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anchor's desk as we begin an exciting new era today thursday, june 9th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to "today" on a thursday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm ann curry i guess for nobody. me, myself, and i. it's such a thrill. >> it's a tradition around here that we like to play that little piece of audio. it's tradition that we usually play longer pieces that day, but -- >> but you know what? it never -- is enough. i really feel like cinderella. ann curry aka cinderella today. >> it's interesting. because this is an exciting new...

eastern seaboard are going in and checking on seniors because they're versus acceptable to this. >> good idea. out on the plaza i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, natalie morales, al roker and our newest addition. stephanie gosk. not really a new addition but our new legal correspondent. welcome to you. >> wonderful to be here. thank you so much. >> so excited. >> believe me, there's a lot of pda going on here. coming up i hope you're ready for this because we're going to have a piece about your rise. are you ready? >> there'll be tears but only because of the hair. oh, gosh. tha...

you know, this quarter we've averaged about 50,000 jobs a month of growth. that's a way dramatic improvement from the minus 750,000 jobs a month we were averaging when the president took office. but it still needs to be -- it's not near enough. we've got to start putting a dent in that high unemployment rate. and so, i think there could be bumps along the way that warrant the president and you saw him out in his remarks just a few minutes ago pushing his three areas of targeted job growth of infrastructure, of clean energy, and of helping small business. >> and, over course, he was t...