hear mr. hollande criticizing president sarkozy, i think sometimes we can laugh at politics. >> well, that's for sure. anne, the repair of the french-american relationship began with bush and sarkozy. it's not like obama and hollande have continued it. really sarkozy was the key here, was he not, anne? >> he was. when hollande was first elected, he was referred to generically as the new socialist president francois hollande. >> there was concern in america. >> absolutely. >> that he would be inward looking. >> and doing the wrong things on the economy and wrong things on security. that was the fear. it really hasn't come out that way. in fact, hollande is not governing as a classic socialist at all. >> we're seeing right now the president and first lady out here, getting ready to meet -- there's some pageantry that comes with this.