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Across the finish line. it is looking very shaky right now. you refaelierenced the long night that rand paul had. rand paul looked at the remaining days before the memorial recess and wanted to sort of put the brakes on to say that the issue of bulk data collection of our phone records and some of the provisions of the patriot act that are set to simply be renewed and probably quickly in the senate he wanted a more full throated debate of that so he talked for 10 1/2 hours not leaving the floor. had a little help from ten other senators but in the end he brought attention to the issue but he h...

In the 1920's. he might not have lived the day. think of richard jewell had been a japanese american during world war ii when rand paul two hours into what they are calling a filibuster of the patriot act, let's be clear what he's doing now doesn't fit the traditional definition. he is railing against the nsa and key components of that agency's power, bulk data collection will spir if congress doesn't get to passing an extension by july 1st. capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell in washington following all of this. what do you think of the timing of the floor speech wasn't the senate wo...

Deadlines tend to get things done here on capitol hill and deadlines with the benefit of a week in their home districts can be very helpful. many, certainly lawmakers who are running campaigns or just want to be visible in their home communities are ready to get out of town, but they've got a lot to accomplish and both of the items you mentioned trade and the nsa reforms, those are hot topics with lots of controversy. if the president does get trade the way he would like it, it would give him a chance to be able to have the trade pacts voted on without any changes made. that's one of the point...

>> i think the timing is right. i think we could win this. we've got strong support. we've got the committees both the house intelligence committee and also the house judiciary committee have signed off on this. regardless of whether any of these have been found to be unlawful that doesn't necessarily mean that it's fully consistent with the text and the historical understanding of the constitution, but the letter and the spirit of the law. >> msnbc's chief legal correspondent and co-host of "the cycle" joins me. good morning. >> good morning. >> that was you interviewing. didn't see you there...

Broader context. they have been tracking terrorist plots against the united states since 9/11. there have been 68 of them in the 14 years which comes out to just under five per year. in the first four and a half months alone there have been six. the world is getting more dangerous and it's the failed foreign policy of president obama and weakness we're projecting abroad. brit is exactly right, we need to destroy al qaeda abroad so they are not attractive to people who are here. that's the foreign policy has been reversed in the last couple of years. >> on this question of bulk data collection ...