Mr. Rogers Performs Final Show Today
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. DAVID HAFFENREFFER: America's favorite neighbor call it quits after more than 30 years. Mr. Rogers hangs up his sweater for the last time today. Correspondent Eric Phillips has more on a story that we just couldn't help but notice.</s>ERIC PHILLIPS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): You could probably sing this song from beginning to end. "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood" has been a mainstay in children's programming since 1968. Rogers, an ordained minister, says love is at the center of the show's message.</s>FRED ROGERS, "MR. ROGERS' NEIGHBORHOOD": That we are lovable and capable of loving.</s>PHILLIPS: Rogers always wanted the neighborhood and the land of make-believe to be places of safety, but he says nothing takes the place of mom and dad in making a child feel secure.</s>ROGERS: And say with confidence I will do everything I can to keep you safe. That's enough.</s>PHILLIPS: It's that kind of golden-rule philosophy that earned Rogers a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His sweater hangs in the National Museum of American History.</s>ROGERS: The wonderful medium of television came along and invited me to be part of it, and I said yes. And I haven't regretted that.</s>PHILLIPS: Eric Phillips, CNN.