we will be hearing from jeffrey ofelt, the ceo and chair general electric. later today about 3:00 eastern time, the homeland security and public safety committee will talk about defense in the states with some of the representatives from american red cross and a general of the national guard. before this first session of the day begins in about six minutes, we're going to take a look at president obama's remarks to the democratic governors who met here in washington. he spoke with them in the white house as they gathered in d.c. this week. >> all good? it is wonderful to have america's governors in town. hosting with their spouses, our governors reception here and dinner. it is always a great opportunity to exchange ideas and hear what is happening at the local level. today, we did bring our democratic governors to the white house to spend some time talking about a couple of issues to oure critical constituents into the country, and one of those is the issue of minimum wage and what we can do to give america a raise. many of the governors in this room are pu