brief in a discrimination lawsuit being considered by a new york appeals court. it involves a skydiving instructor claims he was fired after telling one. his clients that he was gay. he says his 2010 dismissal violates the civil rights act, which bars the discrimination based on color, religion, race, sex or national origin, but the doj noted that every counsel since 1974 has declined to add a sexual orientation provision to the civil rights act, going on to say that the federal government as the largest employer in the country has substantial interests in this case. >> jon: we are awaiting the white house briefing scheduled to start about 30 minutes from now. will the trump administration react to a showdown shaping up between the new white house communications director anthony scaramucci and the chief of staff, reince priebus. plus, republicans are racing against the clock as they debate yet another measure to repeal