i also think we should all use the merritt wever method from now on.omeone gives you an award or gives you a casual compliment. remember it's a quick thank you followed immediately by, i gotta go. i challenge you to find a better approach. that's it for us. "piers morgan live" starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> this is "piers morgan live." tonight, breaking news on the brutal terror attack in kenya. the foreign minister there tells pbs two or three americans among the attackers. and the stunning new video. women and children hiding dozens of shoppers cut down in the saturday afternoon in the mall. 62 people dead. more than 175 wounded. hundreds running for their lives. many remain unaccounted for. >> translator: he shot at

neil patrick harris summed up the only appropriate reaction. >> merritt wever, best speech ever. luck, everyone else. >> so when merritt wever took questions from reporters backstage, she had a moment to gather her thoughts and remembered what she wanted to say. >> i wanted to thank a lot of people. oh, it's happening again. i wanted to thank everybody at showtime. i wanted to thank, most of all, edie falco. it's hard to do those. sorry. yeah. i'm scared. i'm scared because it was unexpected, so i don't know how to feel yet. i mean, i have therapy next week. >> i like someone who is not in touch with their emotions.

and the adorable merritt wever from "nurse jackie." >> how about neil patrick harris? he didn't do a big musical number opening. >> he did several. >> but he didn't open the show. he can do no wrong. he is the best host of an awards show that we have. he was a producer of this year's show as well. >> i thought it was fun to turn it on its ear. >> people were talking about it. the choreography was there. what about the different way they did the tributes? >> i liked them. i think that -- i was a little mixed on it because i thought it added a lot to the running time of the show. but anything you do differently, i'm all for. i would rather it will be little odd than boring. i was never bored. >> mm -- >> i know. once it got going, i knew there was something odd. >> i thought the top of the show was strange. that first tape. >> i thought the opening number -- it lost me. >> i loved the former hosts. >> the tv screens went on a little long. i have to say. >> it's hard to keep a show like that fast-paced for the entire show, though. >> as another host of awards shows. >> bu

i also think we should all use the merritt wever method from now on. when someone gives you an award or gives you a casual compliment. remember it's a quick thank you followed immediately by, i gotta go. i challenge you to find a better approach. that's it for us. "piers morgan live" starts now. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> this is "piers morgan live." tonight, breaking news on the brutal terror attack in kenya. the foreign minister there tells pbs two or three americans among the attackers. and the stunning new video. women and children hiding dozens of shoppers cut down in the saturday afternoon in the mall. 62 people dead. more than 175 wounded. hundreds running for their lives. many remain unaccounted for. >> translator: he shot at my head but luckily it hit the wall behind me. >> they said you've been killing our kids so we're going to kill yours, too. >> going floor by floor looking for any remaining terrorists. could it happen here? >> honestly, this is a target to me. i'm a little nervous being here. >> i talked to nick christov about what

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> the award for the shortest and our favorite speech of the night went to an early overwhelmed merritt weverhanks so much. thank so you much. um, i got to go. bye. [ laughter ] >> just walk away. >> she followed directions. somebody told her wrap it up. >> she just got up there. >> you don't think somebody forced her to wrap it up. come on. we got to -- >> they do that at the beginning of every speech. the poor girl got freaked out. >> i wish somebody would give me cues in my ear. >> nobody follows cues like joe. >> you're known throughout the network as a guy no director has a better relationship with their talent. >> i'm subs is servient. >> julia louis-dreyfus got a little help from her assistant. >> i would like to thank our producer producers. i would like to thank our -- my family. >> if you don't watch the show. >> it's so good. >> no show got better. >> hysterical. >> tony hale won best supporting actor. the show paid tribute to southeast legends who passed away including james gandolfini. >> you knew james gandolfini the actor. i was lucky enough to know jim the man. for ten years a