dr. jill biden works to bring attention to the sacrifices made by our military families. ry mom and so dr. biden also understands first-hand how difficult it can be to have a loved one deployed overseas. her children's book, don't forget, god bless our troops, speaks directly to military family issues. through their joining forces initiative, first lady michelle obama and dr. jill biden have issued a national challenge to all americans, to take action and find ways to support and engage our military families in their own communities. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the second lady of the united states, dr. jill biden. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. it is wonderful to be here in dallas and it's my first time visiting this institute and it's truly beautiful. thank you, colonel howe for the kind introduction and for all that you do for military families. our servicemen and women and most importantly for your service to our country. president and mrs. bush, thank you for your leadership and the vital discussion about how we can best empower our nation'

dr. jill biden will participate. >>> the white house has launched an effort to save honey bees. president obama is creating a task forced to find out why the population of bees and monarch butler flies are diminishing so fast. many experts think some brands of weed killers are to blame. >> definitely a beautiful start to summer. >> reporter: the weekend was great, today looks good, tomorrow a little bit of a change. storm tracker 6 live double scan shows we're dry to start out, as we look outside we're looking at the sunrise coming up over the new jersey coast and starting to make the ben franklin bridge look pretty in the foreground there. a good looking morning and feeling good. temperature, 674 degrees, dewpoint, 59. there's as we look at satellite we have a warm front sneaking to the west and south, we'll see cloud cover and the humidity will start to rise up gradually as the front comes through. 11:00 a.m., 76. by late morning, you're warm, 2:00 p.m., 82. and 84 is the high, a nice one, just remember the sunscreen. high temperatures across region, 8 # in allentown. not much

dr. jill biden talked about this for years and make the investments and not everyone who wants a job haso to high school to get. it they can graduate and get a job. if they want to per sue a degree that should be available to them and work with our higher education institutions to make it affordable to everyone. >> ashley your thoughts? >> i think that opportunities should be for the opportunities but federal dpft is not the answer. they are crushing to our students. if you look at common core initiative in higher education. it is not helpful for the students and the federal government needs to step back and let there be opportunity for the other side of things. they have a choice to go where they want and attend the college and university that they wish, they need to remember they are responsible for the loan payments. i would like steps to be taken. >> we'll have to leave it there. you dpies are great. and you argued both sides well. and we appreciate your time and i hope you will come back and accept our invitation. >> the fda approved a process to sterilize food. and consumers worry

dr. jill biden. [applause] [applause] >> good morning, everyone. it's wonderful to be here in dallas and is my first time visiting this institute and it's truly beautiful. for theuc,olonel howe kind introduction and all you do for military families, our servicemen and women and most importantly for your service to our country. president and mrs. bush, thank you for your leadership in this vital discussion about how we can best empower our nation's post 9/11 veterans as a military mom. -- post-9/11 veterans. as a military mom, that is something that is so close to my heart and you can only tell i'm a military mom because of my camo cast although you might not have seen it because it is camo. [laughter] general pace, thank you for being here. one of the best parts of my role as second lady is spending time with so many veterans and military families. as i've traveled across the country and the world, i am always inspired by the strength and resilience of our military families. while the troops serving our nation may be only one percent of our populat

dr. jill biden. a little later today we'll come back to the white house for remarks from president obama. that's around 1:40 p.m. eastern. then this afternoon we'll bring you live coverage of wrap-up remarks from first lady michelle obama. this is live coverage on c-span3. ♪ >>> so we're live at the omni hotel in downtown washington. a white house summit on working families about to get started. first up this morning, we expect opening remarks from vice president biden and then his wife dr. jill biden. a bit later today we'll come back to this event for remarks from president obama, the president scheduled to speak about 1:40 p.m., about 20 minutes before 2:00 this afternoon. then later on we'll have live coverage of wrap-up remarks from first lady michelle obama. our live coverage throughout the day here on c-span3. >>> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. our program will begin in just a few moments. this is a friendly reminder to silence your mobile devices. thank you. >>> please welcome

dr. jill biden also plan to attend the working families summit today. there is a political angle here. democrats want to exploit the gender gap. it's something i pointed out about the how much better democrats are doing among women than they were this time four years ago. this is another issue to working women, an important swing vote that matters to them. >>> developing now, we could soon get some big supreme court decisions on the first attempt to limit the affordable health care act on religious grounds. the owners of hobby lobby, a chain of 500 craft stores are challenging the affordable care act. they're concerned about the requirement to provide a wide range of birth control to workers. hobby lobby's owners are evangelicals and say some contraception eliminates life. there is another a similar suit owned by a family who are mennonites. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams is live at the supreme court with more. hobby lobby is the biggest one politically, i think, when i look at it in my world, if you will, pete, about stuff that could have some traction on the campaign tr