>> next, the 31st annual news and documentary annual awards ceremony. then, the life and court decisions of justice john paul stevens. after that, the results of the survey concerning children's safety on the internet. now, the 31st annual news and documentary emmy awards ceremony that took place monday night, september 27, at lincoln center in new york city. special awards were presented to

"pbs newshour," 35 years after robert macneil and jim lehrer launched their first pbs share together. presenters include diane sawyer, dan rather, katie couric, and lester holt. this event is two hours and 20 minutes. >> those of you in this room represent the very best in broadcast journalism. at a time when the economy has had a terrific impact on the

budget and staff of the companies you work for, your pursuit of excellence is undiminished as is evidenced by the materials submitted for any consideration. we commend each and everyone of you for your hard work and dedication to your craft. i am personally delighted that this year's chairman of ward will go to "pbs newshour"-- yes, you can applaud. [applause] and beat for people who played major roles in its development -- robert macneil, jim lehrer, les crystal, and windslow. [applause] four more years than some had you had been alive, for 35 years these dedicated people have proven that quality journalism is designed to keep a

large audience in america. we honored that tonight. we are fortunate to pay tribute to one of the foremost documentarian's of our time, frederick wiseman. [applause] he is this your's recipient of the lifetime achievement award. mr. weisman has had a long and productive relationship with pbs, allowing him to produce three dozen documentaries that rank among the most complex in the history of the art. please join me in acknowledging a few of the academy people who made tonight's event possible. most important are those who labored these many months, spent thousands of hours to ensure that over 12 -- 1002 medusa missions were properly handled and just. they also helped organize this extraordinary event.

representing them tonight or two special people, bill small, chairman of the news and documentary emmys -- [applause] and david wynn. gentlemen, please stand and be acknowledged. [applause] at this moment, though, none of this in the house know who will win emmy this evening. the results are hermetically sealed. they are still in the hands of the execs and their associates.

[applause] not to be outdone, we are watching over the international awards tonight -- martin shannon. [applause] to help present the emmys tonight is martha chapman. [applause] and now, for the most important part of the evening, this you know had to be said -- the co- chair of our national awards committee is here to lay down a few ground rules for this evening. pay attention. [applause] good evening and thank you very

much for the an introduction. i would like to begin by thanking the many broadcast journalist and filmmakers that participated in this year's judging. the process included volunteer services from over 400 of our members from all around the country. many of them are here tonight in the audience and we thank them for their hours of service to maintain the integrity of tonight's selections. et's have been around us -- let's have a round of applause for these volunteers. [applause] the rules for tonight are very simple. in a couple of minutes we will be presented tonight's emmy awards. those of you who are fortunate to come up here, please say your name and speak it loud and clear. while many of you may try to bring many people up here, only one of you can speak and please keep your remarks down to 30

seconds. after accepting your reward, exit stage left. i have been to a number of these. do not go that way. those are the three things. identify yourself, one speech, one person, up 30 seconds, exit stage left. that is about it. thank you, daryl. it is your turn. [applause] >> thank you, very much. i cannot guarantee your safety. if everyone in the audience will check one more final time. this is a blackberry. i phones, blackberries, also known as crackberries, should be turned off. neither the show nor the plane may leave the gate until they are. i would like to welcome two very

special people tonight. manthe young's right-hand and two people who run facilities that help to rehabilitate veterans who have lost limbs or while serving in afghanistan and iraq. please welcome them tonight. [applause] it is my pleasure to introduce our first presenter. a veteran of cnn and fox news. she is the host and executive producer of investigation discovery's "on the case with paul izahn." >> good evening. it is a pleasure and honor to be with all of you this evening. it has been made abundantly

clear that we are running a tight ship. i promise you will be home in time to see the yankees went. we are gathered to celebrate the brilliant reporting an effort that has gone into journalism. at a time when the news industry is changing so fast, sometimes it seems recognizable to some of us who have been doing it for 30 years. we see staffs and resources shrinking. that makes your work all the more important and meaningful today. i am now doing long form work for investigation discovery and pbs. i have enormous respect for what it has taken all of you in this room to get your piece is approved and on the air. without further ado, i would like to move on to our first award category this evening.

the nominees for outstanding investigation journalism in a news magazine are "48 hours mystery," "60 minutes," "abc news nightline." at the emmy goes to "frontline- world." [applause]

>> if you have any doubt as to the future of journalism, and when to introduce you to these graduate students who worked at columbia who were lucky enough to teach a course on international reporting. they created a program to teach international investigative reporting. i am not sure if they will make it here. we decided to travel all around the world and all electronically and see where it goes. fidelity harms or, what the environmental problems are. we were able to do that because we had the backing of the university and at the team to entrusted us to do this project. i thank you very much. [applause]

>> congratulations. >> the nominees for outstanding continuing coverage in a news "tory long form are frontline," "independent lens," "nova," "pov," "wideangle." and the emmy goes to "frontline- a death in tehran." [applause] >> everybody was shocked.

[unintelligible] >> the doctor tried to stop the bleeding, but it was too late. [applause] >> i was the producer. thank you very much. my executive is here. thank you to the producers who are not here. i always think of the iranian journalist whose work was the main body of our film. he is brave. it is a difficult job. i am thinking of them.

thank you very much. [applause] >> we now move on. this is for outstanding business and economic reporting in a news magazine. the nominees are "60 minutes," "dateline," "dan rather reports." at the emmy goes to an old colleague of mine, "dan rather reports-iran's manhattan project." [applause]

>> mahmoud ahmadinejad has made a public show of testing long- range missiles. his government may be close to enriching uranium. >> gracias, very much. thank you to the judges. i want to introduce one of the best reporters anywhere in the world, andrew glazer, produced this piece. [applause] >> it is fun to see my old colleagues here. the nominees for outstanding art and culture programming are -- >> "anvil," "finishing heaven," "no subtitles necessary," "

woodstock, now and then." >> and the any goes to "anvil- the story of anvil." >> i am the only one who has the vision to take us there. >> i am going to take you there. do it.ing to [bleep] i took the risk. at what cost? jumping off a cliff is the easy way. >> no, it is not. i would stop you. [applause] >> i am happy to accept the award for vh1 and i promise to

leave the statue here this evening. thank you. [applause] we now move on to the nominees for outstanding music and sound. they are -- >> "the mosque in morgantown," "the final inch," "the beatles on record," "yellowstone-battle for life." >> and the emmy goes to "point of no return-history channel." [applause]

>> the private is locked in a fierce fire fight for control of the mountains. >> everyone is firing away. i tried to say my ammunition and make every shot out. i hate using my bayonet. [explosions] >> while. thank you to the academy and the history channel. matt ginsburg really helped to shape everything. i have to thank my boss at my sound effects editor, my lovely girlfriend for staying with me through all of this, and also to all of the veterans past and

present whose work we hoped to honor. it makes it worth it for all of us. thank you very much. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding cinematography news coverage and documentaries or -- >> "egypt revealed," "obama's war," "which way home," "afghan warrior," "war dance." >> and the emmy goes to "war dance-sundance channel." [applause]

[applause] i wanted to thank my wife and co-director of the budget. i also wanted to thank the executive producer and producer on the project. these were amazing people to work for. i also wanted to dedicate this to the kids from uganda.

when we were asked to make this film, my wife and i had never heard of northern uganda. we tend to hear about everything in this business. it was important to shine a light on that. i also want to dedicate this to my father. he is sick. a lot of you may know him. he is a great producer and cinematographer. he worked with a lot of the correspondence and people here. he taught me everything i know. thank you. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding cinematography, nature documentaries or -- >> "climbing redwood giants," "victoria falls," "american

beavers," "survivors," "yellowstone-battle for life." >> it is always find to our -- always fun to honor former colleagues. the emmy goes to "wild pacific survivors-discovery channel." [applause] >> hundreds of thousands of miles from populated areas, the pacific islands gave birth to some unusual species. those are not your typical

caterpillar feet. what follows is not your typical caterpillar behavior .ellet = = = this is a carnivorous caterpillar with a vise-like hold. [applause] >> it is my honor to accept this award on behalf of the discovery channel and the bbc. the incredibly talented and cinematographer's you got this footage -- thank you. [applause] >> our next presenter is one of tb's most respected

correspondence, now in his 15th year as a correspondent for 60 minutes. it is my pleasure to introduce bob simon. [applause] >> it is nice to know you are going to wind up here. my first day at cbs 43 years ago, the news director said to me, "just remember one thing, never believe anything they tell you." i thought that was a bit harsh. some people in some countries do tell the truth sometimes. children especially. i have learned that the sources we love so much is often an oxymoron. i highly safe source is even worse. what is problematic about becoming a veteran correspondent is that you are always tempted to give advice. i try not to, but here goes. there are not two sides to every

story. there are not two sides to the stories in sarajevo or rwanda. whenever someone calls you buy your first name -- let me tell you what really happened, chances are he is lying. it the want to make sure your not being lied to, do animal stories. [laughter] [applause] i had done elephants, lions, jaguars, bulls, polar bears, birds of paradise, sharks, and a tuneup. i believe everything they told me. you cannot imagine how refreshing it is to report on animals. it was in 1839 that an english

author wrote "the pen is mightier than the sword. that just means to say he had never been in the middle east. if you have been there and there is a war going on, please do not wander across the border into kuwait. i did once. it did not turn out good. if you ever since that your time is running out, listen to the stories in saudi arabia. whatever time you have left will seem like forever. [laughter] lastly, try not to make small mistakes. if you are going to blow a story, blow it big. it was not that many years ago i was the first reporter to learn that goldman might year and had died. -- golda meir had died. someone in the prime minister's of this must have heard something.

she called and invited me to dinner. saved by the soup. the nominees for outstanding investigative journalism long form or -- >> "the warning," "fixer," "outrage," "they killed sister dorothy," "the spy factory," "the reckoning-the battle for the international criminal court." >> and the emmy goes to "frontline." >> as the market grew, she

thought her agency would have to get involved. that would mean confronting greenspan, rubin, and summers. >> she used to say she would lay awake at night turning in her bed because she could see coming down the road -- the crises kept building and building. [applause] >> good evening. michael cook has a better chance of winning it these days awaken the emmys. once again, he is -- he sends his thanks to be honored by the academy here this evening. i am here to honor two of the men who worked on this filmm. mike wiser and jim gilmour had

done extraordinary work. a lot of remarkable films have been done on the financial crisis. we also honor somebody to in the days of the clinton administration stepped forward. she fought an honorable battle, which she lost. thank you very, very much. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding live coverage of the news story or -- > "inauguration 2009," "cnn's coverage of the detroit attempted terror attacks," "the

inauguration of barack obama." [applause] >> and the emmy goes to "abc special events-inauguration 2009." >> abc news invites you to the inauguration of barack obama. >> by barack hussain obama do solemnly swear -- >> i am the executive producer. i think everyone in this room knows it takes a village to manage a production like that.

it is on behalf of all the people of abc news who worked so hard on that production i say thank you very much. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding science and technology programming or -- >> "extreme animals," " the english surgeon," " the human family tree." >> andy emmy goes to -- and the emmy goes to "the english surgeon-pov." >> you became less enthusiastic

in years. >> you are becoming more and more difficult. it is a more typical operation. that is the problem. >> it is a bloody more dangerous. >> we have made progress step by step. >> it may have been a step too far. >> thanks. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, so much. i am the producing director. i want to say thank you to the academy for nominating and honoring this kind of film. in the u.k., i also want to thank my co-producer.

here in the united states, the wonderful people at itvf. pov, who we would all be a lesser world without. again, thank you so much for honoring this type of film making. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding nature programming are -- >> "planning redwood giants," " the incredible journey of the butterflies," "swap of the baboon." >> and the emmy goes to "the

last beekeeper." >> i love the bee. i love them so much that it hurts me when i lose a bee. come on, girl. i think it is better to be able to protect and love my girls. if you take care of the bees, they will take care of you. [applause] >> thank you. i am the director of the film. i would like to thank planet green for believing in the film.

the production company, world of wonder. they funded it and make it happen from beginning to end. thank you very much. i want to thank the beekeepers for letting me into their lives. i appreciate everything they have done. thank you. i appreciate it. >> the nominee for outstanding editing are -- >> "hbo documentary films,' " which way home," "afghan war the lost jfk tapes." >> be any goes to "national

geographic-afghan warrior." >> what are the main works of a photographer. he is safe in his art. we are just translating. we do not create it. we just have to wait for the moment. 126 of the second -- that is it. [applause] >> is anyone here from the

national geographic? perhaps they had been out covering animals this afternoon. ok. i will be accepting in your honor. there goes there 30 seconds. they would get a chance to speak

later. [applause] awardsost of tonight's's recognize outstanding news coverage broadcast for a national audience, the next two awards recognize some of the excellent work done in local news. the nominees for outstanding regional news stories are -- >> "oakland riot," "winsor tornado," flight 1529 plants in the hudson river." >> the award goes to "eyewitness " saidoakland rigots,

francisco, california. >> police searched into the crowd and made arrests -- four adults and two juveniles. as the demonstrators retreated down 14th street, the broken windows on store fronts, including a mcdonald's. [applause] >> i am a reporter. it is an honor to be in this

category with all of the other nominees which i know we're just as strong. on behalf of my colleagues and the photographer who had to go through the danger of covering the story, robert noonan, we all thank you for the honor and recognition. thank you. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding regional news story, investigative reporting are -- >> "community college first," " soldiers at risk," "extreme cold makeovers, black hawk addition," "prisoners drive the bus," "

broken buses." there are, believe it or not, two recipients of this award. the first goes to khou news, " soldiers at risk-the iraq border investigation." [applause] >> they said they would rate the baghdad airport where they found plenty of water in the hands of civilian contractors. >> we had palates on pallets of water. they were not getting to the soldier. >> water shortages continue in other parts of iraq. fast forward four years later to 2007. >> he said go buy some water. >> he is a private first class.

>> what does go find some mean? >> if you do not want to die, but upon some water. >> in an investigative reporter. he was forced to retire from the u.s. army because he was passing kidney stones every week because of the water conditions. the army saw him as unfit to serve. they only granted them a partial disability status. he lost his home to foreclosure and has been struggling to make it ever since. this put all of the other soldiers -- this is for all the soldiers who were put at risk. thank you, so much pe. >> the second award goes to kstp5 eyewitness news, prisoners

ride the bus." [applause] >> where are you going? >> he looks like any other passenger on the bus in rochester. he has his bag in hand and a ticket to houston. he is off on a 23 hour journey. what the bus driver and passengers do not know is that he woke up on this day behind the steel bars of a federal prison in rochester. >> are you currently an inmate? >> yes. >> you are in federal custody as an inmate? >> we did to us to mess up the timing of the whole show. on behalf of everyone who produced this project, i say

thank you. i am humbled to be on the states. to my boys, bobby and jack reject this means everything. -- this means everything. [applause] >> to present the german's award, here is the chairman of the national academy of television arts and sciences, darryl cohen. >> 35 years ago, channel 13 in new york passed a former bbc correspondent and a former nbc anchor to start a half-hour newscast dedicated to serious

national and international news. it was a time of turmoil and unrest. robert mcneil had recently teamed with jim lehrer to cover the senate watergate hearings. they partnered to create the " mcneil-lehrer report." later, a former president of nbc news joined as executive producer and the show became television's first hourlong nightly newscast. the present executive producer, linda winslow, has been with the broadcast for 27 years. she oversaw its transition to its present incarnation as the "pbs newshour." you meet these people in a moment. first, let's take a look at the news our story. -- "news hour" story.

>> robert macneil and and jim lehrer first joined forces because of the watergate hearings in 1973. >> it made us 18. we also became good friends. >> we will be back tomorrow at the same time with today's activities. >> the coverage won an emmy. it led to the "mcneil-lehrer report." shortly thereafter, it became the mcneil-lehrer report. it was broadcast live on pbs. 30 minutes each night devoted to a single topic. >> the basic concept was a supplement to the nightly news program. you came to us for in depth coverage of one story. >> 581 political dissidents have

either died as a result -- as a result of being tortured in your country. >> their style and tone is still present on today's broadcast. the audience and interviewee are treated with trust. >> your system, which use a works very well, does it presuppose that the leadership of the country, you, are always right? >> no, it does not presuppose that. >> the format change began in 1983. >> when we return on monday night, it will be in our new format. >> became "the macneil- lehrer news hour." >> we shot down that korean

airliner says the soviet union. >> b.c. the nearest to the epicenter of the earthquake was centered crews. >> we believed that an audience would appreciate that. >> if we were saying we were just a complement to the network, after 1983 we could claim to be an alternative. >> if you believe in multi-party government or would you be more comfortable with a one-party government? >> would you like to be president of the soviet union one day? >> in 1995, robert macneil left the program. >> thank you for understanding what we do. you'll find all of the same values there on monday night and all of the news ahead. >> correspondence were central.

margaret warner, judy woodruff, jeff brown -- under this period of time, we built much of our current team that is now presenting the news. >> this past december saw another evolution. today, the pbs newshour features a tightly integrated online presence. web features supplement the broadcast. >> we had to figure out how to reach an -- a larger audience. one of the things that is very important for us to this day is that we maintain our reputation for both fairness and stability. we are doing this to serve a group of people who still believe that there is a place for serious news and a place where you can settle down at

whatever time of day each uschoe and to get in debt explanations -- get in depth explanations. [applause] >> we invited roger mudd to present the chairman's award. you may remember that roger first came to national prominence as the correspondent for cbs news. his presence was so dominant that many people in this country were to hand as the 101st senator. later he served as an anchor at both cbs and nbc. after retiring from the commercial networks, roger spencer and time as a correspondent for the "mcneil lehrer news hour."

there is no one any more appropriate for this presentation been a former insider. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome roger mudd. [applause] >> everybody in this hall either remembers or knows about the speech 50 years ago -- the vast wasteland speech. in 1975, that speech needed a right. that was the year robert macneil and jim lehrer first appeared on pbs. they called it the mcneil-lehrer report. television news had never seen anything like it. no anchor desk happy talk. no eight second sound bites. no in-depth coverage that lasted 1:20.

instead, they gave us expanded speeches and news conferences. interviews and field reports of 10-12 minutes. they covered afghan at -- iraq and afghanistan. they gave us an hour of no shalt stability. as they got better and better, they began to hear from their critics. to prove establishment, they said. to balanced, they said. too polite, they said. too white, they said. they were threatened by a financial crises by grumbling by the pbs stations. they held their ground, and with indispensable guidance, they kept pace might be linked through five reincarnations. the newest one, called the pbs newshour, debuted next year. take a look -- seven and get

news posts. that is some team. the principles of journalism are intact and shall remain so. the main one being they are not in the entertainment business. the washington post recently labeled jim a 20th century icon. but there was a time when neither gm nor robert was an icon. some years ago in the early days when they were first getting started, the guest that night were two labor leaders and they kept referring to jim lehrer clehere andack robert as mr. >> they are with us today to

receive their awards. [applause] >> the award reads, "to pbs newshour for its distinguished contribution to the craft of broadcast journalism and for its 35-year commitment to in- depth and balanced reporting and analysis." jim. >> thank you, roger. thank you to all of you. everyone in this room knows

that television news organizations or the ultimate collaborative enterprises. it takes 19 highly trained professionals to put somebody on the air to say, "good evening, i am robert macneil." we accept that award for the highly trained professionals who have worked for us and with us, over and under us, beside us for these last 35 years. speaking of robert macneil, let everyone know an honor -- and honor the fact that it that had not been for him, there would be no program here to honor tonight. he is literally our creator. he is the one who said 35 years ago, "let's do a nightly news program. let's report clearly, accurately, and barely and

facilitate the public discourse clearly, sibilate, and accurately." there is not a person who has had anything to do with our enterprise cents. -- enterprise since to does not get it and who does not follow those orders. [applause] >> i know we are breaking the rules. i learned more from jim lehrer then i learned from any other source in journalism. i just want to mention one man who cannot be here tonight. he was the vice president of programming at channel 13 in the years when our program began. he it is the godfather of our program. he also happens to be a godfather of the next honor read

tonight, fred wiseman. we honor him. thank you perio. >> i want to say to my colleagues, it has been a great privilege. and to all of you, thank you very much for the honor. [applause] >> i am used to following les and i will say the same thing, thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> our next presenter is the weekend anchor of nbc nightly news. before i say that, understand

that you are about to hear about an elevator case. remember that. leis and gentlemen, please welcome lester holt. [applause] >> head case may be, but elevator case, no. i am glad i could do this. there was apparently not an nbc broadcast available for me to anchor tonight at this hour. there is always a hope. it is good to work. it beats not working. there is a lot of that going on right now. when i look at the body of work we see and i hear the depth of commitment and passion by those to receive their awards, i wish that many of our viewers or critics could be here to remind them that we are not dead, that the old media is still new, vibrant, and i am proud to be part of it. now, about the elevator -- did

you hear the one about the emmy winner that got stuck in the elevator? one of our winners did not get a chance to accept his award earlier. here to accept the award for outstanding arts and cultural programming -- sasha. >> thank you very much. as the fitting the story of the bands after its on the road that are unpredictable and in st., i was stuck in a lift when it was announced we had one. the was 8 seen in "spinal tap" like that. i want to thank everyone for this incredible war. i want to thank everyone that is responsible. this award is about vh1.

it is about incredible support. it is about one man, and his name is rick crimm. he embraced this film when no one else would. people ought to get out there to everyone. on behalf of the band and i, i want to thank everyone and dedicate this award to rick crimm. thank you. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding charge of breaking news story in a news magazine are "amanda knox verdict" "48 hours a mystery" "domestic terrorism now"

the emmy goes to "dateline nbc, miracle on the hudson." [applause] >> a police officer followed. he was arrested at a restaurant in a new york hotel, almost four hours after the crash, father and son were reunited. >> i cannot thank you enough for this very nice honor. i just want to thank our hold team at dateline nbc. you cannot ask for a better team. especially our executive producer, are executive editor,

one of our producers who gets us all together at the same time. ankthis story, i want to the our booker who put the story together for us. we are very, very grateful. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding feature story in a news magazine e "," gold" "lbj's path to war" "south africa's shame" "hd net world report" the amigos to "hd net world

report, south africa shame, modern-day slavery" >> we need some girls for a club to do waitressing, to do special favors for the patrons in the club. can you get girls for us, young girls? [unintelligible] >> tell him how many you need and how much you are prepared to pay. greg just like that, i am arranging the outright purchase of human beings. >> i am very nervous. i want to thank everyone here tonight. congratulations to all of you. it is an honor to be here in the same room.

the big banks go to the extraordinary people i worked with in south africa -- a big thanks go to the people i work with to have dedicated their lives to helping the victims of human trafficking. i did not sleep well after the story for very long time. their work goes without recognition or award. this award is for them. i want to thank dennis o'brien, our executive producer. i want to thank garrett hartley, the producer on the story and are amazing south africa team and to feel and mark without whom there would be no world report and we would not have the chance to do these great stories. so thank you very much. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding business and economic reporting in a regularly scheduled newscasts are "financial family tree"

"follow the money" "cbs evening news with katie couric" "the situation room" with will splinter -- with wolf blitzed. the amigos to "cbs evening news with katie couric" >> with that marine industry sales drying up, it is not just the boat owner in tampa and the boat builder and cushion makers that are running aground. the business applying the fiberglass found on the boat hulls, chicago-based composite's one, is also being left high and dry. >> it is very challenging, without question.

>> kim godwin had a wonderful idea of a way to depict this recession that has affected so many americans are really showing the ripple effect and how it impacts not just one business or one family, but really there is a chain reaction throughout the country. kimberly deserves this emmy award, and i want her to say a couple of quick words and just think everybody who is involved in this project. [applause] >> thank you. it is truly my honor to accept this on behalf of all the domestic bureaus at cbs news. our terrific correspondents and producers took this idea and just ran with it. it was a lot of fun to figure out and a tremendous service to our viewers, thank you very much. [applause]

>> the nominees for outstanding editing quick turnaround are " your bank has" failed "this moment, this time" "inside the obama white house" >> the amigos to nbc news -- the emmy goes to "the obama white house" nbc news special >> what are you doing here so early?

>> a cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> i am one of the many editors on the show. here with me tonight, paul nichols. i just want to thank the 20p plus crews who were out shooting with us to turn this documentary out in today's. it was just a great honor. i just want to say thanks to my wife and kids for many missed meals and late nights at the office, lots of weekends that i was not home. thank you very much. [applause]

>> our next three categories honor some of the more creative news reports and documentary films being produced for the web and for more traditional broadcast platforms today. the nominees for new approaches to news and documentary programming, current news coverage are -- "behind the veil" "how private equity deal makers can win while their companies lose" "surviving the tsunami, stories of hope" >> the amigos to be jake the emmy goes to "behind the veil"

♪ [speaking foreign-language] >> my name is jessica, and i am a writer and reporter of the series. we are representing a canadian newspaper, and that makes it all the more unlikely that we would be up here. we need to thank the globe for its support for what started

out as an extremely experimental project. especially john stackhouse. we would like to thank our spouses for their support, but most of all we would like to thank the women in kandahar who literally took off their belts for us. this is such an important story -- could took of theirveils for us. the story of women in afghanistan is still a black hole. recognizing this is so huge, so we are so thankful to them. [applause] >> the nominees for new approaches to news and documentary programming, documentaries are "alabama's homeboys" "stories from iowa"

"a life alone" "ted kennedy, a life in politics" >> said the amigos to "one in 8 million" [applause] >> i don't have walking shoes. i never owned sneakers in my life. >> i never get tired. i could be out walking for 14 or 15 hours and i don't get tired. iss different here than it to what in the country. >> i am the photographer on the

series. we would like to thank "the new york times" for supporting this project, which was truly a labor of love for everybody involved. of course we want to thank all the extraordinary new yorkers that let us into their lives. lastly, i would like to thank mike and sarah for conceiving this idea and working with us. it was wonderful. thank you. [applause] >> the nominees for new approaches to news and documentary programming, arts, livestock, and culture are "soda pop" "the iconic photo series"

>> the emmy goes to "the iconic photo series." [applause] >> as the people bang at the wall with sledgehammers and chisels, the east germans are shooting at them through the opening in the wall. there is one picture that has probably been photographed the most, where there is a man in a black leather jacket really hammering at the wall, being hit directly with the east german water cannons. >> i am the multimedia editor at time. i accept this on behalf of all

of us who worked on the reporting and the amazing photography in this particular act series. my thanks to the photo editor, the great work verbally a team -- the great work of our video team and to all of you for your kindness. thanks so much. [applause] >> now to present awards for international news and current affairs, here is the chairman of the international academy of television arts and sciences. [applause] >> thank you, lester. the international academy is proud to shun the spotlight on the leading international news

organizations from around the world. in an increasingly global and connected world, these broadcasters must cover and deliver the news of around-the- clock constantly, and across all delivery platforms, sometimes at the risk of their own lives. we salute the men and women of these fascinating nominated programs which range from the coverage of the gaza war to child abductions in china, from the visit of president obama to russia and to pakistan's taliban generation. the nominees for the international emmy award for are "from qatar " "ground offensive" "blackout in brazil"

"extended news coverage of obama's visit to russia" frontline"terps's >> the international emmy winner is "pakistan, terror's frontline." [applause] >> we drove through the crowded streets and were ushered through alleyways for a meeting with the senior military commander. he is wanted across pakistan but protected by a network of support. he provided a room for our meeting. loman on top masterminded a suicide campaign. he said he enjoyed the sound of

the headings. he is unrepentant. >> i am jeremy thompson, anger at sky news and part of a team that went to pakistan last year and produced what i think we are celebrating here. i thank the academy for celebrating invented news that makes a difference. i like to feel that our report actually did make a difference last year, because our correspondents and their teams went and for the first time, really nail down the fact that the taliban were in charge of chunks of pakistan. i caught the president in a lie that he denied all this. i think it changed policy approaches toward the zardari government.

in that point of view, i hope that our story made a difference. it certainly made a difference in foreign policy for our own government and seem to cause a few ripples in pakistan, because our visas were revoked very quickly. thank you. [applause] >> the nominees for the international emmy award for current affairs are "from the united kingdom, dispatches, pakistan's taliban generation" "the ultimate forgiveness" "canal 13" "child abduction" --television

broadcasts ltd. >> the international emmy award winner is "pakistan's taliban generation" [applause] >> he is absorbed. his speech is ideology. [speaking foreign-language] >> i directed the film, but i am accepting his award on behalf of our brilliant and brave

correspondent who had to rush off this morning. her father died and she had to go to be with her family. i know she would want me to thank channel 4 in the u.k. for their support, and also that her father, who was a huge inspiration to her in the way he taught her to stand up to a 40. we both hope our film and some small way has raised awareness of these unintended consequences of the conflict in pakistan. thanks. [applause] >> thank you. i am dan rather, and i want to thank you and say good evening. i am honored to be here, honored to be a presenter, and appreciate the academy's

invitation to participate in this way. especially because our academy, your academy, stands stalwart for and seize to proliferate the best traditions of american journalism. with this annual event calling attention to quality news integrity, i want to take a moment just to ask a question. do you and i and every working journalist in this room, do we still believe, still believe that a free and independent, fiercely necessary press is the red, beating heart of democracy and freedom? the question is asked because the most valuable functions of the press, all news media, or presentation and molding of mass social change for the better, without prejudice or favor, and its delivery of the sort of

parallel justice, through exposure of wrongdoing, and those functions are being threatened today. i don't think it is too strong to say that the future of our country, not only journalism, but the country, depends on our answer to that basic question and how we choose to act on it. with that in mind, i want to say something personal to you, if i might. the country needs you now, and your work, now more than ever. the country needs you to find out, to communicate what is going on, what is really going on, and tell it. in that role, i suggest that you cannot and must not hesitate or cower. you must not be intimidated or get distracted. yours, my friends, is essential, noble work. now some awards for some of the

good work over the past year. [applause] the nominees for outstanding coverage of breaking news story in a regularly scheduled newscasts are "tragedy at fort hood" "miracle on the hudson" "the crash of flight 34 07" >> the winner is "nbc nightly news with brian williams, miracle on the hudson" [applause]

>> surviving flight 1549, a u.s. airways flight plans in the hudson river in new york city, and amazingly, all the passengers got out alive. tonight, what went wrong, and what went right. we'll hear from the survivors themselves. nightly news begins now. >> everything had to go perfectly that day, and it did. we later learned a nice man named sully, with the perfect television name, was in the cockpit that day. i have a weird habit of listening to the fdny scanner when i am at my desk in the

newsroom, and would you believe, i found -- i heard a call comment about a small plane in the river. that started it. it turned out to be a big plane, and the command center set up at the intrepid deck move south down the river with the current period to a lesser extent, everything had to go perfectly and our newsroom as well, and it did, from the top to bottom. congratulations to all the nominees in this category. congratulations as well to our entire team, the executive producer on down. we are enormously proud of you. thanks to the academy. [applause] >> the nominees for an outstanding continuing coverage of a new story and a regular escort -- scheduled newscast are "inside mexico's drug wars"

"pakistan's war" "afghanistan, the world -- the road ahead" "brian williams reporting from afghanistan" "unlikely refugees" "iraq and afghanistan, where things stand" "vietnam, legacy of war" >> andy emmy award goes to "nbc nightly news with brian refugees" unlikely ready di [applause] >> thank you very much. i would never have believed in

my wildest dreams i would be accepting his award from dan rather. so thank you very much. in afghanistan today, it is illegal for a woman to leave her husband. what that means in practice is if a 15-year-old girl is beaten at home and escapes and goes across the street to a neighbor's house, the police will arrest her and throw her in jail. we visited a prison like that, and i was in the cell. there's a woman who wanted to be a suicide bomber. she had been arrested with a best around her chest. she received three years in prison. the woman who left her husband, because she was being beaten, received five years in prison. this is not under the taliban regime. this is under the regime of president karzai, which is supported by the united states and the u.s. military. it is food for thought. thank you very much for recognizing the stories.

thank you specifically to the producer. a great surprise and a great honor, and thank you very much to the academy. [applause] >> don't forget this. >> the nominees for outstanding investigative journalism in a regularly scheduled newscasts are "highway robbery, anderson cooper," 60 "toxic bureaucracy" "follow the money" "rape in america, justice denied"

>> and the emmy goes to "the cbs evening news with katie couric, break in america, justice denied" [applause] >> it started at this bowling alley in kentucky. a man she just met, a friend of a friend, buying her drinks. later that night, she threw up and passed out. then she says it happen. >> when i woke up the next morning, my panties and sweat pants were down around my ankles and my bra was undone. >> she said she realized she was raped. a classic charge of acquaintance rape. nearly three years later, still no arrest in the case. >> on the cheap investigateive

correspondent -- i am the chief investigative correspondent in new york this is back-to-back awards for our investigative team. a unit that was not even in existence five years ago. it is a testament to people like the producer of the peace who came to us with the idea and produced a tremendous piece of journalism. the senior producer, people like our executive producer, katie couric who runs the show, bob freedman, the best editor i have ever been around, and finally to sean mcmanus, the president of our division. about five years ago he said to meet, that were to do in sports, i like to see if you could do it in news. he has supported us in ways that are old school, money and time, and complete support.

thank you very much. [applause] >> nominees for outstanding historical programming are "the good soldier" "the witness, from the balcony of room 306" "mumbai massacre, secrets of the dead" >> and the emmy goes to bill moyers journal "the good soldier" [applause] >> they had no weapons. they looked to be teenagers, very young.

so you have that doubt in your mind, when reality is you, did i ?ill an innocent kid that is a question that is never answered. >> congratulations. [applause] >> thank you so much. there is no way that this film would have come about if it were not for bill moyers. we believe these stories are for all of the networks, all the audiences. war is everybody's business. so many of you actually risk your lives to tell the truth.

please risk your good names and tell their corporate owners to run these stories. remember why you got into journalism in the first place. because the public trust you, and good soldiers need you. congratulations to our fellow nominees. many thanks to the economy -- to the academy, to build, judith, sally, jessica. and to our veterans. [applause] the film is playing now at the quad cinema for the rest of the week. thank you to pbs for providing a

place for long-term journalism. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding graphic design and art direction are "death masks" "extreme animals in the womb" "stealing lincoln's body" "the crumbling of america" and the meat goes to -- the emmy goes to "stealing lincoln's body" from the history channel. [applause]

♪ >> if there is someone in the house to receive this for the history channel, now is the time to step forward. [laughter] they are on the way. would that be in the same elevator as the earlier

gentleman in which she got caught? let's just pause for a moment. it is rare in television to have a silence in anything. here are our nominees. thank you. [applause] congratulations to you. >> sorry for the delay. i would like to thank the history channel. we brought lincoln back to life, and i hope you appreciated our efforts. thank you. [applause] >> rolling right along, the nominees for outstanding lighting direction and scene

design are "c isa confidential" sacrifice"mummy's "the skyjack that got away" >> and the emmy goes to "see of a confidential, pakistan undercover" national geographic channel. [applause] >> 1:45 a.m. 14 strike teams moved into position. 13 of the units find their

targets as described and away the countdown. the 14th team arrives and realizes something has gone wrong. [applause] >> word must have got around that a somewhat delayed interest pays dividends. paging the national geographic channel. [laughter] he is coming, i am told. [applause] >> let's keep applauding as he comes up here.

congratulations. >> it was easier to make the film than to get down here, but anyway. i am the executive producer and cinematographer. i had notes with me. the producer and director. first i want to thank national geographic channel for allowing us to go out and make a film about the cia. i want to thank everyone here in new york, washington, and morocco. thanks, everyone. [applause] >> while most of tonight's emmys honor outstanding news reports are documentary films, our next to categories a tribute to the talented men and women who work

hard to convince viewers to tune in and watch them. we now present two in the awards for promotional announcements. the nominees for outstanding promotional announcement institutional are "60 minutes in 60 seconds" "meltdown, proof of performance" "noah, science now" >> the md goes to begin the emmy seconds"60 men's in 60 -- 60 minutes in 60 seconds" >> what was the first moment it began to sink in that your

president of the united states? >> are you going to do anything with this? >> after a few minutes in the real recycling area, we were jumped. >> here i go. >> these stories and andy rooney tonight on "60 minutes." [applause] >> i am honored to have competed against the guys at pbs. i am surprised we actually one nests. i really want to thank our director, the editors, sound engineers, graphic artists, and producers. the production director -- i

have always told everybody that can be -- convincing people to live "60 minutes" is about as hard as convincing people to like ice cream. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding promotional announcement, episodic are "hidden in america, children of the mountains" , latino inarcia's america" "by the numbers, the new age of walmart" "black and white, world warii in hd " the emmy goes to "diane sawyer,

hidden america, children in the mountains" abc news. [applause] >> friday, travel amount to a place that time forgot. a place for children based unthinkable conditions. living without what most of us take for granted. but even here, in the dark shadows of the appalachia, lives a rise. >> i actually just want to say something to dan rather. i was a page at cbs like 20 years ago, and you were really nice to me, always. i really appreciate it. thank you.

i was one of the producers on this special. i was asked to accept this award. i am sure that would want to thank the senior producer and the other producers as well as diane sawyer, who continues to inspire us to tell these stories and go to places where many of us are not able to go. she really inspires us, thank you very much. [applause] >> congratulations. that is my time up here for this run. i want to thank you for your indulgence. the next speaker has been a fore friend of the rafterthers

decades. he was my friend and mentor when i joined cbs in washington. he has remained so. he has done outstanding work for the academy since sam houston was writing. the legendary, and rightfully so, bill small. [applause] >> that was not in the script. lyndon johnson once had such an increase -- extravagant introduction, he thanked the speaker and said it would please my father and my mother would believe it. in any case, it is great to have rather as a friend. when i called him and set on the 27 of september, would you present some emmys? he said yes. i said wait a minute, don't you

want to look in your date book? he said if there is anything else in it, i will change it. now that is our friend. each year, the television academy presents a lifetime achievement award to an individual who has made a distinguished contribution to the craft of broadcast journalism, or to documentary making per se. the very first recipient was the late ruth arledge. dan rather has a lifetime achievement award. tonight we salute one of the most accomplished documentarians in the history of the medium, frederick wiseman. fred has a very distinctive style. for instance, he never uses a narrator, which i assume does not endear him to the anchormen in the audience tonight. his films plunge into the midst of the lives of their subject,

take a hard look at both the flaws and virtues of key american institutions. he has made over three dozen films in a career spanning half a century and has covered an extraordinary range of topics from public housing to the end of life. he is a true original. here is a brief look at a small fraction from a very extensive body of work. >> could extend their and listen to a lady yell? i thought i would talk to her later when she was calm down. she was pretty worked up. i said i would speak to her later in a better time, and i walked out. >> when you are being addressed by someone older than you or or

in the seat of authority, is your job to respect the person. >> just have a seat, please. >> would you mind removing your hat, please? >> have a seat, please. >> 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. fantastic. i want to go look it that. that looked terrific.

>> why is he breathing so heavy? >> it is going to take a while. we have been suctioning him quite a bit. >> you see little difference there.

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don't move it. you don't have any power in it. watch what i am doing. i hit, then i stay in place. every time you throw. if you move and throw at the same time, you don't have power in it. make sure you pay that on that back foot. don't go all the way to the toe. [applause] >> one of france films has aired on pbs, and who better to present the academy's lifetime achievement award and the extraordinary loss lady of pbs, the president of the public broadcasting system, here is paula kruger.

[applause] >> thank you, it's really wonderful to be here and to stand on the stage with so many of my pdf colleagues. congratulations to the team's and especially my colleagues at the news hour. i am very proud to be a colleague working alongside you. earlier this year, in a profile of tonight's honored guests, the los angeles times posed the following question to its readers. how do you describe someone who has directed 38 films, 36 of them documentary's, a film maker whose work provides an expansive and unparalleled portrait of how people and institutions functioned in the modern world? there are only two words you can use to answer that question. frederick wiseman. for four decades, fred has been one of america's premier story tellers.

whether it is a state run asylum, the subject of his first film, a department store, a meatpacking plant, or the paris opera ballet, fred film sweet us into each of these institutions, uncovering the humanity, moral ambiguity, and conflicting values that often concealed. he casts an unblinking eye on lives that are otherwise anonymous. in the process he challenges our assumptions, bronze our understanding, and gives us a deeper appreciation of the world around us -- broaden our understanding. i like to think of his films as profiles in courage, not necessarily of the subject on the screen, but of the man behind the camera. when you think about it, what other filmmaker is brave enough to do what fred wiseman does in each of his films?

in a world of quick cuts and scattershot editing, fred respects his audience enough to lead the action he films unfold within the rhythms of real life. the result, as a the new york times" so beautifully described it is a big intellectual pleasure and gentle irony for those fateful enough to wait for it. as i have told fred before, his films comprise a magnificent body of work that i know will endure for generations to come. this is a record of the western world and that 20 and 21st centuries. for that, in depended filmmakers and all americans, current and future, are forever indebted to him. for these reasons, i can think of no one else more fitting for this honor. i am proud to say that pbs has been the sole broadcaster of fred's films, making him an invaluable partner in our work to bring independent films to more americans. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the

recipient of this year's lifetime achievement award, the great fred wiseman. [applause] >> >> i would like to read the inscription on this emmy. to frederick wiseman, won the most accomplished documentarians in the history of cinema. his films comprise a portrait of american life, and matched in scope, nuance, and complexity. >> thank you. thank you, paula.

i am very honored to have this award. i really had a good time making these movies. it has been like a course in adult education where i am the alleged adults, and i get to study a new subject every year. i want to thank my principal colleagues in the making of these movies over the years. i would like to invoke the memory of fred friendly, without whose support i never would have gotten started. [applause] my friends and colleagues and avid supporters at channel 13 for many years. sandy at pbs and clara at itebs.

making these films has been a great and adventure, and i would like to tell you a short story which i hope i can get in in the 10 seconds that are left to me. when i was making a movie called "near death" about how decisions are made to stop treating dying people. the last day of shooting out and around and looked at the people who had held me during the making of the movie. several scenes of the film were shot in the morgue, and i went down to the morgue and could not find the man in charge of the more. i finally saw him in the lunchroom and went up to him and thank him for his help. he shook my hand very warmly and said a " see you soon." [laughter] thank you very much. [applause]

>> i believe that mortgage keeper is now a network executive. [laughter] for the winners tonight, once again our friends that nasdaq will be displaying some of tonight's winners on their giant market tower at 43rd and broadway in times square. you may want to look at that. also, saturday night, october 9, c-span will carry tonight's ceremony in its entirety at 8:00 p.m. our next presenter is a journalist to seems to have been everywhere and done everything, and i might note, done everything stylishly and extremely well. here is the anchor of abc's world news, diane sawyer. [applause]

>> heaven forbid i ever ask build small to do any thing, but i ordered him to stay for a second. i know so many of us in this room would like to pay tribute to him tonight. for so many of us as several networks, he has been the gps of what we dream we can beat. i remember when i was the world's worst weather person in louisville, ky. i was so near sighted i could not stand on the east coast and even see the west coast, max, so i freelanced and took occasional forays into journalism. . .

>> he has brought the same muscle to them as everything he has done. i want to say, thank you from all of us.

we know where you're watching, you're planting a star in the sky that says aim higher. to bill smaul. small. [applause] >> you know dearnings i didn't invite you hear to embarrass me, but i was working in louisville, when she came along. i'll tell you what she was most famous for because i had little girls at the time, one is here tonight. her mother was the best elementary schoolteacher in the entire state.

>> now. on to the emmy's, the nominees for outstanding interview are -- >> saving flight 1549, 60 minutes, witness, 60 minutes. zimbabwe president mugabe. and confessions of alberto. interview with david simon, bill moyer's journal. >> the emmy goes to 60 minutes, saving flight 1649. >> it was the worst pit of your stomach falling flew the floor feeling i ever felt in my life. i knew immediately it was very bad. what happened next is the story sully sullenberger hasn't told

until now about how he guided u.s. airways flight 1549 safely into the hudson river. >> i was sure kii do it. you'll also hear from members of the crew about what it was like inside the plane. [applause] >> we got everybody up here. this is so exciting. you know, i think all of us here would agree that it was such an honor for all of us to be involved in the story, to be able to interview someone who is the epitome of courage and integrity and grace under pressure. to deliver a story with the happy ending, with qualities and attributes we can celebrate at a time when the country desperately needed a story along these lines. obviously there were a lot of

people involved in this interview. so, michael rrks udosky made sure i didn't forget anybody by putting their names on an envelope. i have a number of people to thank. tanya simon and laura beacher who could charm ahmadinejad into abandoning his nuclear ambitions if given the opportunity. and jenny and matt and bob and supervising editor tom honey set. also it was sheparded under the great care and -- and incredible talent of jeff fager and bill --ens. i wanted to say it is a privilege and honor to be a member of the cbs news team and to be a part of a program of 60 minutes consistent quality week after week after week. thank you so much.

>> outstanding continuing coverage of a news story in a news magazine are. >> "american girl." italian nightmare. "48 hours mystery" closing the clinic 60 minutes. war in pakistan. excerpts from afghanistan, dan rather reports. the emmy goes to 60 minutes, war in pakistan. >> they took us here to show us what they had been up against. inside the mud walls and beneath the com bound was an intricate

set of trunks. >> safe to go down here? >> why not? >> the tunnels in the area were not only connected to underground rooms but to other compounds and were deep enough to withstand artillery fire. >> i guess it was a good year to be in pakistan. you don't say that very often. i'm the producer of the piece. i want to thank the great editor warren lostig. and maria usman our fixer in islamabad. and our associate producer and the great camera crew, chris everson, sound man, and cameraman ian robby. thank you so much. the nominees for outstanding

feature story in a regular scheduled newscast are. >> cbs evening news with katie couric. a stone's throw, cbs news sunday morning. on the mend, cbs news sunday morning. fighting grossman, today. my sister story, today. haiti mud cooking, world focus. >> the emmy goes to today fighting grossmans. [applause] >> carl worked as a med dick during world war ii. saved hundreds of lives. >> you crash landed twice.

bumped it on a box on of hand grenades. he wasn't the only fighting greeceman. eight brothers were in uniform during world war ii. >> i'm bob dotson. >> these are stories about the rest of us. the ones that don't have time to send out press releases but who did significant things for our lives, like carl grossman. they don't happen unless people allow us to tell those stories. for three decades, all at nbc, in fact this week is my 35th anniversary with nbc, they have allowed me to poke around with talented young steer tellers like my producer amanda

marshall. david emmanual. looks like he's coming to the prom here. this is a big night. also i -- i love the fact that the story telling is still alive. peter alexander and his sister nominated from the -- he had to be nom fated for someone he cares about deeply. and my executive producer that did not pass this by but passed it to us. and tom brokaw who passed it on to me and thanks for nbc for 35 wonderful years of telling stories. thanks.

>> nominees for outstanding informational programs are. >> hbo, the documentary film. the final inch. trouble the water. which way home, the conton express. and janine, wide angle. >> it goes to hbo documentary films "which way home." sprch [speaking foreign language]

>> this is a great surprise. thank you. first of all, we have to thank all of the child migrants who agree to be in the film. they trusted us, they told us their stories and they allowed us to live with them and travel along with them. so we really hope that -- this film helps with the -- with the immigration policy and makes their lives better. i have to thank sheila nevins of hbo. i don't know where she is. she championed the film. sarah bernstein from hbo.

they really helped get this film done and we're extremely grateful to them. i'm extremely grateful to the film's producers, russell smith, and john malko vitch and mr. mud. i'm grateful our photographers are here. they risked their lives to tell the story. our great editor pack schloss erman. and our field prouffers, sasch weis is here. once again thank you. and -- good night. >> nominees for outstanding economic and business reporting are. "over a barrel" "inside the mind

of google" the "new age of wal-mart" "your life your money." >> the emmy goes inside the mind of google cnbc. have >> people turn to the search engine box. they admit things to it that they would not admit to their doctor, their shrink, their priest, their wife or husband or anyone else. without a thought that all of these queries are being stored. >> eric schmidt is google's c.e.o. >> they're treating it as their most trusted friend. should they be? >> [applause]

>> thank you so much. >> thank you so much. we're humbled and honored to receive this award. i'm privileged to work with this a-team behind me. we like to thank the academy. we like to thank the judges. a big thank you and honor to -- to mitch we i tsener. lulu chang and wally griffith who poured his heart into this piece. congratulations. morgan downs our great editors. patrick thank you. big thank you to cnbc and mark hoffman. we all know we worked so hard and we love what we do. this makes it worth it. thank you so much, we will cherish it. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding

research are -- "ghana" "dim tall dumping ground" the final inch. trouble with water. "which way home" "split a state" "mumbai massacre" >> the emmy goes to real impact series, estate planet green. [applause] >> lisa and her family demonstrated that the gas would ignite. >> yeah. i got burns. >> i'd say. >> keep your face out. >> i am. >> water samples taken from the

ground water in the divide creek seep area showed levels of the carson jen bep seen 48 times government standards. >> that's amazing. we like to thank planet green who were wonderful for work with. this is mitchell marty and matt best, researchers and i'm debra anderson the producer. we just hope that -- that, this will bring more attention to -- to the real impacts of natural gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing. that it will bring desperately needed research to the health impacts of what the industry is doing across the planet. thank you.

>> the nominees for outstanding writing are -- "the cost of dying" "a baseball fan named marie" "countdown with keith ol berman" hallowed ground the military cemeteries "hard time" inside guantanamo bay. inside the obama white house. nbc news special. >> the emmy goes to nbc news special, "inside the obama white house." >> what you doing here so early?

>> a cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato. >> the president of the united states. >> boy, there's no way anyone should be alone on stage in this category, the true collaborative effort, something like 37 cameras. you saw the incredibly talented dateline editors come on tage. this was the dateline team taking our tape and our material, embracing us, missing sleep for two days. from everyone, david corvo and on down the entire team, everyone worked so hard on the project. our thanks to you on behalf of all those that contributed in the writing of this. thank you. [applause] >> inside that elevator with

jervazi was national geographics winner. he made it here, jeri. >> thank you. thank you. this is an incredible honor. afghan warrior was a challenge to edit. a film about history and men i -- enemy and history and war. it was a collaborative effort. i like to thank shad rock smith and edward henry and everyone at the pictures, i wouldn't be here if not for part two, they encouraged me to take creative risks and demanded it. i like to thank the hero of this film, and john and madeline carter from the national gee graphic channel. my exceedingly patient and lovely wife, gaby.

thank you. [applause] >> once again, the one and only chairman of the news documentary emmy's bill small. >> being just in public -- being kissed in public by diane sawyer. mike nicols, eat your heart out. >> the nominee i have been asked, honored to present two of these, three, so called best awards that -- the nominees for the best story in a regular scheduled newscast are -- >> the battle of one up, cbs news evening news. "war on the home front" "perfect storm" "climate change and conflict" "unlikely ref finals"

"vietnam" legacy of war, world focus. >> the emmy goes to cbs evening news with katie couric. the battle of ghana. >> the last 12 days are boring. >> 11 days. we like to say. >> the outpostthey're building is deep in an afghan valley surrounded by the mountain passes insurgents use to infiltrate from pakistan. just four days later, it would come dangerously close to being overrun by an estimated 200 taliban fighters. >> they're within hand grenade range at this time. break. >> it was a wake up call i think

when we -- as a government and country suddenly realized that we were with losing in afghanistan. nine soldiers died because they were left out in enemy territory without enough backup. since then the attack of the drones in pakistan has begun and the american build-up in afghanistan has begun. if we ultimately succeed, those nine soldiers will deserve some of the credit. if we fail, it will not be their fault. so we accept this award on behalf of those nine soldier who is died at wanat. thank you. [applause] >> the nom flys for the best report in a news magazine are --

"a hidden america" "the cost of dying" "eyewitness" "saving flight 1549" "the winter of our hardship and the long recession" >> the emmy goes to 60 minutes, the winter of our hardship and the long recession. [applause] >> in wilmington, ohio, where unemployment has reached levels not seen in decades, it is a company town. the company is leaving. >> you just have to start doing and -- you do without things --

your son drops out of college early. >> he dropped out of college? >> yeah. we had that. we had to pull him. >> i'm soly, producer, along with nicole young of these two segments about -- about unemployment in wilmington, ohio which was a company town. it was where d.h.l. had their domestic hub. then d.h.l. finished its -- shut down its shipping in the united states and so the hub went away and along with it 10,000 jobs. so -- it is a very small place with a very large impact of unemployment. just like to -- to say, thanks to nicole who was the tip of the spear on this story. people started calling her the may of wilmington because she knew so many people and really

got the people there to -- to come out of their shells and tell us about what they were going through. matt richmond, one of the editors, tom honey set is also an editor of the two different segments, scott pele who was a correspondent on the segment, couldn't be here tonight, he's on assignment. like to thank jeff fager or executive producer and -- bill owens our executive editor. thank you so much. [applause] >> her final emmy of the evening is the best documentary. traditionally it has been presented by the president of documentaries at hbo. a life-time achievement emmy award winner herself, sheff had supervised over 1,000 documentaries and many have won emmy's and peabodies and oscars.

you would expect she's adored by independent film makers. i adore her too. sheers -- here's she'll has nerves. >> what will we doo without bill small? when i started, he was this. where are you going? where are you going? what are you going to do next year? >> i'm thinking of third base for the yankees. >> can i be the last one up? >> okay. this is last but not least, the best documentary. >> in a dream. smile pinky. "crips and blood." independent lens.

inside defwb. national geographic explorer. the reckoning, the battle for the international criminal court. p.o.v. war dance. sundance channel. >> the winner is war dance. [applause] [speaking foreign language]

>> wow. when we -- when we went in the war zone and uganda and dominick and nancy and rose, we met a new chapter in our lives, fwacing kids who had -- been subject to an unimaginable -- unimaginable things that happened in their lives with -- as child soldiers and or fans. they changed our lives and hopefully this film helped change theirs, their spirit in overcoming the problems. our witness of it has been something that we really encriddably proud to bring to everybody. we we we made the film as a nonprofit. we make the films to help overcome the exploitation of children in the world for the incredible head of an true, nick spine and shaun fein.

amazing directors, won for cinemaography. my wife and the executive producer. jody and cary are coproducers. this is an incredible dream. this will help us make other films to help other children. these are our children out there, and no one else stands up for them. we have to stand up for them. [applause] >> just a couple of closing comments. bill, thank you for all you have done for the academy and for the business all these many years. dan, what you said tonight, everybody here needs to take that back wherever you are, wherever you go and spread the word. then finally, we have had investigative reporters to find out that the elevator indeed was

broken, but next year, same time, same station we'll do our best to prevent it from breaking. thank you for being here. thank you for a wonderful show. have a good night.

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] [captions performed by the national captioning institute] >> i'm editor and chief of the georgetown law journal. thank you all so much for being here with us today. we're excited about for this event. i think usually when law reviews look to put on a symposium, the journal has to decide on one specific issue to discuss or one particular subject that they want to thoroughly debate. we're very lucky today that we

get to, in addition to celebrating justice stevens contribution to the law and american life, we get to look at changes in every substantive area of the law. changes in the supreme court over that time. changes that are happening on the court now, then will happen in decades to come. maybe more importantly for the law students that are here, a lot of us are making career choices right now. some of the people in the room may have a job lined up and some are maybe thinking about their second job. as we look for the career choices, we're looking for guidance. who better for us to study than justice john paul stevens. as we'll discuss later, he's a person whose early career choices and early legal experiences continued to shape his career later on and continued to shape his jurisprudence. kecked take a lesson from his commitment to public service and

his commitment to his people and justice, especially at a school like georgetown with a commitment to public service. in that regard i like to thank the law center, dean treanor, professor harris and the supreme court for all of their help in putting on the event today. i'm sure it is going to be worth while. of course we're most excited that justice stevens is here with us today. it was really striking -- as we started to plan for this -- for the symposium, the students, we knew we were planning a symposium for somebody that we really admired and respected and wanted to model our careers after. when we started inviting others, we started inviting other high-profile attorneys and professors of the panel and other people we really respect and admire. they would e-mail us back, saying they were excited about the event because justice stevens was somebody that really inspired them. it says something about stevens impact that he inspires the people that inspire us.

just to emphasize what a big deal it is, a bunch of students, we have our family here's. my family is here. my parents came all the way from california. i'm glad you're here. i think it is going to be memorable. justice stevens, thanks for coming. we appreciate you being with us. i want to introduce the other students. lizzy was the chair of the symposium committee and did most of the, -- of the work today. caroline rose is in the back. she's our senior programs and editor. she did work to bring this together and make sure it runs smoothly. finally aaron cooper is going to introduce our first panel. he puts together the journalals cannot tent it -- in terms of

articles. he put today's -- together the first panel, from which we're excited and will publish several pieces. i'll turn it over to aaron to introduce the panel. >> thanks, rocky. >> well, i have the distinct honor of very briefly introducing the top pick of our first panel today, justice stevens and the law. too often i think we fall into the pattern of speaking of the supreme court as a single unit. when we say things like, the court held or the court said, we tend to ignore the rule that individual justices play in shaping the law. we may forget that individuals matter as much as institutions. the goal of this first panel is to begin to illuminate the influence that justice stevens had on the trajectory of our law. to reflect on his impact on criminal law, administrative law and constitutional law and national security law among others.

indeed it is not hard to come up with a opinion for dissent where steven's voice in particular rings out. the poignant dissent in bush versus gore will remain with us for quite sometime to come. but the subtle shifts may be more difficult to incapsulate, after all, in his time on the supreme court, stevens authored over 400 opinions. so, i know in the end we may only be getting our toes wet today. i do hope that this discussion and the ensuing essays can contribute to a more sustained dialogue. i also have the pleasure of introducing our first moderator, professor debra pearl stein of the woodrow wilson school. she's a gruth of harvard, where she served as articles editor of the law review and later clerked for budden of the first circuit following which she clerked for john paul stevens of the supreme court during the 1999 and 2000

term. professor pearl stein has been involved in national law and human rights during her time and later as the director with human rights first. since joining the woodrow wilson school in 2007, her scholarship focused on national security law, human rights, international law and the powers of the executive branch. she's published in a number of prominent law reviews including her own harvard and phrase gracing the public with her wisdom in politicses as slate, and "the washington post" and the blog president opinion" which is my favorite. and some might say that her graced accomplishment was teaching me international law next semester. i will leave that up to you to make up your own mind. i am pleased she's here today and hope she will return in the future.

>> thank you so much. i hope it is my greatest accomplishment, i'll be watching you. first of all, let me say, i'm absolutely thrilled to be here today, not only of course to be -- among friends and my distinguished copanelists but also of course to be here with justice stevens who i'm just thrilled to see looking at fizz and healthy and wonderful as ever. as daunting at challenge is of speaking about justice stevens jurisprudenceance to justice stevens, we're -- we're going to do our best so let me just say a fuad straightive remarks and then we'll jump into it. first, just echo the thanks, very much to the students of the georgetown law journal who have just done a tremendous job in putting this together, to rocky, to aaron, to lizzy, thank you. and to all of the students of the law review or the law journal, it is a pleasure to

work with you so far. on our panel, what we're going to do is each take a turn speaking. i -- i got the bonus privilege of being moderator. i'm going to make a few remarks later on. we're each going to focus on a slightly different area of the haw, we're going to start with jeff fisher to talk about the fourth amendment. i will skip over further introductions ofably incredibly distinguished copanelists and refer you for more detailed by photographies to the wonderful book of participant biographies that i think you could get on the back table there, if you don't already have them. and -- then, i will -- i will reserve the privilege, though i'll exercise it sparingly to ask a follow-up question or two as we go forward. then we hope and expect to heave ample time at the end for a q and a with the audience and further discussion. so, without further adieu, let me turn it over to professor fisher. >> thank you. and let me echo debra's remarks

to the georgetown community for inviting us to be a part of this today. it is a real privilege and a treat. so -- as debra said, i'm going to talk about justice stevens and the criminal law. it is funny when -- when, when we -- i think many of us who were lucky enough to clerk for the justice walk in the door or get the -- get the first call that offered us the job, e we wondered what we did to make us so lucky. one of my theories was always that he needed somebody to get the books off the top shelf. in the chambers. another one of my theories, i guess as i went on, is i had this interest this criminal law that a lett of my, my coclerks didn't necessarily have. so here i am today to talk about that. a and i'm -- i'm thrilled to be able to do so. constitutional -- criminal law of course, especially when you talk about criminal procedure is constitutional law. they're not distinct subjects.

so -- so what i hope to do is say a few words about the fourth amendment as a window into the justices constitutional philosophy. in fact, i usually, when i am asked to talk about the justice in -- in constitutional criminal procedure, lately i have been talking about the sixth amendment. many of you know the incredible the impact that the justices had on -- on the sixth amendment, particularly the right to jury trial over his career, first planting seeds in dissent then in 2000 in the apren di decision and later on in the booker decision, creating a robust right to -- to for criminal that will defendants of the right to jury trial. in some sense because that ground has been covered so utch mr., i wanted to try something different today. so i set out to read and go back and review the justices fourth amendment work. one thing i noticed when i

looked back through his opinions, i wouldn't say that justice was the most prolific in the fourth amendment. he didn't write as many majority opinions as i may have expected to find. he wrote a very important opinion a couple of years ago in a case called arizona against gant but -- over time, there aren't a lot of majority opinions that i found. that i wanted -- that i wanted to talk about. one thing that di -- that i did come upon in -- and reread that really struck me was the justices dissent in a case in 1984, united states against leon. leon is the case where the supreme court speaking through jeef justice rehnquist is -- established -- i'm sorry, it was burger at the time -- established the -- the good faith exception to the exclusionry rule. and when i looked at the justices dissent if that case and reflected on it, it seemed to me a very nice place to pause and renegligent on some of the

things that made the justice so great. in particular, i'm going to talk about three things in his leon dissent and the fourth amendment jurisprudenceance a little more generally that i think epitomizes the justice and the hall moorks to the jurisprudenceance. the first thing you see in the justices quite long opinion in leon decrying the court's decision to -- to allow a prosecution to go forward with the use of illegally obtained evidence through a warrant that lacks probable cause is -- the justices great respect for precedent and in particular, not just precedent as a thing but his predecessors as people. one of the things that i -- i always noticed in the justices writings that i -- that i -- that i experienced as clerk and i always noticed later is how he goes out of his way to -- to

name by name former justices as they wrote opinions in cases and in a sense pay homage to their wisdom and to their -- to their previous work. and -- i think -- perhaps more so than any -- any recent sproort justice. when you see that right away when you pick up his opinion in leon that the justice ever modest doesn't feel the need to start with his own words, doesn't feel the need to start with his own thundering dialogue. but rather starts with -- with justices from the past. i want to read a couple of quick passages that the justice himself quotes in the leon opinion. remember the exclusionry rule is not -- as some of us think something that was established by the warren cart. many of us think of math versus ohio as the beginning of the exclusionry rule. that's the opinion that amied the exclusionry rule to the

states. in 1914, almost a century ago, the united states supreme court unanimously adopted the exclusionry rule for federal prosecutions. a couple of ore opinions that followed, it was -- it was unanimously decided that at least in federal cases, the federal courts would not allow a -- illegally obtained evidence to put if court. you have justice stevens quoting these original foundational decidings for people like justice holmes who said the essence of a provision forbidding that the acquisition of evidence in a certain way -- is the evidence so acquired, shall not be used at all. a very simple straightforward rule of haw from justice holmes and then also from the wiecks decision a little before that, the court had said if evidence that the police obtained without legitimate justification can be introduced against a citizen in a criminal prosecution, then the declaration of the fourth amendment to secure his right for against searches and

seizures is of in value. for those concerned, might as well be stricken from the constitution. from these decidings almost a century ago, the justice then goes on to quote justice jackson. he remember had spent time in nuremberg at the war crimes trial, spent tile in postworld war ii germany and wrote stiring words about the importance of the amendment and people to be secure in their houses. again had -- had robustly endorsed the exclusionry rule. with -- just one sentence, i'll reed you the courts can protect only indirectly and through the medium of excluding evidence of goes obtained that are frequently guilty. it was taken as a bedrock principle by his predecessors that the exclusionry rule was necessary and important in -- in the justice started, i think from that premise as he so often did in his decisions whether

they be in the majority or the dissent. and the second thing that you see in the justices leon opinion -- again, i think a theme that runs throughout his jurisprudencence is -- a deep understanding and a deep belief in the importance and integrity of the federal cords, just -- justice stevens was the postwatergate appointment. we know one of the reasons he was picked was because of his incredible integrity. and no one believed i don't think on the court more deeply in the importance of the supreme courts integrity and the integrity indeed of the federal courts if general. we have already heard one mention this morning of his dissenting opinion in bush against gore and perhaps the most famous line from that opinion was -- which i'll paraphrase but when the justice said we'll never know who won, we may never know who won the 2000 election but unfortunately we know who lost.

that's the public's confidence in the judge as an imparticle guardian of the rule of law. so even in that moment, the justice -- drew on his deep, deep commitment to the integrity of the federal courts and the court system in general. and he draws in his dissent. he says we cannot i go forethe way that allows illegal seized evidence in trial tarnishes the role of the judiciary. illegal searches and seizures should find no sanction in the courts, if such evidence is admitted then courts become not merely the final and necessary link in a unconstitutional chain of events but its motivating force. again, i think -- you can see that running throughout the justices career on the bench. that kind of understanding of the importance of the court's role and the public perception of the federal counties.

the final thing -- the final thing you see in the exclusionry rule is his commitment to the excludesry rule is sensitivity to the real word -- real word consequences and irn centives that actors feel. this to me is -- is maybe one of the more remarkable things that you see in the justice is a pain in his work in general. starting with the fourth amendment, i can only imagine what it is like to sit on the bench year after year and hear fourth amendment cases, year after year, and every one of those cases involves somebody who was guilty. by definition or at least convicted of a crime. it book e would be very easy to start to discount the value of the fourth amendment and start to think that it is simply a technicality or something somebody tries to invoke to get out of a hard circumstance.

the justice no matter how long he was on the bench and this is a 1984, you see the same thing running all the way through. he never lost sight of the bigger picture. and so -- so in the leon dissent, as in other places, the justice emphasized the importance of the fourth amendment in protecting the innocent. indeed, i remember one thing when i was a law clerk, we had a case, i think it was a case that came up on a cert beat -- cert petition involving a difficult and delicate subject which are -- searches of bodhi cavities. at the border. and i looked back at the justices jurisprudence and the leading case at the time and now is a case called montoya dehernandez, where the court said all a officer needed to conduct a bodhi cavity search at the border, was reasonable suspicion that somebody was

smuggling drugs. the justice -- started his separate opinion in that case, with a simple line that i still remember like it was yesterday, when i read his -- it as a law clerk. he said that if a -- if a seizure in search of a person of the kind discussed by the record here is maybe made on the basis of reasonable suspicion, we must assume that a significant number of innocent persons will be required to undergo similar procedures. in some ways, that's -- to me that's just, that's -- that's such a great example of the justice's work. it is not flowerry. it is not -- it is not overly bombastic. but in simple pure words it really get to the hearts of the matter. you can see this, again is something that ran throughout his injures prudentance, whether it be things we may talk about with later today like his support for affirmative action, his jurs prudence with respect

to the religion clauses but whatever -- whatever issue you pick up, you see that the justice had a awareness and understanding of not just the impact he would have onthe party before him but also people's whose voices were not in the courtroom that day and would be ahe can't ifed after given incentives the way to act one way or the other based on the outcome of the decision. so in recent years, and this is perhaps another reason why i -- i -- i decided to talk with the exclusionry rule today, most of us probably know that the -- that the court in the last couple of -- in the last few years, especially has beep -- been, decided to take a decidedly negative view of the exclusionry rule in a case called hudson against michigan and following up a couple of years later in a case called harry against the united states, the supreme court has extended the leon exception to the

exclusionry rule from -- from the situation there, where officers relied on -- in a sense relied on somebody else's mistake, that being the mistake of the magistrate in issuing the warrant to -- to situations where police officers themselves are the ones that make the plist takes that vial hate the fourth amendment. and in -- two recent opinions, you could see perhaps four votes on the court to abandon the exclusionry rule entirely or at least to -- and certainly five to dramaticly cut back on the exclusionry rule. and so this is one of those areas where -- where we know that the justice likes to say that he didn't change but the court changed around him. and -- i think that -- that is rarely more true than when e -- we see with respect to the exclusionry rule. we have several justices on the court who in quite radical way

if you look at history, especially with respect to federal prosecutions are prepared to -- to embark on a very different constitutional vision where there's really no remedy at all, neither in the criminal law or in the -- in the civil lawsuits, for violations of the fourth amendment. so i will end simply -- simply by saying that one hopes as the court continues to don't front this question as the membership changes and new cases come up, we will not in a distant future see people quoting justice stevens and the wisdom that he had in the same way that the justice in the leon dissent quoted his predecessors. it is difficult for me -- in some ways to have a symposium like this where we talk about the justice's jurisprudenceance in the past dense. i think this is the first time i had to do that. i will end on the hope and on the belief that -- that the reason we write opinions that -- that -- that -- that we believe in precedent is because even

when you step down from the court your jurisprudenceance lives on. i hope it will live on in this area. >> thank you. jeff. again, temptation, so i'm going to ask one follow up question and ask you to give a real brief answer. you mentioned that you didn't want to talk about the -- the line of cases. that's fine. i know you spent a fair time not only litigating and wins those cases but probably talking about them subsequently as well. can you say one sentence about what the cases are sth you mentioned and i think this is really true how closely justice stevens attends to precedent, the apren di sets of cases counts me and counter to that. in your own words, he was on the cutting edge on a shift in the law. what are the circumstances there that you think motivated that -- that shift? just to start with the rule of apren di, that the justice

established in 2000 on behalf of the court, the rule there is that -- is that -- facts that trigger sentencing enhancements whether they be through legislative acts that give a boost and -- in a sentence to a certain fact or through a sentencing guideline system that starts with a base sentence and adjust upward based on additional facts are covered by the sixth amendment so that the sixth amendment right to jury trials so that -- just like any other element of a crime, if a prosecutor wants to increase somebody's sentence with one of three enhancements they have to prove that back to the jury, just like anything else instead of letting the judge do it after the fact. i guess i don't see that -- as a change -- a change in the court's jurisprudenceance. what i always understood the apren di line of cases to involve is a time-tested principle needing to be amight against new circumstances. i don't think there was a law in

the court before these new legislative enactments started happening in the last couple of decades that suggested it was fine to have -- to have judges increase sentences by -- by findings based on a. of the evidence. the court hadn't confronted it, except where the justice wrote a passionate dissent in watten against arizona that 10 years later when the court saw in the full light of day and the full light of enactments across the criminal law the court adopted as a whole. so i guess i wouldn't see that so much as a change, it is the court seeing the wisdom of the justice's words. >> there you go. thank you. let me go to professor green. >> thank you, debra. thank you to the -- to the georgetown law journal. i feel like the low person on the mast head. i'm happy to be here. and happy to -- to -- to that