instead of #click3 today, i want to break format and present a #click1. the one awesomest thing on the internet today. something i clicked on over the week, before watching an episode of vp with my wife. the name may not seem familiar to you, but it is a big deal in the middle east. he hosts a show out of cairo called the program. fans will tell you it s like the daily show. he is known as the jon stewart of the arab world and like stewart, he uses satire to call out those in power. so much so he was issued an arrest warrant for allegedly insulting egyptian president mohamed morsi and the islamic faith. that prompted stewart to defend yusef on the daily show. last friday, on the program yusef began his show by introducing what he referred to as a captured foreign spy.
instead of #click3 today, i want to break format and present a click1. the one awesomest thing on the internet today. something i clicked on over the week, before watching an episode of vp with my wife. the name may not seem familiar to you, but it is a big deal in the middle east. he hosts a show out of cairo called the program. fans will tell you it s like yt the daily show. he is known as the jon stewart of the arab world and like stewart, he uses satire to call out those in power. so much so he was issued an arrest warrant for allegedly insulting egyptian president mohamed morsi and the islamic faith. that prompted stewart to defend yusef on the daily show. last friday, on the program yusef began his show by introducing what he referred to as a captured foreign spy.
about taxes. and investors cheer cisco s earnings. a sharp contrast to the negative comments from its bellwether rival. announcer: you re watching worldwide exchange, bringing you business news from around the globe. all right. welcome to this thursday edition of worldwide exchange. i m ross westgate. plenty to get through today. we ll kick in on japan. have you got any sorts of comments, e-mail us, worldwide@cnbc.com. japan surprised the market today with a better than expected first quarter print of gdp. partly the fact to prime minister shinzo abe s forecast. that means japan s growth outpaced the u.s. which grew 2.5% in the january to march period. there is one bleak spot. japan s corporate investment was down for the fifth quarter in a row. but analysts expect the number to pick up as improved sentiment translates into more business spending. lucas phillipo from natixis joins us now. what s your own key take away from this number? good afternoon or good morni
strangers. we have followed their journey since 2007. yusef has had 19 operations, a total of 61 procedures to help correct the burn damage. if you were going to have more operations what would you want to have done? like over here. reporter: on your right ear? yeah. reporter: let s see. you want it more like your left ear? yeah. reporter: do you tell people what happened to him? i have to tell them when they ask. sometimes it bothers me when they don t ask and just keep looking. it bothers me. reporter: it doesn t bother yusef. he s a happy kid. he s smart, confident. his parents say he never complains. he never asks about the scars on his face. i hope he s not going to ask even when he grows up. that s going to really bother me a lot. if he s going to come to me
reporter: this was yusef, just 5 years old. he was attacked by masked men in front of his home in baghdad. they poured gasoline on his face and set him on fire. what s the first thing you remember about all of that? i just, like, remember a doctor getting a sponge. reporter: in iraq? i think they scratched it on me or something. reporter: they were trying to take off some of the burned skin. yeah. reporter: his parents were desperate to see their boy smile again. just months after the attack they came to the united states with a single suitcase. their living expenses and medical expenses, all of it was paid for by the kindness of