and sharp and sudden turnaround by the obama administration. the white house now says it s tweaking the health care reform provision that sparked a sudden confrontation between church and state as well as republicans and democrats. our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here in the situation room watching all of this unfold. it was pretty dramatic what happened. it was, and all of this caught the white house off-guard. there s no sign that the uproar is dying down. the president plays cleanup. they will not have to pay foror provide contraceptive services, but women who work at these institutions will have access to free contraceptive services just like other women. a law that requires prepreventive care will not discriminate against women. the catholic health association says this resolution protects the conscience rights of catholic institutions. e.j. dionne who helped kick up the firestorm now writes president obama did today what he should have done
controversy dogging president obama. did top aides, including the vice president joe biden warn him about it beforehand? new information coming in. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. our national political correspondent jim acosta is following it for us. reporter: it sounded like he was referring to mitt romney as mr. burns, the villain from the simpsons who once said release the hounds. that s because in the race for the alpha dog, the fangs are out. rick santorum doesn t need anybody to tell him who let the dogs out. i think it s interesting you re asking that question about governor romney and his attack dogs.connect 1200 he has an opportunity tomorrow at this convention ironically he spoke to them four years ago this week, wolf, when he was pulling out of the presidential race. let s listen to what he says. i stand for conservative prim pes, i ll fight alongside you for all the things we believe it in, and one of the things we believe is we ca
help. interesting to see if they actually get the help they re supposed to get. so give us some specific examples of some of the changes that we re going to see. we brought back the avatars to describe exactly who is supposed to get help today. so starting today, let s take a look at someone who we made up called soon to be sick samuel. we looked into a crystal ball and we know that samuel is about to get a terrible illness like, let s say, cancer, that will cost millions of dollars to treat. in the past, what s happened is insurance companies have said, all right, you hit your lifetime limit. we insured up up to is million. you can t have any more. with the health care reform provision going into effect today, they can t drop him after he gets his diagnosis and can t do the lifetime capitals on care. let me give you another example of someone who will be helped. healthy helen. she s doing great.