. >>> cnbc's very first guest, chuck lieberman -- >> this is like mt.> jim awok, marshal akopf. >> and we are about a mintute away from the new york stock exchange -- we're going to get the whoop whoop. >> that's because they have so little to do. >> chuck lieberman -- it's going to happen you. you know what? we don't fight it. we let it happen. so here we go. in eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one -- >> whoop. >> there you go. okay. chuck lieberman, you were the very first person interviewed here at cnbc 25 years ago. >> you remember that a lot better than i do. >> we were talking about the dollar, fed policy. some things don't change. >> in fact, in 1989 if you recall, it was after 1987, a big market sell-off that scarred some people. i think we are dealing with the same thing today with a big sell-off in 2008. a lot of people still aren't even in the market. >> are things a lot different than they were? >> well, yes. before cnbc when we were just beginning the markets were less transparent, there was more rumor, people didn't have access t