mukesh ambani. why he's bullish on america. it was the first time television cameras were ever allowed in his extraordinary mansion in the sky. >>> then, everyone is worried about the arab spring. i talked to the leaders of five arab governments to get some answers. and a fascinating internal power struggle in iran and what it means. but first here's "my take." one of the great political debates in washington and around the country has been whether barack obama is a highly partisan democrat bent on liberal agenda or a centrist searching for compromise. it's still early in his second term, but he's recently made moves that seem to answer the question. obama could easily choose a partisan strategy that would be politically effective. don't make deals with the republicans on immigration or entitlement reform and go into the 2014 congressional elections with those problems still alive. with no deal, democrats could campaign as the guardians of medicare and advocates of immigration reform, both electoral winners. that's why some dem

ambani is the richest man in india, the second richest man in all of asia.he chairman of india's largest company, reliance industries, which his father started in 1980, making textiles. today their revenues come mostly from energy, though they are making big bets in retail and telecommunications as well. tell me, you have a vantage point to look at the global economy. you run india's largest company. where do you think we are five years after the financial crisis began? >> well, i'm more optimistic than most. and my view is that this year we will see the beginning of a recovery, particularly in the u.s. >> and you think that that's because just the inherent strengths of the u.s. economy? >> there has been a fundamental transformation in the energy scene in the u.s. for many decades, we have heard that the u.s.ill be independent of foreign imports of energy. realistically, i can now tell you that it is my judgment that this will happen in the next five or seven years. the u.s. has truly found nonconventional energy in shale oil and gas, which is really bringi