good answer for that so it, too, was repealed, and that was signed into law by president obama. the administration also delayed until 2015 a managed care option inserted into the law by democratic senator maria cantwell of washington who said it was far less expensive than the obama plan. she was not happy when it was pushed back and pointedly accused officials of delaying it in order to avoid lower cost competition. listen. is there a bias somewhere in the administration against lower cost managed care delivery systems that the act calls for in exchange for the exchange. reporter: so well before the law takes full effect, many parts have been discarded and, rick, i can tell you, business leaders have several more changes in mind. rick: jim angle in washington, thanks very much. taking a look now at how those changes to president obama s signature health care law have been covered. all three major networks this week highlighting the delay in the employer mandate, calling it
mccanns were no longer considered suspects and shelfed the investigation into the girl s disappearance. in just the past 24 hours, detectives said there is every chance madeleine is still alive. rick: happening now, the sudden postponement of new hushes requirements health insurance requirements for employers is just the latest change to obamacare. president obama making some simple promises about the health law back in 2010, but since then the law has changed in more ways than one. chief washington correspondent be jim angle live from washington. hi, jim. reporter: hello, rick. well, that s right. the delay in the employer mandate s one of many changes so far. in fact, parts of the law have even been repealed with president obama s acquiescence. the exchanges were supposed to offer several choices of plans. that, too, was delayed until 2015, so workers will only have one plan available even though the president often talks about choice. i think there have been some
and one of the proposals of vice-presidential nominee paul ryan. jon? jon: jim angle in washington. interesting food for thought there. thanks. you bet. jon s report showing the recovery is still struggling to gain momentum at least when it comes to the employment situation. will the fed intervene? what the truth about these numbers? we have a lot of great questions for our panel today. steve moore, senior economics writer for wall street journal. mike santoli, associate editor of baron s magazine. jeffrey frankel, former member of president clinton s coins sieve economic advisors. welcome to you all. a lot of questions from our viewers about the truth. mike wants to know what is the true number, the real unemployment number all americans should know. you should know all of them. should know they re also estimates. right now the number for august of 96,000 net new jobs is an estimate based on surveys, obviously the 8%
so what the judge ruled in this case is that the interest the government was claiming, quote: pales in comparison, unquote, to the the infringement of the religious freedom of a family. reporter: that and 24 other lawsuits argue the mandate violates the constitution and 40 years of laws intended to prevent government from forcing people to violate their religious beliefs. the latest, in 1993, was championed by democratic senators chuck schumer and teddy kennedy. it says that if you substantially burden the free exercise of religion, you have to have of a compelling governmental interest, and there can t be a less restrictive way of doing it. on all of these tests, the federal mandate on contraception fails. reporter: now, catholic groups other than churches, even anti-abortion groups, will also be hit with the new mandate and have also sued to block it. today a group of republican lawmakers also introduced a new bill to stop the mandate. back to you, rick. rick: jim angle in wash
the states use different methods than those in the legislation. that s exactly what some members of congress are afraid of. jon? jon: jim angle in washington. thanks,jim. there is still time for the u.s. olympic team to have uniforms made in the u.s.a. that s what one senator is saying. new york democrat charles schumer says the clothing company in his state is offering to make new uniforms and he says they can be ready for the opening ceremony two weeks from today. as we told you last night, lawmakers from both parties say they are outraged team u.s.a. will be wearing ralph lauren uniforms made in china. so far the u.s. olympic committee has not responded to senator schumer s offer. but ralph lauren has just announced that at least for the 2014 winter games the team s uniforms definitely will be made in u.s.a. of course, the top concern at the olympics right now is security. and a man who helped train security staffers for the games now says he thinks there is a 50/50 chance someb