that's what maria shriver and i talked about on that saturday afternoon in april last year. maria keeps this quote next to her phone. in her office. it says, why go to the moon? and your uncle, president kennedy, asked, we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do other things not because they are easy, because they are hard. so maria, thank you for carrying on that mission, pushing for break throughs that are never easy, but possible. thank you. [applause] so a little more than a year ago, president biden launched the first ever white house initiative on women's health research. building on the foundation of decades of work in women's health from many of you in this room. and carolyn made sure yesterday as we were doing speech prep that i understood, she said, jill, you know, i know that we're doing this now but there are some women like carolyn who has been doing this research forever and ever and ever. i just want to say, we recognize that. [applause] so you heard from carolyn, you know, our incredible, and our incredible team here at the white house. who ensured gov

maria shriver took a look at a new program that could be game changer for women going through menopauseeel good, too. >> i'm excited for soup now! >>> then also coming up, the story of a throwback milk delivery service that's kept business booming for four generations, and they are not slowing down anytime soon. we are going to take you inside one community, where a visit from the milkman is a beloved way of life. >>> and ahead on the third hour of "today," dylan goes one on one with an nba star, jalen bronson's mom. that's fun. >> that's very cool. >> it's a big deal. i learned a lot. >> i was going to say, that's a fun one. we want to look ahead to that, but talk about tomorrow and today with new year's around the corner. we'll talk about where to travel in 2025, on a morning like this, it's nice to think about a warm, sunny destination. first, it is with a very heavy heart that we are saying good-bye to one of our own. playback operator and editor john soltus is retiring, believe it or not. after 30 years, he is known around this building for his work on "today," along with numerous

that is what maria shriver and i talked about on that saturday afternoon maria keeps his quote next tone. you have a stationary phone? [laughter] in her office. it says why go to the moon. we choose to go to the moon in this decade and do other things. pushing for breakthroughs that are never easy, but possible. thank you. [applause] a little more than a year ago, president biden launched, thank you, joe, the first-ever white house initiative on women's health research. building on the foundation of decades of work in women's health from many of you in this room. carolyn made sure yesterday when we were doing speech prep that i understand. she said, jill, i know we are doing this now, but there are some women who are doing this research forever and ever and ever. i just want you to say we recognize that. you heard from carolyn are incredible team here. that means designing studies and separating the data which everyone has said and recording findings to create treatments specifically for women and men. we are not going to leave you guys out. we have invested $1 billion in this research

that's what maria shriver and i talked about on that saturday afternoon in april last year. keeps this quote next to the her phone. you have a stationary phone? if. [laughter] in her office x. it says, why go to the moon. and your uncle, president end kennedy, asked we choose to go the to the moon in this decade and do other things not because they are easy, because they are hard. so maria, thank you for carrying on that mission, pushing for breakthroughs that are never easy but possible. thank you. [applause] so a little more than a year ago, president biden launched the first ever white house initiative on women's health research. building on the foundation of decades of work in women's health from many of you in this room. and caroline made sure yesterday as we were doing speech prep that i understood, she said, jill, you know, i know what we're doing -- that we're doing this now, but there are some women like caroline who have been doing this research forever and ever and ever, and i i just want you to say we, we recognize that. so -- [applause] [laughter] a -- so it, an