But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.

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Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.

Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.

'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor...

'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor...

I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.

I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.

They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can...

They take journalism really seriously because they know the force that it is and can...

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of...

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of...

We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make...

We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make...

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play...

In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play...

And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that...

And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that...

Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there...

Yes, you are running businesses, and yes, we understand and accept that, but surely there...

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.

And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.

In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay...

In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay...

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest...

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest...

If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect...

If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect...

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime...

For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime...

I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At...

I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At...

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay...

If you have a child, I said, you have a responsibility at least to stay...

I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American...

I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American...

I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but...

I was really just the tea boy to begin with, or the equivalent thereof, but...

Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league.

Little did we know then that CNN would become the big league.

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that...

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that...