plan or renewing their existing one are now eligible for several additional health care benefits under the affordable care act. that means guaranteed coverage for a wide range of free presentive coverages like testing for hiv, hpv, contraception coverage without cop copays, breast feeding support and domestic violence counseling. religious employers are exempt, yet, according to one tea party congressm congressman, women gaining access to free presentive care is akin to a terrorist attack. i know in your mind, you can think of the times america was attacked. one is december 7th, pearl harbor date. the other is september 11th and that s the day the terrorist attack. i want you to remember august 1st, 2012, the attack on our religious freedom. that s a date that will live in infam asalong with those other dates. wow, that was not a fireside
expenses. insured women enrolling in a new plan or renewing their existing one are now eligible for several additional health care benefits under the affordable care act. that means guaranteed coverage for a wide range of free preventive services like yearly checkups, gestational diabetes testing, testing for hiv, hpv, contraception coverage without co-pays, breast feeding support and domestic violence counseling. religious employers are exempt from offering this coverage to their loyemployees. yet, according to one tea party congressman, women gaining access to free preventive care is akin to a terrorist attack. i know in your mind, you can think of the times america was attacked. one is december 7th, pearl harbor attack. the other is september 11th and that s the day the terrorist attack. i want you to remember august
bob: they are wonderful. congratulations, juan. dana: thank you for watching. see you next week. they ll see you tomorrow. bret: welcome to special report. good evening. i m bret baier. we are coming to you tonight from the los angeles bureau. so we can expect the massive and troubled california economy. the ninth largeest in the world. but it used to be the fifth. more on that later. plus a city success story in the state. we begin with a story with all the major elements. politics, religion, sex and money. oil involves the obamacare requirement about contraception coverage. it s become an issue of religious freedom. chief national correspondent jim angle tells us that rule takes us back today. the president s healthcare law is headed for another constitutional showdown. as a new mandate takes effect
but on tap plenty more opportunity for glory. here s what you can keep your eye on. in gymnastics the men fight for the all-around title and try to steal the show from the japanese favorite and look for redemption after a devastating fifth-place finish in the team final. . in the pool the women team up in the 4 by 200 meter relay. allison schmitt going for her tenth medal. and venus and serena williams expected to prove their dominance as they take on italy in the quarterfinal round of women s doubles. let s talk about michael phelps and the fab five gymnasts doing the u.s. proud. zain verjee in london. all right, phelps just became the most decorated olympian ever and has a chance to actually get a few more, right? yeah, exactly. you know, this is just a topping on a sundae now. he will blow past that incredible number he hit, 19. just a few minutes ago he swam behind me in the aquatic centre and qualified for the individual meddy and wept through to the next round. all
joins me. paul, i don t think we overstated the case. the justice department brief came out very leery in their position paper saying look you don t have to be in the hvac business. hercules indid industries is not a religious employer. it is hvac employer. it has shown no requirement that it engage in the hvac business. any burden you face is caused by your choice to enter that business. your thoughts on that, paul? certainly an interesting position. our position, megyn, is that we believe that every american, including those in business, have the right to do business in accordance with their faith and that is very simply that is our statement. that s what we re all about. megyn: am i wrong? because the president came out repeatedly and said we will respect religious liberty. we do care about that but we also care about women who need contraception coverage. we struck the appropriate balance to protect religious