I WANT TO CONCLUDE HERE OUR WATCHDOG JOURNALISM PROGRAM, AND
YOU GUYS WERE BANANAS, YOU WERE BONKERS, YOU ARE AMAZING.
IN
FACT, I HAVE ANNOUNCEMENT [TRUMPETS] [STARS & STRIPES
FOREVER].
YOU ALREADY KNOW IT, WE CROSSED 2 MILLION, YOU'RE
UNBELIEVABLE, I WANTED TO THANK SOME PEOPLE IN A SECOND BUT WE
HAVE HIRED 12 PEOPLE ALREADY, WE WILL HIRE THE 13TH ONE BECAUSE
WE CROSSED 2 MILLION, THE 12TH PERSON WAS NAOMI LACHANCE, SHE
WORKED THE INTERCEPTS, NPR, SHE IS ALREADY BRINGING STORIES,
I LOVE IT, AND THE NEW HIRE WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON.
WHEN I WAS
AWAY I DIDN'T GET TO READ ALL THE NAMES OF THE PEOPLE WHO
DONATED -- I'M GOING TO DO SOME OF THE LARGER DONORS HERE,
EVERYONE IS A SMALL DONOR COMPARED TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE
POLITICAL WORLD, BUT I WANTED TO THANK HOWARD FROM LOS ANGELES,
ERIC FROM NORTH CAROLINA, WILLIAM FROM NEW MEXICO, SEAN
FROM CALIFORNIA, NICHOLAS FROM TEXAS, JOHN FROM KENTUCKY,
DEBORAH FROM NEW YORK, DJ FROM CALIFORNIA -- I'LL GET TO
DEBORAH AND DJ AGAIN IN A SECOND, THEY WERE AMAZING AND
THEY GET TO NAME SOME STUFF IN THE STUDIO AND IN THE OFFICES
OVERALL, THAT'S SUPER COOL AND FUN -- NICHOLAS FROM NEW JERSEY,
MARICHA FROM ONTARIO -- YEAH, ONTARIO, OKAY -- NICHOLAS FROM
ONTARIO, ROY FROM NEW JERSEY, BRIAN FROM CALIFORNIA -- BRIAN I
KNOW YOU TOO, YOU ARE AWESOME AS WELL, ALL OF THESE GUYS ARE
AWESOME -- THOMAS FROM SOUTH CHARLESTON, KEVIN FROM KEENE,
SAVANNAH FROM GROVER BEACH -- SAVANNA I'VE GOT MORE ON IN A
SECOND, JOE FROM SUGARLOAF KEY, FLORIDA, I'VE NEVER HEARD OF
SUGARLOAF KEY BUT I HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT -- CRAIG IN
NEWPORT, GLEN IN BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA -- BY THE WAY, NEWPORT
WEST VIRGINIA, THAT IS WHERE CRAIG IS FROM.
LOVE WEST
VIRGINIA, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF NEWS ABOUT WEST VIRGINIA SOON.
PHILIP FROM MINNESOTA AND CHRISTOPHER FROM ILLINOIS.
WE
ALREADY HAD SAVANNAH COOPER, WHO BOUGHT JORDAN'S CAMERA, WE NAMED
IT SAVANNAH COOPER, SHE DID IT AGAIN.
SHE NAMED THE CONTROL
ROOM.
JESUS, FROM NOW ON THAT IS THE SYNAPSE CONTROL ROOM,
DONATED BY SAVANNAH COOPER.
THAT'S IT, FROM NOW ON WE GO TO
THE SYNAPSE.
THAT'S JESUS OUR DIRECTOR.
AND WE HAD ADAM
WESTBROOK, WHO NAMED THE DESK, THE TRIPTYCH DESK, THAT'S WHAT
THAT IS FROM NOW ON, STEPHEN GARCIA GOT CAMERA A, THE MAIN
CAMERA IN THE STUDIO THAT TAKES THE WHITE SHOTS, STEPHEN GARCIA
ALSO GOT NOMI'S CAMERA.
NOW WE HAVE THE HANDLER FAMILY WHO
CHIPPED IN, FROM DEBORAH HANDLER, NOW THE CONFERENCE ROOM
WE MEET IN IS THE HANDLER FAMILY CONFERENCE ROOM.
I LOVE THE SHOW
BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, OF THE PEOPLE.
YOU MADE THIS
HAPPEN, EVERY TIME THOSE REPORTERS BREAK STORIES, THAT
WAS YOU.
YOU DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
AND YOUR NAMES ARE ALL OVER
HERE.
BY THE WAY, NOBODY BOUGHT MY CHAIR, SO NICHOLAS, WHO
ENDOWED THE CHAIR FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN WE BUILT THE STUDIO, NICK,
IT'S STILL YOUR CHAIR, BUDDY.
NICK'S NAME WILL STAY ON THERE.
BUT JEFFREY MANZELLA ENDOWED ANA'S CHAIR NOW, BOTH CHAIRS ARE
ENDOWED.
AND CAMERA B IN THE STUDIO IS DJ SIZZLE FOR DJ
PADILLA.
THIS IS WHAT A SHOW FROM THE PEOPLE LOOKS LIKE, MAN.
AIN'T NOBODY NAMING CAMERAS AT CNN.
AND SINCE YOU GUYS FINANCED
ALL OF THAT, WE HAVE THAT SPECIAL CONNECTION TO YOU GUYS,
WE LOVE YOU, YOU ARE THE YOUNG TURKS, AND YOU ARE WAY TOO
STRONG AS I ALWAYS TELL YOU AND YOU ALWAYS PROVE ME RIGHT ON
THAT.
THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE YOUNG TURKS AND MAKING
ALL THIS POSSIBLE.