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Could face potentially dire public health and fiscal consequences. right now in a court in pennsylvania, considering a similar request for an injunction and could issue a broader national order on the contraception mandates. under the administrations proposed guidelines, nonprofit and for-profit employers could receive exemptions based religious beliefs. secretary of state and saudi crown prince face-to-face. did mike pompeo bring up the murder of "washington post" journalist and u.s. reside...

Women will no longer have access to free birth control. both are fox news contributors. im glad to have you here for your first time on the daily briefing. >> congratulations in your first week. >> dana: we are awaiting sarah sanders briefing a as former white house press secretary, she has a lot of topics, they will be ready and asking her everything. well bring it to you live. in the meantime, jessica, what is your initial reaction to the decision today by the white house on obamacare contrace...

Government and the nuns you just saw. the little sisters of the poor who devoted lives to helping those in hospice care. last year they asked to being exempted to having to comply with contraception mandates saying it forces them to choose between compliance with the law and their faith. today the court of appeals told the nuns too bad. lead counsel for the little sisters is with me now. they lost and either have to pay fines of about $2 million a year or sign the form that allows those working ...

Saw. the little sisters of the poor who devoted lives to helping those in hospice care. last year they asked to being exempted to having to comply with contraception mandates saying it forces them to choose between compliance with the law and their faith. today the court of appeals told the nuns too bad. lead counsel for the little sisters is with me now. they lost and either have to pay fines of about $2 million a year or sign the form that allows those working with them to get free contracepti...

Agenda. regardless of how the court rules in the hobby lobby case theres another cluster of cases having not to do with for-profit corporations but non-profits, the university of notre dame and litter sisters of the poor, there are 51 cases moving their way through the courts. regardless of what happens with this ruling we have likely not seen the last of the legal fight over the contraception mandates. >> john, i think critics would say hobby lobby is not a church. the catholic church is a chur...

Bad thing? its important to note, however, that certainly, pope francis does seem to be focusing on substance since hes become pope. hes trying to address, for instance, the banking scandals that have racked the vatican, the sex abuse scandals that have racked the vatican. so, he is very much a man of substance, not just symbolism. poppy? >> of course, we do expect them to discuss those things that they are on the same page about, but it will be interesting to find out after, if we glean anythin...

The poor, contraception mandates. >> sometimes meetings between presidents and popes have big consequences. i think the most famous example of that is when ronald reagan met with pope john paul ii, and apparently we learned years later had a secret agreement that they would work together to try to overthrow or undercut the -- the soviet empire. on the other hand, most tend to be photo-ops, meetings that are suddenly forgotten. >> what do you think this was? >> i think it was a photo-op. the holy...

The administration is now saying that the system is working. much better now. and the plan offers subsidies help low income folks get coverage. also sets minimum standards for care for insurance companies. the u.s. supreme court actually has stepped in to prevent two catholic charities from being mandated to provide contraception at least for now. the charities based in denver and illinois had filed a lawsuit saying the mandate violated their religious and moral beliefs. well, the supreme cour...

Bill: spider marks, thank you for your time. martha. martha: there are new developments in the battle over the contraception mandates. seven states are now suing to block it, on first amendment grounds. so what is next? were going to speak to the attorney general from one of those states coming u bill ill bill -- bill: also, no mr. nice guy. no way! wait until you hear what it took this mugger to get out of the way and how he got caught. >> one of my technicians walked past me and said were bein...

meanwhile, american workers have never been more productive. and companies like boeing are finding out that even when we cant make things faster or cheaper than china, we can make them better. our quality can be higher. and thats what americas about. thats how were going to compete. during the state of the union i issued a challenge to america business leaders. i said, ask yourselves what you can do to bring and create jobs here in this country, and your country will do everything we c...