and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on this monday morning. i m matt lauer live at the white house. ann curry is actually back in new york to kick off education nation over in the learning plaza, ann, good morning to you. good morning, matt and take a look at what we have done to the place. we have turned this entire area into a learninglaza and we re bringing together some 300 anne, thanks very much, eve single american president says they want to become the education president. studies show that the situation over the years has actually gotten worse. 12th graders who were tted for reading levels in 2005 actually scored lower than 12th graders sted for reading in 1992. 70%f our students graduate. that means 1.3 million student who is should get a diploma don t, they drop out. and roughly half of all teachers leave the profession in th first five years of being in the profession. the problems facing our education system. the question of course is can we fix t
corner, very smooth so far in both loops. we ll switch over to a live view at liberty, where it looks pretty much the same so far. we ll enjoy a quiet ride for now. that s the latest on traffic pulse 11. sarah, thank you. our big story this morning president barack obama is taking his economic message right into your living room. hoping americans will tune in to his televised town hall meeting today, the focus, jobs. 11 news reporter kate amara joins us live from washington with the latest. good morning, kate. good morning, mindy. good morning, stan. just six weeks to go now till election day, and so president barack obama is hitting the campaign trail. today, that includes cable tv. hello! a black tie dinner at the height of campaign season. president barack obama continues to spread his economic message. it was about a plan to rescue our economy and rebuild it on a new foundation. the campaigner-in-chief hits the trail in earnest this week, rallying voters,