that is the responsibility of the department. last year we saw a staggering 61% increase in the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty because of a felony. and on average more than 150 officers were assaulted every single day. these numbers are unacceptable. fortunately, the president understand this, he s directed us at the beginning of my administration to back our men and women in blue. we are making it clear that we stand with our law enforcement partners 100%. they are the solution to crime, not the problem. we ve also protected the rule of law in our own department. we prohibited so-called third-party settlements that were being used to bankroll special interest groups. we ve settled civil cases regarding the affordable care act s birth control mandate,
the responsibility of the department. last year we saw a staggering 61% increase in the number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty because of a felony. and on average more than 150 officers were assaulted every single day. these numbers are unacceptable. fortunately the president understands this. he has directed us at the beginning of my administration, to back our men and women in blue. we are making it clear that we stand with our law enforcement partners 100%. they are the solution to crime, not the problem. we have also protected the rule of law in our own department. we prohibited so-called third party settlements that were being used to bank roll special interest groups. we settled civil cases regarding the affordable care act birth control mandate,
office. we started with an executive order. the president signing a new order that loosens regulations and one of the steps because congress can t act to undo it. they wanted to drop the birth control mandate and other big changes. they are also cutting the advertising and the outreach to encourage people to reach out to get them to sign up for obamacare. a number of steps to erode that. the president reversed course on opening up travel to cuba. the obama administration had a warning. transgender military service. not done yet, but the military wants to reverse course on that. the president is taking steps even though he opened a deal on immigration. including for the young dreamers. 800,000 or so. another big one. we know the president wants to kill obamacare deals.
time two u.s. air force bombers flew over the korean peninsula in joint nighttime drills with japan and south korea. it happened yesterday as north korea celebrated the 72nd anniversary of its ruling workers party. sandra: the house foreign affairs committee holding a hearing on threat posed by iran. we ll monitor that as we await president trump s decision whether to re-certify the nuclear deal with tehran. bill: new developments in the fight over the travel ban. it hasn t been resolved. supreme court now getting involved and we ll tell you in a moment just how. sandra: we are also waiting an executive order from president trump dealing another blow to the affordable care act. what the administration is set to do after rolling back the birth control mandate. president trump: it will be great, great healthcare for many, many people. a big percentage of the number of people that we were talking about for failed obamacare. now, we ll have to do something
key vote there, and the more president trump alienates him, the more difficult of a time president trump is going to have moving that forward and moving anything else forward in the on capitol hill. ned, you mentioned iran. we are expecting and actually it s happening as we speak, to a sen extent, another rollback of an obama-era policy, hugh, this thyme a rule regarding coal plants. last week it was the birth control mandate. the dismantling of obamacare continues through executive order by in large. again, iran. how much of this today is about coal? how much of this, hugh, is just about president trump s desire to reverse anything obama? well, i always preface comments on the epa by noting my son works there, craig, but i ll say this, the new rule on water of the united states that scott pruitt the administrator is putting forward, rollback of the clean power plan, parts of the republican platform and pretty much every republican on the debate stage agrees with these actions