Name: West Wing Week: 04/26/13 or "This Stuff's Really Cool"
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Sylvia: Hi! I'm Sylvia and welcome to West Wing Week!

Your guide to everything that's happening at 1600

This week: The Vice President traveled to Boston for a

memorial service for Officer Sean Collier; and the President

memorialized the victims of the West Texas explosion;

the President also hosted at the White House the Emir of Qatar;

the Teacher of the Year; the Third Annual Science Fair;

and visits Dallas with the First Lady for the Dedication of the

That's April 19th to April 25th or "This Stuff's Really Cool!"

The President: I'm just saying in my official capacity as President,

Narrator: Late Friday night, the President addressed the nation after the

capture of the remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings.

The President: All in all this has been a tough week.

But we've seen the character of our country once more.

And as President, I'm confident that we have the courage and the

resilience and the spirit to overcome these challenges

Narrator: On the 43rd Annual Earth Day, the President hosted the Third

He viewed exhibits by the student winners in science,

technology, engineering and math competitions from

Science Fair Winner: And these burn as if they were wood.

Science Fair Winner: This city is built at a role model for other cities.

Only because these guys really want this pose.

Science Fair Winner: You're producing kinetic energy.

Science Fair Winner: So my concept is I'm trying to revive a fine needle aspirates.

The President: Those are some neat rockets there.

Science Fair Winner: So do you want to see it work?

The President: Absolutely. Let's test this sucker out.

So did you guys get a patent on this thing?

The President: Well, you'd better before somebody gets an infomercial

Narrator: West Wing Week caught up with Bill Nye the Science Guy,

Lavar Burton, and the winner of the 2013 Intel Science

Competition, Sarah Volz who started in the first ever

Bill Nye the Science Guy: And what I'd like to remind everybody is the economic

Narrator: But wait! The science fair isn't over yet.

West Wing also caught up with Valerie Jarrett and Kal Penn to

try on for size some of the groundbreaking research being

Valerie Jarrett: You're kidding! That's amazing!

Narrator: Then at 2:50 p.m., the White House observed a moment of

silence in honor of the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings.

On Tuesday, the President honored the 2013 Teacher of

the Year, finalists from each state, and the national winner,

Jeff Charbonneau, thanking all of them for their hard work and

dedication every single day in the classroom.

The First Lady: These folks did not go into teaching for money.

They walk into the classroom every single day because they

Because they're passionate about helping our children realize the

best versions of themselves so that our country can become the

Narrator: Later, the President welcomed to the White House the Emir

The President: If our two countries are communicating frankly and

constructively, we can be a force for good for the entire

region and for a vision of the Middle East that is democratic,

that is representative of all peoples and that is a force for

Narrator: On Wednesday, the Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden traveled to

Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend the memorial service

for slain MIT Police Officer Sean Collier.

The Vice President: Why this terrorist phenomenon at the beginning of the 21 century?

To have us in the name of our safety and security jettison

what we value most and the world most values about us...

our open society; our system of justice that guarantees freedom;

the access of all Americans to opportunities;

the free flow of information and people across this country;

It infuriates them that we refuse to bend,

refuse to change, refuse to yield to fear.

The doctrine of hate and oppression they found out

cannot compete with the values of openness and inclusiveness.

Narrator: Later, Dr. Biden made the short trip across the Charles River to

the Marathon Memorial Site in Copley Square.

Here she left flowers and a pair of running shoes in honor of the

victims of last week's bombings at the Boston Marathon.