joining us now arnie sorenson, ceo-elect of what will be called sorenson international i'm told. n, arnie? you don't like when i say that, do you? you think bill mayer is watching. so planning that. i made that up. good brand name. i've never heard of sorenson. >> after that dig the last time i was on i heard from him in about six seconds? >> you're kidding. >> we're not going to see that name change in my lifetime or yours. >> we always ask you the same thing. we have had some great jobs numbers recently. gdp not necessarily gang busters but do you see even more signs of some acceleration in your business? >> we feel worlds better today than we did a quarter ago. >> worlds. >> wow. >> worlds better. when we look across the united states we see a reasonably broad recovery. there's pockets of weakness. washington, d.c. will be the weakest market in the u.s. because of threats of government cutbacks if not actual government cutbacks. in the u.s. it looks like a broad recovery. europe is another story. >> tell us about it. >> well, in europe i think we're seeing a broad slowdown cree