Live Breaking News & Updates on Robert Wood Johnson
Stay updated with breaking news from Robert wood johnson. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
public service by america s cable television companies. it is provided today by your cable or satellite provider. former president bill clinton spoke about ongoing efforts to combat childhood obesity at the annual summit for the partnership for healthier america in washington, d.c. this is 40 minutes. [applause] bill clinton: thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you. thank you, very much. tardy upze for being here, i didn t get the memo about where i could stand and listen. i am mired the doctor, and wish to talk for another half-hour. i m very grateful to all of you. for the work you do. i want to say that i working on this childhood obesity issue for more than a decade. i have listened to remarks, i have been to the middle east and to asia. to put his debate with the efforts against burgeoning public health problems there. that therey grateful are companies that, where possible, are trying to work themselves out of a job by giving our children a ....
i apologize for being tardy up here but i was in the back, i didn t get the memo about where i could stand and listen and show. i really admire dr. gal vin, i wished he talked for another half hour, i might have learned something. i m grateful to all of you for the work that you do. i also want to say since i ve been working on this childhood obesity issue for more than a decade now, i want to thank all of the private-sector companies and i ve listened backstage to trish s remarks, i have been to the middle east and to asia to participate with efforts against public health problems there and i m very grateful that there are companies that at least are trying to work themselves out of part of their jobs, giving children a healthier future. i want to thank robert wood foundation for working with us and i will say more about president and ceo of pha and my good friend howard, ceo for healthier generation. but i m i m very glad that all of you are here and glad that in th ....
mr. clinton: i apologize for being tardy up here, i didn t get the memo about where i could stand and listen. i m very grateful to all of you. i want to say that i working on this childhood obesity issue for more than a decade. i want to thank all of the private sector companies. i listened backstage to all the remarks. i have been to the middle east and to asia. to participate with no one in the participating burgeoning health problems they are having there. i am glad that companies, where possible, are trying to work themselves out a part of their job by giving their children healthier future. i want to thank the schwartz foundation and the johnson foundation for working with us. i will say more about larry soller, the president and ceo of pha, and my good friend, dr. howell wechsler. i am very glad that all of you are here. and glad that, in this sort of how do i say it unusual times [laughter] mr. clinton: you recognize that this is no place for alternative fa ....
that s why we re your retirement company. additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. searchers scoured the black sea this evening looking for survivors and wreckage from the crash of an aging russian airliner operated by the military. but all 92 people on board are feared dead, including more than sixty performers from the world famous red army choir. the tupolev-tu-154 aircraft, built in 1983, had just taken off in good weather from the black sea resort of sochi, headed for syria, when it disappeared from radar after only two minutes. russia s transport minister said all possible causes of the crash are being investigated, including terrorism. the plane was en route to a base in syria where the chorus was to have entert ....
good afternoon, everybody. i want to welcome you all here today. i m peter russo, ademocratdirec personal affairs at thecato institute. this is a capitol hill briefing entitled economics of health insurance reform. the repeal and replacement of the affordable care act dominated discussions on the hill in recent weeks and lawmakers are huddling in philadelphia to recourse for the damage done to the health market in recent years. when they state they don t have a plan and i suppose i m being cheritiable here but democrats say they don t have a political viable one. there is some truth to that as any comprehensive replacement will require support from democrats. if there is a take no prisoners approach continues they will in an act of self fulfillment prevent the plan. but to add to the mix the president promised an outline of his own further complicated the endeavor, bun that might bind and unify existing offerings. time will tell and we will see. the true libertarian p ....