>> it was my second day on the job when saddam hussein ininvaded kuwait. >> war was imminent. >> the united states strongly condemns the military nation of kuwait. >> the urged all networks to pull personnel out of the war zone. >> i told the president we had freedom of the press in the united states. as long as i had volunteers that would stay i was going to leave them there. >> cnn's baghdad boys were still on the front lines even when the war started. >> the skies over baghdad have been illuminated. >> we went on the air. and i was getting reaction from the pentagon to what the were all watching cnn. >> right. >> on january 16th, 1991, for the first time in history, a war began live on television and it was only on cnn. >> you can hear the bombs now. they are hitting the center of the city. >> i still believe that was the greatest scoop in the history of