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Religious executive order. people in the evangelical community said it got watered down and the trump family may not understood its aims or could be construed to be discriminatory and negative. what did you make of the order? >> i was in the rose garden and discussing this for weeks with the administration. they've learned how every move they make is being challenged in the courts and they've grown wise and taken a strategic approach. even so, most people don't realize portions of that executive order have already been challenged in court by atheist organizations. this executive order is one o...

The journalists were seemingly saying. we've heard before, too, greg the president stand in front of the u.n. and say the future does not belong to the prophet muhammad and had a similar response during the fre attack on "charlie hebdo." so yes, you see blame going around in different places against the people who, i think, a lot of people in the media think shouldn't be doing this. and on some level, they asked for it. just to show you how great freedom of speech is in this country, we allow isis to have twitter accounts and they actually telegraph these terrorists. they were going to be doin...

Who this decision impacts, in 2012 there were 591 people in the country that hit the federal max that this decision impacts. that is .0000019% of the population. >> oh. >> the supreme court is so concerned with the free speech rights of .000019% of the population, that they are willing to trample on the free speech rights of essentially everyone else. quickly, justice briar had a quote that i thought really nailed this. he said the first amendment advances not only the individual's right to engage in political speech, but also the public's interest in preserving a democratic order in which col...

Today? >> my message, i think, is that the evidence is sufficient that we should move towards the most effective possible steps to reduce carbon loading of the atmosphere. >> and do it urgently, now. >> do it urgently. >> this, i love, this newt gingrich guy, he's great. i would hate -- he uwas talking to somebody who used to be called a flip-flopper. i would hate to thing that newt gingrich is competing with john kerry for the title of flip-flopper in chief. >> it was in a debate in the senate conference hearing room talking about taking effective steps and suddenly elevating this -- i'm happ...