jeri thompson's award is very special to me because i knew jeri.new jeri was the kind of guy who, when he walks into a briefing or a press conference, your new jeri was in the room. he was a quiet guy. but i knew his partner more than i knew jeri. but every time jeri and tony came into the room, they would always acknowledge me and they would always show professionalism and friendship throughout the holding. -- throughout the whole day. i would like to thank my c-span family. [cheers and applause] the field department, the orange group, the weekend crew, and all the technicians that i work with everyday. the master control operators, the producers, the engineers, and even the interns. i really enjoy what i do. and i enjoyed talking to the interns. showing the interns the ropes and teaching them what c-span is all about, it's our job. it's our job to show them what broadcasting is like. and i always reinforce to them it's a wonderful field. i would like to give special thanks to the awesome, outstanding, wonderful brian lamb. [applause] jerry murphy

nbc news received the -- award for excellence in journalism and c-span's -- received the jeri thompsonemorial awards. we will hearards, from the featured speaker, arizona senator jeff flake. this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> ♪ o say can you see, by the dawn's early light, what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, '