On Meet the Press, Andrea Mitchell looks back over David Gregory's 20-year tenure at NBC News, including the 6 years he hosted Meet the Press.
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>>> AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, DAVID GREGORY'S FINAL SHOWER FOR MODERATE OVER "MEET THE PRESS" WAS LAST SUN CITY CENTER SUNDAY. "MEET THE PRESS" MAKES A LOT OF HISTORY AND A GREAT DEAL OF IT WAS WITH DAVID AT THE HELM, SINCE HE STARTED IN DECEMBER 2008. VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MADE FRONT PAGE NEWS WHEN HE GOT AHEAD OF THE PRESIDENT IN 2012 AND EMBRACED GAY MARRIAGE.
>> I AM ABSOLUTELY COMFORTABLE.
>> AND AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES WHEN DAVID MODERATED A GOP DEBATE LIVE?i ON A SUNDAY MORNING, JUST TWO DAYS BEFORE THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY. THEN THERE WAS DAVID'S LANDMARK INTERVIEW IN AFGHANISTAN IN 2010 WITH GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS AFTER THE HE TOOK COMMAND OF U.S. AND A NATO FORCES. TAKING THE "MEET THE PRESS" CHAIR, DAVID HAD A STELLAR EIGHT YEARS COVERING PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS AND THE WHITE HOUSE FOR NBC NEWS, WHERE HE COVEREDNB GEORGE W. BUSH FROM THE FIRST PRIMARIES TO 9/11 AND IN IRAQlp AND AFGHANISTAN. IN 20 YEARS WITH NBC NEWS, DAVIDe1 HAS DONE IT ALL, THEzReR @&H(LC& SIMPSON TRIAL, TIMOTHY McI HAVEN'T OKLAHOMA CITY e1BOMBING, TODAY SHOW GUEST HOSTING.
>> HOW YOU DOING? "MEET THE PRESS" IS THE HIGHEST HON TERROR IS. I HAVE GREAT RESPECTNB FOR MY COLLEAGUES AT NBCr THEM ALL WELL. TO THEq VIEWERS,y1 I SAY THANK YOU. "AS DAVID LEAVES NBC NEWS FOR HIS NEXTED A VEN CHURKS I WILL MISS HIM AS A DAILY COLLEAGUE,
