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And providing more flexibility so the american people who want additional skills and education, have better access to these programs. it's another example of what we can accomplish when senate democrats will work with us to address the people's priorities. now compare all this to the president's tone deaf celebration of our struggling economy yesterday. talk about being out of touch. middle-class families continue to struggle with high prices, on everything from gas to groceries to health care. because of the high cost of living they're falling further and further behind. some 288,000 american...

We need to focus on. it is the 288,000 jobs and 275,000 part-time jobs. we have a border crisis. and matthews lives in the fluff world. >> i hear what you are saying. let's show everyone the poll that got everybody revisiting this issue. better off with mitt romney as president 45% say yes, 38% worse, and 10% say about the same. tammy, what do you make of all of this? >> you know the numbers actually a little over me. i am worried he is not over 50% considering everything we are experiencing and the fact he was right on everything. when you look at what unfolded especially in the interrationna

According to the latest job numbers, 288,000 new jobs were added in june. that's five consecutive months of job growth. over 200,000 per month. last time that happened was in 1999 or 2000. meanwhile, the unemployment rate which peaked in october of 2009 at 10% is down to #.1 this june. the stock market, as i said, has tripled in the last five years. march 9, 2009 it was at 6500. today, over 17,000. there is also the auto industry, of course. which the president saved. a december study by the center of auto ma tif research, the president sponsored the bailout and saved 1.5 million real, high-pa...

Let's get down to business with cnbc's courtney reagan. welcome, courtney, back from the holiday. >> yes, exactly. welcome back to from the holiday for all of us, a rude awakening this monday. futures are lower as investors return from the holiday weekend along with the two of us. the dow closing above 17,000 on thursday, though, and that followed a strong jobs report that saw the economy add 288,000 workers in june and unemployment dropped to 6.1%. ahead this week, minutes from the latest fed meeting and earnings from wells fargo. well, tgif fridays is launching an endless appetizer promoti...

Again and so many positives to talk about. the latest jobs report showed a gain of 288,000 jobs and we are on the best stretch of job growth in almost a decade. look at the markets. they are back to setting records. isn't this nice? the dow opening above 17,000 this morning. corporate profits, housing markets also up as well. what is to be upset about? wage growth. we could start there, right, steve? struggling year after year. it's stuck at 2%. most of the job growth has been within sectors that have lower salaries. first, steve, let's get some charts out and take a look at profits and income...