authorize discrimination against women in the name of religion or otherwise. your response to that would be what? i don t think it s been a secret that i would probably never use the aclu to get any of my talking points. the president believes that the freedom to practice one s faith is a fundamental right in this country and that s all today was about. our federal government should always protect that right. as long as donald trump is president, he will. what would you say maybe to the women out there or to the families out there who now have to pay more out of their pocket to get contraception coverage that they choose and desire? this is a president who supports the first amendment, supports the freedom of religion. i don t understand why that should be an issue. the supreme court has validated this decision, certainly many times over and the president is somebody who believes in the
companies to include birth control with their health insurance is what we are talking about. that rule previously had exemptions for churches and religious nonprofits, now nearly any business can opt out effective immediately. the aclu responded with a lawsuit. on what grounds can these businesses now object? before these exemptions were limited to include religious beliefs but now they ve been expanded to include moral objections as well. according to the rules released today, employers can withhold contraception coverage if they have sincerely held moral objections. a spokesman for the department of health and human services says no american should be forced to violate his or her own conscience according to abide by the laws and regulations for our health care system. as for how these companies can
understanding based on officials that the president is likely not to recertify the iran nuclear deal, in effect, kick it over to congress as this white house, after a comprehensive review tries to in the eyes of the administration better crack down on what they describe as the sort of destabilizing force that is iran. not just in terms of its nuclear ambitions but in terms of cyber security and its support of other terrorist activities around the globe. anything but calm in the white house lately. what about this rollback of contraception in this white house and the rules surrounding who does not have to give out contraception, what businesses? reporter: yeah, this is significant. it s another rollback of an obama-era policy, speck kaelt rollback of the most controversial elements of obamacare, which is the requirement that employers provide contraception coverage as part of their health
even though of course hillary clinton has been an advocate for women her entire life? and are people going to be happy with that? for people that are really upset that clinton lost, ivanka s work on gender in the white house going to be at all a satisfying substitute? particularly as contraception coverage is going to get gutted tomorrow by this executive order that her dad is about to sign. it s a fascinating again, biographical approaches to this kind of stuff is not usually the way i approach these things. but with the children as presidential advisers, it s the only way in. jodi kantor, co-author of this remarkable new piece on ivanka trump in the new york times. a remarkable piece. thanks. we ll be right back. stay with us. across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment.
politics. it would also make it easier for businesses not to include contraception coverage in workers health care plan based on religious objections. fbi director james comey is giving his most detailed explanation to date about his controversial action in the days leading up to the presidential election. comey staunchly defended his decision that the fbi was reopening its investigation into hillary clinton s e-mails just 11 days before theelection. nbc s pete williams has details. pete, good morning. this was by far the most complete and spirited defense that james comey has given of his actions during the campaign and he offered some new details about that last-minute discovery of e-mails that turned out to be nothing important. a public and passionate defense from the fbi director for his decision to disclose less than