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♪ >> lawrence: welcome back. so we have been warning you about this. the fight over religious liberty is now underway in america. the biden administration has thrown the first punch. last week the white house trampled on the freedom of 80 million americans by introducing vaccine mandates. but one thing it failed to clarify was the role of religious exemptions would play. >> i know how he said there would be religious exemptions that would exist for federal workers and the like. how about for mega churches, other religious organizations in this country of more than 100 employees? what right d...

Realm you have businesses with 100 or more employees making sure they are tested regularly, like once a week. is that on sound legal footing? >> that is going to be the heart of the controversial. there is no doubt that the president has the authority to order federal workers to be vaccinated. but this order to the companies which hasn't come out yet and obviously we have to see the regulation itself before we evaluate whether it is is this something the president could do without going to congress first, without a law. is he following the correct procedure? there are rules about regulations. ...

Healthcare. take them seriously but fight them every step of the way. i think joe biden showed some needed and overdue fight in the speech he delivered today. >> interesting from eleanor and dr. patel, in closing and for folks who may not have been with us at the top of the hour. the president making news, going further than he ever gone for covid vaccines. 80 million americans waking up today working at a job where they can choose to do this or not. they'll be under much more employer pressure to do so. at a medical level, if this happens and goes forward, will it save lives, do you have any ...

Work places. we know this president is somebody who always wants to as he puts it speak straight from the shoulder at big moments like this about what's happening, but hard not to see today's speech in contrast to another big speech he gave on covid two months ago, fourth of july, when he was eager to put the pandemic behind him, to declare independence from the virus. it is amazing when you look at the chart of cases in this country, that was literally the low point of the pandemic, and what happened after that speech, the delta variant arrives, case levels shoot up. politics are always at pl...

I will respond to the letter. i believe that they are still moving forward with this threat. >> what did the commissioner say to you in that letter? >> well, he mentioned that i need to follow what they believe to be the expectation of the rules that they shared. and he demanded a response before 5:00. and outlined his components that he believes are the rationale for how that rule making came about. i don't see it through that same lens but i will be responding to him before 5:00 today. >> so just to lay this out in stark terms, you have said clearly as you said in your piece in "the washingt...