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Administration is doing, they have a big part of their base that are evangelical christians who want these laws passed. the doj, the department of justice, issued a religious freedom order not long ago, on friday, released an order on religious liberty that critics say will allow just about anyone to discriminate against lgbt or other groups by claiming they have a sincerely held religious belief that cannot be questioned by the government. and this is donald trump talking about religious freedom back in may. >> we will not allow people of faith to be targeted, bullied, or silenced anymore. >>...

Claim they have "sincerely held moral objections" the administration says it will be determined by the state in which the company is located. the bottom line, if an employer's position is determined to be sincerely held, that company, nonprofit, basically any nongovernmental entity or employer, that company can withhold birth control coverage. under this new rule released today. >> harris: we are going to get deeper into this coming up, we appreciate you setting up the facts for us. a cryptic message to the world from president trump as he was meeting with top military leaders in the white hou...

The federal government should protect that right, and as long as donald trump's president, he will. >> the department of health and human services estimates the new rule will only impact 120,000 women. but democrats put the number much higher. in a statement, the president of planned parenthood said, "the trump administration took direct aim at birth control coverage for 62 million women. this is an unacceptable attack on basic health care that the vast majority of women rely on." the aclu calls the new rule discriminatory and has a ready file a lawsuit. for president trump, this is a fulfillm...

Will be created by the rebuilding that will have to happen. for right now, you had a stall in job creation, but still a decline in the unemployment rate. john? >> it will be nice to get next month's report. let's go to breaking news out of the white house. it's a big win for the president's conservative base. altering a key feature in obamacare. the trump administration weakening a provision requiring companies to provide birth control coverage in health insurance. now they are based on religious beliefs or moral decisions won't way for the birth control women get for free. it saved 55 million...

We just don't know. as the white house press secretary made clear, she's not going to give more details. she will leave that up to him, shep. >> shepard: kristin, the white house talking about the trump administration's new limits on mandatory birth control coverage under the affordable care act or obamacare. the new policy lets employers refuse free contraceptives by claiming a religious or moral objection. the american civil liberties union has filed a lawsuit and others are planning to do the same thing. back to kristin fisher, a touchy subject there today. >> right. so before these exempti...