Woodruff left the '' NewsHour '' in 1993 to move to CNN . She was first asked to work for CNN by Tom Johnson at the end of 1992 , and took the job four months later after some initial hesitation . In June 1993 , Woodruff started anchoring the political talk show '' Inside Politics '' , that aired on weekdays , together with Bernard Shaw , and the international news program '' The World Today '' together with Frank Sesno . Sesno was replaced by Shaw in May 1994 . When the daily world affairs program '' CNN WorldView '' was launched in 1995 , Woodruff and Shaw became the hosts . She remained co-anchor of '' WorldView '' until it went off the air in 2001 . In February 2001 , Shaw retired , which caused Woodruff to become the sole host of '' Inside Politics '' , which was subsequently renamed '' Judy Woodruff 's Inside Politics '' . During her time at CNN , Woodruff has also co-anchored CNN 's election coverage and the news shows '' Live From ... '' and '' CNN NewsStand '' on Wednesdays . She was the sole anchor of the 1996 documentary series '' Democracy in America '' as well . She reported on the 1995 World Conference on Women in Beijing , and co-anchored CNN 's special coverage of , among other things , President Richard Nixon 's funeral , the Centennial Olympic Park bombing , 9/11 , the War in Afghanistan , the Space Shuttle '' Columbia '' disaster , and the Iraq War . She moderated numerous presidential primary debates , namely three Republican debates and one Democratic debate during the 2000 campaign season and one Democratic debate during the 2004 campaign season
9/11
September 11 attacks
Judy Woodruff