. >> hi, my name is robin michaelson. welcome to close-up at the newseum. >> hello, my name is molly burke and we will be talking to bob schieffer about politics and the media. >> i am frank bond. we are in the night studio located on pennsylvania in washington d.c. where each week we bring students face to face with current events and the workings of government and of the press. our students generate most of the questions and comments in the discussion. this week our audience consists of students from the close-up academy and the washington center as well. let's meet some of them now. welcome to close-up at the newseum. tell us you are and where you are from. >> i am stotland kester from crofton nebraska. >> what has been the highlight of this week in washington? >> basically being in washington dc. being from a town of 700 people we don't get an opportunity to come to a place like this, the national capital. >> did you get to spend time on capitol hill? did you visit your congressional what is on their minds? >> we ask