i have not talked to anybody over there or who works for that organization probably for a year or more. i work with bill burton in the past. i haven t talked to any of those guys. they will have make their own decision and i m not going to comment on that. as a general rule, i don t think those words belong in the public space. i do think what limbaugh did was particularly egregious. greta: what do you think of the obama s campaign response to media attacks on women. post is going on our website. gretawire.com. now to the scene. contraception fight and this time the state of arizona, as we told you, arizona lawmakers are pushing a new bill that would permit employers to opt out of providing contraception coverage. now arizona republicans want that opt out extended to
contraception coverage if it violates religious or moral believes. if a woman wants reimbursement, her employer would be allowed to force her the use she is using contraception for other medical reasons and not for contraception. joining me now is erin from salon.com. thank so much for joining us. let s play what she had to say. we have a full screen. it says, we don t live in a soviet union and government should not be telling employers, catholic organization, mom and pop businesses to do something that s against their moral belief. a lot of this conversation is that women will fight against this and the republicans will pay for this. i was at a luncheon with a bright, successful, new york woman who is a republican and she flat out looked me in my face and said i don t think we should pay for some woman s birth control. the question is do you think we
prospects in 2016. how could she best position herself now for a possible presidential bid then? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. s. a turning point in the race for the white house. the obama campaign is now going directly on the attack against the republican presidential candidates. they are naming names, and fighting back after months of largely turning the other cheek. but it s not the president taking on his gov challengers. that task is now falling to the vice president joe biden. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is joining us now. jessica, this is clearly a new phase in the obama reelection campaign. it is, wolf. after months of saying they re just watching the republicans duke it out on the trail, now team obama is officially in campaign mode. remember president obama said this? all of them determine who their standard bearer is going to be. until the republicans have a nominee, we don t have a campaign. reporter: when he hits
religious liberty issue, the consequence is that it affects women s health. so there s really no way to argue that this is not about contraception, this is not about women s health. if the effect is that a woman can deny a woman contraception coverage, and therefore she can t afford it, maybe she needs it for endometriosis or maybe she just wants to prevent a pregnancy, she can t afford a child, it doesn t matter, it affects her health, and it s financially beneficial to the insurer to cover contraception. so to say that this has nothing to do with contraception, which is what republicans are saying, it s a little bit absurd. laura bassett and jess mcintosh, thank you both for your time tonight. thank you. ahead, u.s. marshals are investigating a video showing congressman peter king, the head of homeland security committee, raiding a fugitive in new york. why was he deleting the video from youtube? and tanking it?
conditions on the road. michelle obama will lead the u.s. delegation at the opening ceremony at the olympic games in london. laura bush and hillary clinton also had that honor during their time in the white house. bill: maybe we should go to london with them. i mean those games are going to be great. patti ann: i love the olympics bill: and london too with the history over there. maybe we ll get the invite. the healthcare debate rages on in washington. now one state is pushing to reverse the federal mandate on contraception coverage. new hampshire s republican-controlled house voting to allow all employers with religious objections to exclude contraception and sterilization coverage from their health plans. the new law would not only be limited to religious organizations. federal law will require all employers who offer insurance to also cover the cost of contraceptives. molly line live outside the state house in new hampshire. molly, what is the goal here?