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Stopped many attacks, let me tell you about one. a plot in 2009 to blow up new york's subway system. this was used to understand what people are planning overseas and what they are trying to do here in america so that we could connect the dots and stop that particular terrorist attack. that is why this has to be renewed. that is why among many other reasons why 702, a program designed to go after foreign terrorists on foreign soil is so essential. >> bill: this is a big part of the debate, too. that was moments ago. now they are voting on the amendment which apparently is designed to provide m...

Program this morning. good to see you congressman. >> thank you so much. >> sandra: great to have the majority leader on this morning and interesting answers throughout the morning asking some republicans about the recent announcements of retirement and his answer, this is natural and they do all then point to the economy, the stock market and jobs as to be the determination where things will be come november. >> bill: a lot going on there. the house is debating this fisa amendment here and james comey, the former f.b.i. director tweeted a moment ago about this very amendment. thoughtful leade...

Sweeping government surveillance powers to spy on americans. up for a vote today on capitol hill along with an amendment to put new curbs on big brother. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom," everybody. i'm sandra smith. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. >> sandra: i can't believe an hour is already over. >> bill: today's vote come as we learn about more political snooping in the trump dossier. the house at this moment is considering a bill to impose new limits on the ability of an intelligence agent and his or her authority under the fisa program that allows the government to search th...

After and kill isis's finance minister. because of the intelligence collected under this program. a foreign terrorist on a foreign soil the number two-man at isis who was in line to become the next leader. this program helped us get the information to stop him. i came here before 9/11. i remember hearing upon hearing in the 9/11 commission about the old firewall. we were seeing what was going on overseas, terrorists like osama bin laden in afghanistan were doing all these things and we couldn't pass that information to the authorities in america. we had a firewall that prevented us from connec...

14,000 u.s. troops currently deployed to afghanistan. >> sandra: it seems like the u.s. military is rambling up operations in afghanistan. >> it is, sandra. in the past year three times more bombs were dropped in afghanistan than the year before and more u.s. jets are on the way. now the majority of those bombs being dropped in afghanistan are being fired on that isis affiliate in eastern afghanistan. many of the 3,000 u.s. troops will be moving closer to the front lines. call in more air strikes. sandra, you can expect in the coming days more jets will be sent to afghanistan. >> sandra: lucas...