were to the war dead. many of them are the large latin cross decades ago meant to be remiller. not saying everyone here that perished is christian but this is for the war dead. you talk about the arlington national cemetery in washington outside d.c. there are two large latin crosses like the one in maryland so people are worried. if you take down the one in maryland does every cross inside a place like arlington have to go? there are bigger questions. it takes four votes for the court to hear the case. we will watch. this is on the conference list. if four of the justice say we are ready to answer the question, they will vote to put it on the calendar. martha: this is fascinating. any indication on prior decisions how justice kavanaugh might approach this? he is supportive of the religious liberty issues. the contraceptive mandate
providi providing credible evidence isis had knowledge or planned a role. this is the first time it made such a claim in the newspaper before boasting through the regular news agency. in chicago a man hunt for a man who opened fire in a wal-mart. police believe it gan with a drug check s uptown neighborhood. they said one of the men ran into the starbucks, a suspect wearing dark clothing and mask fogd and started shooting. the university of notre dame announcing it will no longer cover birth control for students faculty or staff making a move less than a month after the trump administration added a loophole to obamacare s contraceptive mandate. they may stop if they have a religious objection. employees will lose the coverage december 31st, students august
her role that would expand exceptions to the affordable care act, contraceptive mandate, and one day after president trump reached out across the aisle to chuck schumer to try to cut a deal on healthcare bill. he was asked about that as he was leaving the white house today. the president said he proposed a temporary deal, one that about the government handing over money to healthcare directly to the state, in the form of block grants. so if we could do one or two year deal as a temporary measure, you will have block grant into the states which is what the republicans want. there is a precedent for a bipartisan bill, this morning on another sunday show ron johnson said he wasn t worried about it. you people want to do a deal to have to come through and talk to the house members to try to get what we would require to
deal with the democrats. meantime, g.o.p. lawmakers are working on a massive tax overhaul, hoping for a desperately needed legislative win. kristen fisher has more from washington. kristen? arthel, at the same time president trump is trying to cut a deal with democrats, he s also continuing to chip away at his predecessor s signature healthcare law. the latest example according to to the wall street journal is an executive order to be signed this week that would expand insurance option for americans who buy coverage on their own or work for a small employer. it would also direct federal agencies to explore ways to loosen regulations and potentially lower premiums. this comes just two days after the trump administration announced a new rule that would expand exemptions to the affordable care act s contraceptive mandate and one day after president trump announced that he d reached out across the aisle again to senate minority leader schumer to try to cut a deal on a healthcare bill.
affordable care act s contraceptive mandate and one day after president trump announced that he d reached out across the aisle to senate minority leader chuck schumer the try to cut a deal on a health care bill. he was asked about that as he was leaving the white house yesterday, the president said he proposed a temporary deal, one that involved the federal government handing over money for health care directly the states in the form of block grants. listen. so, basically, if we could do a one-year deal or a two-year deal as a temporary measure, you ll have block granting, ultimately, to the states which is what the republicans want. that really is a repeal and replace. reporter: and there is a precedent for a bipartisan bill. i mean, who can forget the debt ceiling dill with chuck and nancy. deal with chuck and nancy. this morning republican senator ron johnson said he wasn t worried about it. if people really want to do a deal, they are going to have to come through a republi