filibuster just said kept getting farther and farther away. he was check out. he s going to be fine. the yacht should be in san francisco next week and back in london in late july. very fortunate to get this guy back. thankses so much. a controversial case before the nation s highest court, the supreme court is deciding whether for-profit companies like hobby lobby can deny contraception coverage to employees based on religious grounds. joining me now bernard whitman, former pollster for former president bill clinton. and mark larson, radio talk show host. the headline with the story today is that steve green, the
concerns about contraception coverage and health care reform but that didn t stop the president from inviting the pope to the white house. then it was on to mr. obama s final stop, a meeting with saudi arabia s king abdullah. the visit at abdullah s lavish desert retreat was aiming calming saudi fears around iran s nuclear program. while they did not discuss global concerns about saudi human rights abuses, the president honored a saudi woman with a state department award for combating domestic violence. president obama has another policy challenge waiting for him when he returns to washington. monday s enrollment deadline for obamacare. the white house has touted the fact that 6 million people have signed up so far with another crush of consumers heading to the government s health care website in the last couple of days. christi and victor? jim acosta for us. jim, thank you.
the key moment of the president s trip. his first meeting ever with pope francis. after exchanging gifts i actually will probably read this in the oval office when i m deeply frustrated. reporter: the president said he and the pope steered clear of the controversy over the contraception coverage mandates in obama care but conceded the vatican did raise concerns. the focus instead, mr. obama, was on a sheer goal of tackling inequality. open people s eyes and make sure they re seeing this is an issue. reporter: he finally found time to play tourist in chief with a tour of the colosseum. it s remarkable. unbelievable. reporter: now, the president did also reveal today that more than 6 million americans have signed up for health insurance under obama care. as you know, wolf, that key
contraception mandate and what could that mean for the law? the hobby lobby case going before the high court yesterday where it faces rather, what appears to be a battle of the sections. now the female justices appear to be in favor of the mandate, hard to read between the lines but that is what arguments led you to believe yesterday. the men appear to be a bit more skeptical on issue. that issue is whether or not business, in this case a private business, hobby lobby, can be forced to provide contraception coverage for its employees. richard fowler defend the mandate. michael graham thinks the court should make exception. both are radio talk show hosts and welcome ba to america s newsroom. elena kagan said this at one point during the 90 minutes of oral arguments. quite a number of medical treatments religious groups object to. one religious group could opt out of this and opt out of that and everything would be piecemeal and nothing would be uniform. we read between the comments an
a steady hand and one a lot of new yorkers have trusted for a long time. a long time. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. we are going to turn now to cycling at the supreme court in washington where protesters are on both sides of a hotly debated issue and they were demonstrating outside even in the snow. now, the court heard oral arguments in one of the most controversial challenges to the affordable care act. some for-profit businesses are offering that their employers religious freedom is violated by requirement in the law that they provide form of contraception that they oppose. now, today, that claim drew assertive questioning from several justices, including, interestingly, all three women on the court. justice elena kagan, for example, asked how female employees are, with quote, tangibly harmed when an employer restricts their access to contraception coverage. but on the conservative side, justice alito asked, hey, why should religious companies not get an ex