i'd like to start with sam allen among the many hats he wears is the chairman of the council on competitiveness, which was a group established in the mid 1980s led by chief executives and they have done work on this over the last 20 years. we'll start with you, sam. >> at risk being in washington, d.c. and answering this way, i think the answer is yes and yes. i think both are true. if i look at our company, john deere, we'll be about 32 billion this year, 50% of it is in the u.s., 50% is outside the u.s. we are from 2010-2018 going to double the size of the company and a lot of that will come outside of the u.s. about 50% of what we do outside the u.s. we export from the u.s. i think one of the things and why there could be a manufacturing renaissance here is there is this combination of both going through the '09 financial crisis, every one of the companies here 18 free market society made tough decisions very quick, very lean, very efficient. combine that with the situation with the dollar right now being very competitive on global markets, it is a very, very positive time. we have a number

in addition we have chicago mayor rahm emanuel, ambassador john hunts month, sam allen, james fallow,m nigeria we have the vice president and many, many others. but before we go any further, i'd like to introduce a friend of mine, a woman who's a close friend to the president and a trusted adviser, a woman who's been his keeley yea son to the business community and a woman who's worked closely with ex-im and has been a champion for us both inside the administration and out. with that, let me introduce and bring to the stage valerie jarrett. [applause] >> well, good morning, everyone. how you doing out there? you look fantastic. i am delighted to be here on behalf of president obama and bring you greetings from him. i want to thank fred for that introduction and for his presentation and for his amazing leadership of the ex-im bank. how about a round of applause for fred? [applause] i'd also like to thank the board members of ex-im, members of the diplomatic community, business leaders from the united states and other 40 countries who are here today. good morning, one and all. the ameri

it did not take tax rebates to get woody allen to film " play it again sam " here in the '70s but it does now. and he is returning. >> woody allen coming out of new york to film here after 35 years, that as big a. >> this casting directors as his production starts in the fall and he will be eligible for a tax and fee rebates of up to $600,000. since the program has been in place for six years, and others to push to continue its when it ends this spring. >> my name is harvey milk! >> this hour for award winning got $100,000 back and a short- lived tv show received three- quarters of a million dollars but with all the other pressing social problems facing the city why give money just for people to make movies? >> we are investing in the future. how this san fransisco make money? they get tourist dollars that giving a boost to the economy here. >> she says that is helped when services co-stars in a film. >> i would love to stay here to work. >> she does not want to have to move to los angeles. movies to give many different types of people jobs here. ever see the 2006 film " the door when