hi, harper. come here, sweetie. harper has been helping us.and having some props for them to look at things is great. >> i saw a grasshopper and all his hair. >> you did. this is the creature keeper and you can put a bug safely inside. you can look at it at the top or the bottom part. >> it's kind of glued on there. >> but then we can do this one. >> i want to touch it. >> it is just a toy. >> now this is a big, superduper magnifier. >> you can touch that one. you can hold it. it's not real. you can use it for real things. >> that's really good. if you're having trouble reading the newspaper. >> look at ann. >> it makes things look really big. >> it's not glued on. >> that one is not glued on. you're absolutely right. >> some kids really like playing safari. they can put a vest on. >> and what they find -- and what you find outside, harper, you can use it to -- you can basically make notes and everything about what you found. >> what i like to do is for kids to come inside -- for younger kids like harper, you can take dictation about what they

harper. the caucus is growing and we are educating more members daily about fragile x. and we have also successfully fought for more research funding for fragile x at the national institute of health and the department of defense. we organized the first congressional briefing on fragile x, we released the public service announcement and we continue to make finding a cure for fragile x syndrome a national priority. . i am proud to serve on the caucus with two of the most dedicated members to the fragile x cause. the co-chairman, gregg harper, the parent of a child i had the opportunity to meet. what a wonderful young man. how proud you are of him. his engaging smile and his willingness to come and to tour and be with his father and you can see the love between them and what a wonderful and special young man this is. and for 15 years our friend, chairman bill delahunt, has advocated on behalf of the fragile x community, and we will certainly miss his leadership on the caucus upon his retirement

harper lee, it is said over and over again, wrote this one great novel. my response is if you write this novel you never need to write another single novel. you have said it perhaps all for yourself and in many ways she said it all for that era in our country. i ask the gentleman if he has any other speakers. mr. bonner: madam speaker, i do not have any other speakers, and i'm pleased to yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama yields back the balance of his time. the gentlelady from the district of columbia is recognized. ms. norton: madam speaker, i have no further speakers, so i would again like to urge my colleagues to join me in honoring harper lee and her renowned novel through the passage of h.res. 1525, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady yields back the balance of her time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1525. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the a

barack-tacular." [ laughter ] here's one from a joint news conference with canadian prime minister stephen harper is the, "pretending to listen to this guy talk while actually thinking about the 1990s sitcom, 'boy meets world.'" [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] here's another one. this is from the same conference. this is the, "i wonder if 'boy meets world' is out on dvd." [ laughter ] don't you think? and here's one here. this is the -- [ laughter ] "i mean, how could it not be? it was one of the best shows ever. i mean, you got your cory matthews. you got topanga. you got mr. feeny and -- what was the name of that nerdy kid from the first couple seasons? mingus? munkus? no, minkus! yeah, he was definitely the biden of the group." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] this next one is called the, "if i was in 'boy meets world,' i'd be shawn hunter, mostly because he was cool, but part because his name was 'shawn' and i always wanted to be named 'shawn.' think about it -- shawn obama. how cool would that be? also, he had cool hair. one time i went to the barber and i said, 'i want my hair to b

plus, "art beat" marks the 50th anniversary this month of harper lee's landmark novel "to kill a mockingbird." jeff talks to author and filmmaker mary murphy about the book's lasting power and popularity. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff. >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you on-line, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thank you and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org no. well, it's just past there. first house in the right after the cottage on the l don't panic. brazen it out. me? - no. - right. here goes. yippee!

some workers, and i'd like to see the next slide, please, like jay harper from the department of homeland security have been working since day one which is now 91 days straight in response to the deepwater horizon spill. in this picture you see jay viewing the site and he's pointing out information to me of where the actual source is, where the burns are taking place and the whole aspect what have we could view from the plane. on april 23, an incident command system stood up and was in accordance with the national response framework and the n.c.p. the purpose of the incident command system is to provide a common method for developing and implementing tactical plans. to efficiently and effectively manage a multiagency response. and certainly this was it. the i.c.s. organization for this response included incident command posts and unified commands at the local level as well as the unified command at the regional level. the next sfep was on april 29, just -- step was on april 29, just nine days from the explosion. secretary napolitano designated the oil spill as a spill of national signific