vanya shivashankar took home the trophy after ten long words. and the winning words? scherenschnitte. s-c-h-e-r-e-n-s-c-h-n-i-t-t-e. correct. nunatak. n-u-n-a-t-a-k. nunatak. correct. they will each take home $36,000. they have accomplished something less likely than being struck by lightning and a lot more fun. we will be right back.
morning other s headlines with louis burgdorf. he s brave this morning. and then there were two top spellers. the spelling bee landed in a tie. 13-year-old vanya shivashankar and gokul venkatachalam duked it out for 20 rounds spelling words i can barely pronounce. take a look. pis myrmotherine. correct. are there any alternate pronunciations pronunciations? there s just sprachgefuhl.
correct. that s how good they are. vanya shivashankar and gokul venkatachalam in a war of words. if you spell this word correctly, the scripps national bee will declare you and vanya co-champions. they battled to a draw. nunatak. n-u-n-a-t-a-k. correct. congratulations. the two share the trophy as co-champions. spell binders to the very end. michele franzen, abc news, new york. it wasn t even sweating it. nunatak. can we go home now? they study for so long, practically the entire dictionary. it s not easy. every single word we had in that piece i have no idea what they mean. i think most of america has no idea. these kids are amazing. why do they put the pressure on the kid at the end? if you get this one right, it s going to be a tie.
i can see it. i wasn t there when all this happened. it started in the first term when we pulled back and disengaged in the world. shotgun is a passing offense that the heisman goes to a running back. the clinton campaign will bring out the big guns on june 13th. that is when bill and chelsea will make their first appearance at the campaign trail. clinton aides expect to release details on the rally next week. for the second straight year the national spelling bee has co- champions. 13-year-old vanya shivashankar spelled the word scherenschnitte. the art of cutting paper in decorative designs. her co- champ, 14-year-old gokul venkatachalam had nunatak. that is a word known as a hill or mountain surrounded by a
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