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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uK78nbbnMs In a press conference this afternoon with Governor Jay Nixon, State Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson, and other officials, a state of emergency was declared for Ferguson, MO, and a curfew instituted. After the press conference, MSNBC's anchor T.J. Holmes begins with editorializing ... "Wow. Folks, um, what you just heard, was pretty remarkable. To a community that has been shouting, expressing their anger, their outrage, understandable anger and outrage for the past week about being denied their rights, and about a young man being denied his right to live, they are now being told that their right to...

In a bizarre wrap-up to the 2 p.m. EDT hour of CNN "Newsroom" Thursday, anchor T.J. Holmes confessed his "eco-sins" to the audience. Commemorating the eve of "Earth Day," Holmes admitted to his "green" faults which included driving an SUV by himself to work daily, blasting the heat in his house during winter, and using "less efficient" incandescent bulbs for lighting. "These are my eco-sins. I'm confessing them to you because tomorrow is Earth Day," Holmes announced to the audience. "It often goes ignored by many of us, including me. Not going to ignore it this year. Why? Well, maybe...

Maybe PBO should invite T.J. to double date . . . . In a CNN segment this morning on the Obamas’ New York night out, co-anchor T.J. Holmes went out of his way to defend the the First Couple’s Big Apple jaunt and dismiss GOP criticism as so much partisan carping. Holmes and co-anchor Betty Nguyen covered the Obamas’ date night at the top of the 6 AM hour today, and in comment after comment Holmes left no doubt that his heart was with the presidential pair. View video here.

With President Bush presumably about to announce a surge of troops into Iraq, what better time for CNN to run a segment . . . likely to put a damper on recruiting? In theory, there was nothing wrong with a segment aired at 10:30 ET this morning, geared to providing useful information to potential recruits. As discussed during CNN host TJ Holmes' interview of Gina Cavallaro of the Military Times, recruits do need to understand that they are entering into a contract with the military, that they have bargaining power, that it's possible to negotiate, that it's wise to get...