i'm now pleased to introduce my boss, boeing's chairman and ceo, jim mcnerney. push for profitable growth. our exports have doubled under his leadership. he's a great leader. that was provides recognized by president obama in 2010. jim was asked to be the chairman of the export council to support the present school of doubling exports within five years. i tell you, you know, jim and the company, we're doing everything we can to help double those exports with your support. it's my pleasure to introduce now the leader of the best and the largest aerospace company in the world, and also america's largest exporter, jim mcnerney. >> boeing executives there touting their success with regards to the boeing dreamliner, the 787. in the end, it came out of the production line at boeing. it's designed to be a more fuel-efficient plane. boeing says it wants it to be the future of aviation and continue to have a dominant position in the airline and airplane industry over airbus. we're expecting president obama, of course, to come speak at this production facility in everett,

i'm going to be joined on stage here with two of my long-term colleagues, jim mcnerney, chairman and ceo of boeing, one of the great american companies, the biggest u.s. exporter. someone who is winning around the world. jimmy, come on in. andrew liveris from dow, the company's preeminent specialty materials and specialty chemical company. and the number one guy, david gregory, he wasn't backstage when i came out here. i'm hoping he's here. david gregory, host of "meet the press." good having you. >> good to see you. >> david, aisle turn it over to you. thank you very much, jeff. thank you for having me. a terrific honor to be on this panel. let me jump right into it. we are in washington, some of the government questions, publish-private partnership questions. let me start with the broader economy. we were talking backstage about what you see, what we all see over the next six months in a political context, but just for americans who are going through such a time of slow growth and high joblessness. jim, why don't i start with you and ask you, what you're seeing out there and how it

i will be joined on stage with two of my long term colleagues jim mcnerney, chairman and ceo of boeing, the biggest exporter, someone winning and around the world. jimmy, come up here. [applause] andrew liveris from dallas, a specialty material and chemical company. -- andrew liveris from dow the specialty material and chemical company. [applause] >> thank you for having me. this is a terrific honor to be on this panel. we are in washington. i want to pick up on some of the public-private partnership questions. let me start with the broader economy. we were talking backstage about the political context. americans are going through a time of slow growth and high joblessness. >> i see a normal recovery except for real-estate and construction. it is often times to retreat points on unemployment and 1.5 points on gdp growth. i seem moderately strong global demand with respect to europe asia, and the middle east. finish where i started a pretty normal recover except for construction and real estate that for a variety of reasons have not bottomed out yet. >> talk about economic growth being

thank you very much for joining us, a special welcome to our friend jim mcnerney who's the chairman of the presents board council is going to address you in a few minutes. my name is bob hormats, and then undersecretary of state for economic growth, energy and the environment. and i want to extend a special welcome to all of you who come from all around the world. with people representing over 120 countries here today. and a special thanks to my colleague, tom, who really was very instrumental in pulling this whole logistical if it together. [applause] >> it's not easy to get people from all around the world to come together, but it's for a very good purpose, and we are deeply appreciative of those of you who come from such long distances. in today's world, america faces more competitors from more countries and more products and sectors than ever before. and we also face new methods and new systems for competing as well. the united states also faces challenges to maintain a fair and open global economic environment that enables our businesses to continue to compete and to thrive. to me

introduce the next segment i'm going to be joined onstage here with two of my long-term colleagues, jim mcnerney is chairman and ceo of boeing, the biggest u.s. exporter, somebody who's winning around the world. jimmy, come on in. [applause] andrew liveris from dow, the companies preeminent specialty which is especially tentacles company. [applause] and benevolent guy, david gregory. he was a backstage when it came back a but hoping there's now. david gregory. welcome. good having you. [applause] >> david, i will turn it over to you. thank you very much. thank you for having me. it's a terrific honor to be on this panel. let me jump right into because i want to pick up on, we are in washington, about some of the government question, public-private partnership questions. but let me start with the broader economy. we were talking backstage about what you see, we all see over the next six months in a political context. but just for americans who are going through such a time of slow growth and high joblessness. why don't i start with you and as you, what you're seeing other and how it looks. >> i s