about these issues, about religious liberty and religious freedom and how it is being asulted in the -- assaulted in the public square. but how do you get millennials those so easily riled up about the abortion issue and same-sex rights and those sort of thing, how do you get those people engaged on this issue. >> i think you tell them stories. so you tell them stories about some of the hhs mandate plaintiffs. these are salt of the earth people doing the good work of restoring lives and educating the next generation and providing health care for americans and they are not able to do that under this rule in accordance with their beliefs, the beliefs that motivated them to go out and do that in the first place. so to talk about social justice and empowering the poor and taking care of those in need, you have to let people do that in accordance with their values and not immediately penalize them through threat of government penalty if they are going to do that in accordance with their religious beliefs. >> the left has successfully won the narrative on this. right, the tearive -- the na

nbc has a unique opportunity to report on russia's inhumane asults on the rights of lgbt people to thet few weeks they promise not to shy away from covering the issue, and we will hold them to their word. the yes hequestion here is the balance. covering also the sport and the social lment social elements in russia. how do they find the balance? >> nbc pays so many hundreds of millions of dollars for the rights to these games. they are trying to broadcast sporting events, first and foremost, but they know that they have to show the context these games are in. and i think that statement is a great example of media advocacy, we can all hold media outlets accountable for what they show and what they don't show, and i think we're seeing that very well so far at these olympics. >> brian stelter, thank you so much. good to see you this morning and be sure to watch "reliable sources" 11:00 a.m. eastern right here with him. >>> oklahoma state's star point guard lost control and shoved a fan last night. in the closing seconds of a surprising loss to texas tech, marcus smart fell into the crowd.