John Berman

Anchor/Correspondent

John Berman is an Emmy-award winning CNN anchor/correspondent and currently co-anchors CNN News Central weekdays from 7am-10am ET. He previously served as co-anchor of New Day and a number of other CNN broadcasts.
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FORT DRUM, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 10: U.S. Army SSG. Tyler Laliberte embraces his family after returning from a 9-month deployment to Afghanistan on December 10, 2020 at Fort Drum, New York. The 10th Mountain Division soldiers who arrived this week are under orders to isolate with family at home or alone in barracks at Fort Drum, finishing their Covid-19 quarantine just before Christmas. The troops were replaced in Afghanistan by a smaller force, as the U.S. military continues to reduce troop levels Afghanistan. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
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House panel wants pay raises for troops amid recruiting crisis 6:37
Apr 12, 2024
U.S. service members and their families could get a pay raise and other benefits, after a bipartisan panel made recommendations toward improving the quality of life for members of the military. Committee Chairman Don Bacon (R-NE) and ranking member Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) join CNN’s John Berman to discuss.
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‘She’s smiling down on me’: Donovan Clingan’s tribute to his mother after NCAA championship win 2:26
Apr 9, 2024
Donovan Clingan, the 7-foot center who led UConn men’s basketball to back-to-back championships, speaks to CNN after the Huskies’ big win over Purdue.
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How the ‘cowboy capital of the world’ prepares for the eclipse 2:47
Apr 5, 2024
A city known as the “cowboy capital of the world,” Bandera, Texas, is also in the path of totality for the upcoming total solar eclipse. CNN’s Rosa Flores joins John Berman in her finest eclipse merchandise.
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CNN legal analyst breaks down Trump’s half-billion-dollar bond plan 3:22
Mar 21, 2024
CNN legal analyst Eli Honig analyzes Trump’s strategy to secure a half-billion-dollar bond for his civil fraud case appeal in New York and the potential funding avenues and obstacles Trump may face.
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TikTok’s ‘Juicy Body Goddess’ speaks to CNN about potential ban 1:28
Mar 13, 2024
Summer Lucille, a TikTok content creator, discusses the platform’s positive impact on her life and the implications of banning it in an interview with CNN’s John Berman.
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CNN reports live as first New Hampshire votes are tallied 1:59
Jan 24, 2024
CNN’s John Berman reports from a polling place in Manchester, New Hampshire, as polling officials start to tally votes.
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Michael Cohen reacts to Donald Trump’s attack on him 1:29
Jan 12, 2024
Former attorney for Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, responds to the former president’s attack on him following closing arguments at Trump’s New York civil fraud trial.
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Family member of hostage reacts to hostage release deal 1:00
Nov 22, 2023
Anat Moshe Shoshany, whose grandfather was killed in the October 7 Hamas attack and whose grandmother was taken hostage, reacts to the news that Israel’s cabinet has approved a deal for the release of hostages seized by Hamas in exchange for a pause in fighting in Gaza.
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Netanyahu adviser addresses civilian casualties after strike on Jabalya camp 1:55
Nov 1, 2023
An Israeli strike on Gaza’s densely populated Jabalya refugee camp left catastrophic damage and killed a large number of people, according to eyewitnesses and medics in Hamas-run Gaza. CNN’s John Berman talks to Sr. Adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, Mark Regev, to address the impact the strike had on civilians.
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Ret. US general predicts what Israel’s military strategy would be in Gaza 1:49
Oct 22, 2023
Retired US Major Gen. James “Spider” Marks shares what he thinks Israel’s strategy will be if they decide to move forward with a ground incursion into Gaza.
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He left NYC tech startup to rejoin Israel’s military 2:49
Oct 11, 2023
After watching the horrifying Hamas attacks from New York, Israeli-Canadian entrepreneur Noy Leyb tells CNN’s John Berman why he decided to rejoin Israel’s Defense Force.
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New York City mayor says influx of migrants will ‘destroy’ the city 0:43
Sep 7, 2023
New York City’s Democratic Mayor Eric Adams predicts the influx of migrants to New York will end up destroying the city unless the crisis is brought under control.
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See Matt Gaetz’s not-so-veiled threat against Kevin McCarthy 1:39
Sep 6, 2023
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is facing threats from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as he plots to move forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. TIME political correspondent Molly Ball join’s CNN’s John Berman to react.
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Tornado sends car flying on highway 0:29
Aug 31, 2023
A tornado crossing over a highway in Goose Creek, South Carolina, caused a car to flip over and land on another vehicle. CNN’s John Berman reports.
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Police: Active shooter situation in Pittsburgh 0:39
Aug 23, 2023
Officials in Pittsburgh say they are engaged in an “extremely active” situation with shots “continuing to be fired” after the sheriff’s office attempted to evict a resident in the Garfield area and the suspect opened fire on deputies, according to several police agencies.
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Video shows aftermath of Russian missile attack in Zelensky’s hometown 0:43
Jul 31, 2023
A Russian missile attack in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown, leaves several people killed.

About

John Berman is an Emmy-award winning CNN anchor/correspondent and currently co-anchors CNN News Central weekdays from 7am-10am ET. He previously served as co-anchor of New Day and a number of other CNN broadcasts.

Since joining CNN in 2012, Berman has been at the forefront of the most pressing news events, including elections, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine (for which CNN’s coverage was acknowledged with a DuPont-Columbia Award.)

Before CNN, he worked at ABC News for nearly 17 years, and appeared on television there since 2001. He was a regular contributor to all of ABC’s broadcasts, including World News with Diane Sawyer, Good Morning America, Nightline, and 20/20.

In 1999 and 2000, Berman worked as an off-air reporter for ABC News covering George W. Bush’s presidential campaign. He logged more hours with then-candidate Bush than nearly any other reporter, following Bush to 45 states.

In his career, he has interviewed everyone from Barack Obama to Mike Pence to Mitt Romney to MC Hammer. He was embedded with the Marines for the U.S. Invasion of Iraq in 2003, and has covered countless hurricanes and natural disasters.

From 1997 to 1999, Berman was the head writer for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings.

He has also been part of teams winning the Edward R. Murrow Award for best broadcast, and was awarded a James Beard Award in 2010.

Berman started at ABC News as a desk assistant working the overnight shift in 1995. A native of Carlisle, Mass., he graduated from Harvard University, where he was president of Hasty Pudding Theatricals. He likes the Red Sox. Have a problem with that?