De la Cruz joined CNN in 2003 and in 2007 , moved from the network 's world headquarters in Atlanta to the New York offices . She anchored live coverage of major breaking stories including the death of former President Ronald Reagan , the tsunami in Southeast Asia , the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict and Hurricane Katrina . De la Cruz formerly appeared on CNN 's Emmy-nominated morning show , '' American Morning '' , from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. Eastern time , providing Dotcom Desk information to CNN 's early morning viewers . She became a contributor to their domestic network with the segment " Dotcom Desk " , which launched during the 2004 Southeast Asian tsunami . She also substituted as a replacement anchor for CNN U.S. and HLN , formerly CNN Headline News . De la Cruz previously anchored the CNN broadband news service , CNN Pipeline , now CNN.com Live , and was one of its four founding anchors . Her contributions to CNN 's news coverage include reporting on Hurricane Katrina , working with the victims and relief desk , and numerous on-line reports with CNN broadband news
tsunami in Southeast Asia
2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
Veronica de la Cruz