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Obama, "for all that beau biden achieved in his life nothing made him prouder, nothing made him happier, nothing claimed a fuller focus of his love and devotion than his family. just like his dad." >> we're going to take a pause. can we bring up that live picture of the senate floor? here's what we just learned. it will lapse at 8:00 p.m. eastern. even though the debate is going on and the cloture vote is open. 77 votes to 17. it's now passed the senate. it needs to go back to the house. they are not going to reconvene tonight and that is why the bulk data collection of americans, their phone ...

Data collection and having bulk data collection replaced with a more targeted investigative tool is going to leave us vulnerable and got a lot of support on this including the director of the nsa, admirable rojgers, who agrees this would protect us. what we need to do is pass the house-passed bill which was passed with an overwhelming bipartisan majority of 338 votes to 88 votes a couple weeks ago. >> senator mike lee, thank you so much for your time. we greatly appreciate it. >> thank you. we are still waiting to hear a date and location for beau biden's funeral as condolences from the whit...

>> these are parts of a thread, parts of a fabric. none of these are a silver bullet. this is the problem people like me have explaining this to the american people. intelligence is fundamentally boring. it's not what you see on evening television. it's piece by piece, thread by thread. you're giving up threads. it may not make a difference for a while. then again, it might. over the longer term, i'm willing to wager, chris, it will, indeed, make a difference. as you pointed out in your setup, we're more at risk today from internal actors than we have been at any time since 9/11. >> there seem...

Fund-raising. the reality is that this bipartisan bill that already passed the house, that takes the bulk data collection out of the hands of the government and puts it with the phone companies will likely pass just with some amendments attached. some senators for example, want to make sure the phone companies are going to collect this stuff in a way that the government can eventually find useful. bottom line, wolf it's going to take some time but we could see a vote as early as tomorrow. >> we'll stay on top of that michelle thank you. let's get more on what's going on republican congressman ...

Continue, and the traditional uses of it, not this bulk data collection, would be allowed to continue. it expires at midnight tonight, and if the senate can't get their act together they could go several days without those laws being available to protect american citizens from suspected terrorists. >> you mention this one senator, and let's call his name, senator rand paul of kentucky running for the gop nomination, he promises the patriot act, what he calls the nsa legal spying program will expire today. listen to the senator's comments. >> there is no constitutional justification for the gov...