CNN's Alex Marquardt hesitant to admit he made money covering war zones: 'I don't go there to get paid'

PANAMA CITY, Fla. – CNN correspondent Alex Marquardt hesitated to admit in court Monday he previously made money while covering war zones in an attempt to distance himself from Navy veteran Zachary Young, the plaintiff in the high-stakes defamation trial against his network. 

Young alleges CNN smeared him in a November 2021 report that first aired on "The Lead with Jake Tapper," suggesting he illegally profited off desperate people trying to flee Afghanistan following the Biden administration's military withdrawal...