and have a great weekend. >> hello, i am christi -- kristi noem of south dakota. last week, i took on another title, college graduate. when i was 22, i had to leave school to help our family farming and ranching operation after my dad died. after many years,i returned to school in 2008. it was great to walk across last saturday. with my political science degree at hand. commencements are happy occasions, but i could not help but think of the challenges that this year's graduates will face. last week's unemployment figures were a reminder that our economy continues to struggle. over half of the recent college graduates can i get a job in -- can i get a job in -- cannot get a job in president obama's economy. one reason is policies like the president's health care locket it makes our economy worse by making it harder for small businesses to hire more workers the president claims to be leading us ford, but he has stuck. instead of working with the republicans to restore the economy, the president is ignoring the tough truces and trying to distract from the real issue

thanks, and have a great weekend. >> hello, i am kristi noem. y, mother, a rancher, and a member of the house of representatives. last week i took on another title -- college graduate. i had to leave school when i was 22 after my dad died in an accident on our part. after many years, i returned to school and was grateful to walk across last saturday with my political science degree in hand. commencements are happy occasions but i could not help but think about the challenges that this year's graduates will face. last week's figures were a sobering reminder that our economy continues to struggle. over half of the recent graduates cannot get a job in president obama's economy. policies make our economy is worse by making it harder for small businesses to hire new workers. the president claims to be leading us forward but his policies have bus stop. instead of working to resolve the economy, the president is ignoring the tough choices and trying to distract from the real issues. when the house passed legislation to prevent a student loan rates from

jeff barth is running against republican congresswoman kristi noem.th walks down a long dirt road while describing his record. he talks about his platform. as he walks, a series of unusual props appear. >> and i learned chess in iceland. i by sickled 1,000 miles through great britain with my church youth group. congress is broken. who is going to fix it, cristy noam and the tea party. >> the congressman joining me live, candidate yef barth. congressman, we should note here that you have made more traditional 30-second spots for your campaign. but where did the idea for this one come from? >> well, i tell you what, i was the first south dakota politician to be on youtube back in 2002. and certainly, there was some inspiration we found on the internet, and we perried that, but honestly, our mission was to give an authentic view of how i am, jeff barth, a county commissioner, a south dakotian and explain why i'm concerned what's going on out in d.c. and a little bit about about what makes me >> he what's been the response so far? what have people said to

but to embrace it, and know tend of the day follow their passion. >> congresswoman kristi noem in her first term representing south dakota in the u.s. house. thanks very much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. congratulations to all the graduates. it's a wonderful thing and great accomplishment to celebrate. >> congratulations to you. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> president francis, distinguished faculty, alumni, students, graduates, family and friends, and my two fellow doctors, thank you. i'm so proud to be with you today and so proud to be a part of your vibrant community if only for a day. you are unique in all of american higher education. there are more than 250 catholic colleges in our nation. there are more than 100 historically black colleges in our nation, but there is only one college that is both black and catholic, and that's the gold rush and the gold nuggets of xavier. what a special tradition. it's hard to be here without reflecting a little bit on my graduat

but south dakota's kristi noem path.s some day? >> the only thing i'm not -- >> reporter: considered a rising star in the republican party, she was elected in 2010. as the gop took control of the house. >> this is my three kids on horses. >> reporter: but her story begins 1500 miles outside of washington, back home on the family ranch. where this farm girl, mother of three, business owner and politician, learned to multitask at the highest level. despite her success, she never finished college. dropped out at age 22 after her father was killed in a tragic farming accident. >> it turned our whole lives upside down. he was the guy who could do anything. i remember going to bed that night thinking, i have no idea what tomorrow looks like because he's not here. >> reporter: she left school to help run the family business, but eventually got the bug for politics, becoming a state lawmaker in 2006. two years later, she started taking classes again. most of them online. by the time she got to washington, 92% of her colleagues i

>>kristi noem representing south dakota, thank you for being with us. >> thank you. congratulations to all the graduates. >> and congratulations to you. >> thank you. >> a commencement address from the xerox chairman ursula burns. she addressed the 2012 graduating class of xavier university in new orleans. her remarks are 15 minutes. [applause] >> president francis, distinguished faculty, graduates, family and friends and my two below -- i am so proud to be with you today and so proud to be part of your vibrant community if only for a day. you are unique. there are more than 250 catholic colleges and our nation. there are more than 100 historical black colleges and our nation. there is only one college that is both black and catholic, and that is the gold rush and gold nuggets of xavier. what a special tradition. [applause] it is hard to be here without reflecting a little bit on my graduation in 1980. it was a dream come true for me and my family. i grew up in a single parent household on the lower east side of manhattan. my mother's highest in come in any year was