but
@ShannonBream
will be back on Monday! 11PM EST
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"We've tried to get Republicans to come out & talk to us & there aren't Republicans willing to go on camera tonight as of yet"
@BretBaier
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Thank you so much
@BretBaier
. It’s been an unforgettable ride. I’m leaving here with so much gratitude.
Thank you to
@KristinFisher
on her last day here
@FoxNews
-- we wish you and your family the best!
#FoxNews
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@BretBaier
"When you wrote the book and you made the money, isn't that the definition of capitalism and the American dream?"
@BernieSanders
"No...."
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Kavanaugh to
@marthamaccallum
: "I’m not going to let false accusations drive us out of this process and we’re looking for a fair process where I can be heard and defend my integrity, my lifelong record of promoting dignity & equality for women... I’m not going anywhere."
Tonight I sit down exclusively with Supreme Court Nominee Bret Kavanaugh and his wife Ashley on The Story. 7pm ET.
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I'm a sucker for symmetry, alliteration, and color coordination. So I'm digging how well these SpaceX spacesuits mirror the Teslas that the
@Inspiration4x
crew will ride to the launchpad. But curious what CNN's resident fashion expert
@KateBennett_DC
thinks?
📸
@johnkrausphotos
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Considering stealing this hotel room painting to hang in my home
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Chris Wallace
@FoxNewsSunday
: "Did U.S.sabotage this (North Korean) missile?
McFarland: "You know we can't talk about that... no comment."
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Today’s the day! We are cheering on
@nasa
@spacex
as they attempt to launch American astronauts from U.S. soil for the first time in nearly a decade. Excited to share this moment with her & to be a part of our special coverage of this historic day 🚀🇺🇸
#LaunchAmerica
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Reading old
@krauthammer
columns & came across one about his newborn son:
"I gaze at his body, so perfectly formed, so perfectly innocent. It has yet to be written on. I look at his knee & wonder where will be the little mark that records his first too-hard slide into 2nd base."
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It’s finally official! Absolutely thrilled to be joining CNN as a Space & Defense Correspondent.
CNN is adding to its space coverage:
@KristinFisher
is joining as space and defense correspondent. Fisher left Fox earlier this year.
@RachCrane
remains space and innovation correspondent 🚀
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NEW - Two US officials confirm a major Russian anti-satellite weapons test over the weekend and US Space Command says it is tracking a "debris-generating event" in outer space. State Dept expected to issue statement soon - with
@atwood
@jimsciutto
@jmhansler
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Trump tells the capacity crowd (in a swelteringly hot auditorium) that "You are the elite. You're smarter than they are.. I became president and they didn't. It's driving them crazy."
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Trump: “It’s my honor... We will have a terrific relationship.”
Kim: “It was not easy to get here... There were obstacles but we overcame them to be here.”
Still can’t believe this is actually happening.
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Actual conversation with my Mom tonight.
Spoiler Alert: I will not be taking her advice
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Celebrating
#InternationalWomensDay
with my mom - Dr. Anna Lee Fisher and the first Mom in space! Coming up right now with
@HARRISFAULKNER
on
@OutnumberedOT
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“Just plain wrong.”
How
@senatorcollins
just characterized the president’s remarks about Dr. Ford at last night’s rally.
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In an interview at NASA’s headquarters after a meeting of the National Space Council,
@VP
tells me he is not taking Hydroxychloroquine.
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NEW - The four people currently in orbit on SpaceX's Inspiration 4 mission will fly higher than the International Space Station, but that still may not be enough to earn them their official commercial astronaut wings from the federal government
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SCOOP!
@VP
to deliver a 🚀 Space Force 🚀 speech at the Pentagon on Thursday. He will specifically layout the need for a Space Force and the next steps for its creation.
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Clara: Mommy, you going to White House?
Me: Yes
Clara: Okay, when you come home you get treat.
Deal
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For those wondering if today's Starship test flight was a success or a failure, the answer is both. There is no black or white answer to this.
It was a success in that Starship performed better than during the first test flight. All 33 engines fired and the spacecraft…
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Guys. I think my conversion to a full-time space reporter may be complete. Every time I see the word booster, I now immediately think “rocket” instead of “vaccine”
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Filling in
@dailybriefing
so
@DanaPerino
can get a well-deserved day off. See y'all at 2PM!
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Fox News and every other news organization should always have more journalists like
@JenGriffinFNC
, not less.
Jennifer Griffin of Fox News Did Not Confirm ‘Most Salacious‘ Part of Atlantic Story via
@BreitbartNews
All refuted by many witnesses. Jennifer Griffin should be fired for this kind of reporting. Never even called us for comment.
@FoxNews
is gone!
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My entire life I’ve been asked - “Why didn’t you become an astronaut?” I’ve given many different answers over the years. But when Neil Cavuto put me on the spot yesterday and asked me that question on live TV, I think I gave my most honest answer yet.
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✨Celebrating my last live shot before maternity leave with
@ShannonBream
in her discotheque of a studio. I’ll be back after I figure out how to keep my tiny human alive. Until then...✨
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Literally could not be more proud of my Dad 💪🏼
Some of your comments question the wisdom of what I am doing. I have been practicing emergency medicine for 45 years. I like it, it’s interesting, and I have lots of experience. To abandon ship during the greatest public health crisis of our lifetimes is inconceivable to me.
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File this under things that only happen when you’re staying at the same hotel as Kim Jong Un...
WiFi isn’t working. The technician sent to my room to fix it says there’s nothing he can do (except maybe move me to a lower floor):
“It’s Kim Jong Un. They’re blocking it.”
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The scene inside the Melia Hotel in Hanoi shortly before Kim Jong Un’s arrival (and shortly before the White House Press Corps was “relocated”)
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KT McFarland just now
@FoxNewsSunday
: "I Briefed POTUS on it last night... no further comment on this particular launch attempt."
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Fox’s Justice Producer
@JakeBGibson
has just obtained the anti-Trump texts between FBI Agent Peter Strzok & Lisa Page. Here’s one of many:
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Looking forward to working with my old officemate
@pdoocy
on the Biden beat!
Fox News names
@pdoocy
and
@KristinFisher
White House correspondents covering the incoming Biden administration.
@johnrobertsFox
is leaving his role as the network's chief White House correspondent to co-anchor two hours of afternoon news programming.
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This is like Apollo 13, but for robotic landers. A desperate in-flight fix. Odysseus’ navigation system wasn’t working. So Intuitive Machines swapped it out for an experimental NASA system that just happened to be on board and…it worked. Wild.
After troubleshooting communications, flight controllers have confirmed Odysseus is upright and starting to send data.
Right now, we are working to downlink the first images from the lunar surface.
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For the first time, NASA Administrator Bridenstine explains his decision to replace "Gerst" - the longtime head of the agency's human spaceflight programs.
My latest on the space beat.
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“One day, we’ll be standing - possibly up here - and we will say, 'We won.' We're going to say that. Sure as you're sitting there, we are going to say that."
- Trump in White House Briefing Room on
#CoronavirusPandemic
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Lol. Trump just now: "Even though it's 110 degrees in this room right now, if you can take it, I can take it... This room was not designed quite for this crowd. And you people are hot... So much for my brand new beautiful suit."
I can feel the perspiration on my face, and smell everyone else's. It's hot af in here
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Not a bad way to spend a birthday...
Air Force Two flight • homemade brownies from
@VP
• and an interview upon arrival in Estonia 👌🏼
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Well now we know what those loud booms were...
police clearing out protesters so POTUS could visit St. John's Church
Unreal. Waiting for POTUS to speak in the Rose Garden and listening to multiple loud booms from protests in Lafayette Square.
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WALLACE: "Did John Kelly resign or was he forced out?"
KUDLOW: "I don't know to be perfectly honest."
@FoxNewsSunday
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Trump to speak at 3PM!! White House official says this is the “major announcement” about either trade or North Korea that he’s been hinting at for days.
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BREAKING: US military has launched dozens of tomahawk missiles on two separate air bases inside Syria (via
@JenGriffinFNC
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Anyone else emotionally exhausted after today? Can’t imagine how Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford feel
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Sometime this spring, NASA will make one of the biggest announcements in its history when it names the first crew for its flagship Artemis program.
Spent several weeks diving deep into how the crew will be selected & who is on the list of top contenders:
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Over the last three years, there have been so many “I can’t believe this is happening” moments.
But this moment has to be at (or very near) the top of the list.
#SingaporeSummit
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my heart still pounds in my chest in moments like this - live on the big show on a big news day
@foxnewssunday
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Thank you so much
@jaketapper
! I’m over the moon excited to be here and to be on the beat I’ve always wanted to cover.
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NEW - NASA official tells former US astronauts "each of us enjoys freedom of speech and you are all empowered to speak your mind" but "your words carry additional weight & attacking our Russian partners is damaging to our current mission."
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It doesn't matter if you're a Republican or a Democrat, liberal or conservative -- we should all be concerned about any kind of bias or agenda emanating from a company that processes more than 90% of all internet searches
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🚨🚨🚨my Dad’s first Tweet🚨🚨🚨
I’m a full-time ER doc getting ready to work a 24 hour shift in the emergency department. I am genuinely more concerned about going to work tomorrow morning than I was the day I launched on the space shuttle. 1.5% shuttle mortality vs 9-12% if I get COVID-19.
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Trump: "We must never allow political violence to take root in american. But it happened. And I'm committed to doing everything in my power as president to stop it... The bottom line is America must unify."
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Packing for my first foreign trip with POTUS and I'm pretty pumped about it 🇩🇪🇵🇱
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“I hear it’s a little tougher to get around town without a motorcade.”
@BretBaier
to
@Comey
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Unreal. Waiting for POTUS to speak in the Rose Garden and listening to multiple loud booms from protests in Lafayette Square.
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keepin it spicy with
@Boris_Sanchez
and
@brikeilarcnn
as I attempt to explain why today’s Starship test flight was so epic
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🚀NASA's Artemis program survives the transition from the Trump administration to the Biden administration!
@PressSec
circling back on my question from yesterday saying: "We support this effort and endeavor."
JUST IN: Jen Psaki highlights Artemis Program: We will send “another man and another woman to the moon.”
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tell me your Grandma is an astronaut without telling me your Grandma is an astronaut
(this is what I returned to after a week away and now my daughter refuses to deviate from the 15 point bedtime checklist)
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Elon Musk joins the
#YangGang
When asked if he also supports Yang’s signature policy proposal, Universal Basic Income, Musk replied it is “obviously needed.”
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I really blew it this morning. Please forgive me Trekkies. It was an honest mistake.
Star Trek! STAR TREK!
Hey,
@KristinFisher
, we know you know! But we had to clip it anyway. Happy Tuesday.
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So proud of my mom for delivering the commencement speech at her alma mater in front of 10,000+ people (!!) An impressive feat for someone who found “speaking in public more frightening than launching on the shuttle.”
“Life is full of changes. Just when you get comfortable with where you are, things change,” says Fisher in her closing remarks.
#UCLA2019
#UCLACollege
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Mattis: "We are not made of cotton candy. We are not seaweed drifting in the current. Mr. President, your military does not scare."
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Relax dude. And don't call me sweetheart. I've spent more than a decade reporting in the field & I love it... Iguana turds and all.
@KristinFisher
Sweetheart saw you on FOX covering Mar a Largo, please get real and learn what being in the field is like or get another job!
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Wonder how
@POTUS
will respond to this...
JUST IN: Syrian warplanes take off from air base hit by U.S., carry out strikes in Homs countryside - Syrian observatory for human rights
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I know there's a hurricane hitting right now, but
@MichaelAvenatti
was just on
@TuckerCarlson
and it was almost as wild
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Tomorrow I'm hosting an Apollo 11 special on Fox from 12-2PM EST live from the Kennedy Space Center. I'll be interviewing
@VP
@TheRealBuzz
and others, from inside the room where the Apollo astronauts suited up before launch.
One of my favorite assignments ever.
Launching into an action-packed weekend celebrating the Apollo 11 Anniversary,
@FoxNews
correspondent
@KristinFisher
talks event coverage details, memories growing up with astronaut parents and her responsibility to inspire new space explorers.
#Apollo50
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My dad to
@TheRealBuzz
:
“I remember exactly what I was doing 50 years ago today.”
Buzz: “Me too!”
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'twas the night before Mueller and all through the swamp...
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Astronaut
@Astro_Christina
reuniting with her dog after nearly a year in space is the best thing on Twitter today
Not sure who was more excited. Glad she remembers me after a year!
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POTUS says Treasury will announce tomorrow additional "large" sanctions on North Korea. "The highest level of sanctions."
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SQUIRREL!! I had a formidable foe in
@BretBaier
so I'm pleased with a tie. A historic first!
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NEW - Bezos, Branson, William Shatner, & the 12 other people who flew on a FAA-licensed commercial spacecraft since July will ALL get official Commercial Astronaut Wings from the FAA
But there's a twist! The program is ending January 1
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