dan rather. courage. goodnight, david. i always wanted it to be goodnight, chet, goodnight, david. no, good night, chet, good night, david. i wanted them to compete about it. news anchors don t really do those sign-offs anymore. one of the ways i know i will never be one of the greats is because last night at the end of the show i think i got as close as i will ever get to my own sit signature news signoff. i didn t plan on it, didn t script it. it was absolutely an ad-lib based on breaking news happening at the end of the show. i think this is as close as i will ever get. his lawyer that he has retained for this russia stuff, who was with him today in the house intelligence, his lawyer is also the lawyer on russia matters, the person advising steve bannon not to talk to the committee today. having somebody on those two different sides of the story