. >> omar enlisted the expertise of clint roberts of the company one simple plan. >> i realized what he wanted to do and realized it was a 78-year-old prohibition law and said this isn't going to happen in two weeks. >> despite some support, omar felt some resistance from the start. >> there are a lot of people that didn't want to see that challenge happen. just -- that's the way politics work. when laws are there, there's someone that wants to keep them that way. >> that's why he had to prove that his campaign wasn't just about selling pints of beer. >> we made it more about small business, big idea, free market, this guy wants to grow his business, why is anybody standing in his way let alone the government? >> omar argued that he wouldn't be the only brewery to benefit. his message was focused. hundreds of jobs could be created with a minor legal change. >> it kind of became a jobs bill. we have a lot of opportunities to do some stuff here and let's do it here as opposed to another state. >> state representative jennifer loon was a sponsor of the bill. >> state representative was

are "american sniper," clint eastwood robert lore reince bradley cooper producers.od," richard linklater and kathleen sutherland producers. "the grand budapest hotel," wes anderson, scott route p, steven rals and jeremy dawson producers. "the imitation game," norah grossmann, ed unh teddy schwarzman, producers. "thelma," christina coleman, oprah winfrey, dee dee and jeremy kleiner producers. "the theory of everything," kim bevan, eric filner lisa bruce and anthony mccardin, producers, and "whiplash," jason blum helen is the brooke and david lancaster producers. >>> for the complete list of all the nominations please visit oscar.com. >>> okay. so "american sniper" we should talk about first. >> this is a film that very famously got no golden globe nominations but it did quite well in getting best picture nom nay and best actor, bradley cooper. he has three nominations in a row. that's the first time it's happened in over a decade. very impressive. >> you said he was impressive in that. >> beyond that what's the biggest surprise? >> jennifer aniston not getting nomina

are pleased nce the films selected as the best picture nominees, they are "american sniper," clint eastwood robert or the unexpected virtue of ignorance, alejandro gonzalez inarritu john lesher and james w. scotchpole "boyhood," richard linklater and kathlyn sutherland, producers "the grand budapest hotel," wes anderson scott rudin, receiven rails and jeremy dawson, producers, "the imitation game," nora grossman teddy schwarzman producers. "selma," christina kolson oprah winfrey, dede gardner and jeremy cleaner, purchases, "the theory of everything," tim babien eric fellner, lisa bruce and innocent mccarten, producers, and "whiplash," jason blum helen estobrook and david lancaster, producers. >> for the complete list of all the nomination please visit oscar.com. [ cheers and applause ] >> and join us sunday night, february 22nd to celebrate these incredibly -- incredible artists at the oscars with our host neil patrick harris. see you at the oscars. >>> we certainly will see you there. back with jess cagle and chris connelly in this batch what jumped out at you? >> i'm disappointed that the direct

clint eastwood, robert lorance, bradley cooper and peter morguingen. "birdman".ls and jeremy dawson, producers. "the imitation game," nora gross man, and producers. "selma," christina soleson oprah winfrey didi garner and jeremy kleiner, producers. "the theory of everythingle," jail bevin and producers. and "whiplash," jason blum, helen estherbrook and producers. >> for the complete list of all the nominations visit oscar.com. >> and join us sunday night, february 22, to celebrate these incredible artists and films at the oscars with our host neil patrick harris. see you at the oscars. >> all right. there you go. we got the big announcements. a lot of people are very happy and very sad. it seems like "birdman" -- >> i've been keeping track of the ones they announced. "grand budapest" got seven. "american sniper" got three, including best picture. and that, of course is the movie based on the life of chris kyle, done by clint eastwood. >> directed by clint eastwood. >> and jason hall wrote the screenplay. >> bradley cooper nominated for lead actor there. we'll see

clint eastwood, robert lar"birdman," alejandro and john lesher and james w. xpoch apoll producers.wes anderson scott rudin, stephen rais and jeremy dawson, producers. "the imitation game," norah grossman do ostrakoski. "selma" christina colson oprah winfrey, dee dee gardner and jeremy kleiner, producers. "the theory of everything." tim bevin, eric fellner, lisa bruce and anthony mccartan, producers. and "whiplash." jason blum helen estabrook and david lancaster, producers. >>> for the complete list of all the nominations, please visit oscar.com. >>> and join us sunday night, february 22nd, to celebrate these incredibly -- >>> the nominations are in and, joe, the nominations for best picture, let you wrap everything up we just saw here though that is a real fight. that's a real fight. i can't imagine even which one i'd want to win. >> a real fight. a couple of things. robert duvall getting -- making history today as the oldest nominee in his category for best supporting actor at 84. just extraordinary actor forea long time. bradley cooper. once again. a nominee for best actor. but "

clint eastwood robert lorenz andrew lazar, bradley cooper and peter morgan producers.er and kathleen sutherland producers. "the grand budapest hotel" wes anderson steven rales and jeremy dawson producers. "the imitation game" nora grossman edu ostraskowsky. "selma" kristina colson oprah winfreyde winfrey, d.d. gardner. "the theory of everything" tim bev vin, eric fellner, lisa bruce and anthony mccartin producers and "whiplash" jason blum helen esterbrook and david lancaster, producers. >> for a complete list of all the nominations please visit oscar.com. >>> the president of the academy and chris pine talking about the nominations. we have so much to go through. some great, great news here. we're going to discuss it in a moment with krista smith and discuss our oscar nominations. >> announcer: the nominees is brought to you by the all new volkswagen gulf family 2015 mow the tore trend car of the year. isn't it time for german engineering? why did a panel of 11 automotive experts... ... name the volkswagen golf motor trend's 2015 car of the year? we'll give you four go

they are -- "american sniper," clint eastwood, robert laurens.nce." alejandro inarritu. "boyhood," richard linklater and kathleen sutherland, producers. "the grand budapest hotel," wes anderson, scott ruden, steven rails and jeremy dawson, producers. "the imitation game," nora grossman edu ostrowski and teddy schwarzman producers. "selma," christina colson oprah winfrey, dede gardner and jeremy kleiner, producers. "the theory of everything." kim beven, eric fellner, lisa bruce and anthony mccarten, producers. and "whiplash." jason blum helen esterbrook and david lancaster, the producers. >> for a complete list of all the nominations, please visit oscar.com. >> and join us sunday night, february 22nd, to celebrate these incredibly -- incredible artists and films with our host neil patrick harris. see you at the oscars. >> all right. we've got matt bean with us from "entertainment weekly." all right. i was thinking there were snubs andreversal of snubs. now american sniper and bradley cooper but we didn't see david ayellowa aiello. >> one of the th