janet brown. and former president bill clinton. first, dr. ben carson at southeastern university where he talks about his time on the campaign trail and his experiences as a neurosurgeon at john hopkins university. this is 15 minutes. [applause] dr. carson: thank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you so much. i feel like i am at a political rally. [laughter] i want to congratulate the students, parents, relatives, faculty. thank you for this kind invitation to celebrate this occasion with you. my wife and i have the highest esteem for this university. i'm very happy to be a part of this. i have been fortunate enough to travel to 58 countries. i'm always happy to give back to this country and to recognize how incredibly blessed we are to be in this nation.

[applause] >> janet brown was the commencement speaker in texas. -- for southwestern university in texas. she's part of a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that oversees the debate process for presidential candidates running in the general election. in her address to graduates she spoke about the power of technology and how to appreciate the democratic process during an election cycle. [applause] ms. brown: thank you president berger very much. it is a huge honor to be here with jack geary, whose generosity to georgetown is inspiring. there may be a lot of land in texas but as mark twain said, we are not making it anymore. hundreds of acres of protected greenery will grace this town in perpetuity. until recently, my familiarity

[applause] >> janet brown was the commencement speaker in texas. nonprofit,of a nonpartisan organization that oversees the debate process for presidential candidates running in the general election. in her address to graduates she spoke about the power of technology and how to appreciate the democratic process during an election cycle. [applause] thank you president berger very much. it is a huge honor to be here with jack geary, whose generosity to georgetown is inspiring. there may be a lot of land in texas but as mark twain said, we are not making it anymore. hundreds of acres of protected greenery will grace this town in perpetuity. familiarityly, my centered on next ordinary leaders, president and berger and fay vincent, a member of the university board of visitors. understandings an of the lively history. it includes yellow fever, a long-standing religious dispute and newspaper editors whose disagreement led to a dual. 176 years later. you are united in your diversity as well as your shared traditions. it is a good time to remember the words

what janet yellin is likely to say on friday and how to profit from it. with us is joe terranova, and josh brown, and jon and pete najarian, and let's go to the countdown of janet yellin speaking tomorrow. we have new data showing that the e kconomy is not as weak as feared, and so it is some indication of where investors should be if the fed does raise rates in june. doc, you are on the island and you are saying that they won't go at all. >> well, no, i said that once this year, and i think it is december, and we will see whether or not they go, judge, because it is closer, and closer to the coin toss as to what janet yellen says tomorrow, and that is going to influence the markets. today a trade in the vix, and the reason i bring it up is that a lot of people were voting that the vix goes down lower and one of the reasons is that if ms. yellin is dovish tomorrow, and they bought a ton of the i think the 13 and the 14 puts with the vix right around the 15 level. >> let me stop you. the risk is that she is more hawkish tomorrow. >> well, i disagree. >> for some. >> well, i disagree, they don't m

what janet yellin is likely to say on friday and how to profit from it. with us is joe terranova, and josh brown, and jon and pete najarian, and let's go to the countdown of janet yellin speaking tomorrow. we have new data showing that the e kconomy is not as weak as feared, and so it is some indication of where investors should be if the fed does raise

. >> brown: all right, the new book is "black hole blues." janetin, thank you so much. >> sreenivasan: and finally tonight, our newshour shares: something that caught our eye that might be of interest to you, too. president obama honored 13 law enforcement officers at the white house today with the medal of valor. the award recognizes those who exhibited exceptional courage in the face of great danger to protect others. one by one, president obama bestowed the day's medals on those whose acts where not only brave, but instinctive. los angeles police officer donald thompson suffered first- and second-degree burns pulling an unconscious victim from a burning car. officers jason salas and robert sparks and captain raymond bottenfield ended a deadly shooting rampage at santa monica college. and philadelphia police sergeant robert wilson iii gave his life to protect innocent customers and employees during a video store robbery. his wife accepted the medal on his behalf. but all 13, the president said, went above and beyond the call of duty. >> in all of

now the brown is calling for a city-wide strike and roast in san francisco beginning in 90 minutes. janetofficials are hoping the disruptions will not be out of hand during the strategic that brings hundreds out here and there will be a very large police presence just in case it is more rowdy. the latest protest was held on friday, and you cannot see the damage but we are told a metal detector was knocked down. the group known as frisco 5 has been on a hung are strike for the past two weeks, they have been calling for the removal of been calling for the removal of san francisco police coming to city hall and a vote rally is post popped. all the attention should be on this issue that the police business as usual needs to change. that is becoming clear. and the reforms that some have been pushing for, for a time, in the democratic party here considered and rejected need to be happening now and that is what this is about. >> a roast has been ongoing skins the fatal shooting of mario woods in december and protest wees have been demanding police reform and the use of less force, but the mayor

economy works as a student, both at brown and yale, and today, what do we know today that is really fundamentally important that they didn't know when you were a student? janeteconomics as a field has continued to advance and the dean's remarks talked about what i'll referred to as the microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics. this is something that not only did i work on, but you have made important contributions to is well. theory i think was wage and price stickiness or rigidity plays an important role in understanding unemployment, but the economic foundations, the micro-foundations of wages and prices sticking hadn't been well understood. i thing we really made a lot of progress in advancing that. greg, as you mentioned, when there is financial crisis or a time of high unemployment, it does stimulate people to think about macroeconomics and to take off in new directions. i think that is happened in this financial crisis. in particular, i would point to isrowing body of work that at the border of finance theory and macroeconomics, which really is helping us understand the nature of systemic risk, the way in which it can rise and propagate itself, what