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>> anderson, this is an extraordinary order from the acting attorney general sally yates. she's ordering the justice department lawyers not to defend this executive order that the president -- the new president donald trump issued on friday with regard to refugees and immigration. she says in her order to the justice department lawyers that she does not believe that this order is lawful. that's a big deal for the government, because now they're facing challenges in at least five jurisdictions, five states right now, anderson, where judges are hearing challenges to whether this lay, this execut...

Yesterday. good luck witness. our heartwith it. our hearts go out to those folk as they try to protect their homes and lives. bill: colorado has had experience with all of this. this is the first major burn of the season so far. nearly five square miles have burned as we mentioned earlier. 50 acres burned, that was quickly contained. a dozen smaller fires were reported across the state yesterday, but none growing to the scale of this one near denver. martha: another fox news alert for you, it is the most critical dave the historic healthcare hearings that are playing out right now, three minut...

>> reporter: the core issue, the obama -- obama administration's requirement that employers cover contraception and other drugs that may deem a violation of religious teachings and beliefs. they say the health care mandate is a misguided take on religious freedom. >> the rallies are about a phony form of religious freedom, not the kind of religious guarantee by our constitution that protects not only the institutions but the individuals that work for the institutions. >> reporter: the rally organizers say what's at stake here is the first amendment, the exercise of -- free exercise of religion...

Is needed since courts already have the right to excuse jurors. >> so today marks two years since president obama signed his landmark health care overall into law. the president himself did not mark the anniversary with a public event, while republicans including senate minority leader mitch mcconnell took square aim at that law. >> it's a mess. this law is a mess. it is the single worst piece of legislation that has been passed in the time i've been here. >> now the supreme court is about to consider whether the health care law is constitutional. the justices will hear a nearly unprecedented ...

government's brutal onslaught in homs, day five, where neighborhoods are now raging battlegrou battlegrounds. a doctor there said bodies began coming in before the sunrise and says everyone is waiting to die. an activist echoed that earlier on cnn. >> what keeps you going? >> we have no choice, no other choice. we are dying slightly, and we tried to save each other at least, i mean, to keep somebody alive. because we believe we are all going to die here. >> with the death toll rising by the day, the u.n. is expected to take up an arab league proposal calling for a joint monitoring mi...