i am so honored to be here to accept the jerry thompson award.m blessed, i am happy, and i am overwhelmed. thank you so very much. jerry thompson's award is very special to me. because i knew jerry. because of this particular reason i knew he was the kind of guy if you have a briefing or a press conference, you knew jerry was in the room. he was a quiet guy. that i knew his partner, tony better but every time jerry and tony would come into the room they would always acknowledge me and show professionalism throughout the whole day thank you to the c-span family. [applause] the weekend crew and all the technicians that i work with every day. that is the control operators in the producers engineers and even the interns i really enjoy what i do and i enjoy talking to the interns because showing them the ropes and teaching them what c-span is all about, that's our job it's our job to show them what broadcasting is like. i would like to give special thanks to an awesome outstanding wonderful brian lamb. [applause] and also susan swain, jerry, swain, je

they're present the jerry thompson award, the 2011 chairman of the rtca/cnn senior photo journalist, mcmichael, and cnn's chief litical correspondent, [applause] >> the jeri thompson award was created in 2012 to recognize photojournalists and technologists in our industry that embodied the standards and .uality of jeri thompson >> the ideal recipient is selfless and eat -- an eager teacher and mentor, someone who constantly reaches above and beyond expectation, a model employee and, most importantly, always different to all. these are the qualities that those of us who were lucky enough to work with jeri thompson remember that he exhibited on a daily basis, along with an unflappable demeanor. this year's recipient of the 2018 jeri thompson award embodies all of those qualities. for those of you who work on capitol hill everyday, you know him. he is always smiling. he always wears great shoes, which i very much appreciate. he loves talking about the new york giants. please join me in congratulation garney gary of c-span. [applause] as garneylockstep -- walks up, want to say that jeri t

jerry thompson award. jerry thompson award recognizes extraordinary careers focusing on the qualities mentorship and the memory of jay thompson a long time videographer for cnn. [applause] for his generous friendship, willingness to help others and consistently pushing above and beyond expectations. here to present the jeri thompson award, the 2011 chairman of a rtca cnn senior photojournalist jay mcmichael and donna bash. [applause] >> the jeri thompson award was created in 2012 to recognize photojournalists and technologists in our industry that embodied the standards and .uality of jeri thompson >> the ideal recipient is selfless and eat -- an eager teacher and mentor, someone who constantly reaches above and beyond expectation, a model employee and, most importantly, always different to all. these are the qualities that those of us who were lucky enough to work with jeri thompson remember that he exhibited on a daily basis, along with an unflappable demeanor. this year's recipient of the 2018 jeri thom

c-span received the jerry thompson memorial award.ear the awards, we will from the featured speaker,

capitol hill team received the award for excellence in journalism and garney gary received the jerry thompson memorial award. we will hear from jeff flake. this runs one hour, 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, o'er the ramparts we watched,

>> well, we have great leaders in the party, jerry nadler, judiciary, elijah cummings, government reform committee, benny thompson security, maxine waters in terms of money laundering aspects, they will make decisions within their committees as to what oversight and perhaps investigation that we should do. and then that will have a consensus within our party about that. we have to wait and see what the mueller investigation will yield to. but one thing is for sure that we will be asking for the preservation of the documentation of that hearing. i don't think that you can even talk about impeachment until we see the results of that investigation, and again we're trying to find unifying solutions. people see that we are working primarily on their financial security. so keep taking it back to what our main purpose is and other responsibilities that will make judgments as we go along. we must preserve the documents. i think you'll see early on something about seeing the president's tax returns, an approach that will say every nominee of each party should show his or her tax returns as you go her tax returns as you go