them. the big item is the sequester cuts that are due to come up on friday if no deal is reached to avert them before then. here's the president on the sequester. >> as i've said we should be asking ourselves three questions every single day. how do we make america a magnet for good jobs? how do we equip our people with skills and training to get those jobs, and how do we make sure if they get those jobs that their hard work actually pays off. as governors you're the ones who are on the ground seeing first-hand every single day what works, what doesn't work and that's what makes you so indispensable. whatever your party, you ran for office to do everything that you could to make our folks's lives better. one thing i know unites all of us and all of you, democrats and republicans and that is the last thing you want to see is washington get in the way of progress.