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Constitution and 11 acts of congress over four decades keeping the government from forcing religious group to violate their religious beliefs. the last one in 199 was championed by teddy kennedy and congressman chuck schumer. >> it says if you substantially burden the free exercise of religion you have to have a compelling governmental interest and there cant be a less restrictive way of doing it. on all these tests the federal mandate on contraception fails. >> reporter: todays demonstrations a...

S&p 500 was off fraction of the point. nasdaq lost 13. we have fox team coverage on the economy tonight. chief national correspondent jim angle tells us what fed chairman ben bernanke says he can and cannot do. we begin with the chief white house correspondent ed henry on massive debt in europe and concern for the president. >> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke said the debt crisis continues to pose major risk. >> its affecte affected the u.s. economy acting like a drag on the export. weighi...

The president team, only 32% say they mostly succeeded creating new jobs. 66% -- 56% say they postally failed. >> unhappiness quotient is high and that is ultimate danger to re-election. >> former president clinton is apologizing tonight for mr. obama to suggest the bush tax cut for the rich should be extended short-term. mr. clinton claiming to say he thought that the tax cuts were expiring before the election. to move forward on budget talks now says hes sorry. >> bret: thank you. lets hear mo...

>> bret: voters in two california cities have overwhelmingly approved cuts to retirement benefits for public workers. two-third voted for them in san diego. and 780% were in favor in san jose. we still do not have the time result from california ballot initiative to add a dollar to the cost of a pack of cigarettes. supporters and opponents spent $65 million on the campaign. and last word, opposition to the hike was slightly ahead. the obama administration said to be making plans in case the indi...

Jenna: as we await a landmark supreme court ruling on the presidents health care overhaul the white house is reportedly looking at several options to revise the law if the high court overturns all or even part of it. whether the law could function at all without that central provision the individual mandate a lot to look at here. chief national correspondent jim angle live in washington with more. >> reporter: president obama told potential voters he might take a second bite at health care refor...

The affordable care act. they know about the individual mandate and they dont like that. >> reporter: so if the administration were to attempt a plan b without the individual mandate experts say the whole plan would collapse. it would also be difficult for the administration after arguing the plan couldnt work without the mandate to suddenly reverse itself and say they could still make it work. jenna? jenna: well continue to watch the decision from the supreme court. thank you very much. jim ang...

Say in reshaping a law they have sworn to repeal and replace. bret? >> bret: jim. thank you. waiting for that ruling. if you like cookie monster, green lantern or mr. spok, you going to love grapevine tonight. coming up next. dont forget to participate in the text to vote poll. how would you characterize the national implication of the wisconsin recall investigation? text sr1 to 36288 for major. sr2 for moderate. sr3 for little. sr4 for none. results in a bit. schools flourish and students bloss...

>> i can hear it now, wednesday, all those people that poured all the money into wisconsin, if you dont show up and vote, will say, see, we got them now. were finally going to break every union in america. were going to break every government in america. were going to stop worrying about the middle class. we dont get a rip whether poor people get to work into it. we got our way. we got it all. >> reporter: no one wants to give up anything without a fight but in this case, jenna, public employees...

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Welcome to hotels.com. jenna: now back to one of our top stories today, the recall election in which is is now just one day away and the battle between governor scott walker and milwaukee mayor tom barrett, some are describing it as a referendum on scott walker but it started as a fight over union benefits. chief national correspondent jim angle live in washington with more on this jim? >> reporter: hello, jenna. thats right, one thing has been missed in the recall debate. that is stay workers s...