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Actions. we know from the densefense's side we'll hear that it is his opinion that james holmes is legally insane. the jury will have a wealth of information, seeing his journal and they'll of course it will be up to them to decide whether he is guilty or not guilty and if he is found guilty, whether he should face the death penalty. thomas? >> jacob rascon thank you. this sunday at midnight sections of the patriot act, including the ones that allowed the nsa to collect bulk data is set to expire. frances rivera is back out on the streets to get reaction from our bing pulse question of the day...

Bipartisan bill called the usa freedom act which essentially is a edward snowden-inspired reform to the way the nsa collects phone data passed earlier this month 338 -- sorry, 338-88. one thought that after that passed so overwhelmingly with the support of the house gop leadership that it could move to the senate and face smooth sailing. however, mitch mcconnell, the senate leader has been opposed to this. he wants to reinstitute the status quo nsa part of the patriot act in terms of bulk data collection. this reform bill would all the bulk data under the umbrellas of the phone companies, not ...

Would be that those senators woo are standing in the way of that will come to the conclusion that is not in our national security interest and work with us to get the agreement to move forward. but we have sunday to do that. and hopefully, you know we will find at agreement. >> you will be back with your colleagues in 48 hours. question here. if you do not work this out, did you believe americans are less safe or not? >> look, i think that for sure when these program laps you will not bow collecting this information. there is a gap. it doesn't mean the bulk data out there available to be searc...

>> if it sunsets three powers go away. they can't hold on to the bulk data themselves the government can't as frank was referencing. and there's a lone wolf provision in this bill that basically has always allowed the government to surveil someone who ask a lone wolf connection. and helping the government track people if they ditch a phone, sometimes called a burner phone and move to another line this allows them to keep tracking the line. those are three powers that end which means they can't do that stuff legally. >> what would the government do with all that bulk data they have stored in th...

Inspired by the leaks of edward snowden, that passed the house overwhelmingly. itis been stuck in the senate. they are going to come back for a special session on sunday to work it through before the june 1st deadline. >> the fact is if congress doesn't renew the authorities, they can't go to a judge to get the approval. if they don't have access to what they say is critical to conducting investigations to keep us safe. the fact is that's what's gotten lost in the debate. there is a controversial collection program that's been reformed. the government is no longer in the business of holding th...