First Amendment Versus News Today

today. joining us now is nbc news gabe gutierrez at the white house. raf sanchez in tel aviv. also with us is retired general barry mccaffrey, former gulf war division commander and nbc news military analyst. gabe what do we know about the pauses? >> reporter: hi there, jose, good morning. news on several fronts here. a short time ago, we heard from the national security council spokesperson admiral john kirby an he said four-hour humanitarian pauses each day, three-hour warning would ...

Didnt happen, so maybe that also brings into account, jim, a different way in which law enforcement can have authority when they spot this because weve got this first amendment versus what the heck do we do when we see real trouble because people are not going to tolerate this. i believe its different. i think las vegas should wake us up. you know, nothing really -- well, in florida it did. the parkland students demanded. >> but a lot of changes they demanded went nowhere, lets just be frank. >>...

>> his message is appalling is and its alarming that this is getting even any attention in the united states. but these governors are trying to deal with public safety issues as well as first amendment issues. >> its incredibly complicated and its just so unfortunate that we are talking about richard spencer at any point. but he keeps kind of popping back up in the mainstream. hes been around for years, as we all know, and its just really interesting that all of this attention has just shifted i...

Provided to women? 50% of catholic americans.... >> sean: wait a second. this is question about, i think the president consciously made this decision. he was given a choice and the choice was religious liberty, first amendment versus contraceptives and appealing to the left. he chose to stomp on religious liberty here. this is what tamara is not getting because in the process of providing what she is saying she wants, jay, you would have to stomp on religious freedom. >> of course. and no one is...

Provided to women? 50% of catholic americans.... >> sean: wait a second. this is question about, i think the president consciously made this decision. he was given a choice and the choice was religious liberty, first amendment versus contraceptives and appealing to the left. he chose to stomp on religious liberty here. this is what tamara is not getting because in the process of providing what she is saying she wants, jay, you would have to stomp on religious freedom. >> of course. and no one is...