big headline this morning, isis taking over the ancient city of palmyra. and syria putting more priceless artifacts and a lot of human life at risk. back in iraq the terror group is continuing its push toward baghdad, firming up its grip on ramadi. the u.s. is responding by rushing 1,000 anti-tank rockets to iraq security forces. this according to the new york times. kentucky senator rand paul with a 10 and a half hour plea to his colleagues not to extend the nsa s bulk data collection program would require an extension the key provision of the patriot act which paul calls unpatriotic. remains to be seen whether his antics or tactics worked. the nsa program expires june 1st. the chamber could go into recess as soon as today. something caught on video at l.a.x. airport. los angeles police tasing a man right there who would not
the national security agency won t be saving records on your calls or e-mails. the president made that clear yesterday. wikileaks founder julian assange ridiculed the president s proposals as quote, embarrassing. our national correspondent joins us from washington with the latest reaction with the reformed proposals. these are supposed to reassure americans are worried about potential privacy concerns and while there will be some added safeguards, that controversial bulk data collection program is sticking around. the nsa reforms are meant to reassure. the united states is not spying on ordinary people who don t threaten our national security. because there are people who do, the president says the surveillance program needs to stick around. these efforts have prevented
excollection of americans records is legal. in this his ruling he suggests the collect of data helps had the government connect the dots. any evidence in this collection has ever stopped one terror threat? not according to the president s own review board. they found that there was little evidence to suggest that this was really helpful in stopping terrorist threats, at least this particular program. you know, alex, this is something that s going to be decided on a political level again before it even reaches the supreme court level. the patriot act expired, the provision in the patriot act that authorizes this bulk data collection program expires at the end of 2014. so congress is going to have another chance to speak on this. the president has his own recommendations to the recommendations he got. there are a lot of opportunities for this law to be tweaked before justices weigh in on it again. you make a point there because david, in the final news conference of the year, the
city newsroom with more on that. reporter: edward snowden seems to remain proud of what he has done. feeling it was necessary and that it set in motion much needed change in his view of the way government surveillance is run. he told the washington post. for me in terms of personal satisfaction the mission has already been accomplished. i already won. as soon as the journalists were able to work everything i wanted to do was val was val dated. was validated. i wanted to give society a chance to change itself. a federal judge declared the nsa bulk data collection program as