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Stopped many attacks, let me tell you about one. a plot in 2009 to blow up new yorks subway system. this was used to understand what people are planning overseas and what they are trying to do here in america so that we could connect the dots and stop that particular terrorist attack. that is why this has to be renewed. that is why among many other reasons why 702, a program designed to go after foreign terrorists on foreign soil is so essential. >> bill: this is a big part of the debate, too. t...

Program this morning. good to see you congressman. >> thank you so much. >> sandra: great to have the majority leader on this morning and interesting answers throughout the morning asking some republicans about the recent announcements of retirement and his answer, this is natural and they do all then point to the economy, the stock market and jobs as to be the determination where things will be come november. >> bill: a lot going on there. the house is debating this fisa amendment here and jame...

Sweeping government surveillance powers to spy on americans. up for a vote today on capitol hill along with an amendment to put new curbs on big brother. welcome to a brand-new hour of "americas newsroom," everybody. im sandra smith. >> bill: im bill hemmer. >> sandra: i cant believe an hour is already over. >> bill: todays vote come as we learn about more political snooping in the trump dossier. the house at this moment is considering a bill to impose new limits on the ability of an intelligenc...

After and kill isiss finance minister. because of the intelligence collected under this program. a foreign terrorist on a foreign soil the number two-man at isis who was in line to become the next leader. this program helped us get the information to stop him. i came here before 9/11. i remember hearing upon hearing in the 9/11 commission about the old firewall. we were seeing what was going on overseas, terrorists like osama bin laden in afghanistan were doing all these things and we couldnt pa...

14,000 u.s. troops currently deployed to afghanistan. >> sandra: it seems like the u.s. military is rambling up operations in afghanistan. >> it is, sandra. in the past year three times more bombs were dropped in afghanistan than the year before and more u.s. jets are on the way. now the majority of those bombs being dropped in afghanistan are being fired on that isis affiliate in eastern afghanistan. many of the 3,000 u.s. troops will be moving closer to the front lines. call in more air strike...

There is criticism of it. and the amendment that is being voted on today is -- comes with more protections, the supporters of it say, for americans. listen, it is still going to have an issue in the senate. rand paul, as you talked to earlier on your show, has some really specific concerns and may actually filibuster. but today, this morning, those tweets caused a ton of heartburn in the building behind me. >> sandra: as far as adam schiff saying he wants an official statement from the administr...

Opposition research group hired by the clintons. we have to make sure somebody is watching and that there are checks and balances. >> bill: that was last hour. this is now. mike emanuel is live on the hill. rand paul thinks the amendment has a good chance of passing. where do things stand on the reauthorization of this critical intelligence tool? >> there is a lot of emotion about this issue being debated now on the house floor. those in the intelligence community, those who are pro national sec...

Database. any journalist who sends an email to someone overseas and mentions the name of a terrorist. lets say you are writing a story about a terrorist because you have mentioned a terrorist, now you and your counterpart overseas who may be another reporter are now caught up in the database. there are so many millions of americans in the database we should not be searching americans if you are not involved with terrorism or not connected to a terror target. we shouldnt allow willy-nilly anybody...

To the daca problem which has been going on for a long time and maybe beyond that immigration as a whole. but any solution has to include the wall because without the wall, it all doesnt work. >> lets take a look at the lay of the land. conservatives on one side worried the president will give away too much to get a deal. you have democrats on the other hand particularly progressives worried that the democrats are going to give away too much to get a deal. neither side is particularly happy, whi...

Dark. the annual consumer electronics show in las vegas falling victim to an old-fashioned power outage yesterday that lasted two hours. the irony not lost in those in attendance. >> were at a technology conference and the lights go out and we cant figure out quickly how to get it back on? a little embarrassing for the convention center. >> sandra: it was caused by heavy rain on a transformer. no protections in place to keep the lights on? >> bill: you have your net system. it will all be great,...