a video of the powerful laser burning through paper, flash paper and electrical tape. a second video shows it burning through steel wool, wood and lighting an entire book of matches. clearly the force is with him. luke, i am your father. all right. an eighth grade science class darth romans over here. that s really cool. i want to tell you about this eighth grade class. really cool. science class eight graders, middle school, lake bay, washington. they placed the egg on a high altitude balloon. the egg went up more than 109,000 feet, just over 20 miles high. it also came down landing some 217 miles away in paskell, washington. see the egg? it s intact. a parent and student were actually able to retrieve it. that is cool. even cooler than the light saber. i think the force is with the egg people. i think so, too. what happens when an amorous
(in chinese) ask me why i never want to leave my ergo. ask me why i m glad i didn t wait till i was too old to enjoy this. start asking real owners. ask me how to make your first move. find out more about the tempur advanced ergo system! call the number on your screen for your free dvd and information kit. to find an authorized dealer near you, visit tempurpedic.com. tempur-pedic. the most highly recommended bed in america. 11:59 p.m. next friday march 4th just before the stroke of midnight, that s zero hour for republicans and democrats to reach a compromise, or the government shuts down. now, what does that actually mean for your delay to day life? let s bring in my good friend christine romans. christine? it means if you re going to need a passport in the next few months, better get it renewed right now. also if your eighth grade class
if the government were to shut down. what is closed? if your eighth grade class is planning a trip to washington, d.c., think again. parks and monuments could close and toxic waste cleanup stopped and federal employees except for the essential work eat some agencies would be furloughed. if you re planning to get a passport renewed that wouldn t happen. plan on getting a gun permit? no. plan for filing for bankruptcy or in the process, no. so a lot of things would come to a screeching halt. what is the risk? the likelihood growing every day but most people are telling me they feel it s still a modest risk. and, quite frankly, most people want the american congress to figure this out. when you look at the usa today gallup poll what should congress do in its budget battle 60% said compromise and 32% said stick to their plans. christine romans, thanks. every teacher in providence,
towers and has the certificates sent to us by the foundation explaining our cobblestone number. when we went to collect money, we wanted to make an impact and we definitely wanted to get enough money raised to purchase a cobblestone just to make a significant impact on the memorial. we thought that all our money was going towards the memorial not, like, you know, as you said towards these six figure salaries. have you broken the news to the students, to the kids? actually, today was the first day when we did the donations, my kids in my eighth grade class were sixth graders. i talked to a couple of them in first period. they were just like, really? they were blown away. i didn t think it would sit well with them either and it didn t.
here s another side of how americans feel about bp. in a day and age where the trust in government are extremely low, more people have faith in washington rather than the oil company to clean up the mess. t.j.? thanks to our deputy political director. meanwhile, talk show host oprah winfrey is defending president obama s handling of the gulf coast oil disaster. she was in atlanta to speak at the inaugural eighth grade class. she s donated $2 million to that private school. don lemon caught up with her at that event. i have to ask you this because of the news. you have been so supportive of the folks down south and what s going on with the oil. what s going on in your heart? what s going on in my heart is the same thing that s happening, i think, everybody feels for what is happening to all of the fishermen and all of the families who this time of the year would be hosting people from all over the country and all over the world there. you know, we can only hope and pray that thi