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A curve. to february a leaked copy in the nation published what the original executive order was going to look like and in it, there was language that said contractors could refuse to do business with certain groups based on religious beliefs. >> right. >> obviously many people thought that was highly offensive and discriminatory, given this executive order is far more narrow than that, what does it tell you? >> i do think they scaled back their plans for this quite a bit in the intervening mont...

I know one thing. it never stopped dr. ben carson. he said the heck with the johnson amendment, right, ben? ive been with ben, and he did what he wanted todo, but not everybody is going to do that, ben, you know that, right? we do not fear people speaking freely from the pulpit, we embrace it. america has a rich tradition or social change beginning in our pews and pulpits. perhaps there is no greater example than the example of the african-american church as the agent for social progress, sparin...

Basically it limits political activity by churches and other tax exempt organization. this executive order will ease the obamacare mandate. you might remember the ways of the little sisters of the poor and contraception having to be carried in their medical benefits. it will eliminate the mandate in obamacare that requires religious and tax exempt organizations to provide services they object to. theyve been asking for more. they wanted to deny services to people on the basis of their religious ...

It also is supposed to scale back the johnson amendment which bans churches and other tax-exempt -- >> melissa: i hate to stop you. we see president trump right now hosting a national day of prayer. lets listen in. >> it is the national day of prayer and on behalf of the president of the united states and the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] to pastor paula white, pastor jack brown, and to all our distinguished guests, the president and i are grateful for your prayers. from t...

Views. but look my religious views and my religious liberty stops where yours begins, right. and so we dont want a president that sort of sends a green light to everybody whatever their religious view is can be imposed on the next person. >> you had to expect something was going to come out of this administration, president trump and mike pence did win. >> well, they won the electoral vote. its true. >> hes the president. hold on, jeffery. hes the president of the united states. he is. you had t...

Where the president will speak on the uss intrepid. what do we know about this executive order? >> a little bit about the intrepid visit. the president will be here tonight to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the battle of the corral sea and then meet with australias prime minister turnbull. they talked on the phone where the conversation was a little bit terse. the president will hold a national day of prayer event at which he will sign that executive order that religious organizations have ...

Thoughts and all of this? >> frankly, what was happening today was a profound, on the part of president trump, to describe what he wants to do, now, he cant repeal the statute that is in the law. it would require the congress. i do think he made it very clear that he believes there is some attack on religion. i can tell you, there has never been in the history of this country, any pastor, any rabbi, who has been penalized by the federal government, not during the last administration, not so far ...

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Services. were going to break down what that means with jeff and ned here in d.c. and steve schmidt in new york. ned, social conservatives theyve had sort of the biggest win in the last 100 days with neil gorsuch being confirmed. this executive order is that a win or go far enough? >> it is a win for them. in some ways this was a much ado about nothing. a lot of people concerned there was going to be discrimination against the gay community through federal bureaucracy and the federal businesses....

Fulfilling his campaign promises going down the checklist of these very conservative policies then yes, it is. in speak being to conservative leaders and republicans in congress over the last week, they may not be too thrilled with the efficiency of the rollout here, but they are pleased with the policies. i mean, lets just look at whats happened over the last week alone. you have the president nominating someone who is unquestionable to the supreme court. you have him standing up for religious ...