Ashleigh Banfield

When Obama campaign press secretary Ben LaBolt was invited to appear on CNN to discuss the campaign’s new ad on Mitt Romney, he probably didn’t expect that he would have to spend his entire time on the air defending the ad. But that’s what he was forced to do when CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield questioned [...]  

Obama For America Campaign National Press Sec. Ben LaBolt squared off with CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield on Tuesday in a contentious interview. Banfield took LaBolt to task over several assertions made in the most ...  

CNN's Ashleigh Banfield took Obama spokesperson Ben LaBolt to task on Tuesday when she questioned him about a new ad released by the campaign that criticizes GOP candidate Mitt Romney's leadership record at Bain Capital. The ad features ...  

Mediaite.com:Obama For America Campaign National Press Sec. Ben LaBolt squared off with CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield on Tuesday in a contentious interview. Banfield took LaBolt to task over several assertions made in the most recent ad that focuses on Mitt Romney’s tenure at Bain and a factory which had its assets sold off and its workers laid off in the early 2000s. What follows was a heated session in which Banfield seemed troubled that...  

Ashleigh Banfield Encourages Anderson Cooper After On-Air Flip Out After losing his temper on a guest Anderson Cooper got some words of encouragement from fellow CNN broadcast jockey Ashleigh Banfield, comedian Andrea Rosen, and random Texan Judy Patterson as he started realizing that he had been rude earlier while blogger Demetria Lucas kept a cool head as she chimed in with constructive comments. Followed by Anderson ending the show with...  

On Monday afternoon, CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield asked Newsweek director of editorial operations Mark Miller about Newsweek’s “First Gay President” cover. He denied it when Banfield asked if they were trying to “notch it up a bit ...  

In contrast, during the 3 p.m. hour the next day, CNN's liberal anchor Ashleigh Banfield walloped the Obama campaign's press secretary for "mincing dates" and "cheating" in the ad. Banfield even quoted a Washington Post fact-check on the ad and ...  

The owner of a STD reporting site that allegedly dedicates itself to revealing those with sexually transmitted diseases, is publicly thanking CNN’s Anderson Cooper and Ashleigh Banfield for helping him forge ahead with his entrepreneurial endeavors.  

You'd think on the very day an NBC News producer was fired for editing George Zimmerman's 911 call to make it appear he was racist media members would be extra careful to be as factually accurate as possible when reporting on the Trayvon Martin shooting. CNN's Ashleigh Banfield clearly didn't get this memo for while substitute-hosting on Anderson Cooper 360 Friday night, she twice falsely claimed that an eyewitness she had just interviewed...  

Featured contributors to the program include ABC News correspondents Jim Avila, Ashleigh Banfield, Juju Chang, Bill Ritter, John Quinones, Jay Schadler, Deborah Roberts and Brian Ross, as well as contributing correspondent Chris Connelly. Barbara Walters ...  

Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan joined Early Start with Ashleigh Banfield & Zoraida Sambolin to discuss the shooting rampage at Oikos University in Oakland, CA. One Goh, the 43-year-old suspect, opened fire allegedly because he was angry at a ...  

Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan explains the investigation to Ashleigh Banfield on CNN'S "Early Start" this morning, saying the shooter has been talking with police overnight and has provided more information on what happened. The suspect ...  

he was shot and killed by Zimmerman, who is Hispanic, and who had called 911 to complain about a suspicious person in the neighborhood. CNN's Terry Frieden, George Howell, Vivian Kuo, Eric Fiegel and Ashleigh Banfield contributed to this report.  

CNN host Ashleigh Banfield challenged Obama campaign press secretary Ben LaBolt on the recent ad that uses testimonies from laid-off steel workers about Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital. "Come on, you're mincing dates and you're cheating ...  

He added Romney's campaign reached out to Santorum's team to schedule a meeting and discuss a possible endorsement. "Mitt would like it to happen sooner rather than later," Gidley said. – CNN Anchor Ashleigh Banfield contributed to this report.  

Speaking to Ashleigh Banfield, the face-obscured witness said that when the cops brought her in for questioning, she offered to show them the scene of the crime and explain exactly what happened—she saw the "larger man" attacking "the boy ...  

Speaking to Ashleigh Banfield, the face-obscured witness said that when the cops brought her in for questioning, she offered to show them the scene of the crime and explain exactly what happened—she saw the "larger man" attacking "the boy ...  

CNN host Ashleigh Banfield ripped into Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt on Tuesday over a campaign ad criticizing Mitt Romney for his record at Bain Capital, telling him to “keep it clean. We hate that crap on television.” “Keep it clean out ...  

Are you concerned about that?” asked CNN's Ashleigh Banfield. “The idea that suddenly because we announced that we can’t communicate with our client that he’s going to flee the country, frankly, is just silliness,” said Uhrig. Clearly ...  

George Zimmerman's former attorneys Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig join Early Start with Ashleigh Banfield & Zoraida Sambolin to talk why they dropped representation, Zimmerman’s call to the prosecutor’s office, attorney/client privilege ...  

Tonight she came in person to our bureau for an interview, and she had a lot more to say. She spoke with Ashleigh Banfield about what she saw and heard the night of February 26. To conceal her identity, we are showing her only in shadow.  

“The message that they wanted to get out, they got it out,” he said Friday. “So my expectation (is) that that would continue if one way or another, you know, whatever the decision is.” CNN’s Ashleigh Banfield contributed to this report.  

Until then, Sonner cautions against jumping to conclusions. "Everybody wants to know what happened, but we need to take a step back and let the evidence come out," he said. CNN's Ashleigh Banfield contributed to this report.  

Gabriel Lee responds, “Well, we've never really found anything as interesting that I would like to say on the air.” Early Start with Ashleigh Banfield & Zoraida Sambolin airs weekday mornings from 5-7am ET on CNN.  

"But the person I am out of touch with is Barack Obama. I am in touch with the American people." -- CNN's Ashleigh Banfield contributed to this report.  

CNN's Jessica Yellin, Jim Acosta, Paul Steinhauser and Shannon Travis, Kevin Liptak and Ashleigh Banfield contributed to this report.