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Rick, fred joining with us here. let's congratulation rick on being cancer free. it's a good thing, rick, tell us about that really quickly. >> well, thanks. i am cancer free. i'm growing my hair back so i'm pretty excited, thank you. >> we're excited for you. you have battled back fromlymph. that's quite a battle. that's something we all can agree on. our prayers have been answered. to see you healthy again. again, try to get through this and thank rick and frederick for joining us this afternoon to share some insights on nsa but you trumped all of them. >> thank you, sir. >> good day to you....

At every turn. what explains this sort of partisan basis for how -- for the assumptions of how people like that are greeted in the party? >> i think when the religious right came along in the late '70s, early '80s, it drew a different line. i think they were quite successful not only in the minds of many christians, but also in the minds of many people who aren't christian in defining what issues related to morality and values as being only in a very narrow basket, abortion, now gay marriage, stem cell research, where as historically what was defind as moral and as a values issue included soci...

The religious exemption should be from the contraception requirement under the new health care law, you and i may have slightly different views on that, but in the broad thrust of things it very hard to see christianity as indifferent to the poor. jesus didn't talk about abortion. he talked a lot about the poor. he didn't talk about a lot of these issues we talk about, but he did talk a lot about justice and so did the old testament prophets. you're seeing a return to a more robust debate about what christianity actually says. >> i hope so. i think that you have been pushing that debate along ...

Threw in a last minute wrench blocking a contraception requirement. tracie potts in live in washington. how does this break down for us? >> reporter: well, for now for companies that didn't want to comply with the part of the law, it brings down like this. the supreme court has sided with religious organizations who say they should not be forced to cover contraceptives as part of this new health law. this morning this family is among 2 mill beyond americans happy to now have health insurance they can afford. >> this means a lot to people like us being self-employed. >> reporter: but on capitol...

Presidency. yes, there are some real fights, there are battles over how big the religious exemption should be from the contraception requirement under the new health care law, you and i may have slightly different views on that, but in the broad thrust of things it very hard to see christianity as indifferent to the poor. jesus didn't talk about abortion. he talked a lot about the poor. he didn't talk about a lot of these issues we talk about, but he did talk a lot about justice and so did the old testament prophets. you're seeing a return to a more robust debate about what christianity actual...