now his son, andrew cuomo, is governor too. mario cuomo joins me now. welcome, governor, how are you? >> very well, indeed. >> i remember, this was my first anniversary this week, that you were larry king's first-ever guest. >> yes, that's true. and i was looking forward to meeting you what the differences might be, and there's a distinct difference in the english. >> that is definitely true. what is your sense for where we really are right now? where president obama is, where the country is, where the economy is. >> well, it's tough to do that in the -- in just a few sentences. we're still the greatest country in the world, we're still the largest economy, with all of our problems. we're still -- we're still the strongest military power. we still have the best rule of law and constitution. we have all of those things. but we have extraordinary problems at the same time, new problems. i was fascinated by one of the republican candidates who said, i think today, that the most important election in your lifetime is going to be this upcoming election. >> d