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from silicon valley to the new york stock exchange to the white house, davos, switzerland, las vegas consumer electronics show, we have shown you some of the most innovative products and covered breaking business news during everything from the great recession, because that happened right when we launched, the historic bull run that followed, and now the current coronavirus pandemic. cheryl casone, you, stuart varney, neil cavuto, david, charles payne, connell and i are the originals. we are still here. i was thinking about it. we worried about making it through the day, let alone years, and here we are 13 years later stronger than ever. what do you remember at that time? because you and i were on the same floor. cheryl: yeah. i remember that all we wanted that first day in the morning was just for the lights to go n on. that was victory at 5:00 in the morning that day. i have to remind you of something. you recall in 2007, we stole you from another network. remember, we had to wait to introduce you to our viewers and that was myself and david asman. we waited a couple weeks for you.