All month, we are featuring studentcam winners. This year, students told us the most urgent issue for the new president and congress. Our grand Prize Winners are sisters from blacksburg, virginia. Ava lazar is homeschooled in the seventh grade. Mia lazar is in the ninthgrade. Their documentary on refugees and immigration policy is titled the tempest tossed. Is not about what Political Party you are. Its more about values and helping these people. As parents, this topic was particularly personal because both my parents were refugees. So i think that also drove them a little bit. When they do some video on a topic thats personal for them, that helps a lot. I think you saw the energy in that. The reason we named the documentary the tempest tossed is because inside the museum of the statue of liberty, there is a plaque with a poem saying, send these the homeless, tempest tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door. This poem was written specifically for the statue of liberty, and w
Particularly personal because both my parents were refugees. I think that also drove them a little bit. When they do some video on a topic thats personal for them, that helps a lot. The reason we named the documentary the tempest tossed is because inside the museum of the statue, there is a plaque that has a following saying send it these hopeless homeless, tempest tossed to me. It was written specifically for the statue of liberty and we include it so we could show the values that america was founded on principles that Everyone Needs to understand it today. On a more personal scale i would suggest that the people that think that refugees are all terrorists, or who were afraid of them should spend a while meeting one. They are really amazing people. They have just the right to be people in the United States as everyone else does very. The solution is not just changing the policy, which is would be amazing. But also by acting locally. We are going to save some for college. Were donating
Our grand Prize Winners are sisters from blacksburg, virginia. Ava lazar is homeschooled in the seventh grade. Mia lazar is in the ninthgrade. Their documentary on refugees and immigration policy is titled the tempest tossed. Is not about what Political Party you are. Its more about values and helping these people. As parents, this topic was particularly personal because both my parents were refugees. So i think that also drove them a little bit. When they do some video on a topic thats personal for them, that helps a lot. I think you saw the energy in that. The reason we named the documentary the tempest tossed is because inside the museum of the statue of liberty, there is a plaque with a poem saying, send these the homeless, tempest tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door. This poem was written specifically for the statue of liberty, and we included it so we could show the values that america was founded on principles that Everyone Needs to understand today. On a more pe
Canadian Prime Minister justin who writes in washington Justin Trudeau arrives in washington for a visit. Watch live at 11 40 eastern time on cspan3. Tomorrow night, the white house hosts the state dinner for the visiting canadian leader. The first formal state dinner at the white house in 2016. Our live coverage begins at 6 15 00 eastern on cspan. The executive chef talked about preparations for the state dinner. Hi everyone. Welcome to the white house. I am the white house it is my privilege to welcome you to the state dinner happening tomorrow. The dinner will be happening in theeast room, followed by state dining room. This is the 11th visit of the obama administration. I am so glad youre here for a preview of the special evening tomorrow. You will get to hear from some of my amazing colleagues starting with the white house florist. She will tell you about the designs and the core of the visit. It was inspired by the scenic span between the u. S. And canada and also the color of sp
Remarkable friendship between the first lady and a reporter. It was also a time when i began to appreciate just how much she meant to the man who became the president of the united dates, not just as his wife, but as his best political advisor, as jim baker and others have pointed out. As we all saw in those photographs and videos, she could be the adoring wife in public, but behind the scenes was a politically astute analyst and the keeper of the flame. We stayed in close touch but it was not always easy. Shortly after his inauguration as president , i made some Public Comments about his early years in which i said i thought the poor boy there and it was somewhat overblown. After all, he had been a successful broadcaster in his 20s and then a movie star under contract before he was 30. Nancy was furious, and the word came from jim baker and others, stay clear of the white house for a while. We will let you know when it is safe to go back. [laughter] about two months later, meredith an