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BOOTH STUFF.
BEAUTIFUL STUFF.
ONE OF OUR CCO COLLEAGUES IS
MAKING NEWS.
MIKE BINKLEY, A GREAT HUMAN
BEING AND GREAT REPORTER IS
GOING TO RETIRE AND LEAVE US
HERE IN DECEMBER.
HIS LONGTIME CO-ANCHOR AND
VERY CLOSE FRIEND ANGELA DAVIS
IS HERE TO TELL US MORE.
HI ANGELA.
YES, THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR
OUR CCO FAMILY AND FOR OUR
VIEWERS AS WELL.
MIKE SHARED THE NEWS ON SOCIAL
MEDIA THIS MORNING AND SINCE
THEN WE HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF
COMMENTS AND WHAT A GREAT
JOURNALIST HE IS AND HOW HE
WILL BE MISSED BUT AFTER 34
YEARS, MIKE BINKLEY SAYS HE IS
READY FOR A NEW ADVENTURE.
AM I REALLY DOING THIS?
YES.
YEAH!
YOU CAN SEE IT IN HIS FACE, HOW
MUCH HE LOVES TELLING THE
STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO MAKE
MINNESOTA UNIQUE.
MIKE SPENT 27 OF HIS 34 YEARS
IN TV HERE IN THE TWIN CITIES,
BUT IT ALL STARTED IN TOPEKA,
KANSAS WHERE HE GREW UP.
MIKE'S NEXT STOP WAS
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND IS
TRADITIONALLY A FAREWELL TO
SUMMER --
IN 1986 HE MADE HIS WAY IN
THE TWIN CITIES.
MIKE BINKLEY FOR THE
EYEWITNESS NEWS UPDATE.
I GOT TO TRAVEL WITH THE
TWINS TO SEE THEM WHEN THEY WON
THE '87 AND '91 WORD
CHAMPIONSHIPS.
HAS WAS A HIGHLIGHT.
I GOT TO SEE THE SHUTTLE BLAST
OFF AFTER THE CHALLENGER
DISASTER.
HE WAS THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS
AND OFTEN SHOWING HIS COMICAL
SIGN AND WHEN HEE LOST A BET
AND HAD TO CHANGE MY NEWBORN'S
DIAPER.
MIKE IS A HUGE SPORTS FAN
AND IS NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO
GOING TO EVEN MORE TWINS' GAMES
AND VIKINGS' GAMES.
I WAS JUST IN WASHINGTON
RECENTLY AND I WENT TO THE NEW
ZEEM AND ONE OF THE LIVE TRUCKS
I DID IS NOW IN THE MUSEUM.
I'M OLD.
IS THAT A SIGN?
I'M OLD.
YOU'RE NOT OLD.
OH, NO, YOU'RE NOT.
YOU'RE NOT OLD.
AS MUCH AS WE ALL ADMIRE YOUR
WORK, WE TRULY VALUE YOUR
FRIEND SHIP SO YOU'LL BE MISSED
BY SOME PEOPLE BUT WE'LL SEE
YOU.
YOU HAVE BEEN MY WORK WIFE
FOR ALL LONG.
HE BROUGHT HIS REAL WIFE TO
THE FAIR.
HOW DARE HE.
THERE SHE IS.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE A DAY.
THANK YOU, GUYS FOR THIS.
IT HAS BEEN WAY TOO MUCH BUT
I'M SO APPRECIATIVE.
YOU MENTIONED YOU ARE GOING
TO RETIRE ON FACEBOOK.
IF MY NEXT THREE MONTHS
COULD BE LIKE THIS READING
BEAUTIFUL COMMENTS ABOUT ME,
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
I'M GOING TO BE DOING SOME
VOLUNTEER WORK, SOME HOBBIES,
WRITING AND MAYBE PRODUCING BUT
I'M LOOKING FORWARD AFTER 34
YEARS IT HAS BEEN SO MUCH FUN.
WE HAVE ANOTHER THREE MONTHS
WITH YOU.
YES.
I STILL HAVE THREE MONTHS LEFT.
IT HAS BEEN A TREAT TO HAVE
YOU.
