late yesterday, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor denied an appeal to temporarily delay the obamaare contraception mandate. it requires workers health benefit plans to cover the morning after pill and other emergency contraceptions. in september is, hobby lobby a chain of more than 500 arts and crafts stores and its sister company of christian themed book stores sued the government claiming it violated the religious rights of the company's other thans, evangelical christians. they requested emergency relief from the emergency contraception mandate after a lower court denied their request for a religious exemption. the into you rule goes into effect on new year's day. although sotomayor didn't rule on the marities of the case her refusal to grant a temporary stay of the hhs contra isception rule is onerous. starting next week the company will either have to pay a daily fine of $1.3 million or stop offering their employees healthcare, or abide by the rule and violate their religious conscience. now, it is worth noteing that when she sat on o the second circuit court of appeals, judg

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plus, connecting the dots on sonia sotomayor, health care and a fine. you're watching "first look." >>> some stories making news this morning. toyota says it's reached a more than $1 billion settlement in a case involving unintended acceleration problems in its vehicles. it's one of the largest settlements involving automobile defects in u.s. history. >>> supreme court justice sonia sotomayor has denied two retailers' requests to block part of the federal health care law that requires insurance coverage for contraceptives as of january 1st. the companies, which say the law violates their religious beliefs, face a $1.3 million daily fine if they don't comply. >>> 94-year-old former south african president nelson mandela has been released from a johannesburg hospital after nearly three weeks of being treated for a lung infection and surgery to remove gall stones. >>> "the new york times" is reporting that a syrian military police chief who defected to turkey yesterday was actually in charge of preventing military defections. major general abdul aziz jasim

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on wednesday, supreme court justice sonia sotomayor denied the request for an injunction.he said the company may challenge the regulations in the lower courts. they will offer the health insurance just without the contraception coverage and while it continues the fight here with reaction, jordan seculo and tara is with us. do you believe in religious freedom? i know you do. >> i do believe in religious free tomorrow. i'm baptist and i certainly respect my religion as well as the rights of others. >> sean: and the right to practice religion should not be infringed i think i read that some place. that is all true, right? >> that is why it is great that the healthcare reform law does have a religious exemption. >> sean: it does and it doesn't. the fact is it really doesn't. for example if you are catholic hospital or charity or in this case this chain they are deeply held religious convictions of the owners. they are willing to provide health insurance coverage but not this and why would the government, jordan have a right to step in and tell them they must do something that

. >>> supreme court justice sonia sotomayor refusing to block the contraceptives mandate in president obama's health care law. let me explain this. two companies, hobby lobby arts and crafts stoerds and mardell christian bookstores argue that requiring their group's health care plans to cover contraception violates their religious beliefs. sotomayor who hears emergency appeals said the companies didn't qualify for an injunction while they challenged the requirement in court. she did not rule on the merits of the company's religious-based claims just yet. >>> we've told you about those long delays at the airports thanks to this monumental winter storm. well, in dallas get a load of this. cnn affiliate wfaa reports that one american airlines flight sat stranded at the gate for nearly five hours. one passenger reportedly said the airline told them they could get off, but at the same time warned them they could be leaving at any minute so nobody knew what to do. now listen to the pilot's apology to his passengers. >> it's beyond reproach. i have no words to tell you how sorry i am for all

douglas, justice sonia sotomayor is writing a book. i think it's great when they go out in public and write books and talk about it and become a little more accessible. >> it's funny about "the brethren" because the law clerks born before "the brethren" feel that byron white's relationship with this clerks changed bought he was furious about the leaks, determined to figure out who leaked and the clerks think something changed and the rules in the chambers and conversations with the justices, et cetera. i don't knee whether the justice -- all their attitudes have changed but when you look at newspaper articles that were written at the time to disclose chambers, written by eddie has lazarus, and sure surrogates who were saying this young man should be tarred and feathered, and scalia said if any of his law clerks did that, he would hunt them down. i think some would be just as furious if it happened today. >> i would like too ask all five of you if you would tell us your favorite humorous story about a justice for the supreme court. >> i

the supreme court justice sotomayor denied a request to block part of the law that requires employee health care plans to provide insurance coverage for the morning after pill and similar emergency contraception pills. lawyers for hobby lobby stores say the mandate violates religious beliefs of their owners. >>> you were told not to lose your temper but it might be better for your health if you do. exhibiting self-restraint could have serious repercussions for physical and mental well-being. in a study people who specialized their -- internalized their anxiety suffered from an elevated pulse. during the course of time this can lead to high blood pressure and increase a person's risk of developing a wide range of conditions of heart disease and cancer. >> go ahead and get mad. >>> noah. >> two words. holy moly. >> huh? >> holy moly. did you see this video? >> these are the words -- this is such a great story. what a christmas surprise. a wonderful moment all caught on camera. and it goes viral. tell you all about this coming up in just a bit. this is the story of the day. >> this is a

justice kagan is on my left, and justice sotomayor on the other. and no one has called me justice kagan, nor have they call justice kagan justice sotomayor. [inaudible] they are very active in questioning at oral argument. so, now the perception is women are here to stay. and when i'm sometimes asked when will there be enough, nine. there were nine men and nobody really raised the question about that. [applause] >> so on the left, right side you were marked when you were a younger boy. you would often say something. it would be ignored. than a male colleague might say the same thing and people would say wow, what a great idea. does that ever still happen to you? and candy reflect on why inclusiveness in our society, be it gender or race, still is a continuing challenge? >> it doesn't happen now, only because of the very good job that i have. and there are only nine of us, and when i see my colleagues listen, just as i listened to each of them, but that experience, the women of my generation, all of them have had. when a woman -- [inaudible] she wou

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. >> supreme court justice on his sonya sotomayor said the company may continue its appeal in lower courtscam following the elementary school massacre in newtown, connecticut. nouel alba posted on facebook hours after the shooting that she was the aunt of one of the victims, 6-year-old noah pozner. she sent to liber text messages to a donor who fell for the scam. -- elaborate text messages. >> my nieces are survivors of this tragedy. >> all the money was refunded to donors but she denies opening the paypal account. she said someone hacked into our facebook page. she's free on bond. the freezing temperatures have claimed their first victim of the season. in season a man died of hypothermia last week in frederick county. bill lee information is he was 65 or older. 15 people died of hypothermia. in maryland last. storm watch now. after damaging winds on thursday and snow this week in parts of our area, we could see even more snow. it's not expected to be a huge storm, but snow was forecast for tomorrow. frederick already has some snow and some residents are getting tired of it. >> it was grea

they score sotomayor's nomination. they scored whether the attorney general was held in contempt. i have two words for the n.r.a.: score this. >> senator manchin from west virginia said after talking with president obama about gun control today that no one should be "vilified" for speaking with people with whom you may not agree. >>shepard: thank you, james. gun store owners say the potential for an assault weapons ban has led many mens to buy more guns after the deadly shooting. one store in san diego reports that last saturday was the busiest day for sales in 20 years. hundreds of people lined up for a weekend gun show in nature and last weekend in southeast wisconsin stores reportedly sold more of the ar-15 assault rifle than any other firearm. the gunman in new stay tuned. tuesdayed a model of this. and republicans and democrats could be getting closer to a point to avoid the fiscal cliff, particularly when it comes to income taxes. with just two weeks to go until the end of the year deadline there is no solid compromise ons is, medicare and of course the national debt limit.

on wednesday, supreme court justice and sotomayor rejected a request by oklahoma city billionaire david green for an injunction against the role as the challenges it in court. two companies controlled by green say abiding by the contraception requirement would violate their religious beliefs. the mandate takes effect on january 1. los angeles held an annual gun exchange program earlier than planned on wednesday after moving it up in reaction to the newtown massacre. the program is generally held in may, but the l.a. mayor said he decided to hold it in december in part due to lack of federal oversight of weapons nationwide. >> for eight years the senate has stopped the confirmation of the head of the atf, the organization that is duty bound to enforce these laws. the nra said last week that we should have more enforcement of our gun laws, yet they have made every effort to block enforcement, every effort to have these gaping loopholes in the law that make it almost impossible to do that. >> gun owners for offered a gift certificate worth up to two murder dollars a local grocery chain in

supreme court justice sonia sotomayor has weighed in on the case yesterday. she declined mr.'s right to decline emergency coverage to their employees. she said they failed to prove their case. a lower court already ruled against hobby lobby by pointing out that while churches and other institutions do not have to provide birth control if it violates their beliefs a for-profit arts and crafts store, no matter how religious the father, is not a church or religious organization. so no, you can't tell your employees what kind of contraception they may get through their insurance. so that happened. it is another legal victory for the affordable care act at the supreme court. it didn't get as much attention as the last time the court ruled on obamacare, but it's a big deal. it's one more thing the bill does not have to worry about. we have talked about the affordable care act for so long, it seems almost theoretical, like a dragon, and when we talk about it it's almost always conditional. would it pass? would it survive the supreme court? would it be repealed? and partially that ha

but what's fascinating to me at the moment is just a sotomayor. clearly, what is your view of where she is really going to come out on the. >> i'm sorry, but i just think that this idea that presidents are surprised and justices turn out differently is a myth. you know, that was the eisenhower presidency, which was a long time ago. there have not been surprises. you're absolutely right. it suffices to president eisenhower. since then, the number of surprises is very small. look at all nine justices on the current supreme court. >> as far as i can tell, she's going to be a solid liberal like the other for democratic appointees to the court. unless you see something that i don't see. i think she has taken a particular interest in the criminal docket. i think the fact that she was a federal district judge in actually dealt with cases in a non-academic sort of rough and tumble -- and has a tremendous amount of the court. >> part of my point is she's less political in my view. many of these cases talk about this. how might we? >> one last question. >>

there is some work going on about sotomayor and economy in the budget. it is clear the big spike is around health care. that's what the e-mails were about. this week, we saw the e-mails were, send out your #my2k tweet. senator boehner is tweeting, the house gop voted to stop my 2 k. >> it depends on what you want to do. tweeting and facebooking is great to activate people to do things. the question is, what things and what happens to on the grass organizing. on the ground organizing has to do with having an effect locally on a local issue, being able to influence your local media, your local politicians. that is one of the politicians where those that are freaking out about why is obama continuing the campaign fails to understand. it is not as if decisions we focus on are not affected by what is happening locally. the right has known this forever. to organize people at the base and influence local media and officials is important. i want to go back to the health debate. a lot of the local activists wanted single pay yor. in this case, same thing. what ha

it was really justice sotomayor as the justice who oversees the 10th service denying request for injunction to basically stop the law being implemented for the hobby lobby. come january 1, the hobby lo violate its religious conscience, owners of the company or incur penalties of a one million $300,000 a day. gregg: right. >> it is a stable situation because my, what the obama administration's argument basically says, religion is entirely private matter. you're allowed to have your private little ritual in head inch a way rooms and synagogues and mosque but the second it enters the public square it has to be bent and contorted to fit whatever the government says it should do. so the, the obama administration doesn't talk about freedom of religion. it talks about freedom of worship which is distinction they think it is very important. it means you are allowed to do whatever you want religiously in private, but the second it touches the government square the government wins over religious conscience. >> what strikes me, and we've done this story before, the folks at hobby lobby are not just us

on wednesday, justice sonia sotomayor who handles emergency appeals for the tenth circuit denied thenary relief. the white house did not comment on the hobby lobby case. president obama has consistently said contraception is a private issue between a woman and her doctor, not a woman and her boss. we received a statement from the lawyers for hobby lobby, saying they will continue their appeal in reiterating that they do not have any intention of paying for coverage for the morning-after pill, but there's really no precedent for this, and it's not clear exactly how the irs will levy and collect these fines. lisa sylvester, cnn, washington. >>> it's still going to be in the air, but a little closer to ground. shuttle "atlantis" will go on display at kennedy space center in florida. we're going to give you a sneak peek at the new home. with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood w

sonia sotomayor denied the request, saying that the am pli can'ts am pli can'ts did not meet the demanddent obama has consistently say that contraception is a private issue between her woman and her doctor and not a woman and her boss. >> we received a statement from the hobby lobby company saying that they will continue their appeal and reiterating that they don't have any intention of paying for the morning after pill. there is no precedent for this. it's not clear exactly, candy, how the irs will connect these fees. we're in brand-new territory. >> we are. there will be lot of things coming into play this year and nextear for health care. it's going to make for interesting news. thank you so much, lisa, appreciate it. >>> invisibility cloak made harry potter disappear. we'll show how the next generation of camouflage could do the same for u.s. troops. >>> and a dying mother leaves behind an emotional message to her young children and the world. we're all having such a great year in the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. 'cause all our states are great. and now is when the

>> eric: sotomayor. all you can say is faith is under fire. opinions on who should be allowed to practice religion. >> kelly: make no bones about it, none of us are against any particular religion, but if you're going to give favor to one and it's muslim inmates and you can't give favor to a viable christian business, wait a minute, we don't want to go over that slope, there is something wrong. >> juliet: let us know what you feel about this. e-mail us. and we'll get you some of your e maims later in the show. >>> as washington teeters on the fiscal cliff, one county in ohio is sitting pretty. this county is actually debt free. a lot of folks are looking at this and going, wait a second, those guys are meeting in seven hours, maybe they should watch this segment. let's tape it and send it over there. >> eric: and then his job was to protect his quarterback. now one nfl player making a shocking admission about why he tried to hurt him. >> juliet: what the quarterback is saying now years later. ♪ ♪ [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served