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The senate floor last night from the two republican senators from kentucky. mitch mcconnell and rand paul. >> these arent theoretical threats, mr. president. not theoretical threat. they are with us every day. we have to face up to them. we shouldnt be disarming unilaterally as our enemies grow more sophisticated. >> the people who argue that the world will end and we will be overrun by jihadists tonight are trying to use fear. they want to take a bit of your liberty, but they get it by making y...

>> the people who argue the world will end and we will be overrun by jihadists tonight are trying to use fear. they want to take your liberty, but doing it by making you afraid. >> reporter: in the end by a vote of 77-17, the senate did agree to proceed to debate on the usa freedom act. the bill already passed the house. they keep the patriot act programs going while reforming the phone data collection program. this sets up a vote for final passage around mid week in the senate. that is because ...

Threats, mr. president. they are with us every day. we have to face up to them. we shouldnt be disarming unilaterally as our enemies grow more sophisticated. >> the people who argue that the world will end and we will be overrun by jihadists tonight are trying to use fear. they want to take just a little bit of your liberty but they get it by making you afraid. they want you to fear and give up your liberty. >> reporter: in the end by a vote of 77-17, the senate did agree to proceed to debate on...

Problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or apprehended someone who was engaged in dangerous activity but we didnt do so simply because of inaction in the senate. >> reporter: even though the white house has not or cannot produce even one case where some of these patriot act programs saved the day, first important tools, just because they may not have cracked any one particular important case doesnt mean they wont be violets in the future and also they say why let any risk come i...