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Jon: the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing. william la jeunesse, thanks. jenna: this fox news alert. the president just out talking about this contraception mandate that would require religious groups to offer birth control for free to their workers. there is a little bit of a shift that the president just announced, it's not going to be the employers themselves, but the insurance companies that will provide that free access to those free services. we're joined by health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius, and secretary, nice to have you on such a busy day. >> nic...

I'm concerned does it. there was an excellent piece in "the new york times" that said the catholic organizations had been lying in wait for a moment like this. that they had been building response to issues like this because they think of this administration as hostile to them. i don't think that is fair, but that's their per krepgs. jon: some called it an assault on religious freedom. i think that is the way a lot of people perceived it. >> it's not how it's been covered by the mainstream media. it's mostly a discussion about contraception is good or not. jon: that is how the president framed...

Obamacare. the fact that they came up with me tells me this is a purely ideological decision, it was from the beginning. the president wanted to stick to his guns on this and force religious institutions to do things that fly in the face of their basic church doctrines. what he is coming out with today is a political maneuver. i don't know enough about the details to tell you whether or not it will solve the problem. what it tells me is that this president is such a pure ideolog, in i this is where his instincts are. this is a question about government power and control. jenna: he says this is...

Make healthcare decisions for themselves. jenna: just to be clear, i think this point gets a little bit muddled. it's not just access, it's for free that they should have access to this medicine for free. >> again, it is basic healthcare needs. there are people in the democratic party, i'm one of them, and i guess the president is two who thinks there are certain basic healthcare rights that are rights, not privileges. and people and women should have access to. domestic violence treatment is another thing he talked about. there are people on the republican side the conservative side that say ...

Creates the problem. jon: you don't think this is going to, well, we'll see what the details are but you don't think this will silence the criticism? >> i'm in missouri state of mind, show me. but from everything i've heard if you're negotiating with yourself and not asking critics if it is all right in advance it will be some question whether those critics are going to agree. jon: a story in the "new york times" says the roman catholic cardinals and bishops and so forth have been aware for the last seven months, this kind of thing, not the accommodation but the president's, administration's e...