Today, new details which police say show the shootings are linked. Newsroom starts now. Hello, thanks for joining me, im randi kaye in for Fredricka Whitfield today. Secretary of state john kerry helicoptered to a Geneva Switzerland hospital earlier today after being injured in an accident while biking in the french alps. Kerry is an avid cyclist. Nick robinson is tracking the story for us. Reporter secretary kerry sustained this injury when negotiating a curb when on his bicycle about 30 miles outside geneva early sunday morning. He was in france. He was taken by medical helicopter to this hospital in geneva, back in switzerland. Hes been treated by doctors throughout the afternoon. The fracture detected in his femur is close to a previous operation where he had hip replacement surgery in his right femur. Secretary kerry decided it would be better to go back to boston to be treated by his doctor there who did the hip replacement surgery. Hes been in the hands of doctors here in geneva throughout the afternoon. Clearly, the determination is made it is better for him to allow his staff to travel back on his own plane while he will wait a medicallyequipped aircraft state Department Officials made available to him. He is using that aircraft to fly back to boston. How will this impact the important iranian negotiations under way right now that have a deadline june 30th . The reason secretary kerry was in geneva. Secretary kerry has a lot of experts on his team. It is his own personal relationship with the Iranian Foreign minister that has been key and critical in talks up until now. For a man of secretary kerrys age, of an injury of this type in the femur, recovery is often slow. Secretary kerry said he will not be going to madrid obviously. He will not be going to those important isis talks in paris tuesday. He does hope to attend them remotely. The iranian talks, thats another question. Nic robertson, our thanks to you. Vice President Joe Biden and his family are mourning the loss of their eldest son beau today. He remembered him is a the finest man any of us have ever known. The 46yearold passed away yesterday following a battle with brain cancer. A look back at the life of beau biden. Good evening. Im im beau biden and joe biden is my dad. Reporter he was also a Public Servant in his own right, a federal prosecutor in the late 1990s and delawares attorney general for eight years. Leaving office just this past january. Born in wilmington in 1969 his childhood was marred by a tragic car accident. My mom took us to go buy a christmas tree. On the way home we were in an automobile accident. My mom and my sister were killed. My brother hunter and i were seriously injured and hospitalized for weeks. I was just short of 4 years old. One of my earliest memories was being in that hospital. My dad always at our side. Reporter beau biden and his father would remain close, even as the elder biden became vice president. I went out saturday night with my wife to a Parent Teacher thing. My mom and dad baby sat. They baby sat the weekend before. Reporter beau biden put a special focus prosecuting crimes against children and took his talent for the law into the military serving for a year in iraq as part of the judge advocate general corps. Today i come as you prepare to deploy as a father. A father who got sage advice from his son this morning. Dad, keep it short, were in formation. Reporter biden announced his intention to run for governor in 2016 but had recurring Health Troubles suffering a mild stroke in 2010 and admitted in 2013 to a houston Cancer Hospital for a brain lesion. This is after what is called an episode of disorientation and weakness. Reporter biden leaves a wife and two children. The white house said a short time ago it was canceling a reception at forbes theater for, out of respect for the biden familys recent loss. In about two hours, the Senate Returns to capitol hill to duke it out over three provisions of the patriot act which are set to expire at midnight. Without some quick action this evening. While the government says these programs are important, it still does have access to other counterterrorism measures. It still has access to court orders to tap telephone conversations and can order surveillance for potential terrorists. The u. S. Freedom act which endses the bulk collection of telephone data passed the house. Utah republican senator mike lee told cnn he believes a deal will get done. I do believe we have the votes. At this point, i think the question is not really about whether well get this passed but when. It will happen either tonight or it will happen on wednesday. Some in the senate want a temporary extension of the current program. Here is what we expect to happen today. 3 59 p. M. Today, eight hours before the midnight lapse, the National Security agency will begin shutting down that bulk collection system. At 4 00 p. M. The senate will be back. However senators will need at least 60 votes to defeat the current filibuster which could lead to 60 more hours of debate. A vote is expected before 6 00 p. M. With no decision by the senate patriot provisions expired a midnight. There is more on the debate going on in washington. Reporter yeah. Thats right. The senate will gather in about two hours. One minute before that gathering time is when the white house says the nsa will have to start winding down parts of their surveillance program. That is unless there is a quick resolution which as of now does not seem likely. On capitol hill time is almost up. The scramble in the senate is about to beyond. Unless the senate acts at midnight tonight to keep pro vigs of the patriot act will expire including one which the controversial bulk phone data program operates. It collects numbers dialed and how long calls lasted but does not capture the contents of conversation and other surveillance provisions set to expire one allowing the government to seek a court order on individuals for business records. 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 passed a compromised bill supported by the administration which would extend the key provisions but reform the bulk data program. That telephone data would be kept in the hands of phone companies instead. Will require the government to seek a court order for access. 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 these programs could be shut down at least several days. That would force the government to adjust its counterterrorism strategy at a time where the threat is still high. A lot of people concerned about that possibility being shut down 72 hours. Sunlen thanks very much. Four americans have been taken prison in yemens capital according to the Washington Post citing u. S. Officials. None of the four are government employees. 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It doesnt put us at imminent risk. These authorities are being used and serve as a base for investigation investigations as ways to gather information to eventually make cases or stop attacks. Its not like its going to be pulled and there is a terrorist attack the next day. No one believes that. What happens though in this instance if we pulled plug its no way to run National Security. You dont say at 11 59 its going and midnight its over. Its destructive to the men and women trying to protect us. The difficulty what is about to happen i think well lose these authorities. I see nothing about rand paul that suggests we are not going to come to a standstill. The final thing to remember is there are thousands of investigations going on right now. There is an increased threat. What you dont want right now is people who are serving our country to protect it to wonder what their authorities are. In that instance they are afraid theyll break the law or not do what they are authorized to do. Thats the confusion we are entering in the next day. Tom, let me turn to you for the Law Enforcement perspective. Will this make it harder for Law Enforcement agencies to track suspects . Dont they still have access to court orders for surveillance . Lets go with that, court orders. Right now i would refer to the program as mini data. Its the storage of old phone bills for a longer period of time than any one phone company or Internet Provider would want to do. Usually they dont want to hold it longer than the appeal period two, three months. You have two, three months to argue your bill. If you dont, its too late and they can destroy it. I heard some senators say well create it where the government can subpoena the private companies. You dont know if the private companies will stay in business more than two years, merge with other companies who will have the data. Second of all, i dont think people realize there are over 3,000 separate Internet Service providers in this country with voice over internet capability. You are asking the fbi if you have a suspect issue 3,000 subpoenas to track down which possible phone company it might be. Right now, you basically have onestop shopping. If you have a Boston Marathon bombing, you have the cell phone numbers of suspects in that you can go back on those phone numbers and see what other numbers were called or texted or calls received from going back two, three years. If the bombing happens 6 00 p. M. On a friday you dont have to wait till monday Business Hours to contact phone companies to find out who belonged to those records. You dont have the clerical staff to do 3,000 subpoenas. Yeah. What they are talking about is not workable. It means not having capability, which is fine. Dont call it an intelligence failure if Law Enforcement cant solve these cases. Certainly the big concern people are uneasy with the idea the government collecting information on them even about their phone records. The real question is has the program helped track any of these bad guys . Both sides are being extreme in their assessments of the program. There is absolutely no proof any of these powers on the patriot act stopped an imminent attack. There is no proof these programs invaded peoples privacy. I think the truth lies somewhere in between. These authorities are being used to set a baseline to begin investigations that then may ultimately result in a good counterterrorism case. Thats important. Heres the irony of everything going on whether you are a republican or democrat. The house compromise over the patriot act ends up being sort of rather rational at this stage. We dont often say that about the house. Its the senate the mcconnell side saying no changes to the patriot act and paul side saying get rid of it. Its at these far extremes which we expect from the house. The house compromise is a compromise that got bipartisan support because it has more oversight which is necessary. The government would have to ask the phone companies for those phone records. Nice to see you both. Thank you. Secretary of state john kerry is in a swiss hospital. He suffered a severe injury this morning in a bicycle accident a doctor joins me next with the prognosis for john kerry. I am totally blind. And sometimes i struggle to sleep at night, and stay awake during the day. This is called non24, a circadian rhythm disorder that affects up to 70 percent of people who are totally blind. Talk to your doctor about your symptoms and learn more by calling 8448242424. Or visit your24info. Com. Dont let non24 get in the way of your pursuit of happiness. Female announcer sleep train challenged its manufacturers to offer even lower prices. But the mattress price wars ends sunday. 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It can take a lot of force to break it. In this instance he was biking at a slow speed. We typically tell patients it can take up to six months to recover from this type of injury. Thats after surgery and physical therapy and lots of rehabilitation. There are a few things that bode well. First thing the doctors in europe have given him the allclear to fly back to the u. S. That is reassuring. The other thing he didnt lose consciousness at the time of injury which means he probably wasnt in agony and didnt lose lots of blood. Those two things are reassuring. Hes being flown back to boston. Thats because kerry previously had surgery on his hip in boston and his new injury is located close to that old one. How valuable is it to have the doctor who did his hip surgery work on the leg injury . Its fine to have the same doctor. It can be useful to have someone who knows the patient well. We know the secretary of state is no stranger to injury. Had that hip replacement in 2009 and knee surgery in 2005. A broken nose a few years ago and jaw surgery. Its helpful to have a doctor who understands everything thats been going on for the patient. It can make a difference. If you were your patient, how long before you would give him the okay to go back to work . This is a busy guy. Hes very very busy. He traveled to more than 60 countries since hes been secretary of state. Would you typically tell a patient it takes at least six months to heal. It depends on the fracture they had. About six months. Healing time is a ballpark measure. It depends how serious it is and how well they do after surgery. You take all those things into account. Dr. Yasmin thank you. In a few hours, five taliban leaders freed in a Prison Exchange could be allowed to travel freely. Well get an update on negotiations. Im caridee. Ive had moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis most of my life. But that hasnt stopped me from modeling. 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