the president is h hding to detroit to check out some cars today. more specifically mister obama will be there to tout the recovery of the american auto industry. the white house says president obama also wants to experience firsthand the progress made by the city of detroit, its people, and neighborhoods. more than 640-thousand jobs have been created since the 2009 bailout of the auto

. >> brick by brick, block by block, stands tall in detroit. six feet tall- made entirely of legos. more than 50-thousand of them, held together by globs of glue. it's a model of downtown

. >>> well, could be another day off from school for thousands of students in detroit. yesterday 88 schools were closed

>>eporter: for "good morningng america," jim avila, abc news, detroit. >> thanks to jim avila for that. >>> now to michael with the ayron monroe. >> thank you, george. here's a look at what's comg up on t the "gma morning menu." oprah revealing you can have

and this winners from detroit, michigan, and the parents will receive $50,000 inallyson: it will not place the official baby on the products with the iconic gerber baby, and turner cook, but that has that in the fund right tallyson: it will buy her a couple of books. chris: a year worth of diapers.

climbed up to 3rd place in the eastern conference standings. 6 wins in 7 games as they took on the detroit pistons at td garden.

river leached lead from old plumbing into homes after the city switched its drinking water from detroit's system to save money. elias: football fans in los angeles are celebrating...as the city prepares to welcome back the rams. n-f-l owners voted to allow the team to move to a new stadium their st. louis

sioux city police departement said brick by brick, block by block, a new skyscraper stands tall in detroit. six feet tall- made entirely of

president obama adressed the issue while in detroit today - saying the government needs to make sure public

>> the first car i drove was my grandfather's granada, which was detroit. it was not a great car. >> not a great date car eater. it was not cool. i had to compensate in my coolness, given the fact that i was picking girls up in the granada. >> although he was all smiles, the trip had a serious message. >> i could not be proud of this industry and world that we traveled together. >> mr. obama has been struggling to communicate his successes

the celtics won the game and hosts the detroit pistons tonight. erin: you are as tall as all those guys. wmur dropped by the unh hockey practice last night. unh is looking ahead to two

he was in reflect sieve mood when lee spoke with him in detroit last wednesday. >> it is such an extraordinary privilege to have this job. and, look, there are times when you get tired. there are times where you're frustrated. this? >> absolutely. and yet there has not been a day that i have not walked into the oval office and understood that at no point in my life will i ever have the chance to do as much good and make as much of a difference in the lives of

. >>> city leaders in detroit are asking a judge for an injunction

an american airlines plane clips the tail of a southwest plane in detroit. the wing of this american airlines boeing 737 struck the