. >> flores from the local 22 of the carpenters. [ applause ] >> and for our next speaker, jess peterson. >> jess managed corporate and campus projects in southern california before joining web corp builders in 2000 and oversaw the construction and as vice president he led the web four team on the $500 million california academy of sciences a combination of aquarium, research institute, planetarium, and science museum. mr. peterson's sphere headed web force transition for a company focused on private development to a company with robust, private, public, and infrastructure divisions. i am pleased to introduce a great partner and supporter of city build, jess peterson. >> thank you. >> what a large crowd. graduates it is a time to savor the feeling of accomplishment and to turn the page in the next chapter in your lives. for graduates' family thises is a time to be proud. and for all of the faculty and staff, thank you for all that you have done to really prepare and educate the graduates for today. and dignitaries and hosts, thank you for your time which shows how important city build is

a simulcast with stuart varney, gretchen carlson, reverend jesse lee peterson and brad thor, who mightt simulcast with stuart varney? >> brian: no. it's all men. >> gretchen: oh, it's only men. >> brian: yeah. >> gretchen: then maria, you can't be part of it either. >> that's a bummer. let's take a look at the weather conditions across the country because we have some extreme weather to tell you about. it does include very hot temperatures while over ten degrees above average for this time of year. even though it's summer, it's supposed to be hot across parts of the plains, midwest and northeast. we're looking at temperatures that could actually be on the dangerous side in terms of heat, making it into the triple digits. 100 in kansas city. 101 in dallas. you factor in humidity, and it will be feeling hotter than that. you're talking a heat index value, between 105 to 110. that's what it will be feeling like. showers and storms across sections of the northeast expected today. this area shaded in yellow, this is where we're talking severe weather possible. damaging winds, large hail and

joining me, reverend jesse lee peterson, founder and president of the brotherhood organization of theu to both of you, gentlemen, for being here. i appreciate it. you are in different locations. so, only one rule, as we have in all debates here. just let the other guy finish, then say what you want even if the question isn't directed at you. welcome to you both. >> thank you. >> let's begin with the question surrounding the president. charles, the president came out and said that could have been me. a lot of people believe that injected race into a case where race did not belong. your take on that. >> i think it was important, i think, for him as a person. as a black man in america to do what he did and i think that he has the perarerogative to do th. he found some kinship with this young man and i think that the case is whether or not george zimmerman profiled trayvon martin on the base of race we'll never know because we're not in george zimmerman's head. however, we do have what george zimmerman said the night he saw trayvon martin. and he didn't know anything about trayvon martin.