Rhetoric despite the realworld consequences, bomb threat to school vacua, the real threat is what s happening. Now. And defense the far right conspiracy theorist inside his entourage, we have very spirited people plus trump harris, and the holy roast. The pope criticizing both candidates. And advises americans on the quote lesser of two evils also, public confidence is all we have. My revealing interview with the newest supreme court justice what ketanji brown jackson says about the election. The court s credibility crisis, and why she almost gave up her entire career live at the table coleman hughes natasha alford, trisha mcloughlin, jay michaelson and joining the conversation, the cast of the new cnn original series, have i got news for you? welcome to a special edition of newsnight state of the race happy friday. I m abby phillip in new york. Let s get right to what america is talking about. Pet peeves and politics. Donald trump tripling down on the rants, the tangents and the consp
legislative guarantee he s talking about is now in congress. that would allow any employer to deny birth control if it runs counter to religious or moral beliefs. the white house says the bill was, quote, dangerous and wrong, and even republicans in the senate admit it will likely be vetoed by the president. here is the archbishop talking about president obama. listen: i don t want to believe that he s antireligion. he has assured me personally, and i m honored to have been part of private discussions with him, he has assured me personally, and i believe him, is he highly respects the work of the churches, and he singled out the catholic church, in health care, education, and works of charity, peace and justice. reporter: megyn, we have reached out to the white house for a comment. we expect a statement from them shortly. jay carney said monday that he believes the bishops were never for health care reform. the bishops have come out and said that is not the
supportive of the accommodation. not all. no. but the major ones have, and megyn: no. no. megyn: a couple. wait a second. let me clarify that. it was megyn: there are president of the catholic league, he came out and said in his description, he said some liberal leaning or left leaning catholics have come out in support of it but i don t think it s correct to say all. i didn t say all, i said most, 600 catholic hospitals saying we endorse this, the association of jesuit universities saying we endorse this, the largest catholic megyn: monica ca, it s not just that. according to the latest polls, 65 percent for it, 65 percent are for it after the accommodation, so are they being a quiet drum, dead drum? dead horse? thank you! good metaphors there. megyn: you get my question! i think all this was political to begin with, so we re talking about two
separate issues, one is the political ramifications of this and you ve got polls showing the majority of americans agreeing with this, if you break it down among catholic, scott rasmussen just reported 59 percent of catholics actually disagree with this, so there may have been a political calculation by the white house, or at least by the obama campaign, to try to do this and then do the accommodation. megyn: doesn t he need the catholic vote? absolutely, and it s such a critical swing vote. he actually won them with 54 percent last time. but if you ve got catholics arguing amongst themselves, part of the division actually would serve his campaign. megyn: i ve seen polls that suggest the catholic support the accommodation. leaving that aside, though, the larger issue here, i m going to go back to the constitutional question, we are prone to hyperbole on these matters, but the constitution and very makeup of our country from the very beginning has been balancing religious freedom with
bolton, on what he expects to see out of iran and what it means for the united states in the coming weeks moontds. alert coming in for you now on warnings from one of the top catholics in the united states about what he says is the obama administration s stepping on religious freedom. archbishop and cardinal designate timothy dolan is in rome right now, preparing for hes elevation to the rank of cardinal. in a new interview he weighed in on the compromise offered by the administration. that s the administration s term, cover mice, in the fight over requirements that religious groups offer coverage for birth control, sterilizations, and other and other controversial procedures, all of which would violate teachings of the catholic church. trace gallagher has more of a cardinal designate dolan s interview from our breaking news desk. trace. reporter: they are very strong words from archbishop dolan, who as you said is about to become cardinal dolan. when they came out with the