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morning anchor @nbcwashington . @NKF & @DonateLife supporter. @virginia_tech + @gonzagau alum. fairfax va native. wine lover. unapologetic DC sports fan. 💗💚

Washington, DC
Joined September 2009
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SHE DID IT!!!!!!!!!!! @sunisalee_ WON THE WOMEN'S ALL-AROUND!!! GOLD MEDAL! @TeamUSA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! SUNI! SUNI! SUNI!
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Her stylist is Arlington-based Yene Damtew of Aesthetics Salon.
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Jemele Hill
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I found my joy. It was Michelle Obama’s hair. COME THROUGH CURLS AND VOLUME.
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Sooo, I approach the first group of @Nationals fans I spot this morning in Houston hoping for an interview. The lovely woman politely declines and says “I would, but my son is pitching tonight... ask him (points) his son pitched last night.”
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2 years
Our Princess!!!!
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JUST IN: “He worked until his last breath because he believed our democracy was the highest and best expression of our collective humanity and that our nation’s diversity was our promise, not our problem." - Dr. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings
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4 years
Sooooo he called a bunch of teenage girls the N-word and is blaming it on diabetes....
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Dylan Goforth
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The announcer who made the racist statements is partially blaming it on low blood sugar.
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From Kobe to John Lewis to Chadwick. 2020 has taken our heroes and superheroes. Lord have mercy.
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America is going to be so insufferable in 2028 🤣🤣🤣 #LA2028
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1 year
Flooding in NYC. Government shut down nearing. Arrest made in Tupac murder. So much for chill Friday.
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4 years
Students generations from now are literally going to take a yearlong social studies class called “2020.”
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1 year
I’m very close to needing a break. The recent news cycle in DC is wearing me down. All of these child victims. Futures ripped away. It’s a lot.
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2 years
Aaaaaand the finally piece of news! @TonyPerkinsFMTV is my new co-anchor of News4 Today at 5am and 6am! He’s on vacation this week and ready to continue working 4 you on Monday!!! @nbcwashington
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JUST IN: ICM Partners Statement from the family of Director John Singleton. #RIPJohnSingleton
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BREAKING: @nbcwashington has learned that Pete "Kane" Deibler passed away over the weekend. He was best known for working at HOT 99.5 for years on "The Kane Show" morning program. @iHeartRadio statement - "Please keep Kane's family and his girls in your thoughts and prayers."
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@Phil_Lewis_ Especially with how much assault happens on college campuses...
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I’m old enough to remember when he asked Justince Kagan (Jewish) what she thinks about Christmas
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8 years
OH wow!! @NormaniKordei 's performance with her @FifthHarmony groupmates on @DancingABC was amazing!
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4 years
BREAKING: @bridgerton creator Chris Van Dusen is live on @HodaAndJenna right now and just broke the news that SEASON TWO begins filming in London this spring! He said this next season will focus on eldest brother Anthony Bridgerton!! YESSS!!!! Come through Viscount!
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Anchor news until 7am. Stay until 7:09am for team photo. Jump in the car to drive to Dulles. In seat for 8:30am flight. Thank you Dulles Toll Road, TSA Precheck and God!!! Happy Thanksgiving y’all!
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ladies and gents, this #FCPS student SKIED to school!! RT @hailey417_ Dedicated student @fcpsnews #closeFCPS http://t.co/0GNGpJP7QR
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Omg the @Capitals and @Nationals just took a 2018/2019 world champs picture on the ice and I can not contain my excitement!!!!!!!
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We miss her in DC but I'm soooo proud of my friend!
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ABC News PR
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. @ABC News announces Somara Theodore as meteorologist based in New York City. Read more:
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3 years
Sad news to report today. Rest in Honor, Sir.
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Tom Lynch
3 years
Very unfortunate news to report today. Brigadier General Charles McGee passed away in his Bethesda home this morning. One of the last living Tuskegee Airmen, McGee completed 409 combat missions in WWII, Korea and Vietnam @nbcwashington
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3 years
Can we be done with the Will Smith Oscars story now
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10 years
PICTURE: #CloseFCPS is top Twitter trend hashtag in the US http://t.co/Bq5p2UDNdM
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I expect more”leaked” stories about Meghan and Harry to pop up before Sunday.
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4 years
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s CBS Interview Sells Around the World
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8 years
Wait, @justinbieber is at the @Capitals game!?
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UPDATE: According to #NYPD the substance sent to Vanessa Trump apartment was deemed to be non-hazardous and is being transported to a lab in New York City for further analysis. @NBCNewYork
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Can I just take this moment to shout out my mother, Mrs. Olabanji, who retires today from ⁦ @fcpsnews ⁩ after nearly 30 years of service! Today is the last day of school and although she didn’t get to say a proper goodbye to her kids I know they will miss her! Congrats mama!
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I guess I shouldn't be that surprised, but several of the senior residents in my residential neighborhood have decided not to hand out candy tonight. Too scared to open the door with everything that's been going on in DC. Sad reality.
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10 years
I JUST got off the phone with the @fcpsnews spokesman. He too is stuck in traffic on the way to work.
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2 years
JUST IN: Tony Lewis Sr has been released from federal prison after serving 30+ years behind bars. He was sentenced to life in 1989. His son ⁦ @mrtonylewisjr ⁩ has been advocating for his release. The family was just reunited. 📸: Tony Lewis Jr
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2 years
Wow. @CityWineryDC is said to be closing January 1st due to crime in Ivy City. Venue hopes to find a new location.
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1 year
Thank goodness he was found!
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1 year
New picture of Rashawn William recovering at a Montgomery County hospital tonight. He has been inside a room in the Glenmont Metro Station since Saturday, without food and water! @nbcwashington
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4 years
I’m over winter. There I said it.
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So proud to be a Hokie!!!!
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Coach Beamer already holding court in New York City with @Jummy4NY on the eve of tomorrow’s HOF ceremonies! #BeamerBall 🏈
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Omg @RobinRoberts just said “let the light that shines IN me shine brighter than the light that shines ON me” and I fell out!!!!!! Yesss @NABJ
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Just watched a powerful moment on @MSNBC - @repjohnlewis marching with @AMarch4OurLives students in Atlanta. Took me back to #Selma . Lewis has been marching since he was their age.
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My birthday is today April 22!!
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4 years
HISTORY: @HowardU alum @KamalaHarris is now Vice President-elect. First woman. First black woman. First Indian woman. First HBCU grad.
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4 years
He threw the ball 6 feet away from home plate. He's social distancing. I'm okay with this. Go Fauci!!!!!
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Raj Mathai
4 years
JUST IN: (and just a bit outside!) #DrFauci throws out 1st pitch as @MLB seasons starts. @Nationals @Yankees #COVID19 #Fauci
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I live in DC. My mom lives just about 35 minutes away in my hometown of Fairfax, VA. I haven’t seen her in person since early March. Won’t be able to see her until June 10th... at the earliest. So close yet so far away. #stayhome
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2 years
The GOAT is in DC! Large crowds gathered at @CitiOpen to watch @serenawilliams on the practice court hitting with her sister @Venuseswilliams !!! @nbcwashington
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3 years
After months of teaching writing and English to community college students virtually ⁦ @FLOTUS ⁩ Dr Jill Biden resumes teaching in person Tuesday from a classroom at Northern Virginia Community College, where she has worked since 2009.
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2 years
First day in our news @nbcwashington studio!! It’s the old @MeetThePress studio. We love it already ❤️ @eunyangnbc @nbcwashington
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3 years
With my friend ⁦ @doughillwx ⁩ on my last day at WJLA in 2017. Our last Noon newscast together. Always so kind in a business that’s full of the opposite. Rest well, Doug. Rest well.
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2 years
It’s @eunyangnbc ’s last 6am newscast!! Starting in April she will be on the 6pm newscast (and 4pm!)!!!
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3 years
Hello @AmericanAir - can someone please reach out via DM. I was harassed and threatened by a man on one of your flights today and would very much appreciate prompt assistance.
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I need @HokiesFB to beat UVA on the 27th! Please! I don't want to wear blue and orange on TV! @VT_alumni @JBNBCWSH @nbcwashington
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2 years
Since when do the runner-up teams get a White House invite????????
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After watching the women's NCAA basketball championship from the stands, Jill Biden says she wants Caitlin Clark and Iowa to join victorious LSU at the White House.
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TRENDING NOW: #CloseFCPS - Fairfax County...
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5 years
#NationalInternDay - my very first internship was at ⁦ @nbcwashington ⁩ 15 some odd years ago. I had a blast that summer shadowing some of the very same people I now get to work with! Oh! and I was the anchor of the first ever intern newscast! 🤣🤣 thank God for growth!
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4 years
After Abrams (barely) lost her bid for Governor so many had asked the rising party star if she had her eyes on the White House. But she had one goal — to flip Georgia.
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. @chefjoseandres could be the first chef to win the Nobel Peace Prize. I can't think of a more deserving person!
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🚨 BREAKING- its official! ⁦ @Capitals ⁩ ⁦ @WashWizards ⁩ moving to Virginia!
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5 years
Heavy rain all day means I will nap and watch TV all day and then ask my husband 10 times what he's cooking for dinner.
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4 years
Going to bed. Wake me up on New Year’s Eve.
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4 years
NEW: JLo and ARod make it official - telling @TODAYshow @SheinelleJones exclusively that they are calling it quits.
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4 years
Oh snap! Just received an automated email from HR reminding me that I started at @nbcwashington one year ago today! It's been a crazy news year in #DC but I'm super grateful to have this gig in my hometown <3
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Happily married! Thanks to all of my @NBCNewYork friends for the kind words! See you all soon!
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Goodbye six feet! The @nbcwashington studio is back to normal and we’re oh so excited! @AdamTuss
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BREAKING: @SDNYnews announces charges against @MichaelAvenatti for attempting to get than $20 million in payments from @Nike by threatening to use his ability to garner publicity to inflict substantial financial and reputational harm on the company if his demands were not met.
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5 years
Don’t let your foot off the gas! Sorry not sorry! #BeatGT
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Hokie Hokie Hokie hi ! We lead 31-0 at the break
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2 years
🚨 UPDATE: The man seen in video assaulting and biting an usher at recent @Nationals game is a firefighter with @dcfireems . He was already on administrative leave due to unrelated incident. @nbcwashington h/t @paulcwagner @SegravesNBC4
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. @MLB @Nationals should have zero tolerance for punching and biting an usher. Ban this asshole for a long, long time.
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There is truly no place like our home: Earth. After 328 days in space, @Astro_Christina has returned. #CongratsChristina
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@HogsHaven Well... if you text me right now and I don’t have your number and then I later save your number the convo still exists. Ya know.
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4 years
Whew #MeghanMarkle still seems to be holding her tongue a bit. She’s better than me. I would be out here giving them Cardi energy.
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2 years
My family moved from Toronto to Fairfax in 1993. I can’t think of a single time when there wasn’t construction on I-66. Like, it doesn’t end. Ever.
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4 years
His last tweet celebrating fellow @HowardU alum @KamalaHarris
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Chadwick Boseman
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YES @KamalaHarris ! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #WhenWeAllVote #Vote2020
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Hearing from A LOT of frustrated @fcpsnews and @LCPSOfficial parents and students upset of no school delay today.
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7 years
Y'all. I am off work for two weeks to get married and go on my honeymoon. This is the longest I've ever not worked... EVER! #crazy
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4 years
Oh my! A spider is on our tower cam andddddd I’m ready to go home! @nbcwashington
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4 years
COMING UP: At 5am and 6am, meet the #DC woman who's changing the face of the spirits industry and following the legacy of the man who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey. @nbcwashington
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I’m so glad I’m in Paris and not Chicago. Keep me out of it.
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4 years
Out in the crowd today, the young daughter of Marqueese Alston who was shot and killed by a DC police officer. #CommitmentMarch @nbcwashington ( @SegravesNBC4 report )
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5 years
I need @shomaristone to find this man and interview him like only he can!
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Alexi McCammond
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DC WHAT is happening
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Happy Thanksgiving from me, @TonyPerkinsFMTV , and @RyanMiller_WX and our small but mighty team working this holiday!!!! @nbcwashington
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Yaaaaas!!! Miss Virginia ( @MissAmericaVA ) is a @VT_alumni !!! She’s got my vote!!!! Let’s gooooo! @MissAmerica live right now on @nbcwashington ! @virginia_tech
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3 years
So are we a basketball school too!?
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👀👀 See ya there! ⁦ @NBCOlympics ⁩ ⁦ @nbcwashington
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Another big WOW! Chris Hurst, a former Roanoke, VA anchor who's girlfriend Alison Parker was murdered on live TV, just upset the GOP candidate in rural SW Virginia. Hurst is a first time politician.
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BREAKING: Chris Hurst (D) has unseated Del. Joseph Yost (R) in Blacksburg's #HD12 . Dem pickup. Brings Dems to +12, need 5 more for control.
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Yessss Génesis Suero from Telemundo!!!!!
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SHE'S A REPORTER????? give her her 10s ,she ate those wanna be celebrities UP #MetGala
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Just over three weeks since my laser vision corrective surgery and my ophthalmologist says I’m 100% healed and seeing 20/20!!! See ya later saline solution! Peace out prescription glasses!! ✌🏾✌🏾
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6 years
Omg... when is the offering!? Lord. I don’t even need to go to church tomorrow. #royalwedding
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4 years
🎉 @nbcaaron 🥳
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WRC reporter Aaron Gilchrist is heading to NBC News’s streaming service NBC News Now as an anchor and correspondent for NBC News Now
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Great news from ⁦ @NBCNewYork ⁩ today. My dear friend and former co-anchor ⁦ @Adam4NY ⁩ is the new weekday 11am and 5pm anchor! This promotion couldn’t have happened to a better person! Proud of you, Kup!! Mazel Tov!!!!
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Tailgated with Chase Young’s mama today! What a doll!!! Let’s go @Commanders !!!!!
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It’s National College Decision Day! Congrats to the local seniors heading to school in the fall! Special shout outs to anyone heading to American, Oklahoma, Virginia Tech, JMU, Howard, North Carolina A&T, and Florida! You’ve got some great alums cheering you on!
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Celebrating 10 (official) years of ⁦ @melissamollet ⁩ at ⁦ @nbcwashington ⁩!!!!!! Congrats girl!!!!!
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We’re on the way! Headed to #NABJNAHJ22 ! See you soon Las Vegas! On my flight with @Ryan_Wms @MlinaresDC and a rack of other DC journos!
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Winner, winner chicken dinner!! A few weeks ago @nbcwashington viewer Ann Shoemaker and I made a bet for the VT UVA game! @HokiesFB won on Saturday so Ann had to wear orange and maroon! She told me, “Gave me hives. But a bet is a bet.” Thanks for being a good sport and viewer!
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I’ve written and deleted so many tweets on this “unpaid internship” topic. But you know what... let me keep what peace I gained from church yesterday. Be glad it’s not Thursday. I’d have a whole thread.
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2 years
I need Royal Farms to open in DC. I don’t even need the gas, just the chicken.
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4 years
. @LeaderHoyer ’s black church clap is solid. #JohnLewisMemorial
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4 years
Prettiest sunrises ❤️
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Four years ago Washington, DC native @DaveChappelle hosted @nbcsnl after Trump had been elected. He's hosting again tonight on the day @JoeBiden has been named president-elect. Make sure you tune into @nbcwashington at 11pm as we kick off an epic night of news and entertainment.
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Quick programming note from News4 Today. @nbcwashington
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1 year
Great night listening to great music with great friends. #juneteenth
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4 years
The stress of trying to get my mom a covid vaccine appointment is just.... sigh. Why is this process so difficult.
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5 years
I'm always reminded of how important it is to surround yourself with positive people who only want the best for you and your life. Don't let your "friends" sabotage your well being because they're unhappy with their own situation.
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