Today First Lady Michelle Obama will announce a campaign to fight childhood obesity. Part of the program will be to introduce healthier food in schools across the country. But will it work?

• Washington Takeout: Takeaway Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich helps us remember Pennsylvania Congressman John P. Murtha, who died yesterday at 77.
• Sports Takeout: The 2010 Olympic Games kick off this week in Vancouver and Takeaway sports contributor, Ibrahim Abdul-Matin joins us to profile figure skater Johnny Weir.   

President Obama has called for a health care summit at the White House, where republicans can offer up their own ideas on how to reduce costs, and the two parties can try again to find some common ground.

Following Iran's announcement that it’s stepping up its nuclear program, the United States and France said there's no alternative to strong new international sanctions against the country. 

In the run-up to Valentine's Day, our conversation about the workplace tackles the issue of romances with colleagues. Is there a right way to do it? Can it get you fired?

Iran's nuclear chief says the country will begin enriching uranium to twenty percent strength — up from 3.5 percent, and build ten new nuclear facilities over the next year. While the construction of that many facilities in one year is probably not achievable, and while it takes ninety percent enrichment to make a nuclear bomb, the reaction from the United States and France was swift and harsh: The two nations called for even more sanctions on Iran. We ask how great the threat of a nuclear Iran really is.

Louise Story, business and finance reporter for The New York Times, talks to us about the Dow's dip below 10,000. Why is this the magic number?

In our regular series The Value, Takeaway correspondent Farai Chideya brings us the story of a woman in Miami who found the value of home in an unlikely place.

A group of ten American Baptists accused of kidnapping 33 Haitian children, who the group members said were orphans, has raised complicated questions about the intersection of good intentions and misguided actions. One thing is certain: not all of the 33 children were orphans. In fact, the majority of the children do have families. The group that was asked to look after the children following their ordeal is SOS Children's Villages.

Former Australian Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib is starring in a new play about his three years in U.S. custody. The BBC’s Phil Mercer spoke to the cast at rehearsals and tells us about the play.

The confetti that papered the streets of New Orleans after the Super Bowl has been swept away and most of the fans from out of town have headed home. Now America’s obsession with a big sporting event is shifting to Vancouver.

John Murtha died yesterday at 77. He is being remembered as a national figure, but Takeaway Washington correspondent, Todd Zwillich brings us more about his influence in his home district of Johnstown, PA.

Detroit Beaureau.com reporter, Paul Eisenstein joins us. He says there are worrying concerns from drivers who have cars that date back to 2005. These cars have not been recalled, but seem to have similar problems to the recalled Toyotas.