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

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

We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.

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

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

Objectivity means trying to give all sides a hearing. It does not, in my view, mean treating all sides as equal.

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