paul schieffer and jones of cbs frank reynolds and john chancellor at nbc.ver 30 years of covering congress i tried to emulate the evenhanded approach to the news on capitol hill and i've been lucky to have my lawmakers became the speaker of the house newt gingrich and john boehner. most did their job with little fanfare and were nice people. some were forgettable. but i tried to do on capitol hill is bring back an approach into view through a longer lens of history instead of the knee-jerk atmosphere of partisan battling. unfortunately, my voice disappeared over two years ago. i would like to turn over to say a few words and as i do i want to say all of us that have worked with us for decades and i can speak for myself and i know a lot of our colleagues learned from you the ropes working to understand the inner workings of congress and how the bill gets passed you talked to me and so many people and we are grateful that you will never lose the place that is inside and i want to invite you up. [applause] i will never, ever give up. [applause] you and i hope