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Patriot act expire at midnight. cnn national correspondent, sun land saw sraury joins us now. >> it doesnt look likely they will void a lapse, and they are at this hour not a clear way for this. when the senate comes back into session at 4:00 p.m., senator rand paul vowed to do all he can to stop the surveillance programs unless significant changes, he says, are made to weaken the government surveillance powers. he tweeted this out yet. quote, there has to be another way, we must find it togethe...

Companies ahead and will require the government to seek a court order for access. >> washingtons finest, barack obama. >> tonight senator rand paul is preparing to get back into the ring, vowing to do all he can to stop the surveillance programs, unless changes are made to weaken this. >> this is a debate about whether or not a warrant of a single name of a single company can be used to collect all the records, all of the phone records of all of the people in our country with a single warrant. o...

Would never have passed the house. people in the house wanted to see reforms to this program. thats why we are where we are now. hes going to have to bring up a bill on vote on a bill he didnt support, but its the only option. >> the first option, which is what rand paul wants, is completely unacceptable to let this program end. athena jones, thank you. jeff zeleny senior washington correspondent, i want to get you in here. because its really extraordinary what we just saw happen. we just saw tw...

Phones and the ability to track a nonamerican lone wolf. all they claim are essential to fighting terrorists. >> it would be irresponsible and reckless. we shouldnt allow it to happen. >> reporter: the house has passed a compromise bill, supported by the administration which would extend key provisions but reform the bulk data program. that data would be in the hands of phone companies instead and would require the government to seek a court order for access. >> obama. >> today republican senato...

Administration which would extend the key provisions but would reform the bulk data program. that telephone data would be kept in the hands of phone companies instead and will require the government to seek a court order for access. >> the head of the washington spy machine! barack obama! >> reporter: today, republican senator rand paul is preparing to get back in the ring, vowing to do all he can to stop the surveillance programs, unless changes are made to weaken them. >> this is a debate abou...

>> today republican senator rand paul is preparing to get back in the ring vowing to do all he can to stop the surveillance programs unless changes are made to weaken them. >> there is no constitutional justification for the government to collect all of your phone records without your name on a warrant, without suspicion and not signed by a judge. your privacy is yours, the government needs to leave us alone. >> reporter: unless rand paul unexpectedly gives in this afternoon, its likely some of ...

He has said he has vowed to stop these surveillance programs unless there is significant changes to weaken them. tweeting this out yesterday, "there has to be another way. we must find it together. so tomorrow i will force the expiration of the nsa illegal spy program." another republican senator on "state of the union" had a prediction where this was all going. >> i do believe we have the votes. so at this point, i think the question is not really about whether well get this passed but when. it...

Records and roving wiretaps for burned phones and the ability to track a nonamerican lone wolf. all powers the administration claims are essential to fighting terrorists. >> it would be irresponsible, it would be reckless. we shouldnt allow it to happen. >> reporter: the house has already passed a compromised bill supported by the administration which would extend the key provisions but would reform the bulk data program. that telephone data would be kept in the hands of phone companies instead ...

President obama is warning of grave consequences without resolution on the national security agencys massive data collection program. he says if lawmakers dont scramble and you know make a deal by midnight tomorrow a terrorist could slip past u.s. intelligence. sunlen serfaty is following the story for us from the white house. sunland, what are you hearing there today? >> well christi, theres no sign of a resolution yet. one day as you noted before the deadline. the white house is really been ra...

For the senate to take up and pass the house bill to get this done. >> i dont want us to be in a situation, in which, for a period period of time, those authority goes away, and suddenly, were dark, and heaven forbid, weve got a problem where we could have prevented a terrorist attack or apprehended someone, who is engaged in dangerous activity, but we didnt do so, simply because of inaction in the senate. >> and the white house believes that the house passed reform bill is what they say is the ...