Boris Sanchez is a CNN anchor based in Washington, DC, where he currently co-anchors “CNN News Central” weekdays from 1-4PM ET.

In that role, Sanchez has helped lead CNN’s breaking news coverage of former President Donald Trump’s various legal woes, the Oceangate submarine implosion near the Titanic wreckage, and major Supreme Court decisions on affirmative action & LGBTQ rights.

Since joining CNN in 2015, Sanchez has taken a leading role in the network’s coverage of major events, including President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, social justice protests across the country, and mass shootings – including at Pulse Night Club in Orlando, FL and at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, TX.

Prior to joining ” CNN News Central,” Sanchez co-anchored “New Day Weekend,” where he led breaking news coverage of the Taliban’s takeover of the presidential palace in Kabul amid the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and field-anchored from Surfside, FL after the sudden collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium. In 2022, Sanchez also filed a series of reports detailing the impact of Latino voters in the lead-up to the midterm elections.

As a CNN White House correspondent covering President Trump and his administration, Sanchez reported live from Trump’s speech to supporters the morning of the January 6th and the ensuing insurrection. Sanchez also broke news on the administration’s immigration policy and its pressure campaign on Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela. He has traveled internationally to cover the former president in Japan & Canada, while also reporting from dozens of Trump rallies across the country.

While serving as a national correspondent in Miami and New York, Sanchez helped CNN win an Edward R. Murrow Award for breaking news coverage in 2016 following a riot in Charlotte, North Carolina. He also covered several historic natural disasters, including Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico and a devastating earthquake in Ecuador.

Prior to joining CNN, he anchored weekdays for FOX 31 Denver, where he broke a series of stories on the implementation of Amendment 64, which legalized the recreational use of marijuana in Colorado. Sanchez’s work culminated with a 2015 Heartland Regional Emmy award.

Sanchez graduated from Syracuse University in 2009 with bachelor’s degrees in broadcast journalism and international relations. A native of Hialeah, FL, he earned an associate’s degree in journalism from Miami-Dade College and interned at Miami NBC affiliate WTVJ, before taking a job anchoring weekends at KRCR in Redding, California.