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Less safe and whats more i think were less safe today than we were four or five years ago because we have increasingly been tying our own hands, limiting our ability to gather information and that is the key way that we find out about and stop terrorist attacks. >> you totally disagree with senator rand paul? >> yes, and i think it is wrong for anyone to play politics with national security whether youre a senator running for president, or whether youre the president, and im reminded president o...

To be able to -- terrorists are going to be able to get something going in these couple of days because that suggests that section 215 was what was keeping us safe. and theres a lot of controversy about that about whether it really was deterring or preventing terrorist attacks. >> but the government can pretty much do whatever it wants to do and they have a certain amount of time hours to connect to the judge, or the justice department for the fisa court. so they can still listen to anybody they...

The bulk collection of phone data. 36% say it should expire. however, americans are split over the impact of allowing it to expire. 44% say it would increase the risk of terrorist attacks here in the united states. 52% say the risk would stay the same. our correspondent athena jones is following the developments on capitol hill. tell us whats going on because these are really dicey moments up on capitol hill. >> yeah. interesting numbers there, wolf they sort of reflect the debate weve been seei...

Quote, the obama administration has dramatically stepped up warnings of potential terrorist attacks on american soil after several years of relative calm. and the paper reported that this is occurring in the wake of fbi arrests of at least 30 americans on terrorism-related charges this year in an array of lone wolf plots. so these arent theoretical threats, mr. president. theyre not theoretical threat. theyre with us every day. we have to face up to them. we shouldnt be disarming unilaterally as...

This is public statements statements from the floor of the senate are not true. they are not factual. why he wants to shut this program down what his motives and intentions are, ill leave that to senator paul to explain. he is the one person that could stop this from going forward and keeping these protections in place. >> rand paul said he will force the expiration of it. will the senate be able to move beyond his debate on this issue, do you think? >> thats uncertain. we were not able to do th...

It would be reckless. we shouldnt allow it to happen. >> and thats just one of warning after warning that the white house has been giving lean leading up to this session, they call it dangerous interruptions in their ability to track terrorists the latest warning coming from cia director john brennan. >> do you think terrorist elements will take advance of this? >> think they have been paying attention to what happens in the united states. they are looking for the seams to operate within and thi...

This provision has actually yielded real results. they havent been able to produceok the intelligence service, actual example great examples in the last several years of how itñr has actual hee stopped terrorist attacks. those on the other side say what is really useful for is if there is a terrorist attack, it makes it easy to track down those terrorists and maybe if there is other cells in the united states. >> got( ahead. .> buti thinkñr that at this timeñr when isisisi] movingt( abroad, t...

Provisions are set to end, expire sunday at midnight. senators are coming back on sunday and this is a big issue. . its interesting for the president who is fighting for this and the pitch, the sales job that they are doing. >> and the great fear of this is were going to track the terrorist attacks and sunday night suddenly the program, particularly the surveillance program is not in place anymore. . what is messing up is rand pauls presidential ambitions. >> and the fact that the president maki...

History of 14 years ago, is that incorporated into the experience when youre up there at the observation tower? >> to the credit of the legends haas hospitality which is the operator. at the beginning of the trip you are met with voices and faces of those who built one world trade center. and though there is not much emphasis as you can imagine on the terrorist attacks of 2001 neither are they ignored. those who come expecter to have continuity between the past and the experience theyre about to...

Debate over security verses personal freedom coming to a head with the patriot act set to expire by sunday night. the obama administration says letting the surveillance system run out is like playing rush and roulette with the security of the state. here is the statement from the white house: what you are doing essentially is playing national security rush and roulette. is this rush and roulette or not? >> we need to get the programs reauthorized. they are important in the war against terror and...