joining u is jim dinegar, presidentnd ceoeo of the greaear washington board of trade, and steven overly of the "washihin post." welcome to you both. i will start with you, steven. you have interesting behihind-the-scenes color about president obama's artup incubar. itas gotten local press but has not been on the nationonal scene. you say theyey were not even expectg this presidential visit. they had a hint when the secret service came. to call that morning and said he is coming over. >> that is right. the secret service had come in a month before and done a sweep to make it should -- to make sure it would be safer the president, there was no guarantee a visit would happen. getday before july 4, they a call that president obama will be there in one hour. what do you do? it is a scramble. >> he wants to talk to diffent startups. they had to call everybody and say be in place. you have a chance to pitch to the president. >> that is right. cleaning off their d desks, getting businesssses reaeady to pitch. these companies often pitch to investors. it is rare to get to pitch to the president.