pam mcgorry, thank you.now turn to open phones for the remainder of today's "washington journal." you can start dialing and now about anything you have seen on the show, on the news, our public policy related. we mentioned this earlier, but i want to let you know what is happening up on the house side today in congress. republicans to push a bill and an effort to add jobs. it says here from the national section of "the new york times" -- however, the story does no to today that president obama and senate democratic leader harry reid had expressed support for these measures. also, the highway bill, both chambers working on that. the senate has a two-year bill. and "cq" today has this headline. john boehner calls of the senate bill an option. that is something the rank and file republicans will be talking to their leadership about today when they need to talk about the highway bill. bob corker, the senator from tennessee weighs in on the highway bill today in the op-ed pages in "the washington post." and then

. >> pam mcgorry is joining us to tell a little bit more about this year's studentcam competition and won a spirited -- competition. what was the theme? >> it was the constitution and you. we asked students to select any provision of the constitution and creates a video illustrating why it was important to them. we received a record number of entries this year, over 1200, from 43 states, washington, d.c., and puerto rico. they were judged in middle school and high-school categories. we awarded 75 student prizes and 11 teacher prizes, totaling $50,000. matthew, our grand prize winner, will receive $5,000 for his entry. host: let's talk about the first prize winners in high school and middle school. guest: first prize high-school winner was cole lazzeroni -- carl colglazier a whole school student, and he talked about intellectual property. he talks about patent and copyright and whether or not our current system supports innovation. carl this topic. he did an excellent job of explaining a timely and complex topic. in our middle school division, our first prize winner is leo pfeifer. he