are we having a good time? i think we are having a good time. our awards presentation continues with the david bloom award. which celebrates exceptional enterprise and investigative reporting for the past year with a particular i towards journalism that is fresh, daring or undertaken in difficult circumstances. ladies and gentlemen, this award honors the memory of david bloom . a creative and gutsy correspondent and anchor for nbc news. [applause] here to present tonight s award are two of david s daughter s, nicole and christine bloom. [applause] good evening. it is so wonderful to be back here again tonight. ava, our younger sister, send their best. ava is a freshman and could get away. but nicole and i are glad to be , andwith our stepdad dan our dinner date, peter alexander. [applause] rtcae so grateful that the has provided us with this extra new platform to remember and father.r we feel incredibly fortunate to have been a part of the special evening for the past 15 ye
were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave? [applause] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the 2018 correspondents dinner chairman, craig caplan. [applause] craig: good evening, everyone. please join me in thanking her for that performance again. welcome to the 74th annual rtca dinner. we have a great evening planned for you, our new home for this year s dinner. tonight, we will hear from our dinner host, and our keynote speaker, arizona senator jeff flake. we want to honor radio and television journalists among us tonight for their excellence in reporting and photojournalism. we will wrap up the evening up here on the stage. this dinner has been a year in the making, and there are many, many people to thank, starting with those sitting here at the head table. the majority of them
were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and the home of the brave? [applause] announcer: ladies and gentlemen, the 2018 correspondents dinner chairman, craig caplan. [applause] craig: good evening everyone. please join me in thanking her for that performance again. [applause] welcome to the 74th annual rtca dinner. we have a great evening planned for you here at the anthem, our new home for this year s dinner. tonight, we will hear from our dinner host, and our keynote speaker, arizona senator jeff flake. [applause] we will honor radio and television journalists among us tonight for their excellence in reporting and photojournalism. we will wrap up the evening by rocking out up here on the stage. this dinner has been a year in the making, and there are many, many people to thank, starting with those s
all right. are we having a good time? i think we are having a good time. our awards presentation continues with the david bloom award. which celebrates exceptional enterprise and investigative reporting for the past year with a particular i towards journalism that is fresh, daring or undertaken in difficult circumstances. ladies and gentlemen, this award honors the memory of david bloom . a creative and gutsy correspondent and anchor for nbc news. [applause] here to present tonight s award are two of david s daughter s, nicole and christine bloom. [applause] good evening. it is so wonderful to be back here again tonight. ava, our younger sister, send their best. ava is a freshman and could get away. but nicole and i are glad to be , andwith our stepdad dan our dinner date, peter alexander. [applause] rtcae so grateful that the has provided us with this extra new platform to remember and father.r we feel incredibly fortunate to have been a part of the special evening for t
arizona senator jeff flake. this is one 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, o er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; o say does that star-spangled banner yet wave o er the land of the free and e home of the brave? [applause] gentlemen,ladies and the 2018 correspondents dinner chairman, craig kaplan. [applause] good evening everyone. thanking here and for that performance again. annual rtcahe 74th dinner. we have a great evening plan for you. our new home for this year s dinner. tonight, we will hear from our dinner host, and our keynote senator arizona jeff flake. we won t honor radio and television journalists among us tonight for their excellent in reporting and photojournalism. will wr