Yeah, its great. Nice to see you. Some Breaking News for you, official figures released in the last hour show the uk economy is no longer in recession. The economy grew by 0. 6 in the first three months of this year. The uk entered recession after output fell during two consecutive quarters at the end of last year. Most economists had predicted growth of 0. 4 . This is the fastest growth rate for more than two years. Well, i think its encouraging that we, in the last quarter, have grown faster notjust in france and germany, but also the United States. But i think more significant is the longer term data that is coming out now about the uk economy. We can see that since 2010 we have created morejobs in the uk than anywhere else in europe. Weve attracted more greenfield foreign direct investment, notjust done anywhere in europe, but anywhere in the world outside of the United States and china. In terms of the most rapidly growing industries, we have by far the largest Tech Industry in eu
there s a growing realization. the problem cannot be handled by the u.s. alone. it s been dogging europe longer than the united states. we have jerman elections coming up, italian elections coming up. the russians are not going to stop. for france, this is something they can t avoid. that will be a key issue and i think we ll get some insight into how they have decided to talk about that in the press conference that will come after this meeting. we have just seen the president of france, the president of the united states and the first ladies enter the building there. we are going to keep watching this as well. they have a busy schedule ahead today. they are, again, a monument mu zee yum honoring veterans. then they will go to the palace. of course, there s going to be the celebration tomorrow. the parad, the celebration. a lot ahead for these two
others say they need to go through . 10 years is a different story. to hear those folks at new york, which is obviously the centerpiece of the world trade center, the boy who said, he never met his father because he was in his mother s belly many he said i love you, you gave me the gift of life, i wish you could be here to enjoy it with me that is powerful. i don t care where you sit it strikes a chord, i think. for americans this is an important day. one of the reasons that we spend so much time looking back and looking forward about how the country has changed. we are taking in some of the video we have bret of the wreath laying with the president and the first lady. they have a busy schedule ahead today, as our leaders do honor today. it is so appropriate that you pointed out that little boy who was naming his father at ground zero, it was a moment