north america sales grew dramatically. sales internationally went down. it was about the u.s. general motors, and the usa. incredible story. general motors was the proxy for america and today it is as well. bill: what about the reports on friday? 227,000, street was looking for 189,000. jobs where you want them. i talk about dirty fingernail jobs and good producerings. 4,000 in mining which is beyond mind-boggling. 1700 construction. 17,000 manufacturing. a great number going into friday. we ll see. the last number from the government was really what they call noisy. when you get hurricane disruptions like we had, people were displaced, it is hard to get a good read on it. maybe we ll get a better one friday. bill: what is the street looking for on friday? you also have to take it within the context of an election that happens four days later.