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Of texas, spoken with the attorney general, and then the work that goes on is that the president wanted to make sure that he conveyed that federal resources should be available. that is typically in the form of law enforcement. so the fbi, the atf, alcohol, tobacco and firearms, the fbi is well positioned to be on the scene right away. we saw that tonight with one of the fbi officials who was based in texas, was there with the governor and local officials at the news conference. they are structu...

Rand paul rewrote himself on drones after the boston marathon bombing. >> ive never argued against any technology being used when you have an imminent threat, an active crime going on. if someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon and $50 in cash, i dont care if a drone kills him or policeman kills him. >> dont care. here was rand paul on the senate floor last month. >> no american should be killed by a drone on american soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being f...

>> no american should be killed by a drone on american soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court. that americans could be killed in a cafe in san francisco or in a restaurant in houston or at their home in bowling green, kentucky, is an abomination. >> lets get right to shannon travis this morning. hes in washington, d.c. hey, shannon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, soledad. as you mentioned, the kentucky senator drank water and to...

Emeritous of the zoo will join us live. while you were asleep rand paul finally stopped talking. the kentucky senator protesting the obama administrations domestic drone policy with an old-fashioned filibuster, stopping only for an occasional drink or a bite of a snickers bar that he brought with him while delaying the eventual confirmation of cia john brennan in order to make this point. >> no american should be killed by a drone on american soil without first being charged with a crime, with...

Old-fashioned filibuster, pausing only for an occasional sip of water or bite of a candy bar, all this while he was delaying the confirmation of john brennan. he was doing this to make a point. >> no american should be killed by a drone on american soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court. that americans could be killed in a cafe in san francisco or in a restaurant in houston or at their home in bowling greene, kentucky, is an abomination. ...

Killed by a drone on american soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court. >> shepard: john brennan wrote senator paul insisting the cia does not kill americans on u.s. soil. mike emanuel is on capitol fox on live top story top story. its delayed. >> he realizes there are likely 60 votes for john brennans confirmation. so a senator cannot stop the nomination but can certainly slam on the brakes. though it appears that hunger and fatigue are ki...

Using this opportunity to object to the obama administrations controversial drone policy after attorney general eric holder suggested that president obama may indeed be able to use military drones against the u.s. citizens here in the good old us of a and said it was hypothetical circumstances and senator paul was not happy and here he is moments ago. >> i rise to filibuster john brennans nomination to the cia. i will speak until i can no longer speak. i will speak as long as it takes until the ...

Were not concerned. i think were -- were not concerned about that. were concerned about -- were concerned about american jobs, moving this economy forward. were excited to welcome them here to washington to talk about the great work that they do and the many thousands of people they employ. with that, let me go to -- were going to be here a while, guys. were going to the second skype. natalie from cleveland, ohio. >> secretary spicer, thank you very much for this rare opportunity. i appreciate i...

Being charged with a crime, without first being found to be guilty by a court. jenna: and talk he did. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. taking a big step back from the 13 hours, what did the senator accomplish in this filibuster? >> reporter: jenna, senator rand paul clearly raised the profile and raised issues of constitutional rights and civil liberties at a time when the u.s. government has new technology in the form of drones available to it. his filibu...

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