you cannot go backwards. i am not -- this event is sponsored by the ethics and standards. where they for twitter and facebook? that's something that -- kent -- you can start of blog and put any rumor you like out there. people think it is so controlled and regulated. that has not been my experience of it. i know without a doubt that there are standards and ethics that we try to adhere to and try to live up to. i do not know if you can never see that in the block this year but it needs to be there. this idea that special interest of served only in the mainstream media -- who is paying for half of those blogs? the special interests, come on. that put themselves out there is the true guardians of free speech, we will give you the truth, not those evil lying in the mainstream media pushing one

agenda after another. undecided -- undeniable upside to technology. what fast, exciting place they have made the world. connecting the world away never seen before. you cannot put the genie back in the bottle. there is no doubt that there is a downside to it. there is a downside to the 24- hour news cycle. there is a blur and analysis and reporting and all the talk shows that spring up to give people what they hear and do not worry about the facts and reporting in real journalism. that part of it is depressing to me. that part is really depressing. so i do not listen to it. and i do not read it and i shouted out and decide -- i do not have the time. >> you are a very special reporter. >> thank you. it has been a pleasure having you want. i'll let you go only if you promise to return. >> i promise.

>> it is a deal. thank you all very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] \ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >>, and then a look it frank gaffney education policy with dennis van roekel and the president of the alzheimer's association talking about a new report on the disease. that is live at 7:00 a.m. this -- 7:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. >> jumping up and running

outside not knowing what was going on. how would get out of my own car and angrily attacked the car behind me. and he said to me, have you ever been in a war? and that hit me so hard. i am in the middle of this room with 80 people, i started calling, snot coming out of my nose. have you ever been in the war, it was that simple. and when he finally got me back into some semblance of control, he said, you've got posttraumatic stress disorder. you ever heard about it? i said no. >> more about his life sunday night. >> monday, house democratic forum on state voting law changes and voters' rights. you'll hear remarks from representative john conyers, house minority leader's steny hoyer, and the president of the naacp. that is live at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span3.

>> i want to make sure that we have taken every step possible to bring peace of mind to the family members who have -- of our fallen heroes, and for that reason, this review commission will look at the processes and procedures there and make sure that we are implementing the highest standards in dealing with the remains of our fallen heroes. and in addition to that, i want to make certain that we have taken all appropriate disciplinary action here. >> with respect to the most recent accusations, i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. >> with hundreds of hours of new public affairs programming available each week, the c-span video library is the online resource to find what you want when you wondered indexed,

searchable, cheryl. it is washington your way. >> next, the emmy awards ceremony for news and documentary. during the event, a cnn anger larry king was given a lifetime achievement award for more than 50 years in the business. their 42 categories including breaking news, investigative reporting, outstanding interview, and best documentary. presenters included when i called and sunday gupta. this is to 0.5 hours. -- 2.5 hours. >> please welcome the president of the academy of arts and sciences. >> thank you very much. good evening. i like to welcome you to the

32nd news and documentary emmy awards. the people in this world represent the very best and broadcast journalism. we wish to congratulate all the nominees for their outstanding contributions in the greatness of television. thank you. [applause] we are especially pleased to honor larry king for more than 50 years in news and entertainment broadcasting. he has graced our homes -- [applause] -- he has graced our homes night after night with the enormous figures and incredible amount of talent. we are proud to give him the honorary as the lifetime achievement award. [applause] i would also like to acknowledge a couple of people who made this event possible. i would like to thank the judges who judged over 1300

entries that we received it this year. it is there reference that allowed us to celebrate the best and brightest in our industry each year. on behalf of the awards committee, i would like to think the cochairs of the awards committee. [applause] finally, i would like to thank the staff of the national academy. a specially the director of news. thank you. well done. [applause] thank you. well done. [applause] now, to lay down a few of the ground rules for this evening is david nguyen. >> thank you.

in a couple of minutes we will begin presenting the emmy awards. at this moment, only the accountants know who the winners are. here with the sealed envelopes and hand are the managing partner and his associates mike wallace. [applause] in addition, representing the accounts for the international academy of arts and sciences is mr. jeff chung. to help us present more than 40 awards presented tonight, we have mrs. chapman. for those fortunate enough to be called to the podium, our announcer will announce the name of the person has to come to the states. for some reason you do not hear your name announce or someone else is accepting, please

identify yourself at the podium. for those who are sitting in the dock any tonight, look for the attendant at the left to the right and they will score you got to accept your award. what you may bring as many people to the state as you like, only one acceptance speech per reward. after accepting the award, you will exit stage left for you will be escorted for photographs. please remember to identify yourself if necessary. only one speech per award. please keep your remarks to 30 seconds. one last thing, let's all take a minute to turn off our i funds and blackberries and any small portable device that will make an ongoing buzzing noise what you try to make your acceptance speech. congratulations to all of the nominees and good luck. [applause] >> please welcome the moderator of washington week and senior

correspondent, and when i fall. -- gwen eiffel. >> it is always great to start off. i am pleased to be with you tonight. i am pleased to be with you to salute the best in our business. you may have noticed we are at a turning point in broadcast journalism. audiences increasingly get their information from everybody but us whether it is wikipedia or google or to order -- court twitter. news still is a curator. those sources to tell you what you want to know and what you need to know. sources that dig deeper than 140 characters will allow. fortunately there is still much amazing work being done in our business. i get to begin tonight's

ceremony by celebrating the best of the best and investigative journalism, long form of news coverage, business and arts and cultural reporting, music and sound and cinematography. but it right to get. the nominees for outstanding journalism in a news magazine are -- >> brian ross investigates: make a wish some no. 21st century snake oil. the black water 61. spiritually bankrupt, dan rather reports. >> and the emmy goes to -- so much fun. 60 minutes: 21st century snake oil.

>> accepting the emmy, scott pelli. >> our hidden cameras captured one of the biggest cause we have ever discovered. he is a 21st century snake oil salesman milking desperate patients out of life savings. >> i understand you have had patients who have stood up and walked away from wheelchair's. >> there have been patient to have improved to that extent. >> the trouble is that you are a con man. [applause] >> that was a hanging curve ball right there. first of all, thank you to the academy. i am the executive editor of 60

minutes. the people who really should be up here and hopefully are making their way down from the cheap seats are sam hornblower, david -- here they are. bob shaddick was the editor. [applause] scott pelli was the correspondent. we worked on this story for over one year. investigative journalism matters to a lot of us in this room. it matters to a lot of us that "60 minutes." we appreciate the matter -- we appreciate the honor. [applause] >> we will move right along. the nominees for outstanding

continuing coverage of the news story -- form are -- long form are -- >> war don don/hbo documentary films. a village claled versailles. restrepo: afghan outpost. >> and the emmy goes to -- restrepo, national geographic channel. >> accepting the m.a., sebastian younger. >> hello. this is judith, the mother of my

colleague. >> what was that? [gunshots] >> what are we doing? [applause] >> sorry. i felt that part and it always disturbs me. that is what i was trying to talk over it. there are so many people to thank. foremost in my mind is the gaping at a -- absence on the stage of my friend and colleague and brother tim herrington. [applause]

we are really lucky to have his mother to this up here. his wonderful father alistair over there. i just want to briefly say that he was killed in libya on april 20. he devoted his life to chronicling the human cost of war. he became part of the cost five and a half months ago. it is a real honor to be up here accepting his award for myself, for 10, and for the men of second platoon battle company who allowed us into their lives for a year. i love them all. i love tim. i will miss them all tremendously. [applause]

>> thank you. and the nominees for outstanding business and economic reporting in a news magazine are -- >> brazil, 60 minutes. davos/60 minutes. home loans from hell. the mysterious case of kevin xu. >> and the winner for outstanding business and economic reporting in a news magazine -- the emmy goes to dan rather reports the mysterious case of kevin xu. >> accepting the emmy is dan rather. >> xu was hoping to move large

quantities of expensive medicine. the problem is the pills were faked. mr . xu was unlike any other person we have ever encountered. >> between the fake drugs and the details he redial on tape, they had what they needed and moved in to make an arrest. he is serving his sentence in big spring, texas. [applause] >> thank you. thank you very much. i want to extend a thanks to the academy and to the judges. also is the lead to others who were nominated in this category. any one of these pieces would have been a deserving winner. our executive director who refuse to come up here is to my right. elliott kerschner, the senior producer. telly box b -- come on up here,

kelly. --kelly bugsby. the co-producer and editor. our senior editor steve tyler who is down here. kelly and daniel, thank you very much. thank you. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding arts and cultural programming are -- smash his camera. obo documentary films art and copy. joan rivers: a piece of work. storycorps animated series.

soul train: the hippest trip in a america. >> i can't vote isoul train. a little late for that. the emmy goes to independent lands are to and a copy, pbs. --art and copy, pbs. >> accepting the emmy, doug prey, the director. >> i hated the system. we were changing the world and everybody respected it. it grabs at your heart and a third and make statements to what you think life should be about. i was always trying to sell the

products but i was always making a point. the only thing advertising should be and has been revolutionary. subversives. >> well. thank you very much jimmy, i hope you guys come down quick. they made the movie with me. i am amazed. i want to thank pbs so much for supporting us. one club for allowing me to make a film about creativity itself which is very inspiring journey to do. i really want to thank people in the film who just gave their lives and stories and have shared their way of communicating which is so we efficient -- i wish i could be that way right now.

[applause] >> the nominees for outstanding music and sound are -- >> great migrations. music by prudence. sins of my father, hbo documentary films. the matador, sundance. air war, wwii in hd. >> and the enemy coast to -- great migrations, national

geogrpahic channel. >> accepting the at me, kate hopkins. -- emmy, kate hopkins. [applause] somebody is running. and they are running. they are coming. it is your moment. come on. [applause]

yay! congratulations. >> thank you very much. [applause] thank you so much. i would like to thank the academy. i would like to thank david hamlin for getting me on this project. everyone back in buffalo and in bristol. this is fantastic. thank you very much. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding cinematography, news coverage, and documentary's are -- the relentless enemy/60 minutes lost mummies of new guinea. icelandic volcano eruption.

building the great cathedralsthenova. write your soul/ the horseman cometh . >> and the emmy goes and-- explorer. >> accepting deeply emmy, ian k ur. >> created a about 60 years ago, this money is coming down to the village to be inspected and repaired by colleagues who were on board. after the journey it must be dried.

the mummies great enemy is water. [applause] >> now, assuming that national geographic got all of their tickets together, we are assuming that somebody is on their way to get this. otherwise -- ok. come on. i was going to take this home with me. come on. congratulations. [applause] >> wow. i wish i had planned a speech. i thought that would be bad luck. i want to thank all of the other nominees. it was a heck of a category. i got heatstroke. that was it. congratulations to everyone else. i want to thank john ruben who was the director of the film and a good friend.

i really want to thank my wife. she would not come down here. about one-half hour before i came down here i forgot my shoes. she found these for me and it out two minutes. that is new york and my life. thank you. i love you very much. [applause] >> he can run in his best -- his new issues. that is the best part. the nominees are -- belle isle revealed. great migrations. water world, beneath the crust. lair.he dragon's ultimate air jaws. >> and the emmy goes to -- great

migrations, national geographic channel. [applause] >> accepting the emmy, john, cinematographer. >> thank you everybody. [applause] >> well. we did it, guys. "i just want to know i was

handed an emmy from gwen if ill. she is amazing. this was a great collaboration. i want to thank them a lot. of course, the academy at all of the guys here. there is a long list so i will not name everybody. we are immensely grateful. we appreciate this. none of this could have been possible without the blogging support of our family and our friends. i want to say thank you to them. i love you, and i love you ben. >> i want to say that if i was a great white shark, i would only eat emmy awards. thank you. >> please welcome abc news chief investigative correspondent brian ross. [applause]

>> thank you very much. i am so pleased to be here for a grand evening or a celebration and network news. shrewdly expected to begin as a newscast are still on the air. those who need a drink most cannot get here until the bars close. in fact, as an investigative reporter i cannot help but notice certain similarities with some of the e-mails from nigerian prince as i have received. but the word comes from an emmy nomination, i know i will probably lose. it is just too tempting not to hope anyway. tonight there will be winners. people who have skills, creativity and courage to thrive no matter what the business and commercial pressures might be. it has been my great honor to work for and with such great colleagues over the last decade at nbc and abc news. given this platform to not, i

want to take a moment of personal privilege to mention four of them who were close to me and whose names should never be forgotten. don harris, bob brown, and tim hathington. [applause] are four of the all too many killed on assignment as they did their jobs as journalists. we keep faith of them by putting ourselves on the line to work without fear and taking on the powerful and seeking the truth. for all levels, i hope this is much more than just a business. we will see that tonight with some of the winners. let's begin now with the nominees for outstanding investigative journalism long form. >> client 9: the rise and fall

of eliot spitzer. law & disorder. presumed guilty. the oath. >> and the winner is -- pov, presumed guilty, pbs. [applause] accepting the emmy, roberto hernandez, director. >>[speaking spanish]

>> thank you. everybody involved in presumed guilty, come up on stage please. imagine being picked off the street, told you have committed a murder you know nothing about and find yourself sentenced to 20 years in a mexico city prison. this is what happened in 2005. he asked for help and he is here with us tonight. when he asked for help, my wife and i merely -- merely imagined it to get him a free trip -- a real trial. when i asked for help, they turned it into the most successful film and mexico city. if i may compare it, and almost every respect the mexico is the system just as worse than the u.s. except that one. they do not have the death penalty. thanks to that, he is here with

us tonight and sadly troy davis is gone. [applause] >> all right. it thank you. >> the nominees for outstanding news discussion and analysis are -- teacher town hall -- education nation. beryond borderlines. good morning, landlocked central asia. holy war: should american sphere is long? mid-term election coverage. >> and the winner is -- the ritual of mandel show.

-- rachel maddow show. [applause] >> obviously, recently the country has been famous in the news recently because they discovered all these minerals in the mountains toward >> discovered. we are talking about them again. we always knew that afghanistan had incredible minerals. >> lithium you do not see that much. he do see a lot of rubies and emeralds. >> this is important. with all of the stuff that are being done to set up governance and law and order. >> we take you to the biggest shopping street and we're talking about tools. but you don't know this about me yet? >> we have some more people upstairs and hopefully they will make it down. this is new for us. our humble to be here amongst incredible competitors. we need. rachael. she is back at 30 rock preparing

for the show pri we could not do it without her. and also this man. we could not do it without him. [applause] msnbc president, thank you for believing in us and letting us do a show that is quirky and unlike anything else that is out there right now. we are happy to be a part of it. thank you to the troops over there. it was just how incredible the war and what they do to protect us. thank you to the academy and everyone who worked on the show. thank you. [applause] >> moving on. the nominees for outstanding live courage -- coverage of a news story long to inform our-- >> the vote in 2010.

-- vote 2010. crisis in haiti. election night, decision 2010, nbc. [applause] >> and the emmy goes to anderson cooper 360, crisis in haiti. >> accepting the emmy, charlie moore, producer. >> she was actually teaching a class when the walls collapsed on her. >> a few concrete blocks are used to seal the crypt. just one more of this city's dead now laid to rest. >> the 15 day old baby. some kind of head injury. they are begging for a doctor.

but she does have a big loss reasons. she does not appear to have a head injury. i think she will be ok. [applause] >> thank you everybody so much. anderson is prepping for the show. he is on in 20 minutes. he was to extend his thanks in december that i want to. the reason i wanted everyone to come up here now is to really show that this was the ultimate team effort and the type of stuff that we do. it started not only with everybody standing here but also a lot of people that are in the audience today -- all of our losses. there were a lot of them. for honestly having the faith in us to go to haiti when we had no idea what was going on there. letting us be the first ones there because of that. one month later, having the

faith and us to stay. for that we thank you. thank you everybody. we appreciate it. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding science and technology programming are -- creating synthetic life, the science channel. google baby, hbo omcumentary films. time travel, into the universe with stephen hawking, discovery channel. building the great cathedrals, nova, pbs. >> the emmy goes to hbo documentary films, google baby. [applause]

>> accepting the emmy, producer and director. >> hello. i like to think it's be zero people and -- i would like to thank the hbo people. i owe many thanks to people who are not here. i would like to start thinking

the brave people who helped me do this movie and share their life with me. the server get mothers. i would like to thank them for trusting me over 11 years with all of my documentary's -- for all of my projects. i would like to thank diana from transit. my very dear husband for trusting me and being my partner and helping me create it and work on it for the three years i worked on it. they did very hard work in tel aviv. than you very much.

thank you for believing in this film. thank you. [applause] >>the nominees for outstanding nature programming are -- first life with david. hummingbirds: magic in the air, pbs wolverine: chasing the phantom, pbs. secret life of elephants, animal alanet. >> the winner is first life, overy channel.

>> seat scorpions with the top predators of their day. as far as we know, they were the biggest arthropod that has ever existed. the discovery of a large fossilized court suggests they could grow up to 2.5 meters. orthopods of one kind or another were certainly talk -- dominant 420 million years ago. [applause] >> thank you very much for supporting something they do not normally support which is this kind of documentary. thank you to susan winslow. bbc who initiated the project. martin, our director. peter miller, the editor, and

the whole team at zoo who managed to take real science and turn it into something fa scinating. this is about one of the greatest broadcasters of our time. [applause] in 60 years of broadcasting, he has taken us from black and white to color, to high- definition, and in britain we won the british academy award for 3d. but history and one person. a humble person who is a brilliant storyteller and has been a great guide to all of us. ladies and gentlemen, i do not know if there will be another broadcaster quite equal to him.

60 years of outstanding broadcasting. i told him not to come because i thought having won the bafta award, i did not see how we could win both. thank you very much. [applause] >> now, an important category. the nominees for outstanding editing. >> a promise to the dead, national geogrpahic channel. face transplant, abc. client 9, the rise and cop -- rise and fall of eliot spitzerweliotar don don, hbo. restrepo, national geographic channel. >> the winner is restrepo.

>> accepting the emmy, adam levine, editor. >> keep going! keep going! [gunshots] >> what are we doing? >> 8:00. [applause] >> thank you. i was not there for the shooting of that. i don't mind watching that. thank you, sebastian. this is an opportunity to think some of the teachers i have had.

uaura hayes, joe bernstein, just a couple of them. i want to thank national geographic for being behind this film all the way. the men of second to platoon, sebastian, and tim had the ring 10. a man many great things have been said about him. none of them are exaggerations. i do not know if grace has been in there, but a man of great beauty and grace. thank you so much. thank you. [applause] >> while most of tonight to talk awards recognize broadcast for a national audience, the next show regional news. the outstanding for regional news stories spot news are --

burr oak cemetary scandle, wmaq- tv news, chicago. 1000 year flood, wsmv-tv news, nashvile. >> and the winner is burr oak cemetary scandle. [applause] accepting the emmy, jennifer, producer curt >> of what to know where my baby is. where is my baby? courts there ought to be a special place in hell for these thieves. >> as many as 300 bodies the up

so the plot could be resold. the scheme and the shock of the distraught relatives. >> to that we are alerting the details about the suburban cemetery scandal that has been making national headlines. [applause] >> thank you so much. first of all, i want to thank phil rodgers for breaking the story in chicago. i want to thank our executive producer. the whole nbc five new steam and a special thanks to my family for their love and support. i look forward to bringing it back to chicago. [applause] >> and now the nominees for outstanding regional news story investigative reporting. 33 minutes to 34 right, kmgh tv

news, denver. under fire discrimination and corruption in the texas national guard, khou news. foreclosure woes,kusa-tv news, denver. state of your money,wthr-tv news. missing from the bench,wvue, tv news, new orleans. [applause] >> and the winner is 7 news, 33 news to 34 right, denver. >> accepting the m.a., tony, investigative reporter. >> what does continental crashed here and -- crashed here three months ago, flight crews and firefighters reacted

immediately. within minutes the plant was evacuated. not a single life was lost. the crash provided the perfect test to denver's emergency response system. a real-life episode for firefighters at hospitals. it exposed a critical failure. a breakdown that centered 26 miles from here at denver health medical center. [applause] >> what an honor. i have to tell you. when you look at the nominees tonight in this category, if there is any question about investigative reporting being alive and well in local tv, you have to look at what's there. i am honored to be before you tonight. i want to give a special thanks to the elgin family. mark was 38 years old. he died waiting for an ambulance. six months later the flight crashed in denver.

they waited 33 minutes for the first ambulance to arrive. we were able to make a difference. there is not a dedicated ambulance at the fourth busiest airport in the country because of the commitment to journalism by network has. it is an honor to be before you. thank you very much. [applause] toplease look on cnn's medical correspondent, sanjay gupta. >> good evening. it is a real honor to be here. i have to tell you before i started, the most bizarre thing is going on backstage. dr. bess is chasing around with a bottle of which it -- with a glass of apple juice. is an awkward glasses -- danced sometimes between media. we get to do these jobs that have an incredible impact.

so gratifying. i will tell you as a doctor and a reporter and a father of three children, it can be confusing as well. when the phone rings in the middle of the night, i never know for sure who is calling. do i grab the black bag or my doctors back. a couple of times i ended up with a diaper bag. i have counted down once before starting an operation -- 3, 2, incision. i never planned for dual careers in medicine and television. it is always challenging. you hardly get enough sleep. as my wife told me, you can sleep at all three of your daughters are married. my daughters get a little confused as well. the other day i was driving around with my middle daughter. i have a stethoscope sitting on the sea. she started playing with it. i said, this is how it begins. then she looked at it and held

it up to her mouth and said " welcome to mcdonald's. what will be your order, please/" might get a starter will be a reporter. she knows how to not. a lead. the teacher was reading her a story of chicken little. they were describing chicken little running around warning the farmer that the sky is falling. the teacher stopped and looked at the class. she said what you suppose the doctor setbacks? my daughter said, i think the farmer probably said, holy shit, that chicken can talk! not bearing the lead. i really love what i do whether it is -- i cussed, i know. my wife said she cost because i cuts. i love what i do whether it is journalism or medicine. the 3:00 a.m. phone calls, i

appreciate them. they put me in touch with real- life stories of people who are often in their most trying times. since we returned from haiti and east africa, it is difficult to get the images of people you see out of your minds. my tool to assess all the privilege of -- my dual and dualing professions, thank you for having me. his outstanding coverage of a breaking news story in a magazine are -- haiti, 60 minutes, cbs. blowout, 60 minutes, cbs. the passengers in seat 19a, dateline, bnc.

>> and the emmy goes to -- 60 minutes, the blowout, cbs. >> accepting the emmy, scott pelli. >> shake your body to the core explosions. >> mike williams was the chief electronics technician on board of the deep water or is it. one of the glass to the escape the inferno after the blowout in the gulf. he thinks a series of mishaps led to the catastrophe. his story which may be critical to the investigation has not been told until tonight. >> all of the things that they told us could never happen happened. [applause] >> thank you very much everyone. it is a humbling experience to

be mentioned in the same category with all of these tremendous nominees. what a wonderful group of nominees tonight. i have to think this magnificent team for putting the blowout together. one of the terrible things about being a television dos reporter is that you receive far too much credit for the work of others. even though i am the talking head accepting this award and presenting that story, it is this group of people who put that magnificent piece of work together. the country was very concerned in those days about what had happened on the deep water horizon. the worst oral spill in history. our character, mike williams, was able to tell us a great deal about what had happened on that ship in those days leading up to the accident. thank you very much. again, thank you jeff for

treating such a wonderful shop to work in. thank you bill owens for your wisdom in producing this piece. [applause] thank you] -- thank you. [applause] >> just in time. the category is outstanding feature story in a news magazine. the nominees are -- 7 going on 70, 20/20, abc. derek, 60 minutes, cbs. football island, 60 minutes, cbs. stand down, 60 minutes, cbs. hurricane katrina the, first

five the dateline, nbc. >> the emmy goes to football island, cbs. >> accepting the emmy, scott pelli. >> in the american samoa, it is the pre-game show. this is a high-school football team warming up with the haka war dance. something passed down for ages to teach agility to warriors in size and strength. it is estimated that a boy born to samoan appearance is 56 times more likely to get into the nfl than any other kid in america. [applause] >> like i said, far too much

credit for the work of others. i know that pete is here, the incomparable cbs sports executive that brought us the story and produced at peace for 60 minutes. wherever you are out there, thank you 1 million for the story. thank you for that terrific story. another magnificent 60 minutes team on a terrific story. a lot of fun to be an america samoa for one week. thank you very much. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding business and economic reporting in a regularly scheduled program are -- follow the money, cbs evening news, cbs.

cuban scrapple with the challenges and promises of economic change,transammonia, and american business in iran, paving the way, cbs, the money issue, cbs. the new normal, cbs. >> emmy > goes to, paving the wy, cbs. >> -- the emmy goes to, paving the way, cbs. >> it has entered the kind of chaos. >> me john, 6 foot 8 inches, 350 pounds accurate >> everywhere you see some are growing, there were homes here. come on in and see why we are

trying so hard to save as many of these structures as we can. >> he is a man who dreams for this shattered town mask his giant figure. >> i just want to thank an amazing team. thank you for giving us the time to do this story. you guys were amazing throughout. incredible producer, john, absolutely incredible, lauren who tweeted me. wonderful etter. thank you, lauren. -- wonderful at it there. steel towns are something that have meant a lot to me. i do not know if sporadic is

doing things the right way, but i think it is cool that they are trying. thank you very much. b[applause] >> the nominees for outstanding editing, quick turnaround -- 60 minutes, cbs. the blowout, 60 minutes, cbs. haiti, killed for five bags of rice, cnn. bringing sean home, the untold story, dateline nbc. >> any guesses? "60 minutes," haiti, cbs. >> forgive me, but this looks

like civil war madison. >> it is. we have not flashlights, rusty instruments it. >> they are american doctors at the largest hospital. when they arrived, there were no haitian doctors or nurses, just them to treat hundreds of seriously injured people. we joined them on one of their first missions, distributing food to thousands. >> you'll be doing this over and over? >> as long as it takes. [applause] >> stand closer, i need back up. areas matt -- here is matt richmond. this is a wonderful way to start a new work week. stephanie, dan.

we like to thank jeff, bill, harry, and byron for doing this amazing job with a horrible story. thanks,. -- thanks. [applause] >> the nominees for new approaches to news and documentary coverage -- >> education nation, nbc. brain wars, how the military is failing its wounded, npr. deepwater horizon oil spill interactive account coverage, pbs newshour. a year at war, the new york times. the final moments of deep water horizon, the new york times. >> and that amigos to it the new york times, you're at war.

>> accepting. tammy, james. >> i promised everybody i would come back. >> a lot of women in my shoes have left the military because they could not leave their kids. >> when you throw the public's out the window and you are fighting, it is rough. >> my main concern is whether or not i will still be wounded. >> the best things in life are not suppose to be easy, i guess. [applause] >> wow, thank you. this is a great honor. we are thrilled. this goes to the amazing team that worked with me on this, some of whom are behind me here,

some of whom could not make it. they do it with great passion and great feeling. it also goes to the soldiers of the first battalion, 87th infantry. we lived with them for almost a year. they just opened up to us with amazing can door. -- amazing candor. a quick thanks to susan for letting us go there. to bill keller, for putting it in the paper. to joe, for understanding the value of long form journalism. and it to helen for putting up with us having been gone so many months. thank you very much. [applause] >> our next category, the nominees for new approaches to --ws documentary an

>> crisis died, pakistan. -- crisis guide, pakistan. deep down, a story from the heart of coal country, pbs. caught in the crossfire, victims of gang violence, los angeles times. media storm for the lexie foundation. the torn apart, san jose mercury news. top-secret america, washington post. >> the emmy goes to the los angeles times, caught in the crossfire, victims of gang violence. >> i went outside and i got shot in the head. >> the only thing i could think of was, god, please don't let me

die right now. i have a baby inside of me. >> this is what is going on, killing, raping, robbing. >> i ask that question, why did you shoot my grandson? >> the recipients could not be with us tonight. at the academy accepted the award on their behalf. i think i have some extra shelf space. news and documentary life style programming -- >> air sick, media storm. 14 actors acting. new york times magazine online per i.

7 billion, national geographic one line. moby. the archive, p.o.v., pbs. second act, yahoo. >> there are two recipients. the first goes to the new york times magazine online, 14 actors acting. [applause] >> accepting that emmy, cathy ryan, director of photography. ♪ ♪

[applause] >> thank you. we are so honored to accept this award. i am so grateful, on behalf of the team, joanna, whose love of cinema and knowledge of films brought so many brilliant ideas to this, and also out our web producer and web editor who helped bring it together. we're very grateful for the idea of bringing in owen, who composed the original music. and to our director, for his elegant direction and that lighting, and everything that brought this to life.

we're very grateful to our design directors, and to the launch of the project. we're also grateful to the actors. this was a lot of fun. finally, we are so grateful to the new york times, an incredible place, a journalistically, creatively, and in every way. we are so fortunate to be able to do things like this. thank you very much. [applause] >> and we have a second emmy, npr presents project song, moby, npr.org. accepting the emmy, the

host. i never knew but i am never going home but i am never going home ♪ [applause] >> who knew the way to get an emmy was to go on the radio? i have been at npr 23 years, all things considered, and i have seen amazing changes there and i have seen how they let creative ideas florisurish. keith jenkins, who has made our new media looked beautiful. john, and neil, thanks to the

artists. a lot of them come to my desk and play, and it is a lot of fun. at projects song, we get people to write a song in today's and documented. it is wonderful to see the full process. thank you, everybody, it is an honor. >> and now, here to present the international emmy award for news and fares is the president of the academy of arts and sciences. >> thank you. this is the moment in the program when we step outside the united states to celebrate achievement and the gathering and reporting of news by distinguished organizations in all the other countries of the world. as you can imagine, the process of reporting the news is developing and expanding everywhere on earth.

the international academy is proud to recognize some of its most accomplished practitioners. the 2011 international emmy nominees come from countries as different and this that -- as different and distant as iceland and the philippines. coverage ranges from volcanic eruptions and international tribunals to international wars on drugs and mine disasters. as always, the nominee to programs offered unique perspectives on the events that have shaped our year and informed and influenced audiences around the world. the nominees for the international emmy award for news are -- >> from brazil, war on drugs. from iceland, a volcano eruption.

from the united kingdom, scotland news live at 5, inside the taliban, sky news. from the philippines, tv patrol, manila hostage crisis. >> and -- ah, the emmy goes to tv globo. drugs command, let me just say, but this be a lesson and persistence for all of us. this was their seventh straight nomination and their first win. congratulations.

[applause] >> this is a special moment for brazilian history. and for us, because this moment, the moment in which the government tried to change the approach, tried to change the method of releasing poor people from the domination and slums of rio de janeiro. it was huge work from the police and of journalists.

we are very proud of being here, winning for the first time this award, our seventh time here with this issue. thank you very much. [applause] >> well, congratulations again. now allow me to present the nominees for the international emmy award for current affairs. they are -- >> from the united nations, a quest for justice. un tv. from japan cannot back from the brink, inside the chilean mine disaster, nhk, japan broadcasting corporation. from brazil, the discovery

channel, latin america. from germany, on the trail of the somali pirates. [applause] >> and the international emmy award for current affairs is back from the brink, inside the chilean mine disaster, nhk. >> excepting the emmy, the senior producer, international news feature news department, and the director/producer, international news feature news department. >> wow.

[applause] >> thank you very much. this is an amazing moment for us in japan. we have had a very hard year, and coming all the way from japan has been really worth it. to be in the presence of all of these famous faces, out here watching, cnn, and all the other networks that we watched in japan, it is great. you know, this story, you guys probably covered this as well. we had a lot of competition.

we would getwe woulway the story out. we formed a great relationship with the families of the miners, and they manage to get that video from inside of the mind. -- inside of the mine. they sent the camera down. so we got stuff that you guys did not get. [laughter] [applause] and, you know, i feel kind of guilty standing up here in america, on this continent, but, anyway -- [laughter] i would like to also thank our editors.

they brought this 10 days after the rescue. we got the video only three days before the broadcast. three days before the broadcast we were thinking, oh, my god, what are we going to do. then we got this video. i like to thank the editing staff, who did an amazing job editing the peace in such a short time. i would also like to thank the 33 miners who were down there. they taught us a lot about life in what is really important. i like to say thanks to our families and loved ones and our friends. thank you very much. thank you. [applause] >> our next present there is a correspondent for 60 minutes and the anchor of the cbs evening news.

please welcome scott kelley. [applause] >> i have loved this offense, and i will tell you why. yes, it is an opportunity for those people who slave in the editing rooms and word processors to have a moment and the sun. that is a wonderful thing. the other reason i love this is because it is a reaffirmation every year that we live in a golden age of television journalism. never before have so many people in the world that seemed so much. never before have the people of this planet been so well informed. never before have so many voiceless people found their voices with you. and for that reason, i love

this, because, again, it is a reaffirmation of the work that we do, the work that you do, all round the world. now, to honor some more of that work, let's move into the next categories. the nominees for outstanding coverage of a breaking news story in a regularly used -- gergley scheduled newscasts are -- >> tragedy at the mine, abc world ms. with diane sawyer, abc. at the printer bomb plot, abc news, investigates. haiti in ruins, anderson cooper, cnn. earthquake in haiti, nbc nightly news with brian wilson. iraq, a long way out, nbc nightly news with ryabrian williams.

>> unbelievable work, all, but the emmy goes to anderson cooper, 360. >> excepting, charlie moore, executive producer. >> we have heard there is maybe somebody alive buried in there, a 14-year-old girl. finally, after being trapped more than 18 hours, and man digs a small hole. she is alive. she is finally free. >> this street is covered with people who died in the earthquake. there is nobody here to recover the bodies. [applause] >> thank you so much per charlie, our senior executive producer, has gotten shy. he has asked me to talk.

i am a correspondent with anderson cooper, 360. we're so honored by this. i want to thank everybody i have worked with at cnn. i also want to thank our bosses, who got us out the door minutes after the earthquake, spending whatever it takes to get a great story. i also want to thank the people of haiti. 300,000 people died. that is one of every 30 haitian people died in this earthquake. i want to thank them for taking us into their homes and their hearts. thank you very much for this honor. [applause] >> congratulations. the nominees for outstanding feature story in every other the scheduled newscast are -- >> inside the north korean

bubble, bbc world news america, bbc news. the harsh lives of street children, bbc world news america. good morningrt, america, abc. the gift of a lifetime, sunday morning, cbs. sunday morning, cbs. where is molly, sunday morning, cbs. >> the winner is, bbc world as america, inside the north korean bubble. >> accepting that m.a., the director. -- accepting a the emmy, the director. >> we were invited.

the birthday is marked by a public holiday and offerings. confusing to the outsider, even in this country. >> today is his birthday. i realize that. you are giving him flowers? >> yes. >> but i believe he is dead. does that mean that you think he is immortal? >> we don't think he has passed away. [applause] >> thank you very much. first, i like to thank the executive producer of bbc world is america, who has been the interface between some of the best international journalism in the world and the u.s., one of the few people i know the could simultaneously translate between english and america and back again. our colleague, who produced that, could not be here tonight,

she is on location, but she typifies the determination to produce brilliant international news which we believe characterizes the men and women of bbc news. we like to thank the judges and our audiences in the united states, who are watching, listening, and reading bbc news in increasing numbers. thank you very much. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding business reporting, long form are -- >> the spill, front line, pbs. houston, we have a problem, planet green. good fortune, pov, pbs. the new recruits, pbs. >> and the winner is -- pov,

good fortune. >> accepting the award, the director. [applause] >> i am not poor. [applause] >> thank you so much. it is truly unbelievable but the standing up here. i think it is unbelievable that

anyone saw this work at all. summon people to think. i have to start with the two people up here with me. by producing team -- my producing team. it spent countless weeks and months with me riding bicycles and buses, and jeremy, who spent months and years and a small brooklyn apartment editing this piece. so many people who truly believed in us, who brought this in front of audiences, people who championed the independent worked. the fledgling fund, the park foundation, and everybody at pov who saw the film and put it out there, not only on television but also through a lot of social outreach efforts. that is truly a dream come true. thank you for everybody at the academy. [applause]

>> the nominees for outstanding historical programming are -- >> studs terkel, listening to america, hbo documentary films. ilan giron affair, independent lands, pbs. the kennedy detail, history channel. the third reich, the fall, history channel. with this katrina, national geographic channel. >> and at the award goes to what is katrina, the national geographic channel. >> accepting the emmy, the series' producer. >> there is a military, fema, massive coordinated effort to evacuate all people from the

local parishes. this is no place to be, now more than ever. the fear is if they don't get people out quickly and the water continues to rise, that there could be huge numbers of casualties, massive numbers of casualties. [applause] >> if you are coming down, call out. are you out there anywhere? i'm sorry, coming? fantastic. we will just wait here, then. [laughter] here he comes -- oh, there they come. [applause] >> wow. nervous and exhausted. thank you very much to the academy. on behalf of civil jacobs

productions, we're just very honored. we want to thank the people of new orleans, but louisiana, mississippi, who provided us footage, trusted us with their store. we could not be more honored being entrusted to tell their stories. also, one to thank our producers, stacey wolf, dustin, sarah, and art editor, and to the national geographic channel. mike welch, michael, bridget, thank you very much. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding graphic design and art direction are -- >> journey to an alien moon, explore, national geographic

channel. first light with david attenborough, discovery channel. i know it with you, i rediscovering john cazale, hbo. the eyes of me, pbs. stories of everything, into the universe with stephen hawking, discovery channel. a decision 2010, at nbc news and and as nbc. >> and the emmy coast to first life with david attenborough, the discovery channel. >> accepting that m.a., the visual effects supervisor. >> using the latest technology, at it as possible to see this for the first time in half a billion years. from the moment a appeared to

the time they took their pioneering steps on land, we can deduce how animals acquired bodies. eyes, and mouths that ate. >> [applause] >> wow, thank you very much. that is a great honor to receive this. with the collaboration with we weres sciencetists, able to create these images. i also want to think david. i like to thank everyone for getting the program off the ground, and bbc and discovery. the director and peter, the editor. we were able to create these images.

92 the team across the atlantic. thank you very much. -- think the to the team across the atlantic. thank you very much. >> tomorrow at 60 minutes, we will probably get a dozen pitches for ancient life stories. >> brink of defeat, battle for the atlantic, smithsonian channel. hindenburg, the untold story, smithsonian channel. meet the press with david gregory, nbc. education nation at rockefeller center, nbc news and msnbc. >> and the winner is -- hindenburg, the untold story, not the smithsonian channel --

the untold story, the smithsonian channel. >> it was starting to rain again. look. >> the back mooring of the ship is holding it. [applause] >> congratulations. >> we should not be here at all tonight. really, the production designer on the show and a remarkably

talented director from geography, this is theirs. but we have a good reason to be here tonight. we want to thank everyone for supporting us over the recent years. in particular, this is our fourth birthday. four years ago today, we launched the smithsonian channel. thank you for this. thank you. [applause] >> while most of tonight's emmy awards honor outstanding news reports or documentary films, our next two categories pay tribute to the talented men and women who worked hard to convince viewers to tune in and watch them, god bless them one and all. we now present two emmy awards for promotional announcements. the nominees are -- >> abc news, be the change, save

a life, abc. cnn, 2010 diversity image, cnn. dateline, shadows and light, nbc. at times like these, front line fall campaign. go beyond borders, cnn. i am american business, cnbc. >> and the emmy goes to, front line. >> accepting the emmy, david fanning, executive producer. ♪ >> ♪ i i'm a new day rising i'm a brand-new sky

to hang the stars upon tonight i shining ♪et light >> [applause] >> well, when i go to this party after this with all the producers, this is really a great tribute to everyone. our post-production facility who did such a terrific work. on behalf of them and all of the hardworking people who put the broadcast out every week, thank you very, very much. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding promotional announcement, episodic, are -- >> boston med, abc. cnbc original, liquid assets.

garbage ballet, cnbc. toxic america, hazmat, cnn. predictions, 2011, cnbc. >> and the emmy goes to, garbage ballet, cnbc. ♪ ♪

>> i want to say thank you very much for including us in your party. i know a lot of times we're knocking on your doors and asking for things. it is great to be nominated and great to be recognized. i'm sure that i speak for all of the promotional producers, for all of the networks. i want to thank mark kaufman at cnbc for generating an environment that allows for creativity, time, frank, and my wife, fiona. thank you very much. good night. [applause] >> and now, here to present tonight's lifetime achievement award, that anchor and managing

editor of the nbc nightly news, brian williams. [applause] >> thank you, and good evening. as we consider larry kaine, please consider these three numbers -- 25, 40, 50,000. 25 years in that chair, 40 years in the business, 50,000 interviews, give or take, over the years. that is all i have. i have prepared nothing. [laughter] i came unprepared as an homage -- [laughter] a word that i will explain to larry at the conclusion of tonight's ceremony, an homage the man who famously and aggressively came to the table on prepared each night for a

reason. because as he put it, the viewers have no pre-interview. they bring nothing to the table other than one to hear a good story, one in to hear somebody talk. forgive the first person. when i was old enough to sneak in to cbs news headquarters, west 57th street, what i wanted to see was the wall, the room thee walter isdelivered evening news every night. at that room is where we experience the world. i wanted to see the room, i wanted to see what turned out to be a white formica u-shaped desk and a mint green wood cut on an office wall. the same thing when i was

invited onto larry king live. i wanted to see that wall, those colored lights, the map of the world behind him because that's what meant the world every night as we watched larry cover it an interview the newsmakers. like the wood cut, it turned out to be colored lights on a black wall. it is another lesson that things on television did not always appear in person the way they are on television, except, perhaps, larry king. he told us always that he was a guy from brooklyn who loved to talk to people have loved to tell a story. that is all he ever said he was, and he remained true to his word all those years. so from that unlikely background came that table, america's table, the world's table. he became father confessor to the planet. you would not dream of making

news and not followed up with a visit to larry king and his table. everyone visited, the high and mighty and the not so high the and the not so almighty. brando kissed him, but more on that after this. here now is a look at some of the very best of it over the years, colored lights and all. >> good evening. i am larry king. this is what i dreamed of doing. since i was 5 years old. i am living out a dream. i went to miami, the general manager said to have a nice voice, we will give you a shot. there was an advertising for king's wholesale the curse. he said, that is your name. las vegas, nevada, hello. it bethesda, maryland, hello. ted turner said, work for me,

give me an answer tomorrow. good evening, my name is larry king, and this is the premier edition of larry king live. >> now the party. >> the one thing you did not answer is, why? >> why are you asking me that question? >> that is a strange question. >> i am not saying that. >> why won't you talk about it? >> it is nobody else's business. and it is nobody's business. >> i think you look like a fraud. am i am not larry king, no way. >> larry king! >> it is strange, but it is good. >> it is not a toupee. >> larry, you are being inappropriate. >> all right. >> i needed mercy.

i needed forgiveness. >> god is in my mind. >> larry king. ♪ >> what a way to make a living, huh? what is a softball question? i don't know what that is. do you ever feel that it is all coming in around you? a good question is a question to which i don't know the answer. what is it like to take the shot? >> i did not know that i was shot. >> i have never been in the watergate. >> i did not interrupt you, please let me finish. this is not crossfire. >> the police believe that o.j.

simpson is in that car. details are still coming in about the sudden death of michael jackson. paul mccartney and ringo starr. no regrets, no anger? why did god do this to me? >> i am the last to be angry at god. >> why did you do this? >> nobody invites me. >> i loved it. >> does it come with a curse of any kind? >> no, there is so much love. >> we should not waste our time here on earth. we should enjoy what lasts. haiti, please with help, please be part. the u agree that there was a holocaust? agree that there was

a holocaust? what happened to the submarine? what were you thinking? >> land of the free, home of the brave? land of the free, home of the brave. show us the brave. there's nothing i fear ♪ >> spend your time worrying about how you live today. >> he learned that the stuff of your life is not the definition of your existence, but the essence is the relationships of those people in the room right there. >> that is the word, lucky. anybody who is successful in any

business is not use the word lucky is a liar. part.layed a i don't know what to say, except to you, my audience, thank you. and instead of goodbye, how about so long? [applause] >> as i said, presidents, kings, chairman of the board all came because of what larry king brought to the table. those numbers again, 25, 40,

50,000. tonight, ladies and gentleman, please join us in congratulating larry king, lifetime emmy award winner. [applause] i am supposed to read this inscription before i shut up and let you deliver what i assume will be remarks. "with his global audience, formidable interviewing skills, engagement with viewers and guests, barry king is one of the

most influential talk-show hosts in history of television news -- larry king is one of the most influential talk-show hosts in history of television news." ladies and gentlemen, larry king. [applause] >> i really don't know what to say. i have never been at a loss for words. thank you, brian williams, for coming over and doing that. he is a special guy. as are all the people here, because i was lucky enough to be in a business where i really did not have to work. it was a joy every night, radio or television, to go in and meet people from all walks of life and ask them questions and get paid for it. it was unbelievable to me, to appreciate -- i did not own the camera, cnn that owned the camera. mutual broadcasting owns the radio.

they gave me the privilege, the privilege of sitting there and being seen around the world. i'm a little jewish kid from brooklyn. my father died when i was nine and half, my brother and i, who is here tonight, we were raised by our mother. took care of us, always want to be in radio. i used to go into the bathroom after radio shows and imitate the radio. "a tale will calculate it to keep you in suspense." [laughter] "who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? the shadow knows" i wanted to do that. i wanted to do that, and i got to be on radio and television. i never thought i would be seen all over the world. who could imagine that? who could imagine the privilege of doing that? and to raise some wonderful

children. andy could not be here, but larry jr., and my two little boys at home, 12 and 11. my step boy, danny, in utah. my father in law, a mother-in- law, my cousin arlene. who is left? my friend curt, my staff. oh, yeah, the wife. behind every man, there is a woman pushing him aside, getting all of the attention. [laughter] stand up. [applause] my wonderful executive producer, wendy walker, who was with me

there all the way. thank you. it and staff, greg, nancy, bridget, allison, who just gave birth to her first little baby. i want to thank the executives at cnn, jim, scott, rick davis, phil whitaker. i thank them all. for making all of this possible. for giving me the privilege of being in this fantastic business, and to be honored by the people in your own business, what can be better than that? for a kid from brooklyn, who dreamed a dream, and had a dream come true. i cannot end without doing something a little humorous. there is an annual dinner in washington, d.c., every year, the washington touchdown club.

they give out awards for everything. best teacher, worst teacher, best coach, worst coach. it is endless. the dinner goes until about 2:00 in the morning. each year, to have a man of the year. that is what everybody stays, to hear the man of the year. they have frank sinatra, johnny carson. one year, danny kaye was the gunnery. everybody stayed. honoree.as the all we wanted to hear was, "i want to thank, i want to thank," 20 minutes until 2:00 in the morning, danny gets on and says, i want to thank my urologist. [laughter] dr. harvey klein of beverly hills for making it possible to

help me sit through this crap. [laughter] [applause] i also want to thank two of my favorite people, dan rather, brian williams, and also rick for cummingtonite, supporting his friends. while the staff, my friends who have been here, my brother, marty, thank you. what can i say, but thank you. thank you, dr. skip, of beverly hills, california. thank you again. [applause]

>> please welcome a host of it msnbc, the last word with lawrence o'donnell, lawrence o'donnell. [applause] >> thank you. there is, of course, nothing you can possibly say when you follow their rekeying. so i will not attempt to say anything, other than getting on with the presenting. the next category we are to present, the nominees for outstanding interview art -- -- are -- >> facebook, 60 minutes, cbs. medal of honor, 60 minutes, cbs. at the odd couple, cnn. rescue on the high seas, dateline nbc. investing in america, a cnbc town hall event with president obama, cnbc.

>> and the award goes to -- 60 minutes, medal of honor. [applause] >> accepting the emmy, jeff newton, producer. >> i am average. i am mediocre. that he may consider himself mediocre, but this tuesday he will receive the military's highest honor. tonight, you'll hear the story of his heroism of fighting. this is the single greatest honor the military can be still on its own. and it comes right from the president of the united states himself. that is pretty good for a mediocre soldier. [applause]

>> a couple more guys coming? great. well, lara is not here tonight, she is on assignment, but she deserves to be. she did a great interview that really did stand out in every respect. i know that she would probably be the first to say that the interviewee was fantastic. he was one of really the most outstanding characters we have seen it in many years of covering this war. an american hero to boot. we would like to dedicate to -- dedicate this to the first living recipient of the medial of honor. thank you very much. [applause] and now the nominees for

continuing coverage of a news story and a newsmagazine. >> a relentless enemy, 60 minutes, cbs. lost children of haiti, 60 minutes, cbs. a father's mission, and dateline nbc. friends and neighbors. dateline nbc. >> and the winner is, dateline, american now, friends and neighbors. >> accepting the emmy, the senior producer. >> the stress was often too much. >> i do not like to see my kids hungry. when you are so poor, it makes you feel like crap that you

cannot do anything for your own kids. you feel like everybody else is doing everything for your kids and you cannot get a job to get what they want or need. to beg everybody you know to take care of your kids make you feel crappie. [applause] >> it is a real honor to be standing here my name is justin, i am one of the producers. and of fairness to the sunny, she has a lot better days than the one when we caught her. to think lot of people in this story. first of all david, who launched the american now series on dateline and allowed us to gauche to this story. our executive producer, anne

curry, who spent a lot of time with us in the field. michael producers carol and katie, who shot most of that story. our excellent team of editors who are coming up right now. [applause] thank you to a guy named jack who has helped a lot of people in southeast ohio and a lot of journalists in this room. i would like to thank the people who allowed us into their lives, most of all lisa roberts who is here tonight. she runs a food pantry in southeast ohio. we built the story around her.

thank you. [applause] >> for the next category, the nominees for outstanding investigative journalism in a newscast are -- >> ethiopia -- ethiopian adoption scams. cbs. photocopiers hidden dangers. cbs evening news with katie couric. cia shoots down, 10 years later. nightline. cord blood investigation, abc world news with diane sawyer. >> the winner is, cbs evening

news with katie couric. photocopiers hidden dangers. >> michael ray, producer. >> until we unpacked them, we had no idea where they came from or what we would find. we did not have to wait for the first one to warm up. >> we have some documents. this came from the city of buffalo. the crime division. this has 249,000 copies and has been used as a facts machine. -- fax machine. [applause] >> i am the producer of. thank you to the academy. keith who allowed me to do an

investigation on a plastic box and my associate producer emily's who is out there. thank you. [applause] >> the next category, the nominees for outstanding continuing coverage of a news story in a regularly scheduled newscast -- >> bbc world news america. victims of the flood, pakistan in need, bbc world news. afghan bomb squad, a cbs evening news with katie couric. mexico, the war next door, nbc nightly news with brian williams.

>> the winner is, cbs evening news with katie couric, afghan bomb squad. [applause] >> executive producer pat. sergeant jones sees the first bomb explode. >> is everybody all right? >> they examine the device. they find more bombs that are ready to explode. they understood them -- unearth them. they break the tension with a flash of humor. >> thank you. i am the editor, one of the editors that worked on this piece.

it is not often that -- we are hidden in the basement. i am honored to accept this award for all of the people that did all of the work. the people who went into war zones and the soldiers. unfortunately some of the producers and the correspondence could not make it. they asked me to read this -- terry and i would like to thank the marines who offered us a access and even when things went wrong, kept to their and of the bargain by letting us do our job. we hope we keep our part of the bargain by telling their story as honestly as we could. [applause]

>> the nominees for outstanding informational programming -- >> the confessions. frontline, pbs. monica and david, an hbo documentary films. reporter, an hbo documentary films. food inc, pbs. off and running, pbs. i love you, mommy, pbs. >> the winner is, food inc. pbs. [applause] >> director/producer, robert. >> you have a small group of

corporations to control the food system. control of food. >> this is not just about what we are eating, what we are allowed to say or now. it is not just our health that is at risk. >> companies do not want farmers talking. they don't want this story told. [applause] >> we had no idea when we started making this how difficult it would be to tell the story of how our food gets to our plates, what it does to us, and what it does to our environment. we had no idea about the growing food movement which could help bring about changes inspired by such books as fast food nation and numerous

wonderful films. i want to thank than in participant films for having the notion to finance a theatrical film about where our food comes from. i want to thank pov. it was there we first got the idea to do this. i also want to thank them for their on compromising manner in showing it despite certain food corporations that wanted it done differently. i want to thank my automakers for their insight and brilliance and kindness and want to thank my wife whose love and support i could not to do without. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding research are -- >> toxic towns, usa.

cnn. can the gulf survived? ? woman rebel, hbo documentary films. presumed guilty, pbs. >> the winner is -- can the gulf survive? national geographic channel. >> researcher. >> adapted -- deepens side -- deep inside the headquarters, which got access to were no one has been permitted. into the command center for capping the well.

from this 800 sq. ft. room, engineers monitor over a dozen live feeds streaming from the ocean's floor 5,000 feet beneath the surface. >> it is looking like the researchers did not get tickets. here they come. >> thank you. in a field where we do not know how much oil came out, finding the information was a challenge. it would not have been possible without jonathan and patrick. i also want to thank the other producers, national geographic

magazine who was involved in the collaboration. national geographic channel kathleen, michael, who supported us as documentary filmmakers in a way that is unimaginable in a breaking news environment which is not something we normally do. and also a national geographic television and on behalf of all three of us we want to say grandmother's -- to thank our mothers. [applause] >> the nominees for outstanding writing -- >> anger in the land, 60

minutes. the secret language of elephants. moyer's journal. gift of a lifetime, sunday morning, pbs. first light with david attenborough, discovery channel and. >> a writing award that aaron sorkin did not win. first life with david attenborough, every channel. -- discovery channel. >> excepting the -- accepting the emmy, >> from the time they appeared, we can deduce how animals acquire bodies that move. ocheye -- eyes and mouths. and we can understand how those

first organisms laid the foundation for modern animals as we know them today. including you and me. >> wow. [applause] i think this is satisfying but really a very satisfying because this is the right thing. you have not heard -- writing. you have not heard david attenborough for a long time. you do get them if you buy the dvd. his words are magical. he may have been making programs for 60 years but he has a craft with his storytelling and an understanding of the story which i do not think -- it is unparalleled.

he manages to -- he could not tell the story because he did not have the fossil record. when we had cgi and the fossil record, he was able to embark upon them. he would laugh at me. he was hoping there would find the fossils' before he retired. he is not retiring. i do not think he is going to retire now. thank you to this academy. this one means a lot. this is david attenborough at his best. there is no one who will speak quite like that. [applause] >> welcome the chairman emeritus of the news and documentary and

video -- emmy awards. [applause] >> good evening. as many of you know, until i stepped down last september, i spent the last decade is chairman of the news and documentary awards. someone asked me, of all the presenters, which were your favorite? which stood out in your mind? many of them were whitney such as brian williams. a few have been wordy. the first one was the late anne richards, the onetime governor of texas. my daughter says she is the last good governor of texas. [applause] some texas friends say the last

truly honest governor we ever had. if rick perry is listening, i am just quoting. ann richards said that she is often mistakenly introduced as the first woman who ever became governor of texas. she said that is not true. at the beginning of the 20th- century, there was a governor called pa ferguson. he was a crook. unlike some other elected officials, he got caught. he was impeached. being impeached in texas means you can never again run for state office. what did he do? he ran his wife's campaign and ma ferguson became governor. she is always -- only remembered for one incident when some of

her colleagues said they are trying to start a movement to teach spanish in our schools. she said not while i'm around. if the english were good enough for jesus christ, it is good enough for texas. [laughter] the other that popped into mind was my old friend joe. he said that i have television experience. i was on the today show. he said it was early on and i was sitting in the greenroom. the only other person there was the french actress catherine. she said to me, good morning, father. i said to her, good morning. that is all that was said but

there was electricity in the air. my job is to introduce the first of three categories that again the best of. if you have been watching these entries, almost anyone could fit this category and many were entered. i salute the judges who went through this mountain of material to come up with nominees. the nominees for the best story in a regularly scheduled newscasts are -- >> afghanistan, up from the front lines to the home front, nbc nightly loot -- nbc nightly news. desperate days, the floods of pakistan, nbc nightly news. earthquake in haiti, nbc nightly news.

mexico, the war next door, nbc nightly news with brian williams jury. dangerous city, and today, and bc. -- today, nbc. >> would anybody's be surprised if nbc won? the emmy goes to mexico, the war next door, nbc nightly news with brian williams. >> accepting the emmy, mark, correspondent. >> it is hard to imagine with the headings -- beheadings. the horrific violence is linked to the united states. traffickers fight for control of smuggling routes to the united states.

anyone standing in the way is a target for murder. there are 20,000 children living on the streets. almost all of them are locked into a cycle of drug addiction and prostitution. they are also extremely vulnerable to be recruited by the drug cartels. [applause] >> we are humbled by this award and we thank you very much. the mexican drug war is a tough story. it is important. it is nearby. it affects this country directly. we would like to thank the people at nbc nightly news for their support as we covered this story over and over. they continue to support this very important story next door to us. i would like to thank my colleagues bob, eric, flynn, bob

epstein, and and brian williams. we would like to thank our colleagues at telemundo for their important work. they are there every day. [applause] thank you very much. >> somewhere another envelope is coming. while we wait for it, right before i came on, and no one has ever asked me the best acceptance speech. my favorite and the shortest of all was a young writer from cbs news who had been fired several

weeks before the lme dinner. -- emmy dinner. his acceptance went like this, to my former bosses at cbs, pfft! the nominees for the best report in a news magazine are -- >> 21st century snake oil. 60 minutes, cbs. the all-american canal, 60 minutes, cbs. the blowout, 60 minutes, cbs. the lost children of haiti, 60 minutes, cbs. >> i am now told that there were

two awards. needless to say, the first goes to, 60 minutes for the blowout. [applause] >> accepting the emmy, scott. >> it is a take your breath away type explosion. it shakes your body to the court. >> he was a technician aboard the deepwater arising, one of the last to escape the brno after the blowout. he believes a series of mishaps led to the catastrophe. his story has not been told until tonight. >> all of the things they told us could never happen happened.

>> what is -- what he is saying is important. >> who is responsible? [applause] >> don orestes told us find characters second tell us the story better than we can. mike williams, the technician on the deepwater verizon was one of those characters. here comes more of our team. you missed the deadline. this story represents one of the most difficult things and one of the most dangerous things any of us ever does. that is serious investigative reporting on deadline. this team was able to pull that off. it is a large team. we broke this into various aspects and these people

attacked it in various ways all at once. we were able to turn this story about what happened in very short order at the time of the country was eager to hear more and learn the answers. with the thanks to the academy for leading such a great place like 60 minutes, thank you for this award. [applause] >> the second 60 minutes a emmy goes to the lost children of haiti. [applause] >> thank you. >> it has been 10 weeks since the earthquake. we were struck by what is still

an apocalyptic landscape. you first noticed the children. there are half a million of them living on the streets and orphanages or in camps. untold thousands are threatened by hunger, disease, sexual assault and a modern day slave trade. we found that even a man rescuing orphans was searching for his own missing eight-year old son. [applause] >> the careful observer of these proceedings will have noticed you are seeing a lot of nicole young on this stage tonight. [applause] both of them were associated with a great deal of our best work on 60 minutes. once again we are grateful to the academy and all of you for

supporting our work. [applause] >> i don't want you to panic when you see there are a half- dozen amis left -- emmys left. we do not know -- those there do not know how many of them are ties. none of them are in great except for larry king. -- engraved except for larry king. the voice you have been hearing as a presenter, steve cramer. [applause]

i asked if they would let me introduce the next presenter. it is for the category, the best documentary. sheila, who is the head of documentary at hbo, is one of the most remarkable people. in 2005 she received a lifetime achievement herself. she has been the overseer of a 500 documentaries. she has been the recipient of two dozen news and documentary emmys and another 10 or so awards like eight oscars. [laughter] she is the first lady of television documentaries. it is my pleasure to bring her in. [applause]

>> thank you. there have been so many men in suits tonight and so many sad story. i thought i would think my gynecologist. [laughter] anyway, the best documentary. the nominations, please. >> client 9, the rise and fall of elliott spitzer. a small acts, hbo documentary films. food in, pbs. presumed guilty, pbs. the oath, pbs. restrepo, national geographic channel. channel.