The veteran journalist implored viewers, "Don't give in to the lies. Don't give in to the fear. Hold on to the truth, and to hope."

Jim Acosta is leaving his longtime home of CNN. The anchor’s decision to depart the cable news network comes five days after it was reported that The Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer’s long-running evening program,

Jim Acosta told viewers this morning that he would be leaving CNN, departing after the network took his morning show off the schedule as part of an anchor shuffle. “I’m grateful to CNN for the nearly 18 years I’ve spent here doing the news,

Acosta also touched on the highlight of his career and said 'it was the job of the press to hold power to account'. "People often ask me if the h