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Obamacare. conservative house freedom caucus throwing its support behind an amendment that would allow states to opt out of two of the laws insurance regulations. essential health benefits as these are called. this includes maternity care and emergency room visits and barring insurers from charging certain people more. all 100 members of the united states senate, meanwhile, visiting the white house this afternoon. they are on their way out right now. this for a rare classified briefing on the su...

That executive order it called for indefinitely banning syrian refuse of are of geez. based on my reporting that language might be a little bit different in this second go around. i asked sean spicer about that. take a look. can you tell us what the language might look like as it relates to syrian refugees? >> i appreciate the effort but when we have it ready well get it out. and i think part of the this. >> is there a ban on syrian refugees? >> again, i appreciate the second try. we are not rea...

Presidents decision to ask for his resignation. >> the vice president tried to reassure european allies of the u.s. commitment to nato. he also pledged that the u.s. will hold russia accountable for its actions in crimea and elsewhere. back to the travel ban replacement, though, right now. were now learning some of the details about what is likely to be in the new draft order. our justice correspondent evan perez is joining us. what can you tell us about the new order? >> the key changes here ar...

Welker in, live at the white house. kristen, i want to talk about president trumps retooled executive order on immigration. talk us through what its going to look like. >> reporter: well, steph, we are not exactly sure. here is what we know. we could see the executive order as early as tomorrow. theres been a draft memo that is circulated that white house officials say is currently among the options under consideration that would, again, target people coming from those same seven countries who w...

Wall separating church and state. >> i will get rid of and totally destroy the johnson amendment and allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution. i will do that. remember. freedom of religion is a sacred right. but it is also a right under threat all around us. >> the johnson amendment is of course named for lyndon johnson, which he introduced into a senate tax bill when he was a senator in 1954. that amendment bars churches and all tax exempt nonprofits fr...

And allow our representatives of faith to speak freely and without fear of retribution. i will do that. remember. freedom of religion is a sacred right. but it is also a right under threat all around us. >> the johnson amendment is of course named for lyndon johnson, which he introduced into a senate tax bill when he was a senator in 1954. that amendment bars churches and all tax exempt nonprofits from endorsing political candidates. the idea of doing away with the amendment also appears in a wh...

On the contents of the order. insiders blasted communication with the hill as terrible. newt gingrich said the problem they have got, this is an off broadway performance of a show that is now the number one hit on broadway. aides confirmed to nbc news neither house chairman michael mcfaul or house chairman bob goodle goodlatte. they helped trump draft order but party leadership were not informed. >> so these people who worked for the chairman of the judiciary committee did it behind his back and...

Vetting going on, information coming from certain countries and assess whether its adequate. and caps total number of refugees coming from for fiscal year 2017 to 50,000, obama administration raised to 110,000. trump administration is cutting in half. whats also interesting is what was not in the order, draft order circling around, ordering the secretary of state and department of defense to consider setting up safe zones in syria that the obama minutes considered to be costly and risky, not in ...

Individuals at the state department. how has this contributed if at all? because it was a big headline that these four key individuals saying were leaving. >> reporter: yeah, and i dont have complete advise abilidvise ability into that. there is a standard turnover that happens at the beginning of any administration. but the larger issue is whether theyre there or not, theyre not being consulted. there are plenty of career people still in place at the department of homeland security, justice dep...

For waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques to be used, once again, and terror suspects. this draft order has reignited a debate over whether or not these methods are effective and whether or not they are legal or should be reinstated ever. dr. james mitchell, who has interrogated some of the worlds most notorious terrorist, including ksm, will talk to us about this in a moment. first, lets go to national security correspondent jennifer griffin, who is live in the nations capit...