birth control mandate >> as you can see from the rundown, these are the stories we're talking about here at 6:30 and of course, join the conversation if you'd like. today, president trump issued new rules allowing employers to opt out of providing birth control for religious and moral reasons. a number of preproductive rights group said they will bring legal challenges planned pattern hood called it unacceptable. the trump administration says it is trying to protect the religious freedoms of all americans. >> the president believes that the freedom to practice one's faith is a fundamental right in this country and i think all of us do. and that's all that today was about >> joining us to break down what all this means is kimberly leonard reporter from the washington examiner. for everybody watching us, sort of break down, i guess what this revision means for women and employers >> before obamacare,

essentially, women who needed birth control could access it without any type of co pay and that men everything from iud's to emergency conception, the pill. there was a wide range of service. now, there are exemptions that are more broad than ones created under the obama administration and remember, it was controversial even under the obama administration. it went before the suprem court. now employers were essentially say i have a moral objection to covering some forms of birth control so i will no longer be covering them >> that's any company, any private company or organization >> any public organization, nonprofit, things like that. it is very broad. but they have to have some sort of objection that is religious objection or moral objection. the thing is i asked about whether they would checkup on it to make sure that they in fact let companies, in fact, did have these injections and they won't have way

>> let me ask you, we understand there are a number of different organizations that have already begun the lawsuits to fight back >> the aclu is threatening to sue the administration over it. there are certain paths they can taking it's going to be a little bit did you not because under the obama administration's role, there were so many lawsuits and there are still about 50 pending lawsuits that started from under the obama administration, so all of that is going to be worked out. but the way they did this can be attacked. whether companies are going to try to limit women's access to birth control is going to be looked at as well. >> all right. big news today. kimberly leonard, thank you so much from the washington examiner for shedding light on it. appreciate it. today's jobs report shows the extraordinary impact recent weather events have had on our economy. calculations from estimated it could cause between

and 245 billion in economic losses >> that was the white house press secretary responding to the latest jobs report. the economy lost 33,000 jobs last month. it's the first jobs loss in nearly seven years. experts blame the drop on the recent hurricanes. here's the deal. the news was not all bad. of the unemployment rate fell to a 16-year low >> we're here going to break down the economy numbers, chris thanks for joining us. when we hear the news first off, that this is the first job loss in seven year, should we be concerned or more focused on the good news that the labor market still is in good shape? >> absolutely. we certainly should be focused on good news as pnc chairman gunshot said it's definitely steady and in good shape. but this is external about the disaster. we have cities that were completely devastated during the hurricane. and so this is more about being able t

is obviously a major loss of jobs, the good news is, because of federal aid and insurance, there will be jobs for rebuilding cities and rebuilding major infrastructures because of this. >> let's talk about trump, of course, kind of being cryptic lately about something. >> before we get to that, characteristics let's play the sound bite. a lot of people were on the internet. talking about the president, as he made these sort of ominous warning during a meeting with his military leaders. let's listen to that first. >> do you know what this represents? the calm before the storm. >> what storm? >> we have the world's greatest military people. i'll tell you that. thank you all for coming. >> what storm, mr. president >> you'l

>> right there, you know, he's talking about the military leaders in the room. makes you think with the foreign policy challenges we got going on something is coming in that regard. >> obviously, he's strong military and strong with keeping america strengthened all the way around. when you have north korea it's obviously a major situation to his. president trump clearly is being strong and obviously being cryptic and people obviously try to do that all day. that's just his kind of humor character, he wants people to kind of wonder what's going on, at the end of the day we'll find out soon, he certainly is strong when it comes to north korea and we're not tolerate anything, as well as when it comes to other i ran sanctions. i think the best thing we can do is wait and see, he certainly was in the room with all of his military officials for the most part and had, i'm sure

conversation and was very enlightened what he was talking about >> it was interesting in the they were staying in line. what has become the feud between president trump and secretary of state rex tillerson and reports that he called him a moron. today, there are reports that the head of the cia mike pompey yo could replace him. what are your sources telling you about what's going on inside the white house and could we see another cabinet member leave? >> i certainly think, i don't think secretary tillerson is going to be leaving. my sources certainly tell me something completely different. and i can almost be certain that tillerson is not going to be going anywhere. i think this has -- people are obviously this has been a very unique administration, obviously, than any other

secretary tillerson has his way, president trump brought him in for a reason, his experience overseas and strong business experience, i don't think that -- people obviously are -- are feeding and buying into something bigger thank obviously, i think the relationship is certainly fine. this is probably something someone according to people i spoke with, of course, is something that the media and other folks i'm sure have turned around a little bit, they have a good relationship, secretary tillerson is doing his job, of course, everyone does not agree all the time. so i'm guessing that someone probably minced words.

that's what i'm guessing. so your thoughts on cia director mike pompeo? that's kind of been the rumor out there, when you start hearing names being thrown about, you got to wonder if someone is in the wings waiting to move into the spot. >> you know, dc is an interesting place and this is an interesting political time. like a lot of our friends say, never put anything past anybody in this town. but i look i sort of think right now the last thing the administration needs is to have another movement. there have been a lot of different movements, obviously since he's been president. inaugurated. and last thing we need to move tillerson out. but president trump will make decisions based on information that he has and the best he has is the information he may not have. so i certainly do not believe at this time at least secretary tillerson, obviously, will be replaced. i think he'll be there for now. >> we will be watching and waiting, chris

for joining us and happy friday to you. >> thank you, liwise. >> still no motive in the deadly las vegas shooting. we're learn, the suspected gunman bought 1,000 rounds of tracer ammunition a month ago from a private seller he meta phoenix gun ocean city tracer bullets contain a pyrotechnic charge that illuminates the path of fired bullets so shooters can see whether their aim is correct >> more calls for all gun control on capitol hill. some from republican, some from the nra. allison barber has the latest >> seems like republicans and democrats would never again agree on gun legislation, but now, in light of vegas, seems like that might be changing. >> you show me the law that would stop that, not only will see support it, i'll be an advocate for that law. >> reporter: that is the voice of senator dean heller. when gunfire replaced the sound

night, police say the shooter on the 32nd floor of mandelay bay bay didn't have completely normal guns. many were transported with so-called bump stocks, a legal device that replace as pistol grip and turns a semiautomatic gun into something similar to a machine gun used on the battlefield. >> every time the gun fires, it recoils back a little bit into the stock itself. comes back forward and because you have your finger set in one key position, then it fires like that. >> reporter: a number of republicans like harlem now say they're open to banning the device. after all, fully automatic guns are already heavily regulated and largely banned >> this seems to be away of going around that. so obviously, we need to look at how we can tighten up the compliance with this law so that they are -- so that fully automatic weapons are banned >> we certainly welcome that. would like to be part of that conversation. >> reporter: even the nra is opening the door for a

>> what the nra has said we ought to take a look at that and see if that's in compliance with federal law, and is worthy of additional regulations. that being said, we didn't say ban or confiscate. >> reporter: for some democrats, all of this is one thing, inadequate. >> if this majority believes that a bump stock prohibition is enough, they've been smoking something. >> house minority leader nancy pilosi said some will argue legislation on bump stock is a slippery slope to more gun control. she said she hopes that it is. in washington, ellison, barber, fox news. vice president mike pence traveled to san juan today, greeted troops assisting with recovery efforts following hurricane maria, it comes days after president trump visited the territory. praised workers, relief efforts, the federal

hurricane disaster in puerto rico has been intensely criticized. right now the majority of the island is still without power. tropical storm nate is heading toward the caribbean resorts in mexico and the gulf coast of the united states. the storm killed 22 in central america in nicaragua what alone, at least 11 people died. seven others were reported missing and thousands had to evacuate because of flooding >> this has been an absolutely incredible hurricane season. one after another. >> the weather just will not give anybody a break. but it's up to us, apparently. we're getting a little bit of a break. gwen. >> you're absolutely right. we're not getting much of a break as far as the hurricane season is concerned. but we are getting a break at least for a day. if nothing more, let's take a look, tonight is not going to be bad, fairly mild overnight lows into the 50's and 60's everywhere and we got pretty clear skies a few clouds. for tomorrow, if you're planning, look at these temperatures, well ov

will be about 80 and by, a warm 86 degrees with no shortage of sunshine for you. but things are still heating up as far as nate is concerned. this tropical storm is huge one, tonight will move across the northeast of the ucatan peninsula but we're watching its track it's expected to intensify and become a hurricane. here's the cone of uncertainty comes right up the midatlatic. we're looking at rainfall from this and plenty of it once we get into sunday. saturday looks great but we'll see the tropical moisture sunday and monday. back to you. >> 50-50 weekend, not too bad. thank you, gwen >> new nobel peace prize winner, now an international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons earned the honor, 5@630 will be right back.

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abolish nuclear weapons as the 2017 noble peace pze of the spr weapons and north korea and growing risk of nuclear war, laura engle has more details. >> reporter: the campaign to abolish nuclear weapons has been awarded the 2017 nobel peace prize, known by its acronym i can, it was honored in part for its efforts to foster a global ban >> some use nuclear arsenals and there's a real danger more countries will try to procure more weapons as exemplified by north korea. >> reporter: in july, after pressure from i can, 122 nations backed a u.n. treaty designed to ban and eventually eliminate all nuclear weapons, however none of the nuclear powers including the u.s. have committed to the retreat >> this is a time of great global tensio

rhetoric could all too easily lead to unspeakable horror. this shines a needed light on the path it provides towards a world free of nuclear weapons. >> reporter: heightened tensions over north korea's aggressive production of the weapons and president trump's plan r plan to curb the. in new york, laura engle, fox news. today, president trump welcomed hundreds of hispanic business and faith leaders to the white house to mark hispanic heritage month >> during the speech, the president took a moment to address the recovery efforts in public. he also thanked medal of honor recipient in the crowd. >> 60 hispanic americans have been award the congressional medal of honor for their outstanding bravery in battle. did you know that? 60. that's a lot.

that's a lot [cheers and applause] it's a great, great medal of honor. did you say we have? oh, wow. that's so fantastic. do you mind if i go up and shake hands? i'll interrupt our speech. i want to shake hands with somebody. >> national hispanic heritage month is september 15th to october 15th. enacted into law in 1988 by president ronald reagan we all know how much president loves twitter, wait until you hear who actually encourages him to use it >> how elan mesk said he can help puerto rico as they try to recover, back after this.

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turns out one of his x wives is encouraging his tweets >> i van in a trump, the first of the three wives in a new interview with cbs3 she's the one who encouraged president trump to use twitter to get his message out. she called her ex-husband a tweeting president and said twitter is way for him to get messages across without the media. they're both

media savvy people. they were kind of that power couple and did that when they were together. >> what i thought was interesting, she revealed an article, they talk once a week. >> they still talk? who knew that ivana had such a role >> all day demonstration is taking place at lafayette park to protest president trump and his policies >> organizers with the group ultraviolet ranged the event to coincide with the explosive hollywood tape you recall this released during 2016 presidential campaign, it shows the president years ago bragging about his mistreatment of women. it's being shown continuously on a large screen across the street from the white house >> we're out their remind the people who president trump is, a sexual predator >> it should still be shocking this man bragged about sexual assaulting women and now he's sitting in the white house.

he's president. yeah, that should be shocking. it should be awake-up call to america that we have a problem. >> ultraviolet wants to bring attention to the problem. the group said someone is sexual assaulted every 98 seconds. it is now calling on americans to join the fight against this continuing problem and to resist what they say is the trump administration. billionaire tesla founder, says he believes he can rebuild puerto rico's power grid with batteries and solar power >> he has been already done similar projects in hawaii. puerto rico's governor said it could take a no restore power to only a quarter of the household, elan musk is always coming up with ways and he was saying with old batteries there was a way they could do that. i think that would be amazing and it would go to help out when we see future situations like we're seeing with theur

>> more power to him. anything can help. give it a try. former president obama accepted an invitation to join the columbia country club in maryland >> the second club he's joined since office. he joined the robert trent jones golf club in gainsville, the first president to join the columbia country club but according to the facebook page, other past members include two five star generals omar bradley and hap arnold >> i likes he's hanging out in the area >> still got to get the youngest threw high school it was time for him to get off the plane. >> you got to take a look. the customered golden escalator jammed up as he made his way to the tarmac forcing him to gather up his robes and he had to hoof it rest of the way, he didn't immediately start walking, he kind of paused like he didn't know what

>> usually the escalator takes him all th way down. >> i get it he's used to it that way, that's the way you roll >> isn't it amazing the way they roll? had to -- too bad >> it's the way it is. there you go. >> today is another big day for house majority whip steve scalise. >> how is he getting ready to celebrate 52 years of life tonight? >> we'll be right back.

. happy birthday to steve scalise, the house majority whip celebrating his invited birthday >> doing it in style. the congressman made a surprise return to congress last week, it was the first time since he was shot in june at the congressional baseball practice he made it back. the louisiana lawmaker will celebrate his birthday tonight by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at tonight's playoff game between the washington nationals and, of course, the world

we hope his pitch starts the ball rolling for the nats. >> let's hope. happy birthday, mr. scalise. the news continues on fox 5 local news.com. at the alzheimer's association walk to end alzheimer's, we carry flowers that signify why we want to end the disease. and we walk so that one day,

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announcer: today on "tmz" -- harvey: biggest studio mogul around, the guy ho supposedly sexually harassed ashley judd. he reappeared, joking with paparazzi. >> go back to work tomorrow? >> not likely, uys. >> harvey weinstein is in a scandal but he's out and laughing. >> it's soweird how joyous he is as well. i have seen him 10 times at l.a.x. and he never even smiled. harvey: he was scoping out sombody. you got in his way. >> kim zolciak and nene leakes are at war. brielle biermann, the daughter of kim zolciak, was in nene leakes' house and aw a bug, snapchatted the bug. nene found out about it, lost it and went o