jill biden.in delaware today, kicking off her campaign for awareness of women's rest cancer. [applause] sheehan the first lady have been at the point of this beer. >> are helping out families of those deployed to iraq and afghanistan. the boots on the ground. [applause] and listen to this. wind joe's mom and dad were living with them, she was taking care of the vice president elderly parents at the same time raising three boys and at the same time, getting two masters degrees and a ph.d.. [applause] i would say the vice president and i definitely have something in common. we married above ourselves. [laughter] alright, since jill cannot introduce her husband, all i have to say is one of the best senators to ever come out of the united states senate, one of the true great american patriots, i think arguably the best vice president of the united states. ladies and gentlemen, joe biden, the vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> bless you. bill thank you very much. thank you a

. >> jennifer aniston and jill biden visited what will be a state of the art breast cancer center. >>hy these two joined forces today. >> breast cancer awareness is very important to these two women. this will be the new nobel alexandria breast care center opening one week from today to the public. they will have a battery of specialists all under one group. hollywood and winehouse paid a visit. actress jennifer aniston and jill biden visited this soon to open a comprehensive center. >> we got a call from the white house asking it they could come. of course we said absolutely. >> how many women do you expect to be here? >> along with health and human services secretary kathleen sibelius' committee toward the center, a one-stop shop for breast cancer treatment. >> you will not be running around from one place to another. you are usually going from one department to another, so that will be nice. >> it is time to get the word out which is why we are all here today, to get the word out and encourage other women to get mammograms. >> jennifer aniston is a producer of an upcoming televisio

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jill biden.he was in delaware today, kicking off her campaign for awareness of women's breast cancer. she and the first lady have been at the point of this be your -- of the spear helping those deployed in afghanistan, the bonds on the ground, and listen to that. mom and dad were with them, she was helping take care of his elderly parents at the same time while raising three boys and while at the same time getting two master's degrees and a phd. i would say the vice president and i have something in common. we married above ourselves. all right. since jill cannot introduce her husband, all i have to say is one of the best senators to ever come out of the united states senate, one of the true great american patriots, i think arguably the best vice president of the united states, ladies and gentlemen, joe biden, the vice president of the united states. >> bill, thank you very much. thank you all very, very much. folks, please, have a seat. you have no idea how disappointed i am jill did not introdu

jill biden as well. [applause] when we visited general shinseki on the battlefield, i was reminded of the say in the military, on the battlefield, we need no soldiers in kind. and we say in congress, and when they come home, we leave no veterans behind. no veterans behind. [applause] for us in congress, every day is veterans day. because every day we understand the moral obligation we have to our veterans for making as the home of the brave -- and the land of the free and the home of the bridge. and we're very, very proud of your patriotism, your courage, sacrifices that you're willing to make for our country. and now we have important work to do. we have more important to work to do to end homelessness, and we're on that track. thank goodness for the local initiatives, bobbi, secretary shinseki, president obama -- it is everybody's priority. we want to have the health services that our veterans need be available to them and that they know about what is available. that is why that support is very importa

jennifer aniston joined jill biden in alexandria to mark the month. of the art nova breast care center. it offers diagnostic centers. well, some of us love a good spin class, others like to stretch out with yoga. what happens when you combine the two? you get a unique class called cycle yoga. it was started by a woman who used the combo to recover from a serious accident. we asked her, what's your work out? >> my tire blew out and i hit a tree going 60 miles per hour. the entire front part of the car basically crushed, like pushed my legs into the seat. my right leg, i broke every bone except the femur and hip. i was told i wouldn't run again. you are left with yoga. i poo-pooed the idea. the more i did it, the more i learned there's a lot of physical benefits. through yoga, i was able to start running and biking again and acting like my old self. we're not going slow down. i would either run or bike and do yoga afterwards. you do a great work out and do yoga to calm it down and incorporate the strength and flexibility. get on the bike 45 minutes, go,

the emmy award winning actress teamed up with jill biden.aniston is directing a string of lifetime movies about breast cancer. >>> baltimore honoring those. city hall going pink. today during the workout , the mayor is going to have an announcement about when that is going to happen encouraging everyone attending to come out dressed in pink. the white house, pretty in pink as well. this is not the first time the white house served as part of the commemoration. the bush and obama administrations had large red ribbons for the aids day as well. this started in 2008. >>> if you would like to get involved if the fight, join us for the susan g. komen race for the cure. 5k kicks off at 8:00. survivors walk. we will broadcast live from 7:00 until 9:00 in the morning. >>> we got a special section dedicated to breast cancer support, research and awareness. go to abc2news.com/think pink. >>> this is a new medical miracle, obviously guys you can't get pregnant but insight in to what it's like to be pregnant. how it works and why it was invented. british

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jill biden. in delaware today kicking off her campaign for awareness of women's breast cancer. [cheers and applause] she and the first lady have been at the point of the spear helping out families of those deployed to iraq and afghanistan. the boots on the ground. [applause] and listen to this. when joe's mom and dad were living with them, she was helping take care of the vice president's elderly parents at the same time of raising three boys and at the same time getting two master's degrees and a ph.d.. [cheers and applause] i'd say the vice president and i definitely have something in common, we married above ourselves. [laughter] all right. since jill cannot introduce her husband, all i have to say is one of the best senators to ever come out of the united states senate, one of the true, great american patriots. i think arguably the best vice president of the united states. [cheers and applause] ladies and gentlemen, joe biden, the vice president of the united states! [cheers and applause] >>

jill biden, the second lady, they have teamed on this effort to make sure that these heroes -- because the unemployment rate for veterans coming home is even higher than the general population. we have to take care of these heroes. we have to give them opportunities, whether it's the gi bill i voted for and helped pass or whether it's tax breaks for small businesses to hire these veterans. >> let me go to michael hirsch, reporting on this nationally. this question of concern for veterans. the republicans are very good, and i do respect them on this. they do care about their soldiers, and visiting them when they get hurt and they get bounded. and of course, grieving their deaths. this question about creating a opportunity at home, was it interesting? it was to me. i'll ask you the open-ended question. the president timed these two issues together. respect for the soldiers and opportunity for them. >> i mean, this has been a consistent theme, chris, for months now. when he announced the afghanistan drawdown back in june, i think it was the first time he used the phrase, we need to do nat

jill biden, the wife of president joe biden participated in the round table discussion on breast cancer today. it was at the breast cancer center in alexandria. and actress jennifer aniston. they also had breast cancer patient survivors and medical staff. they held an emergency meeting to decide if one of the winners for this year will be honored. and that is because shortly after being announced that they had one, where they had learned about it on friday. that is not typically awarded for them, but the foundation ruled that the decision would stand in good faith. >>> still ahead, the uncle of a little girl that is killed in a buggy accident opens up to 9news now. a rare glimpse into the amish community is coming up. çñ >>> that little girl died while trying to cross the intersection in maryland. and that is where our crisis is live tonight with reactions. what a sad story. >> reporter: well you know, a lot of people in this community have been worried about something like this happening for some time. worried that maybe cars and buggies could no longer safely come down the road. keep

jill biden.ferent circumstance where we were in dab. >> that made quite an impact on me when i was there, but it made an impact before i went when i was watching all the coverage on the tv shows. and i just thought, you know, look at those mothers there with chose children and being a mother myself, i just thought, you know, i would want someone to help me and said, something has to be done. we have to do something more. >> these women, these families, you mention the women because so oftentimes it is the mothers, going through so much just to get their children there. and in their minds get them to safety where they can have security and food every day. and yet even that place in dab the ref youge camp was stretched to the limit. what realistically can people in this country do? >> well, we can give a donation to help these mothers and children, no matter how small, even $10 will feed a mother and her family for three weeks. or $2 pays for immuni zagss for children. so even -- i know times are t

jill biden helped renovate a home for a wounded veteran. they worked with the organization rebuilding together at the d. c. home of army sergeant johnny agbee. he was wounded in afghanistan. dozens of volunteers are working to make the house wheelchair accessible. >> great organization. >>> "sesame street's" youtube site a back online after being taken down sunday after hackers apparently posted porn on the web page. message shows it informed users it had been shut down due to repeated or severe violations of community guidelines. it appears the videos were online for less than an hour and that "sesame street" received no viewer complaints because of it. the message posted on the page before its removal claimed responsibility for the videos in the name of youtube users. one of whom denies that responsibility. >>> new york city rolls out the red carp for a new movie about the start of the 2008 financial crash. >>> and a british actor heads to the top of the empire state building. realal pinkston has those stories and more. >> reporter: kevin

. >>> jill biden talks about her work in africa. >>> he is back making people laugh.ck. that and much more coming up a little later on "the early show." that will do it for the "cbs morning news" for this thursday. appreciate you watching. i'm terrell brown. take care, everybody. have a great day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ,,

to promote the cause jill biden along with secretary and actress jennifer aniston toured the new breaster. more health care plans now encourage regular screening for all women. >>> pink all lit up for breast cancer awareness month. the vice president's residence also lit with rosy lights this evening. >>> there may be sunshine tomorrow morning. maybe not. >> it's eventually going to get here. earlier i talked about snow that fell over the weekend. if you want to go find more about that, go to my website and check out the blog. i have pictures and good stuff. we're going to start with live doppler. we still have some showers on radar. everything is light. and really not very well organized. also some showers south of town in through much of prince george's county and parts of charles county. i think still 90% of us are going to have a dry commute tomorrow. you can see this swirl, though. much like remnants of lee and then the storm after this. these storms can't move. they get cut off in the upper level of the atmosphere. this is going to swirl and a piece of energy is going to come arou

the first lady and jill biden will all -- will also select military families during the world series.cic announce today that she has breast cancer. the 36-year-old has been undergoing in vitro fertilization treatments to get pregnant. she is having surgery this weekend and will undergo six weeks of radiation. her prognosis is good. >>> tonight only 8 couples remain on "dancing with the stars." tonight, we have the 1980's of fame. -- theme. >>> let's see what is coming up at 6:00. no dancing, i trust. >> that the president on the road again with a message about creating jobs for unemployed americans. we will show you where he is going over the next several days and now he has changed his jobs bill. a pair of fast food restaurant robbery took police concerned. see what they want to arrest the robbers before they strike again. >>> what is the latest? >> it is still a very pleasant evening out there. temperatures will stock to drop a little more quickly later tonight. but eastern with a look at the national park. look how quickly the leaves have changed. if that is one of your favorite th

that's her with jill biden pitching in. the program provides remodeled homes for injured veterans and their families. michelle obama issued a challenge to all americans. >> we are just asking people to ask one simple question, and that is what can i do. that's really the question out there. what can i do. and then we need you to get out there and actually do it. >> the project is co-sponsored by sears and they pledged to increase the number of families in its work force by 30,000. >>> a high tech project in san francisco to hope honor war heroes. at 5:45 what they are using laser beams for. >>> it was a big win for the 49ers but it's the handshake that is getting headlines, what jim harbaugh said and what the nfl just decided. >>> we felt a dramatic warm up this afternoon but we have cooler weather on the way. what the models are predicting for your neighborhood coming up. [ male announcer ] sizzler's steak fest! a tri-tip sirloin, and endless salad bar, all for just $10.99. sizzler. thinking fresh every day. >>> you could

jill biden. she was in delaware today kicking off her campaign for awareness of women's breast cancer. [applause] she and the first lady have been at the point of the spear helping out families of those deployed to iraq and afghanistan. the boots on the ground. [applause] and listen to this. when joe's mom and dad were living with them, she was helping to take care of the vice-president's elderly parents at the same time of raising three boys, and at the same time of getting two master's degrees, and a ph.d. i would say the vice president and i definitely have something in common. we married above ourselves. [applause] since jill cannot introduce her husband, all i have to say is, one of the best senators to come out of the u.s. senate, one of the true great american patriots, i think, arguably, the best vice-president of the united states. ladies and gentlemen, and joe biden, the president of -- vice- president of the united states. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, i am truly delighted to be

jill biden will be attendinging game one of the 2011 world series. league baseball's welcome back veterans program and the initiative kicks off tomorrow between the rangers at the st. louis cardinals. >>> and the john bon jovi soul foundation expands tomorrow. they're celebrating the opening of the kitchen in new jersey. >>> and grammy winning natalie cole, daughter of nate -- nat king cole, will be in d.c. promoting public health and hepatitis c awareness. >>> have you heard about this one today? president obama gets his telepromter and podium poof. stolen. i know. laughing about this a little bit with you. >> could you imagine what would happen if they took our telepromter? >> some days we do. how did this happen? >> i'm kind of skeptical about this story and would be more so except for the fact there's been kind of a back door confirmation that there's a big investigation going on, but how does the president's telepromter and the podium with the seal get stolen? this is in central virginia. also based on the report by wwbt tv in central virginia a

. >>> first lady michelle obama and jill biden banded together today to help renovate a home for a wounded veteran. they worked with the organization rebuilding together at the dc home of army sergeant johnny ag by. he was wound in afghanistan. dozens of volunteers are working to make the house wheelchair accessible for him. >>> drivers remember indy race champion dan wheldon one day after a fiery crash claimed his life. >>> up next, a consumer alert. the days of opening your cell phone bill and being shocked at what you see may soon be coming to an end. >>> and don't forget, we are always on at wusa 9.com. stay with us. we'll be right back. >>> the days of cell phone bill shock, well, let's just say they are numbered. wireless carriers announced a new program that will send you alerts to warn you if you are about to go over your monthly talk, text or data plan limits. the carriers voluntarily agreed to a deal after a study found one in six of us saw unexpected overages in our monthly bill. those notifications will start by october of next year. analysts say the alerts may give you more pr

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she teamed up with vice president's wife jill biden. the tweet reads military nations have us too.th her initials, m.o. congratulations. >> as pt rallies support for his jobs plan, a new government report shows auto workers are also finds it hard to get by. the government accounting office says it took workers 55 years and over 31 weeks to find a new job. that's up from 11 weeks in 2007. however, there is some good news to report. there are a few companies that are gaining recognition for hiring and capitalizing on the years of experience of older workers. joining me now to discuss this is rick newman, he is the chief business correspondent for u.s. news and world reports. it's nice to have you here. the unemployment rate, national rate, theory still losing at a faster rate. explain why. >> this is just a tough squeeze for people over 50. they're the people who are paid more highly in a lot of companies, so when companies look to cut costs you want to look at the higher paid workers. you look at computer skills too. that makes them an easier market it's when they need to be pumping

jill biden put the finishing touches on the renovations today. >>> looks like they had fun out there. the i know i have done -- all right i know i have done this before have you done a double take when your wireless bill shows up. >> yes. >> fox 5 money team breaking down what is being done to keep your text, web browsing, calls all in check  >> when it comes to paying your bills there is probably nothing worse than finding unexpected charges they happen particularly often on cell phone bills, consumer union calls it shock. melanie. >> reporter: well, laura, consumer surveys found one in five wireless customers have had some bill shock and now with tablets and smart phones, companies are also dropping unlimited plans so it is more important than ever for customers to know exactly how much that next bill is going to cost. >>> a minute of talk, isn't much but if you go other on your monthly plan, it can cost a lot. >> how do you feel when that happens? >> mad. >> a simple question with now a simple answer. >> wireless providers will be sending free alerts to subscribe

jill biden and michelle obama are recognizing plans to help returning military vets.estors will be kicked out of the park there in atlantic city. >>> coming up in the newsroom with suzanne at the top of the hour, all the single ladies are taking pride in their lack of a wedding ring. >>> and an extreme sport from the 100-year-old chicago marathon runner to the world swimmer trying to set a world record. elizabeth cohen has more tips on how to be more physically fit with age. >>> and this woman, anita hill, has a new mission. she is joining us live to talk about it. >>> live from studio7 i'm suzanne malveaux. president obama is hoping to tap into america's frustration over jobs today. he's also going to be jabbing republicans who killed his bill to create new ones. he's speaking in fletcher, north carolina, that's where he is starting a three-day bus tour. now the presint

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. >>> first lady michelle obama and the vice president's wife jill biden will help baseball kick offame one of the world series today. the two will be promoting their military support program called joining forces, which launched earlier this year. before the game, they'll recognize major league baseball for its support of veterans and military families. then the texas rangers will take on the cardinals in st. louis. >>> time now 5:55. inspiration for our wounded warriors recovering at walter reed from athletes who know a thing or two about overcoming adversity. the haitian amputee soccer team taking to the field across our region. yesterday they held a clinic for the wounded warriors at rfk stadium. most of the men and women on the team lost a limb during the earthquake in haiti in 2010. they say they are now able to play soccer thanks in part to american charities that fitted them with prosthetics. >> they don't need to let the loss of a limb, an amputation, to slow them down. it's possible to play soccer. it's possible to play soccer at a very high level. >> the knights of columbu

jill biden, our second lady to lead the effort to support our military families and making today possible. give them a big round of applause. [ applause ] she does all this, and she looks cute. that's right. but considering how many veterans are out there looking for work, we can't stop with today's announcement. we've got more work to do. some of you probably know that last month i sent congress a piece of legislation called the american jobs act. this is a bill that's fully paid for and it's filled with the kind of proposals that traditionally democrats and republicans have supported in the past. tax cuts for every small worker -- every worker and small business in america, funding to rebuild our schools and put our teachers back in the classroom so our children can get the education they deserve, a tax credit for small businesses that hire america's veterans. the idea here is even though so many companies who are here today have committed to hiring our nation's heroes, we want to make it even easier for the businesses that haven't made that commitment yet. it's the right thing to do fo

jill biden and i started our joining forces initiative.on around our veterans and military families because we know just how incredible all of you are. you are veterans -- yes! we want america to know that you're veterans who have completed missions with enough variables involved to make most people's heads spin. that you're trained in state of the art technologies. that you've managed dozens if not hundreds of your peers. and when the stakes are the highest, that's when you're at your best. and your spouses, your families are just as amazing. and i have met them. yes, for the military spouses! military spouses pack in a full day of work. many of them then get back to get the kids to piano lessons. they volunteer at fundraisers. skyping with loved ones who are deployed overseas, whip up dinner, putting the kids to bed, and then crack open textbooks to study at night. that's an average day. and so a military spouse, that's just wednesday. so i'm just exhausted thinking a about it. but so very proud. so very proud. for most folks, that's the

jill biden, the second lady, they have teamed on this effort to make sure that these heroes -- because the unemployment rate for veterans coming home is even higher than the general population. we have to take care of these heroes. we have to give them opportunities, whether it's the gi bill i voted for and helped pass or whether it's tax breaks for small businesses to hire these veterans. >> let me go to michael hirsch, reporting on this nationally. this question of concern for veterans. the republicans are very good, and i do respect them on this. they do care about their soldiers, and visiting them when they get hurt and they get bounded. and of course, grieving their deaths. this question about creating a opportunity at home, was it interesting? it was to me. i'll ask you the open-ended question. the president timed these two issues together. respect for the soldiers and opportunity for them. >> i mean, this has been a consistent theme, chris, for months now. when he announced the afghanistan drawdown back in june, i think it was the first time he used the phrase, we need to do nat

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jill biden and i started our joining forces initiative. we want to rally this entire nation around our veterans and military families because we know just how incredible all of you are. truly. yes. [applause] we want america to know that your veterans who have completed missions with enough variables involved to make most people's head spin -- that you're trained in state-of-the-art technologies, that you've managed dozens -- if not hundreds -- of your peers. and when the stakes are the highest, that's when you're at your best. and your spouses, your families, are just as amazing. and i have met them -- [applause] -- yes, for the military spouses. [applause] military spouses pack in a full day of work, many of them then get back to get the kids to piano lessons, they volunteer at fundraisers, skyping with loved ones who are deployed overseas, whip up dinner, put the kids into bed, and then crack open the textbooks to study at night. that's an average day. to a military spouse, that's just wednesday. [laughter] so i'm just exhausted thinkin