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Abcs gloria riviera has more. >> theres no further business to come before the -- >> the clock ran out on the u.s. senate and a controversial surveillance program expired. kentucky senator and republican presidential candidate rand paul vowed he would not let it be renewed. >> im not going to take it anymore. i dont think the american people are going to take it anymore. >> the agencys mass collection of american phone records falls under the u.s. patriot act and started after the september 11th...

Libertarians when he was a senator. i think hes now had five years of briefings that are terrifying. and he is trying to communicate a balance of the two. i dont think particularly agree with some of his steps hes taken. and i think theyre driven by polls and by political pressure. but i understand what hes trying to accomplish. >> you know the president, stephanie, well. is he that conflicted, tore mentalitied inside, or this pressure hes under to protect national security or privacy? >> i woul...

>> kelly odonnell, thank you so much. do appreciate that. i want to bring in an attorney with the aclu for national security programs. thank you for joining us on a friday afternoon, sir. you guys have filed a lawsuit challenging the nsas phone surveillance program. what, if anything, do these new revelations mean for your case? >> well, i think these revelations underscore the need for greater oversight over the nsa and greater scrutiny by the courts. the revelations really highlight a few thin...

course. opening statements are under way as we speak in central pennsylvania. lets get straight to susan candiotti on the ground at the courthouse in pennsylvania. now, you were just in court, susan. what did you see and hear just now? >> reporter: hala, the prosecutors just wrapped up their opening statements, and clearly the most powerful moment we have seen and heard so far involved them showing individual photographs of eight of the ten alleged victims in this case. single shots of...

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Program, one of them who is in hong kong right now, who seems to have gotten, you know -- who seems to have leaked information he had. why couldnt that happen with a variety of other people in the organization? >> joe, youre not as worried about this program as mary. put this in context of all the other scandals about government expansion that weve been talking about and writing about for many months. the irs, youve written about obama care extensively. where do you put this data mining threat, ...