We just heard lawmakers talking about a possible special session to deal with the fallout from this spring.

Severe weather.

What does Governor Andy Beshear have to say about it?

Well, he says it depends on how much help we get from the federal government.

So what we're doing is pulling together a final set of numbers that I want to talk about, and then we're meeting with legislators.

I think, leadership early this next month, to talk about it, we are having to put together two sets of numbers, because if the federal government were to grant public assistance for April, where we don't have a safe act or the May tornadoes, if they were to grant that, we'd be talking about tens of millions of dollars, that are needed especially to help counties.

I think, Laurel County and Pulaski County are looking at, over $20 million of, of of damage.

They can absorb that.

If, we're not going to get public assistance, we're talking about hundreds of millions of dollars between the state and the city that throws all of our budgets, out of whack and and is just a major blow.

That would require some more significant action.

Also today, during his news conference, the governor announced new General Electric jobs in Kentucky.

GE will invest $490 million to create 800 new jobs at its global headquarters in Jefferson County.

As some washer and dryer production moves from China to Kentucky.

This comes four years after a similar GE investment in Kentucky to build dishwashers.

Four years ago, we stood here together, announced what you just heard, which was the largest appliance park investment in our company history.

It was $450 million to create good Kentucky jobs, and opened the most advanced dishwasher manufacturing plant in America.

We delivered on that promise, and today I'm excited to say we're going to do it again.

We're making this $490 million investment that will replace will reshape the future of laundry, and position GE appliances to become the largest manufacturer in America.

This move creates 800 full time jobs.

Bring productions back from China and puts our G profile combo ultra French front loader assembly lines right here in Louisville.

It builds on thousands of washers and dryers that we already make at Appliance Park, and it reaffirms our belief that the best place to build appliances for American families is right here in America.

Our roots run deep.

Today's announcement coincides with the release of the latest economic report, a snapshot of how far we've come.

Over the last decade, we've invested more than $3.5 billion in U.S. operations.

That's more than any other appli Governor Beshear says with the new investment, GE will have a total of 8000 jobs in Kentucky.