[applause] i also want to say thank you to ed rogers, shannon and show then and hugo gordon on the hill. touching on this briefly, there was a moment when i thought my career was over. year with a good career that took many years to build was going down the tubes fast. now people thought you were going to a book signing but you are here for a celebration. i don't know if they have that on the survivor tv show with this is what it feels like. [laughter] i have my head above the waves and i am standing. you cannot get to that point* without people who care about your love you for people who tell you who -- how you are wrong. so many tonight are zealous people especially those who are a professional journalist how things go up and down. you never know. tonight, and this is a celebration for me in for love. [applause] you were the best new stood by me. thank god. [applause] >> how are you? >> more baseball. >> we will how the 100th birthday party. and partner of the last two years. and then to some of the debates

and i wanted to also say thank you to ed rogers and to sheldon come here tonight, and hugo gordon whos here tonight. steve just touched on this briefly, but there was a moment back then when i thought that my career was over, and i thought, you know, a career that had taken many years to build is going down the tubes fast, and today many people felt we are going to a book signing which you are really here for a celebration. i don't know if the had a celebration at the end of those survivors tv shows the this is what it feels like to me like i got my head back above the waves. i'm standing. and you can't get to that point without people who care about you, people who love you and to key was idf tell you when you're wrong and how to deal with the situation and get some council. so many of you in the room tonight are those people for me, i'm high friends and those of you that our journalists, you know how tenuous our profession is and how things go up and down, ratings, editors, relationships, you never know. so tonight i just want to tell you this is a celebration for me, a celebration

i wanted to also say thank you to ed rogers, to shannon and sheldon who are here tonight and to hugo gordonrom the hill who is here tonight. you know, steve touched on this briefly. there was a momentum back then when i thought that my career was over and a career that had taken many years to build going on fast, and today many people felt a we are going to a book signing but you are really here for a celebration. i don't know if the of celebrations at the end of those survivors tv shows that this is what it feels like to me. i got my head back above, standing and you can't get to that point without people who care about you, people who love you and people who take usia and told you when you are wrong and how to deal with the situation. and so many of you in the room tonight are those people for me, my friends and especially those of you that our professional journalists, you know how to use our profession is and how things go up and down and ratings, editors, relationships, you never know. so, tonight i just want to tell you this is a celebration for me, a celebration of love. i want to sp