guess who won -- "citizenfour."ura and i had the chance to meet at the ceremony a couple months ago. i was just completely blown away when i saw this film. i didn't know what to expect. in part because i -- i think i know everything there is to know already about edward snowden and the nsa. i didn't know there was anything else to learn. i was just -- i was humbled. i was brought low by the film which is my way of asking, when you approach a project like this, if you think that everything's already been told about the story or about the guy, where do you start? >> well i mean in this case, i mean, i knew i had something unique which was i was in the hotel room for eight days when he was meeting with myself and glen greenwald from "the guardian" and ewan mccaskill. that was unique access. and it wasn't just about, you know what we learned in the news but like what motivates a person and what does a person do when they're under extreme pressures. and -- and i knew it hadn't been seen before, you know. him -- in the mo

meanwhile, laura poitras' film "citizenfour" about edward snowden was nominated for best documentary. the former u.s. ambassador to el salvador robert white has died at the age of 88. in 1981, he was fired after he refused to cover up the salvadoran military's responsibility for the murders of four american women who were maryknoll church workers. white was there when the women's bodies were dug up. he was quoted as saying -- "this time the bastards won't get away with it." and those are some of the headlines, this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. just weeks after pope francis announced he would urge 1.2 billion catholics worldwide to take action on climate change, he is visiting the philippines and meeting with survivors of several typhoons that devastated the country. the philippines is asia's largest catholic nation and 80% of the its 100 million residents are catholic. the pope celebrated mass today in manila's cathedral after

. >> for best documentary feature the nominees are "citizenfour," "finding vivian maier," "last dayslm editing, the nominees are "american sniper," "boyhood," "the grand budapest hotel," "the imitation game" and "whiplash." >> for achievement in sound editing the nominees are "american sniper," "birdman" or the unexpected virtue of ignorance, "the hobbit: the battle of the five armies," "interstellar" and "unbroken." >> for achievement in sound mixing the nominees are "american sniper"," "birdman" or the unexpected virtue of ignorance, "interstellar," "unbroken" and "whiplash." >> for achievement in production design the nominees are grand budapest hotel" "the imitation game," "interstellar," "into the woods" and "mr. turner." >> for best live action short film the nominees are "boogaloo and graham." "butter lamp." "parvaneh" and "the phone call." >> for best animated short film the nominees are "the bigger picture," "the dam keeper," "feast," "me and my moulton" and "a single life." >> for best animated feature film, the nominees are 6," "the boxtrolls," "how to train your dragon 2"