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thank you so much, senator murphy. good luck. >> thank you. that will do it for me. "deadline: white house" starts right now. \s ♪♪ \s ♪ ♪♪ hi there, everyone. it's 4:00 in new york. it's a horrific crime, even by the standards of a nation that has been become all too familiar with horrific crimes and gun violence. a nation that often bears witness to more than one mass shooting a day. five people were brutally murdered friday night in cleveland, texas by a gunman with an ar-15 rifle. the spark, if you will -- a complaint from a neighbor. here's how "new york times" rep...

In november. >> i think when contraception became the issue, that's when the democrats decided oh, you know what? forget it. everyone says don't talk about it, it's going to alienate people. it's going to bring over more people who want to defend the right to contraception. >> interestingly, i think the reporting that both i've done and i've seen on the hhs decision was that they weren't looking to pick a big fight on that issue. >> the administration wasn't. >> yeah. the administration was not looking to pick a fight. the bishops were looking to pick a big fight. what's remarkable about that ...

Where does that battle go, the hhs mandate? i know your sister university was suing but will the lawsuits continue from catholic institutions? >> of course, the lawsuits will continue because of the decision on the obamacare mandate although related to the hhs mandate is a distinct issue. there are two primary distinctions. one is that while the court referred to congress and the legislation in the obamacare mandate, the hhs decision involves an executive order through the secretary of health and human services. it isn't legislation and isn't deserving of the same type of deference. more impor...

Is that how you interpret the first amendment? freedom of worship is not just what you do within the sanctuary. it's how you practice your faith outside the sanctuary and at least in america that i grew up in, that used to be around, that was freedom of religion. >> what is he talking about? >> i have no idea. >> remember earlier in the campaign when newt gingrich was worrying everybody about sharia law, the muslims were going to impose sharia law in america? sometimes it sounds like santorum is creeping up on sharia law. >> he's trying to scare the people that are listening to him. here's the...

Context. in a context where you have this virginia law being debated. in a context of the hhs decision. and, by the way, he wheeled off one of his best moments of the night last night, where he said, just because i talk about them doesn't mean i want a policy by the government to fix it. so there's a lot of pluses for him, even though in certain voting groups, it may be a negative. >> we actually have to cut it there, we have to go to break. but we will be discussing the fight over contraception more and how it is spreading to the states as well as the controversy that has already forced one p...