pastorrier maya wright. >> it's nauseating to the public. enough is enough. stop attacking private equity. stop attacking jeremiah wright. >> reporter: booker got blasted by the left and sent out an e-mail that called the record fair gain. >> he talked about himself as job creator so it's reasonable and i encourage it for the bam become campaign to examine that record and to discuss it. >> romney long accused the president of undermining free enterprise and put booker and other democrats in a video of his own. >> former congressman harold ford junior, the democrat from tennessee. >> private equity is not a bad thing. matt of fact, private equity is good thing in many instances. >> the president raised the takes. >> if your main argument for how to grow the economy is i knew how make a lot of money for investors. then you're missing what this job is about. >> they blasted romney and bain making million of the downsizing of the office supply in marion, indiana, as part of complex restructuring of the american pad and paper company. >> did not look at anyone. did not speak to anybody. told us we were all fired. >> when it was closed in 2000, it was five years after bain had given up majority interest in both enterprises. romney left bain to run the olympics. drew special attention to the former car czar, who noted that bain was not about creating jobs but profits for investors making obama attacks unfair. >> they did it superbly well. acting responsibly and leading firm. >> democrats ignore romney was not running bain when it closed the company they cite but many may not know one of the managing director of bain now is a top bundler of big donations to the obama campaign. bret? >> bret: carl, more on this with the panel. thank you. today, catholic institutions across the country filed more than a dozen lawsuits against the obama administration. specifically targeting the health and human service mandate about contraception. the archdiocese of washington is among the plaintiffs filing series of shots at obamacare, possibly less than a month before the u.s. supreme court decides the fate of the healthcare law. here is jim angle. >> 43 catholic organizations channeled the healthcare law saying it violates rely joyce freedom requiring a wide range of catholic institutions to provide contraceptive coverage including drugs that intus abortion. the key issue is religious liberty and the ability to practice what it preaches and to not be compelled by the government. >> i think it's remarkable that the obama administration has gotten bogged down in such minor decisions as when people will get contraceptives and what kind of contraceptives they will have. >> it disputes from health and human services that only the catholic institutions are exempted from providing wide-ranging contra acceptive coverage that violates the catholic teachings. that leaves out other organization such as catholic school, university, hospital and charity. >> even the twork of mother teresa caring for the poorest and needy people would not qualify religious enough. >> h.h.s. defines the organizations as religious if they hire and serve people of the same faith. >> that definition is so narrow and unprecedented, that virtually all catholic institutions would be excluded. >> the archdiocese of washington helps 100,000 people through charities and the mission is everybody everyone. >> as many wiser people said, it changes the church from saying are you hungry to are you a catholic? >> when it first issued the ruling they thought to uproar the fight over contraception that they vigorously dispute. >> this is not about contraception at all. this lawsuit we brought today does not channel the legally established right of any woman to have access to or to use contraception. >> it's hard to think of what medicine is more widely available. and relatively inexpensive and for many people, many people, provide for free or very low cost. >> so it's not about contraception, they argue. it's about the religious freedom and government come pulse. today, ava marie university dropped healthcare for its students because in part it would increase premium by 66%. but mainly because the university would be forced to cover contraception including abortion inducing drugs which it calls morally objectionable. for its part, brad, h.h.s . tells fox it does not comment on pending litigation. >> bret: we'll follow it. thank you. the supreme court today ruled the length of lawful residents by immigrant parents cannot be considered when deciding whether children should be deported. the court ruled that the children con zeeed through the in vitro fertlycation after the father's death are not entitled to benefit. high court won't reduce the $165,000 fine against the boston university student that downloaded songsed a shared them on the internet. >> they discussed the coalition role militarily and economically. chief white house correspondent ed henry has the latest. >> the power of incombency. talk of ending the war in afghanistan. >> i think that the timetable that we have established is a sound one. >> a responsible one. are there risksvod in it? absolutely. >> hosting the g-8 summit in camp dade. where violent protests slettenned to overshadow the serious business. >> there is also a big downside to incombency. summits drag on with few solutions to major problems like the european debt crisis. wreaking havoc on economy in middle of election season. >> we all understand what is at stake. what happens in greece has impact in the united states. >> president on saturday let session on debt crisis so intense it went hour and 20 minutes longer than planned. short-term win to press merkel to ease on the budget cut. 30-point education trouping in more spending. >> more must be done in context of the fiscal and structural reform. >> bret: >> over the long-term, the president may pay political price for citing more with the new socialist government on accepting. as talks heat up a home. >> if we don't deal with our debt and deficit in an honest and serious way, we won't have many options. i am not going to apologize for leading. the real issue here is will the president lead? >> president took a swipe of his own at boehner and colleagues urging patience for the euro zone. >> they have 17 countries that have to agree to every step they take. i think about my congress and i think of 17 congresss and i get a headache. >> the president also said the european leaders agree that greece should stay in euro zone but it's ultimately a decision with huge ramifications if for american economy. >> bret: ed henry traveling with the president in chicago. thank you. another mayor focus, afghanistan. jennifer griffin looks at how the president says the war will end. >> the afghan were as we understand is it over. >> 90,000 u.s. troops will end their combat role next year. the afghan president welcomed the pronouncement. >> so afghanistan is to longer a burden on the shoulder of our friends in the international community. on the shoulders of the united states and other allies. >> but the u.s. and others will shoulder the burden of paying billions of dollars to ensure they fill the battle when they leave. the next battle was in chicago as president obama failed to convince them to pick up that you are fair of the tab. if left on its own, afghanistan with the annual revenue of $#.7 billion a year would only be able to pay for $30,000 afghan troops. fewer than needed. >> at the end of the day, this is less expense i to finance the afghan security forces to do combat than deploy our own troops. >> nato secretary general denied facing a shortfall. >> the white house did manage to get the european allies to buy u.s. -made unmanned drones so the united states won't be the only member with advanced surveillance equipment. shortfall that forced the u.s. to take the lead in liby libya. >> that purchase means windfall for northup. he got them to take over responsibility for controversial missile defense system that strained relations with russia. >> bret: thank you. president obama is in jeopardy of being taken off the ballot in one state. that is later in the grapevine. up next, some folks in egypt may be left saying be careful what you wish for. does your phone share what you are seeing and hearing right now with the touch of a button ? 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[ male announcer ] ask your doctor if chantix is right for you. he is doing great work in newark and help turn that city around. and i think it's important to recognize that this issue is not a "distraction." when you are president, as not tozeed -- opposed to head of private equity form, your job is not simply to maximize profits. >> president obama in chicago talking about corey booker of newark. saying he was against ads going up against private equity firm saying they had done a lot to support and grow businesses, specifically talking about bain capital, mitt romney's company that booker said the kind of stuff, the ads are nauseating on both sides. enough is enough. president reacting to that. bring in the panel. steve hayes for "weekly standard." a.b. stoddard of the hill. juan williams columnist with the hill. a.b., we didn't hear from booker there. basically he has been used now in a mitt romney ad defending the ads that are coming after bain capital. >> he was on meet the press this weekend and very honest and said he thought that this line of attack was nauseating. he said he wouldn't join the fry an attack private equity. mention and unions invested in firms like bain capital in my state and my city. he was taken to the wood shed. in hours released lengthy statement on youtube better explaining his view. >> bret: not walking it back. >> no. he defended himself but he also said, which is the -- he referred to the point the obama team is trying to reiterate, which is you can't call private equity experience job growth experience. that is not a job creator. you are a wealth creator if you're successful in private equity. what they do when president obama goes to fundraisers of private equity at the home of private equity officials is that he, he says i'm not against private equi it. i'm against mitt romney say sheg a job creator. he made it clear he is happy to take the line of attack. against romney. booker was being honest. but he has been -- i don't think he is used as a surrogate much more. >> bret: may be used as surrogate for romney campaign. speaking to your point, a.b. the first is campaign and the second is romney ad in response. >> we have been bought and sold in the past. we never had a problem. we were always a business that had value. >> bain capital. and had come in. and whole different story. >> harold ford junior, a democrat from tennessee. >> private equity is not a bad thing. private equity is a good thing in many instances. >> former auto star, sieb ratner. leading democrat. >> i don't think bain capital did anything to be embarrassed about. >> look at the totality of the record. they have done a lot to support businesses and grow businesses. >> bret: there was corey booker at the end. quick response by the romney campaign. what about the ads? >> well, i think the obama campaign is in a pickle here. it's clear that this is the central part of their argument against romney. central part of the indictment. no question. the questions comments today at the nato summit suggests how central it will be to the narrative. what is happening in the campaign generally they are trying to define romney. this is a point in the campaign before convention and before people are really paying attention where they are trying to create a narrative about mitt romney. they want to pick up on the arguments made against romney in the republican primary. and build on those. trying to paint him as vulture capitalist. the reason the corey booker comment and harold ford and stephen ratner comments are problematic for the administration and campaign is they gut the central premise of the argument. they tear it out and say no, in fact, this is a totally legitimate way to make a living. the most interesting part, president obama said private equity is fine. private equity is fine. but it's the way they have gone about the specific things, so you have seen narrowing of the argument. tougher indictment of romney. >> bret: if you talk privately with anybody in the broad business, many of whom were obama supporters four years ago there is a sense they are the black hats and that they are tired of that and some shifted dramatically to support romney. >> sure. that is wall street's story. it's intriguing dynamic, because wall street is just so angry at the administration. they don't like dodd frank and the new regulation. they feel they have been postures in the black hat as you describe it. somehow they forget people didn't like bail-out or tarp and the wall street in the talk of too big to fail is offensive, especially to main street so. that also talking about the private equity firms that invest in businesses around the country who aren't necessarily on wall street in some big bank. put their money on the line to make it work. >> they're not blame -- look, the fact is if you go back to the republican primary, what rick perry said about vulture capitalism stands. it comes from a fellow republican. republicans attacked romney in just this way. corey booker was wrong here. i appreciate his honesty. if that is how he feels that is how he feeled. he said he was nauseated. that is a strong feeling. but the primary reason for romney candidacy, he says he knows how to make the economy run. he says he can make the economy much more smooth. he will come back more quickly if we have romney in the white house prowho appreciates and understands business in america. you to have a conversation about that if you are running against romney. i imagine romney wants to have a conversation about president obama con mucket the administration. that's on the table, too. it don't an objection. i don't understand why -- the only way i can understand it is that corey booker said he didn't like the reverend wright attacks. from the romney people. they might launch that. and he doesn't like small ball from the obama people. the personal attack against romney. >> bret: this is the broad issue we'll see. is this fair game argument that the obama campaign, the president had been talking about that everyone needs to pay their fair share. created a business environment to succeed in america. >> oh, yeah. they are opposing world views. that will be the republican versus the democrat. and the democrat versus republican argument. the specific of the record at bane is fair game. he narrowed the argument for private equi it fine, but as president i have to look at the entire economy, i need to look at everybody, make sure we are growing in ten years as much as in ten weeks. he will make the argument romney just because he was a businessman doesn't understand what taking care of the whole country means and what looking at the entire economy means. so that is why he brings up bain as an example, that it's a narrow slice of experience that isn't necessarily helpful to prepare you for the presidency. >> bret: next up, catholic institutions file lawsuited against the obama administration. 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[ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! ♪ [muc plays] ♪ [music plays] this is not about contraception. this is about government compulsion and making our university an agent of the government. if you look at the first two criteria, you must serve primarily catholics and you must employ primarily catholics. neither of which we do and as many wiser people said it changes from the church saying are you hungry to are you a catholic? >> under this unprecedented definition of what is and is not religious ministry, even the work of mother teresa carrying for the poorest and most needy people would not qualify as religious enough. >> bret: well, 43 catholic institutions are challenging the administration's healthcare law. the president's healthcare law. we called the h.s.s., health and human services and the response is "we decline to comment on pending litigation." lawsuits are filed about the decision that only catholic institutions such as churches are exempted from providing wide range contraceptive coverage an not schools, universities, hospitals, charities. therein lies the problem. they say it's about religious freedom. back with the panel. how big of a deal they've filed lawsuits? >> big deal with public relations. you have another attempt to delegitimize what the administration has done. this is a long time coming. they worked hand in hand with the administration to avoid this outcome. there were a series of meetings that took place in fall and early winter before this decision announced on january 20 where the leaders of the church said we don't want this to come to a head this way. then you had the president make his announcement and then from that point on, you saw things deteriorate. archdiocese dolan sent out a letter march 1 saying he was shocked this was the outcome because president obama personally assured me he would do nothing to impede the good work of the church. that suggests he thinks the president wasn't honest with him. there were sub skept meetings from that point where they tried to talk about this compromise. the church was not satisfied. the administration declared in kathleen sebelius and jay carney from the podium this was a fait acombli. they were done talking about this. the church felt we reached a point we have no other options and we'll continue to fight this. >> bret: this is a number of shots fired against this healthcare law. the supreme court getting ready to make its huling sometimes in june. number of schools dropped health insurance for students. not only because it's morally objectionable this ruling but because of the premiums. 66% increase. >> you have a situation that interim steps taken on the way to full engagement in the healthcare law, which will come in 2014, people have objections, in some cases people that are students or part-time employees as insurance companies say it's too prohibitive in terms of cost and people make decisions to cut back. these are all on the way to the big decision that comes from the court. that is where it will settle. with regard to this lawsuit, i find this intriguing. we are a country of civil laws. if the muslim community said we want to segregate treatment of men and women in the hospital. if you had people orthodox jews saying we cannot allow certain people to come in our rooms because we are -- you know, okay. it's your church. conduct your business as you. will why would you expect that the government should somehow say we'll follow whatever rules you want for hospitals, university, charity and that you should take government money at the same time? i don't think that's right. >> i think that the lawsuits and what steve described as the church's effort to work with the administration, to no avail. it sounds terrible. they feel that the regulations violated first amendment rights to freely express their religion. it's treme emily restricktive as it only applies to between catholics. ministering and offering service to non-catholic they are violating their beliefs but politically this is a wash. if we talk about the politics of this for the administration, it's true that people on one side of the argument are going to fete all energized and give money and work hard. on the other side, fundraising opportunity for both sides. you can be sure that the administration and the democrats will find a way to say it violates women right to access contraception. >> bret: juan, you don't see religious freedom access to it? >> no. nobody is telling you what you can worship or what happens in your church or mosque. >> bret: that is exactly -- >> no. not at all. even the bishop says if you are in the church and talking about relations with other catholics the government says fine. >> if you're hospital treating someone other than catholics. >> correct. >> taking government money. then it's a government. don't tell us what to do. c'mon. >> bret: this debate will continue. that's it for the panel. stay tuned for president's latest moves. does your phone share what you are seeing and hearing right now with the touch of a button ? 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