john avalon, man, why did we let this happen? >> love you guys. >> because he has important things to continue to do. john, today is injure last day. >> yeah. >> officially at cnn but you will be back on the air with us. >> i'm sure i will. i hope so. >> you're such a joy, not only do you make history fun. >> i try. >> -- for us, i learn from you every day and you are just such a good human. and that's what matters. >> i'm mostly partial to your wife, because she's fantastic and you draft off her much like i do mine, but you have been -- i told you this last night, you've been awesome to work with, in my six months up here in-person, i know we knew each other prior, but your energy for -- and your intellectual curiosity for every single day gets me going in the morning and i appreciate that because it's very early in the morning. >> it is early and i have loved being with you and this extraordinary team and the extraordinary crew for so long for so many years. it's not a chore to get up this early, it's a joy because of the camar