Long-time MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell delivered an emotional speech as she made her final television apperance on her show after 17 years on the air. On Friday, Feb. 7, the 78-year-old journalist made her last-ever broadcast on her show 'Andrea Mitchell Reports.

Andrea Mitchell was emotional on her last day in the anchor chair on her MSNBC show, and her colleagues had a surprise in store for her final minutes.

Here's what the president of the network and other toasted to about her tenure after the final episode wrapped.