abc's ann compton is traveling with the president. she joins us from mumbai. ann, good morning to you. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, too, dan. yes, still stinging from those election defeats. the president is starting a long, foreign trip. and he's doing it with the focus on the burning issue at home, that is jobs. india, a country of a billion consumers. there was no recession here. and scores of american corporate ceos have joined the president here to try to coax india into a little more investment and opening markets to u.s. goods. the president starts here in mumbai, as a gesture to the victims of india's 9/11 attacks. here they call them the 26/11, the 26th of november. and that, of course, he went straight to the taj mahal hotel this morning, the legendary hotel, which burned for days. teams of terrorists had moved through the cities, killing and wounding hundreds, in cafes, in hotels and in the streets. >> ever since those horrific days two years ago, the taj has been the symbol of the strength and the resilience of the indian people. so, yes.