>> we're a live worldwide news network. >> we had no background in news. but it was plainly a major genre in cable television that was missing finally you can see our news cable news network headquarters. 90,000 square feet of the future. >> most thought the idea was crazy. >> people did look upon that as a foolish idea that was destined for failure. but the underestimated ted turner. >> we sign in on june 1. barring satellite problems in the future we won't be signing off until the world ends we will cover it live. >> ted had 11 months to get the station on the air. >> we had no bureaus, no cameras, no cameramen, no employees, not a single one. when we signed on we had bureaus in tokyo, moscow, the whole deal. >> i dedicate the news channel