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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 from endorsing political candidates. the idea of doing away with the amendment also appears in a white house draft executive order that it says is about religious freedom. as first reported in "the n...

On the contents of the order. insiders blasted communication with the hill as terrible. newt gingrich said the problem they have got, this is an off broadway performance of a show that is now the number one hit on broadway. aides confirmed to nbc news neither house chairman michael mcfaul or house chairman bob goodle goodlatte. they helped trump draft order but party leadership were not informed. >> so these people who worked for the chairman of the judiciary committee did it behind his back and did not inform him. >> these are people also who can give you context about perhaps how this rollou...

Vetting going on, information coming from certain countries and assess whether it's adequate. and caps total number of refugees coming from for fiscal year 2017 to 50,000, obama administration raised to 110,000. trump administration is cutting in half. what's also interesting is what was not in the order, draft order circling around, ordering the secretary of state and department of defense to consider setting up safe zones in syria that the obama minutes considered to be costly and risky, not in the final order. >> this order appears to be directed at muslims. muslim countries on the list. he...

Individuals at the state department. how has this contributed if at all? because it was a big headline that these four key individuals saying we're leaving. >> reporter: yeah, and i don't have complete advise abilidvise ability into that. there is a standard turnover that happens at the beginning of any administration. but the larger issue is whether they're there or not, they're not being consulted. there are plenty of career people still in place at the department of homeland security, justice department, state department. and we saw this with the executive orders on interrogation and detent...

For waterboarding and other enhanced interrogation techniques to be used, once again, and terror suspects. this draft order has reignited a debate over whether or not these methods are effective and whether or not they are legal or should be reinstated ever. dr. james mitchell, who has interrogated some of the world's most notorious terrorist, including ksm, will talk to us about this in a moment. first, let's go to national security correspondent jennifer griffin, who is live in the nation's capital ball with some confusion that surrounded this document today. hi, jennifer. >> hi, martha. whi...