and our returning champion, a puzzle maker from gaithersburg, maryland... whose 3-day cash winnings total... [ applause ] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, everyone. just to clear up a point. we select our contestants for each game by chance from a pool of contestants who are here in our studio. rock, his real first name is erik, so in order to avoid confusion with our champion erik, he is going to operate by his nickname, rock. and hannah's first name is erik also, but... [ laughter ] ...she's playing as hannah.

and our returning champion, a puzzle maker from gaithersburg, maryland...hose 3-day cash winnings total... [ applause ] and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, everyone. just to clear up a point. we select our contestants for each game by chance from a pool of contestants who are here in our studio. rock, his real first name is erik, so in order to avoid confusion with our champion erik, he is going to operate by his nickname, rock. and hannah's first name is erik also, but... [ laughter ] ...she's playing as hannah. let's go to work. all right, the categories. first off... what a good idea. let it "be." each correct response beginning with the letters b-e. erik. let it "be," $200. [ hannah laughs ] erik. - what is benign? - benign. yeah. $400, let it "be." erik again. - what is a beacon? - beacon. good. $600, let it "be." erik. - what is your beak? - beak. good. $800, let it "be." erik. - what is betwixt? - that's correct. and $1,000, let it "be." erik. - what is besmirch? - good. [ appla

nick, you are up from gaithersburg, maryland. independent line just outside d.c.aller: i would just like to say , the majority of the blame really falls on the media, number one. number two, the amount of anti-semitism that is encouraged and spread in the universities. it being lot of reported on by independent, amateur, i guess you call it news outlets and stuff. you can check out any of these videos on youtube or any other social media, where students are openly anti-semitic. it seems to be encouraged. host: to your point, you mention campuses but you also mentioned the media. what is media doing, what are media doing to encourage this? caller: every day. minutes without one celebrity, one news outlet, constantly disparaging christians, calling christians everything from slaveowners to this to that. it's just constant. if you think i'm being hyperbolic about it, you really aren't taking a good look at what's really going on around you. or you live in a bubble. host: that was nick calling from gaithersburg. let's hear from joyce. welcome to the program. what is y

last month, i headed a in gaithersburg, maryland, about the high cost of prescription drugs. at the roundtable we had medical professionals and regular folks that wrote into our office about incredibly high cost of prescription drugs. was sue zet people cumberland. she has type 1 diabetes and over summer, the price for her medication shot up 300% without explanation. this is not fair and it's not right. i'm standing on the floor of the today f representatives to say, suzette, we all hear you. you and the millions of people across the country who have to make decisions about pay for food or to survive.n they need to i urge my colleagues to vote for the elijah cummings lower drug act. now it's time to stand up for the pharmaceutical companies and without a pact, without a lobbyist to represent them. people, let's fight for them. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: members re reminded to direct their comments to the chair. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. five minutes. mr. hern: mr. speaker, i rise in ecognition of the passing of a great american. lle