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So i'm assuming she really wants to get this. brenda is working at a lower level. she didn't go very far in school. >> ain't been in school since god knows when, so a lot of that stuff i'm not up on. >> okay, so it's a difference again. >> subtract. >> subtract, good. >> she says she is really motivated this time. she can't be working at third and fourth grade level and be ready to pass a high school equivalency in a matter of months. but maybe down the road. >> coming up -- >> all of the new people in here are flocking to me. i don't know why. hopefully it's not for my commissary. >> sabrina ...

Have college education or a high school education. >> your dad was a postman. >> that's right. but i think a lot of people today don't think they can rise to the top. >> how can we change that? >> one thing i'd like to mention is literacy. right now we have a situation where 14% of the american people can't read, and you're at the bottom of the social ladder and you can't read, you're never going to get to the top. these are native born americans. 14% cannot read and can't read past a fourth grade level. and we have 1.7 million people dropping out of high school every year. you've got to deal ...

>> great thing to do this every year. >> so great to be back, isn't if? >> yes, oh, my god. >> hi, everyone. >> what is this? >> five years us hosting together, right? >> right. >> so great to be with both of you. >> you don't -- we're going -- >> technically. >> contractually it's just kelly and me. >> just tonight. >> you're actually just presenting. >> oh, i'm just presenting. >> oh. >> we got it. >> okay. >> your agent didn't tell you that? >> no, i was told host, yeah. >> sorry. >> but i may be in the wrong event actually. okay. but does this mean that i'm a cnn hero because i did teach g...

>> contractually, it's just kelly and me. you're actually just presenting. >> i'm just presenting. >> yeah. we got it. >> your agent didn't tell you that? >> no. i was told host. yeah. but i may be in the wrong event, actually. does this mean i'm a cnn hero? i did teach george clooney how to read last year. >> how to read? >> how to read to a fourth grade level. >> and used endcyclopedia brown comic books. >> you will be presenting this year to an actual hero. >> okay. so many famous people out there. >> feast your eyes. >> we're good. we're live actually. >> we're live right now? >> okay.

Real clear politics average gives him a edge over his competitor sandy pendley. very much in line with president trump's agenda but a video surface in which he said the president speaks at a fourth grade level. says that the quote is out of contacts and that president trump is smart and a remarkable -- >> i would rather have the president's endorsement, but there is only one endorsement that matters and that's the people of michigan. >> we are encouraged that the president came out and not tweeted about me again because we are doing this for the right things. folks are text messaging and email...