host: why is that? caller: it seems like it affects our state. host: thank you for calling. louis.alk to joy in st. what is your response to our studentcam theme for this year? caller: the most important issue debt. national host: why is that? caller: how about the interest on the debt? when is it going to be paid? some other country coming in and taking is over ? that ise'll them taking us over because we owe them? host: roy in florida on the republican line. caller: the most important thing for all of us is honesty. that's all i have to say.

you have to be honest on everything. if you're not honest, you're in trouble. host: more videos coming up in a few minutes, dealing with child labor, environment will protections, gun control, energy, homelessness. commentsof facebook have come in on the topic of what you think the most urgent issue is for the president and congress. brenda writing on facebook -- matalin posts on facebook -- madelyn posts on facebook -- more phone calls now. new york, like democrats.

renee is joining us. caller: the most important issue is education. for a lack ofsh knowledge. can that'sion, you without education, you get high numbers of incarceration. you can compete in technology and all the other professions and it would help us to excel. people who are aware of the issues and educated on issues can do something about them. host: another democratic caller in new york. anthony. caller: thank you for the opportunity. pose this as a matter of importance to congress and the president and the producers at c-span. it is nuclear power and nuclear waste and the lack of place to

store it. winnershe studentcam are high school students just one had nuclear power. -- one yearer later, we lose those three reactors in japan. that is a stellar important and ther the presidency fine people at c-span to perhaps th bring this topic to light. the nuclear reactors will take its toll -- nuclear waste has no place here. videosne of the winning you will see shortly is on the transition to clean energy. that should be coming up around

3:45 eastern time as we continue to make our way through this year's top 21 finishers in the 2017 studentcam competition. some interesting statistics about studentcam itself and how many middle and high school students have entered the competition. this year, 2903 entries in total. we received videos from students in 46 states and washington, d.c. and several from outside the country in the united kingdom, germany, singapore and taiwan. 783 high school is represented. -- high schoolers represented. the number one state was florida. number two california. michigan came in fourth. missouri was number five with

153 entries. a couple more calls here. kirby in turner, oregon. caller: i want to talk to them they act like they are trying to cover up the thread of isis. i want to expose it and blow it out of the water. it's more local than they realize. they are trying to tell us that it's not. i have actual physical evidence it exists in oregon. -- last night, putin said you guys have to quit using those terrorists. even he knows something is going on. host: we are asking our colors to respond to the same question

studentcam entries reflected on -- what should the president and congress do, what is the most urgent issue for them to address this year? thomas is on the line from new york on the republican line. go ahead. caller: i'm in arizona visiting my granddaughter. the sanctuary city stuff, this has to stop. it's a haven for criminals. how does the government allow these people to get there? it seems everything is forgotten once they are there and they cannot be prosecuted. we have a tremendous problem with immigration. take this as a major threat. there's all these ultra-liberals

that condone this. it's ridiculous. host: a couple more facebook comments about the issue. what should congress and the president take up most urgently in 2017? tim posts on facebook -- judy writes -- one or two more calls before we go back to student videos. judy in washington state. line for independents. caller: i think it's pretty hard to try to have one issue because they are also connected. that's all so connected. if there's one thing we can do to connect a lot of the dots is

to build out our infrastructure. that would provide jobs and economy and save lives. we need to have clean energy jobs. doing things like electric --ins for infrastructure there's all kinds of new technologies coming out. connect the dots. host: jordan in louisiana. last color for this go round. -- last caller for this go-round. caller: the national debt is something that needs to be taken care of. host: short and sweet. we are halfway through the top 21 studentcam winners. we are showing you all the second-place winners come all the first-place winners and we will wrap things up in about 1.5 hours with the number one grand

prize studentcam winner. if you missed any of these, we will re-air them tonight starting at 11:10 p.m. eastern time. 2017 winningthe videos from c-span's studentcam contest. students at milan high school. their documentary on autonomous vehicles is entitled "live and let drive." take a look. ♪