with the usual. what is going on, ali? look, we started off the day this morning with a rough night in asia. european markets on news that, you know, the german economy, the strongest in europe has weakened to almost a stall, the french economy, absolutely no growth in the quarter. that took u.s. markets downright off the top. but before that, more than 12 hours ago, we got a report from morgan stanley to say what we ve all been saying, global economies are slowing down, that they were on the we re dangerously close to a recession, we may need more intervention in europe from the european central bank and more from the fed. and you know, you ve been talking about this, piers, that rick perry said that we can t have more intervention. in fact, if the fed were to intervene, it would be treasonous, it s that whole set-up, what are we going to do if things are really bad? we have no political agreement in this country. and add a few economic reports and i won t bore you with
function follows form. if you structure yourself in an institution and organization often then you work together in that same way. that was the importance of last night. also last night, though, and a lot of people got a bit of a laugh, if i may, i heard our senior congressional correspondent talking about kootys from one of the senators. this turned into a date night, they were talking prom king and queen. senator, did you even think it would go that direction? i didn t, but the point, tooshgs too is we had some fun and put lightness in an important and serious night. i sat with congressman demint, we are far apart politically. we learned about families. he wanted to sit by me because he likes coors beer. very important stuff. very important. do you think this is a question on a lot of people s minds i think this was a one-time thing or might congress look into sitting together in state of the unions to come? i think in state of the unions to come this will be a