all right. talk now about the american dream. is it money? is it happiness? however you define it a new cnn poll finds the most people believe it s out of reach. cnn s alexandra field explains. reporter: from los angeles. my name is enry chapman. i am 20 years old. i am a full-time mom amend part-time student. reporter: to phoenix my name is cov. villery, i am 13 years old and in eighth grade. reporter: to atlanta. my name is andy shelly. i m 50 years old. i work for eyed parcel service. reporter: wherever you live, whoever you are, it s what meant to define us. however we define it. the american dream. the american dream? it means that we go towards a better life and we ll be able to achieve more than other countries.
good thursday morning. it is 9:00. thank you so much for joining us this morning. i m megan pringle. jamie s off this morning. we have so much going on in the show. it s a packed studio. we re going to talk about the pride of maryland. it s an interesting basketball championship going on in our backyard. we have some of the players to tell us why this is so special and what it s all about. also how it was made possible this year. stay with us for that. we re also going to talk about something that parents sometimes dread and students as well. report cards. sometimes communication is the key. we ll go through how to talk to your kids and improve on report cards. a big theme we experience this time of year is holiday stress. we ll talk about two ways to deal with it. one is managing the stress. some folks here to talk about that and also, at-home massages which sound pretty good. dr. fairmonte will be here. we ll check with him later in the show. in the meantime, justin berk