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Beliefs. it sounds like some of your thoughts on what he said are based on a disagreement over policies over what the president is elaborating on. is that fair to say? >> i think thats fair to say, but given the one example, the policy example that he did say about overturning the johnson amendment, and what that majority is is the prohibition for churches to endorse candidates. and what people may not think about is the fact that if thats overturned, that means that churches can use their chari...

Without fear of retribution. i will do that. remember. >> that pledge if followed through on would fulfill a major campaign promise to religious conservatives but one my next guest says what erase one of the brightest lines between religions and politics. the writer, jeremy peters, msnbc contributor and reporter for "the new york times" joins me now. jeremy, lets talk about, where did this come from, the johnson amendment, for those folks that might not be familiar with it? it was introduced in ...

But, this is a checklist item for the religious right. part of the bargain that donald trump made in securing the nomination was going to the conservative right and saying what do you need from me? part of what he needed to give them, a conservative supreme court justice is the johnson amendment. this is a big ask and favor he did for them yesterday. >> john, its -- i dont think it will pass the senate at all. >> theres a number of other reasons it will never pass because of the u.s. constitutio...

Wanted to meet with benjamin netanyahu first after doing so issued standard american policy we would prefer no one whose settlements be issued and prefer that things calm down and we have a two-state solution. so he reiterated traditional american policy and no one is giving him a thumbs up or the abdula meeting thumbs up. i talked to republicans at the prayer breakfast and they love the idea of getting rid of the johnson amendment. its a great sticking point and ecstatic. the doom and gloom ove...

Political campaigning and language. watch this. >> it was a great thomas jefferson who said the god who gave us life gave us liberty. jefferson asked, can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of god? among those freedoms is the right to worship according to our own beliefs. that is why 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...

The johnson amendment and you know, that there were all these rumors about how that they couldnt wait to get out there and let loose religious freedoms which really to so many of us feel -- end up feeling like you know, a cheer for discrimination. that troubles me more than the arnold schwarzenegger joke. >> maybe you dont follow some of the stories that follow around the country but i know personally several pastors who have had their sermon notes subpoenaed. a doctor down in georgia recently, ...

Up-end 363 years of tax law. yesterday he returned to a campaign trail pledge to do away with the johnson amendment. >> our republic was formed on the basis that freedom is not a gift from government, but that freedom is a gift from god. among those freedoms is the right to worship according to our own beliefs. that is why 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. >...

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...

It was announced that president obama after definitely executing a side bar with king abdula couldnt happen because he wanted to meet with benjamin netanyahu first after doing so issued standard american policy we would prefer no one whose settlements be issued and prefer that things calm down and we have a two-state solution. so he reiterated traditional american policy and no one is giving him a thumbs up or the abdula meeting thumbs up. i talked to republicans at the prayer breakfast and they...

Together and when we do welcome in the immigrant. >> i think a lot of people, of you -- obviously see things through their own lens. it sounds like some of your thoughts on what he said, though, are based on a disagreement over policies that the president is elaborating on. is that fair to say? >> given the one example the policy example did say about overturning the johnson amendment and thats the prohibition for churches to endorse candidates, and what people may not think about is the fact th...