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Plac place. >> going back to the presidents executive order on the john sign mendment, nearly 20 years ago, congressman walter jones of north carolina introduced the first legislation to repeal the johnson amendment and said at the time that it would take an act of congress. while the presidents executive order tells the irs agents not to enforce it, the law is still on the books. does the president support a repeal measure for the johnson amendment? >> hes committed, i think, to religious liber...

Liberty in america. just this week president trump signed an executive order for this freedom. joining me is jerry falwell, jr. this week in the rose garden on the national day of prayer, the president signed an executive order following through with his pledge that he was going to put own end to any discrimination against religion in terms of the political candidates and the ability of some of the churches to be able to state what their positions are. how big a deal is this? >> its a huge deal ...

Facilitator. >> policy of the obama administration. president trump has not articulated where he thinks the borders should be and isnt even sold on the idea that there should be a two-state solution. >> bret: weve seen a lot of executive orders. what is the status on the executive order on religious liberty? >> controversial. fox news has learned the president will sign an executive order which will instruct the treasury department and the irs to not enforce the provisions of the johnson amendme...

Order doesnt undo the johnson amendment, which candidate trump promised to destroy. only congress can do that. in fact theres a lot that candidate trump promised that president trump didnt deliver in that executive order. so much so that the american civil liberties union didnt even bother to sue, calling it just a photo op and not worth spending much time or energy on since trump didnt do the things people really feared, like taking steps for making it easier for christian businesses to discrim...

Decided not to sue on it right now, i think it does raise cause for concern not only the provision that purports to reveal the johnson amendment, the part of the internal revenue code you were just discussing. while he cant do that by executive order, because its part of a statute, it does signal what hes going to tell his internal revenue service to do or not do with regard to pastor endorsements or nonendorsements of candidates. >> let me stop you. reverend, early the morning of the signing yo...

Today there will be a vote on their repeal and replace plan. that $8 billion comes in the form of an amendment targeted at trying to assuage the major concerns that held up the latest version of this proposal up to this point. thats price protections related to those with pre-existing conditions. those regulations have been considered important and theyre very popular. so much the idea that states could opt out from them all together left a lot of republicans and particularly those in moderate d...

Promise made during the campaign that the president wants to deliver on today. again, not changing a law, but executive order, narrower than some had feared, that it might be something that would allow businesses to, for example, not provide services to individuals they disagree with. that is not in this, according to the white house. a narrower focus, mostly on the johnson amendment and the obamacare mandate to provide certain coverage. thats what this is about, they say. chris? >> kelly odonne...

Certain, but i would imagine that takes place. two questions, guys. >> and the other, going back to the presidents executive order on the johnson amendment. nearly 20 years ago, walter jones from north carolina introduced the first legislation to repeal the johnson amendment and said at the time that it would take an act of coress. and while the pridents executive order tells the irs agents not to enforce it, the law is still on the books. does the president support a repeal measure for the john...

Certain. but i would imagine that takes place. two questions. >> the other -- going back to the presidents executive order on the johnson amendment, nearly 20 years ago, congressman walter jones of north carolina introduced the first legislation to repeal the johnson amendment and said at the time that it would take an act of congress and while the presidents executive order tells the irs agents not to enforce it, the law is still on the books. does the president support a repeal measure for the...

That could be one of the reasons why the authorities has been able to respond to this so quickly. >> thank you for that update. vowing to restrict political speech by tax exempt churches. speaking at the annual national prayer breakfast yesterday, trump turned to a campaign vow to do away with the, quote, 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. part of those freedoms is the right to worship accor...