she is summa cum laude from princeton. she is here with her first collection, "fighting for progress in the age of obama." i do not always agree with her personally when it comes to politics. we are here to find out from katrina how we're going to save the world with barack obama. let's start there. [laughter] >> i do not know how you learned by worked at national lampoon. saving the world. let me begin by saying how low they must be to go that low in new orleans. i would not put in the same sentence president obama and saving the world. it is very much about movements and the power in our history to bring about a fundamental change. you do need people inside, political leaders inside. it captures the imagination of the nation. through the turbulent history, it has been movement and the power of movements. franklin roosevelt was moved by later movements. lyndon johnson had the civil rights movement. i think we begin with that. this book comes out at a moment when the country sees the power and possibility of occupy, 99%, a

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some of you are graduating summa cum laude. some of you are graduating magna cum laude. know some of you are just graduating thank you laude. [laughter] that is appropriate because this is sunday. i see some moms and grandmas here in their sunday best. although they are upset about their hair getting messed up. [laughter] would not be sitting in the rain. [laughter] she has taught me about hair. i want to congratulate all of you, the parents, the grandparents, the brothers and sisters just think about it -- your son, your brothers, your nephews, they spent the last four years far from home and yet they are still here today. so you have done something right. --duates, give the bread give a big round of applause for your families for everything they have done for you. [applause] you had to wait in long lines to get into today's ceremony, and i would apologize but it didn't have anything to do with security. those graduates just want you to know what it's like to register for classes here. [laughter] this time of year brings a different kind of stress. every senior stopping

. >> some of you are graduating summa cum laud, some magna cum laude. i know some of you are graduating thank you lordy. >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." >> central plain states bracing for another jolt of a vee weather. tornadoes sunday caused death and destruction. the massive storm system stretched from texas to minnesota. >> more than two dozen tornadoes hit five states. illinois, iowa, kansas, and the hardest hit, oklahoma. one person was killed and more than 20 others hurt. dozens of homes damaged or destroyed this morning. anna werner is outside shawnee, oklahoma. anna, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this subdivision was hit hard by tornado. there is debris scattered everywhere here. trees are snapped in half. you can see what happened to many of the homes. there's a mix of homes and trailer homes here in this area. and one man was killed. >> breck, it's back here. we've got to go soon. >> reporter: as the tornado tore through shawnee, oklahoma, sunday, you could literally hear its strength building. it tore through this trailer park

. >> some of you are graduating summa cum laude. some of you are graduating just thank you, lordy. ♪ now, it's too late though we really didn't try to make it ♪ >> this week's "time" magazine called you lazy entitled narcissists, who are part of the me, me, me generation. and that's very upsetting to us baby-boomers because self-absorption is kind of our thing. >> and so, in closing know this, the mistakes you make in those dreams. and i ask then that you love those dreams as much as i once did and still do. i ask that you love those dreams as i now love my daughter, for they, like she, are what you have to live for. and they, like she, are guiding lights and organizing principles, the things you choose never to forsake. >> i'm inspired. >> wow, josh. >> wisdom from josh elliott. >> it was great. i want to thank everybody at quinnipiac for having me. it was a wonderful, wonderful day. you were there in '04. persistent rain, but it did not dampen the spirit. they were wonderful. >>> coming up on "gma," jodi arias, pleading for her li

moniz was able to attend and receive his bachelor he science degree, summa cum laude in physics from boston college. from there, dr. moniz went on to do even greater things. in massachusetts we are grateful for the decades of service he's given to one of the finest institutions not just in the commonwealth but in the world, the massachusetts institute of technology, otherwise known as m.i.t. where he has been a faculty member since 1973. dr. moniz has led many groundbreaking initiatives at m.i.t. including most recently serving as the founding director of the m.i.t. energy initiative and leading the m.i.t. laboratory for energy and the environment. through the m.i.t. energy initiative, he has been at the forefront of multidisciplinary technology and policy studies on the future of nuclear power, coal, nuclear fuel cycles, natural gas, and solar energy. the initiative has spun out numerous start-up companies from the campus labs into the emerging and important clean energy economy. in addition to his many years of service to the commonwealth, dr. moniz also knows his way around this t

. >> some of you are graduating summa cum laude. some of you are grade waiuating magnum cum laude. i know some of you are just graduating thank you, lordy. >> and president obama at moorehouse today. what it was like having the president in the house and also talk about making college a bit more affordable. >>> get out your wallet. check your ticket if you haven't. it could be you if you bought it in florida. someone in the sunshine state is now really, really rich. maybe even wealthy. we'll get to those story nas moment, but we begin with our sunday afternoon political headlines. the irs controversy, possible overreach by the justice department in its investigation of the associated press. and the benghazi investigation. all of those scandals still rocking the white house to a certainly extent. front and center on the sunday talk shows. dan pfeiffer made the rounds this morning, he ran the gauntlet. hit all five sunday shows. stood by white house claims that they knew nothing about the irs investigation until this week. >> the secretary of the treasury was made aware just that the

. >> obama: some of you are graduating summa cum laude. [ cheers and applause ] >> obama: some of you graduating magna cum laude. [ cheers ] >> obama: i know some of you are graduating thank you lordy. [ laughter ] >> michael: that was president obama delivering the commencement address yesterday at morehouse college. but after the caps drop these students will be faced with repaying student loan. student loan debt has now exceed exceeded $1 trillion. according to a recent report student loan debt has grown nearly 300% in the last eight years, with the interest rate set to double to 6.8% on some loans, and members of congress are scrambling to help hold them down. kristin gillibrand joins dick durbin and elizabeth warren so find a solution. we ian joined now by congress women thanks for joining us here in "the war room." >> thank you for having me on. >> michael: what would the student loan fairness act do? what changes does it make? >> i think one of the most important things it does is cap the interest rate to 3.4%. student loan debt is more than a trillion dollars now. and we talke