"Is it me or does Erin Burnett from @cnn blink as much as Trump sniffs?" asked one snarky 2016 tweet. Years later ... "We have calls very early in the morning and [my two-year-old son Nyle ...

Erin has known she's wanted to be a reporter from a very young age, asking endless questions to her teachers and parents and talking to every stranger in sight within a 5-minute span.