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The award that it got too, but maybe folks missed at this time first time around. check it out. >> it won a best adapted screen play for jeffrey fletcher. that was the more emotional speech. gabby was nominate and give a great performance. monique was one of the best acting performances of the year. monique was great and certainly deserved her oscar. she had an emotional speech. precious is worth seeing. i thought some of it was over the top and a little hammered on the nail, but certainly worth...

I was pleased to see "avatar" not win. im not trying to jump on it, but i like -- >> talk about you losing the desire for the movie. go ahead. >> im glad was nominated, but i think "the hurt locker" and inglorious bastereds were more worthy and "avatar" lost momentum and im glad katherine bigelow won and jeffrey fletcher won for screen play for precious. i think the right decisions were made. i was pleased. i thought alec baldwin and steve martin did a nice job. i think most of the hosts have do...

And once the investigation is completed, because its going through the legal system, the tapes would absolutely become public under floridas shine laws. the trainers family reportedly consulting with the same lawyer who successfully represented the widow of dale earnhardt. his autopsy photos remained private. he walked out of a bar in the french quarter in new orleans and thats the last time anyone ever saw this oil executive alive. but tonight a body turns up in the mississippi river and the ...

Gerry shargel. >> it was sort of an impossible case. >> he was guilty. >> right. >> and hes blowing smoke, hes trying to defend his client, which is certainly his job. but, i mean, in fairness to shargel and halderman, this was an odd case. the classic case is you give me $2 million or i will kill your daughter. thats a classic extortion, those people deserve to go to prison for a long time. this is give me money or ill write a screen play. its certainly extortion, certainly illegal, he should g...

Im david shuster reporting live from washington. we begin with some breaking news. guilty, thats the plea from the man involved in the david letterman extortion plot. lets get to nbc news correspondent michelle franzen who joins us now from new york. >> reporter: in the last hour, robert joe halderman pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted larceny charges. stemming from last october when he demanded money from david letterman. $2 million from david letterman to make sure that he was going to ...

Robert halderman has been sentenced to six months in jail, five years probation and has to do 1,000 hours of community service. lets go to nbcs michelle franzen. she is outside the courthouse. michelle, this -- we were saying that this was a plea deal for reduction in time. obviously that would be the case six months behind bars for him. >> reporter: yes. certainly he will do six months behind bars for this me deal with the prosecution. we should mention that this day didnt start out with at lea...

>> but you clearly see his face for a long time. i cant speak for the other body parts but its definitely his face. >> thats my guest andrew young talking about the infamous sex tape that got andrew in all kinds of hot water with the judge recently. he joins me life in a minute. jill dobson is live in the race to the winner circle with two top nominees av car and hurt locker. you look lovely. i know sometimes the smaller awards like costume design and cinematography tend to telegraph how the big...

For a long time. i cant speak for the other body parts but its definitely his face. >> thats my guest andrew young talking about the infamous sex tape that got andrew in all kinds of hot water with the judge recently. he joins me life in a minute. jill dobson is live in the race to the winner circle with two top nominees av car and hurt locker. you look lovely. i know sometimes the smaller awards like costume design and cinematography tend to telegraph how the big ones best pictures will come ou...

>> no. i think we are seeing and its helpful a fragmentation on the shiite side a coalition sort of secular shiite and sunnis in the center and of course the kurds who this time are facing serious opposition in the kurdish region. this is going to be a long process. they are not going to get a government for 7 months. in the period after the 2005 elections that the bombing took place of the shiite holy place in samarra. al qaeda will try major major efforts in the next few months to stop this pr...

>> no. i think we are seeing and its helpful a fragmentation on the shiite side a coalition sort of secular shiite and sunnis in the center and of course the kurds who this time are facing serious opposition in the kurdish region. this is going to be a long process. they are not going to get a government for 7 months. in the period after the 2005 elections that the bombing took place of the shiite holy place in samarra. al qaeda will try major major efforts in the next few months to stop this pr...