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Land. we need it. get smart. okay. the house of representatives passed the reauthorization of the fisa act on a vote of 256-164. and now it goes to the senate for its consideration. we have assembled the best of our reporters and friends. with us from washington, nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell, nbc news intelligence and national security reporter ken dilanian, white house bureau chief philip rucker and barbara mcquaid, former u.s. attorney for the eastern district of michigan. she prosecuted the so-called underwear bomber case and chaired a national security subco...

No, this is not the act that's been used to abuse the trump campaign. this is the act that's been used to save countless american lives. in conversations with three former national security officials who served at the highest levels of the last two administrations, that tweet was described as having rattled national security and counterterrorism officials. one, describing it as amazing in its absolute ignorance. another suggesting that the most alarming thing about the president's tweet is that it proves he's influenced by the last person he talks to on any topic. in this case, rand paul or fo...

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Morning. the weekly standard writing up the scramble that took place after the president contradicted his own white house's position. top trump national security officials, including cia director mike pompeo and white house national security adviser tom bossert scrambled to clarify the white house position in calls to capitol hill shortly after the president's thursday morning tweet. mark warner, top democrat on the senate intel committee tweeted, quote, this is irresponsible, untrue and, frankly, it endangers our national security. fisa is something the president should have known about long ...

Republican leaders and democratic leaders don't want to get on and then final passage of this bill, we should expect it momentarily to see whether or not they get this through the us. >> manu raju on the hill, thank you for that. let's evaluate some of this, shall we. bring in legal and national security analyst asha rangappa, a former fbi special agent joined by political reporter rebecca berg and national security analyst shawn turner. i'm picturing what we just heard kaitlan describe from the white house where the president tweets and knocks fisa in general and links it to the investigation...