Out of all the coanchors i worked with in my career you were the only person who made me feel like on day one we had been friends forever. Your kindness, warmth really comes across on camera and you are ridiculously funny and you know it. I am never going to forget our christmas together last year, shared eggnog, wore hideous christmas sweaters and had santa visit. A memory i will keep. I am so excited for you. And i hope this means you finally get some sleep, my friend. Congratulations. Rob nelson, congratulations. I really enjoyed the bro show we did that one time. Remember the meteorite that came crashing on the set you. Will be great in the next phase, correspondent phase. Poor son of gun has to fill your shoes, a tough act to follow. All the best, rob. Rob, my friend, congratulations on your move to the daytime. What can i say . It was super fun. The highlight would have had to be the nfl picks that i won. Do you remember that . Uhhuh. Yes, i know you do. Anyway, looking forward t
cruise working early to get here and do this. tim, i am forever grateful. i wouldn t miss this for the world. you are good people. so is willis. he came out of retirement for the tenth time to come here and be at the bar. sunny hostin, one of my loves. absolutely fantastic. yes, cannot wait to have the robarita coming up. a little side note, guess what? i will share this quick. the first suit and tie that i wore on this show july 12th, 2010. and i wore it again tonight because my, my, my thought on life is no matter where you end up never forget where you started. look at you. i wanted to come full circle tonight. we are doing it going back to the beginning. it still fits. it s been tailored a little bit. you gained 800 pounds on this shift. you will see. you will see. all right, we got to get to some news. start with the running of the bulls, wall street hitting a
that is just about it for the serious stuff for this half-hour. to be honest, like i said, i have no idea. my chair is a lot shorter than i thought. i look like emmanuel lewis. go all the way up. you have the chair. you get to go up. no, no. we know exactly what is happening. we are getting the party started for rob s last day. lots of surprises in store and the bar is open. oh, yes, indeed! my favorite guest of all time. tim lehr over there running the bar. you will want to stay with us. straight ahead. you are watching world news now ! my friend announcer: world news now brought to you by mucinex sinus max. [ dylan ] this is one way to keep your underwear clean.
this morning on world news now stocks soar. it has been a banner week for the dow. all eyes will watch the numbers again today to see if the wall street can extend its winning streak. it s friday, march 15th. good morning, i m diana perez. i m rob nelson. happy friday, everybody. we will have more on wall street s winning week and our other top stories coming up in just a second. first, a bittersweet day here at world news now. it is rob s last day which makes all of us really, really sad. but we are having a party. and that makes us really, really happy. our chief entertainment officer tim is mixing the cocktails and whipping up serious snacks over there. timmy, thank you. yes! love to do it. a special robarita coming up. my friend, tim lehr, left a cruise where he s working early
turn it over. you press it down. press it down. oh. and then give this a good cut in half. oh, yeah. i know you like things on a stick. so when you eat these things when you eat these you get all messy. i got it. getting messy now. little bites, put it on a stick. so it won t run all over you. these are a mess. cut them up, party favors. dunk it in sauces. you know what i love about this whole thing. food from my favorite city, new orleans, made by my favorite guest on the overnight. thank you, tim. absolutely. a man of many talents. we will look back at major breaking news stories you have covered throughout the years. this guy can actually be serious, if you can believe it. we did do some news now and then. we re going to keep partying. there is a whole lot going on here we have to take advantage. come on back! advantage.