Hosted by the participate policy center in washington, d. C. We believe good morning, everyone. I want to welcome all of you to the Bipartisan Policy Center. Chief medical adviser here. The title of our convenient today is education and healthy, twin pail ars to thriving zunts students good to see you. For those of you new to bpc our mission here is to actively seek at a take the best ideas from both Political Parties to promote health, security as well as opportunity for all americans. We drive principal and politically viable policy solutions through analysis, negotiation and advocacy. Todays event focuses on the bi direction, health in all policies, the idea that policies outside the Health Sphere have a profound impact on healthy and therefore healthy consideration pb a considering policy make area. Its important that education is an important determinant for Health Outcomes. In addition illustrate ihle understood that healthy facilities learning and thus the Education Sector is eq
truce with hamas, whilst 39 palestinian women and children were released from israeli prisons as a part of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. today s releases brings the total number of hostages released during the window to sa and the number of prisoners freed to 117. let s take a closer look at some of the hostages released by hamas today. among the group are sisters, dafna and ela elyakim. they were attacked at their home in kibbutz nir oz. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the hamas attackers themselves. also for the first time, an american israeli citizen was released earlier today. abigail idan was just three at the time she was taken hostage she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7th attacks. her great aunt and cousin said they hoped and prayed today would come, and expressed graititude to president biden, the qatari government and other parties involved in
Starting point with Soledad Obrien starts right now. Welcome, everybody. Starting point this morning, making history. President obamas second inaugural address. A lot of firsts. Well take a look at the impact of his speech. And incredible moments from the day and the night, including the first ladys dresses. And the buzz on the obama girls, sasha and malia. She sparked the investigation that led David Petraeus to resign. Now jill kelly trying to cleey her name. And is 2013 the year of the house . Housing values expecting to go up. And well have the president ial poet, doug wiem. Howard kurtz with his exclusive interview on jill kelley and james spider marks. Starting point begins right now. Good morning, everyone. Our starting point, an emboldened president , obama playing encourager in chief. Telling the American People we are made for this moment. An 18minute long inaugural speech, coincided with Martin Luther king jr. Day. He talked about several pivotal civil rights moments, he lin
[ theme ] bill hey good morning everybody. The morning after the great inaugural ceremony here yesterday in washington, d. C. Great to see you today on this tuesday, january 22nd. What a glorious day it was. A fabulous, vericism, a very solemn inaugural ceremony on the west steps of the United States capitol. A powerful inaugural address by president obama. Real liberal manifesto. Great music by james taylor and Kelly Clarkson and of course beyonce. A phenomenal, i thought very moving poem by Richard Blanco and then the colorful inaugural parade and the inaugural balls last night. I gotta tell you the ceremony kept going on and on and it continues today with a Prayer Service at the national cathedral. Well tell you all about it. This glorious day for all americans to celebrate the second inaugural of president obama. And a day of renewal for our american democracy. Thats what well get into today with all of our guests and with you. First, here she is with todays current news update, we
Morning, we will get to meet the soldier and the surgeon behind it all. A News Conference is scheduled for 11 this morning. This is video from before the transplant. Brendan marrocco is the first sold year to survive after losing all four limbs in the iraq war. He was injured by a roadside bomb in 2009. He underwent the complex transplant last month. It involves connecting bones, blood vessels and muscles and nerves and skin on both arms. The surgery involved an innovative treatment that used the dead donors bone marrow cells to help prevent his body from rejecting the new limbs. The 13 hour operation was led by dr. Andrew lee, the Plastic Surgery chief here at hopkins. Marrocco is one of seven u. S. Soldiers to received a successful double arm transplant. He will spend the next 3 to 4 months at hopkins and then he will return to a Military Hospital to undergo further physical therapy. Again, that News Conference to meet the soldier and the surgeon is scheduled for 11 this morning at t