New choice or bad decision . Perhaps the biggest news story of the religious week is the battle over religious freedom. The phrase used for controversial laws in a number of states and most recently in indiana that give individuals a defense in court if they feel their religious rights have been violated. By now im sure you have your own opinion. This morning we have two guests here who have unique perspectives about it. Maybe voices you havent heard, including perhaps the most influential journalist in the whole state of indiana the editor of the indy star. The big question is whether major Media Outlets have given the law and the supporters a fair shake. Conservative media heavy weights say no. Some are even depicting this as a war on christianity. Here is Rush Limbaugh talking about democrats response to the law. They view christianity as the evil majority. They hate christianity. They hate it. They hate what christianity is. They hate it he says. On the same day bill oreilly tied t
Inward facing cameras in train cabs. The irs says more than 100,000 people were affected by a cybercrime which line of scrimmagely original likely originated in russia. Live pictures of capitol hill. This hour lawmakers are expected to take the first steps to decide whether the toops should be restored. Critics like senator rand paul says the agencys ability to collect bulk telephone data on millions of americans violates the constitutions. Others argue those tools, which are aimed at catching terrorists are a matter of national security. I think were less safe today than four or five years ago because we have increasingly been tying our own hands and limiting our ability to gather information and that is the key way that we find out about and stop terrorists attacks. Cnns athena jones is on capitol hill this morning with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning. From the looks of our latest cnn orc poll a lot of americans agree with the congressman whose sound bite you just played. A
Accusing russia of violating the 1987 treaty signed by president reagan and gorbachev. President then of what was the soviet union. President obama reportedly sending this letter directly to his counterpart in russia this morning as well as having john kerry deliver a similar message to the Russian Foreign minister. Also tonight just hours ago, the u. S. Releasing new satellite images from this saturday appearing to provide the clearest evidence to date showing that russia is directly, directly, attacking ukraine with deadly force. Look in the lower right of your screen. The green box shows the telltale signs of rocket launchers in russia. In the upper left, the blue x shows the charred craters of explosions ntds ukraine. This comes after this amateur video last week reportedly showing what we were told were Russian Military units firing artillery shells directly into the ukraine. The pentagon called this a clear escalation, thats a quote, of hostilities by russia days after prorussian
Accusing russia of violating the 1987 treaty signed by president reagan and gorbachev. President then of what was the soviet union. President obama reportedly sending this letter directly to his counterpart in russia this morning as well as having john kerry deliver a similar message to the Russian Foreign minister. Also tonight just hours ago, the u. S. Releasing new satellite images from this saturday appearing to provide the clearest evidence to date showing that russia is directly, directly, attacking ukraine with deadly force. Look in the lower right of your screen. The green box shows the telltale signs of rocket launchers in russia. In the upper left, the blue x shows the charred craters of explosions ntds ukraine. This comes after this amateur video last week reportedly showing what we were told were Russian Military units firing artillery shells directly into the ukraine. The pentagon called this a clear escalation, thats a quote, of hostilities by russia days after prorussian
Jeb bush 15 . Within the polls margin of error. Followed by Scott Walker Ted Cruz rand Paul Marco Rubio and the rest in single digits. The election is a long way out. Not a stretch to say we are entering the crunch time. The first Republican Debate is under two weeks away. I should point out. Some observers say is what is driving out some of the amped up rhetoric. If there is one thing donald trump is very good at and has been very good at so far is getting attentiontion. Reporter whats behind the socalled trump bump. The man himself gave his explanation to cnns jake tapper. This is more than me. This is a movement going on. People are tired of these incompetent politicians in washington that cant get anything done. Reporter a movement fueled by dissatisfied voters. 53 of republicans say the government in washington doesnt represent their views. Even though their Party Controls the house and the senate. And 52 of republicans say they want trump to stay in the race. While just 33 want h