CNN’s Brooke Baldwin counts down to UNC speech with advice from Charles Barkley and others

Posted May 10, 2017
If you could go back in time, what would you tell your 21-year-old self? That’s what CNN news anchor Brooke Baldwin is asking some of her friends as she counts down the days before speaking at the commencement of her alma mater, the University of North Carolina. Baldwin, who hosts an afternoon news show on CNN, will speak Sunday at Kenan Stadium. (Raleigh News & Observer)

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