haines in the early days at cnbc. earlier today, she recalled some of her fondest memories of mark. >> susie: mark haines was a reporter's reporter. he was always interested in getting the story, digging for information, and the ib it sounds cli shea but he was speaking the truth. for many years he and i co-anchored a show at cnbc and i remembered once we were interviewing a stock market bull and mark's questions were so negative and very bearish. the next day we had a market bear on the show, and mark sounded so upbeat and bullish, and afterwards i said mark, what are you doing? and he had this devilish look and laughed and said i just like to keep my guests off balance. that was mark, unpredictable, clever, smart. and a superb reporter. he was also funny, fun to work with, and he was my very good friend. so like many of his fans, i will really miss him. >> tom, a very sad day here at the new york stock exchange for many people. >> tom: yes, our thoughts and prayers go out to his family tonight. >> that's "nightly business report" for wednesday. may 25. i'm suzanne pratt. good night everyone and good night to you too, t

dma not because of any market news but in reaction to the news mark haines had died. he was the founding anchor of "squawk box" on cnbc. he's been a fixture of our sister network for two decades. people used the words gruff and rumpled and irascible to describe him, but they were trying to say he was real. he didn't suffer fools kindsly, and covering wall street, he suffered a few of them. he was an ivy league graduate and a veteran reporter, and he was able to calmly report on the 9/11 attacks and the financial me meltdown. he was 62, and our condolences go out to his family and his cnbc family, too. back with more after this. >>> i believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. >> that speech by john f. kennedy launching us to the moon was delivered before a joint session of congress 50 years ago today. he set a deadline of 1970, and while he did not live to see it, we made it by the summer of '69, and the kennedy library today released audiotapes on a

. >>> and finally today, our condolences to the family of mark haines, a pioneer in the cable televisiony, and our colleague here at cnbc, where this program is produced. mark passed away suddenly this week at the age of 65. in addition to being a professional and a gentleman, he was my friend. we launched the show "squawk box" together in 1995. we were proud of delivering something new and valuable to viewers. mark fought for the individual investor, and fought hard. he was not afraid to poke holes in your story or in your interview. if it didn't make sense to him, he told you so, because he spoke for his viewer. he was a mentor and a hero. his highest point of his professional career i believe came on september 11th. he delivered the tragic news of the terrorist attacks without emotion or hysteria, but with calm and accurate information. but every day he popped around to different stories and exchanges and made business news interesting and fun. we are all heartbroken here at cnbc. our thoughts and prayers to his family. all miss my friend and my colleague mark.

mark haines was just 65 years old.ood friend to us. >>> oprah winfrey bid an emotional farewell to her audience on wednesday as she ended her talk show's 25-year run. oprah thanked her fans for connect with her on a personal level. she's focusing now on a new show for her own cable network. >>> and are you smarter than a seventh grader? probably not if that seventh grader is tina valencic. she won the national geography bee and a 25,000 scholarship on wednesday. he correctly answered that mt. everest is nepal's sagramonther national park. >>> let's go back outside to matt and ann. >> thanks a lot, natalie. by the way, little 6-year-old sydney. actually, she just turned 7. made us this for the "today" show. hi, "today" show because her mom loves the "today" show. thanks for that. want to get a check of the weather now? >> that kind of looks like mr. bill's sister. very sweet. that's very sweet. hey, what's your name? >> dan silverstein. >> and you are? >> rachel. >> what are you doing here? >> you know what? i told her