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Celebrities and leaders share life lessons with 2017 grads

Clip: 5/31/2017 | 3m 52s

Commencement speeches from Will Farrell, Octavia Spencer, Hillary Clinton and more.

In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, if it's graduation season, then it means that politicians, actors and industry leaders are imparting sage advice and some humor to college grads around the country. We listen in to commencement speeches from Will Farrell, Mike Pence, Helen Mirren, Octavia Spencer, Hillary Clinton and more.

05/31/2017

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