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There is criticism of it. and the amendment that is being voted on today is -- comes with more protections, the supporters of it say, for americans. listen, it is still going to have an issue in the senate. rand paul, as you talked to earlier on your show, has some really specific concerns and may actually filibuster. but today, this morning, those tweets caused a ton of heartburn in the building behind me. >> sandra: as far as adam schiff saying he wants an official statement from the administration, here is what the white house has put out. this statement came out yesterday saying quote the ...

Opposition research group hired by the clintons. we have to make sure somebody is watching and that there are checks and balances. >> bill: that was last hour. this is now. mike emanuel is live on the hill. rand paul thinks the amendment has a good chance of passing. where do things stand on the reauthorization of this critical intelligence tool? >> there is a lot of emotion about this issue being debated now on the house floor. those in the intelligence community, those who are pro national security say this is a critical tool to protect americans in a dangerous world. it allows the governmen...

Database. any journalist who sends an email to someone overseas and mentions the name of a terrorist. let's say you are writing a story about a terrorist because you have mentioned a terrorist, now you and your counterpart overseas who may be another reporter are now caught up in the database. there are so many millions of americans in the database we should not be searching americans if you are not involved with terrorism or not connected to a terror target. we shouldn't allow willy-nilly anybody to look at all this information. >> bill: the reason i asked about the president. the tweet earli...

To the daca problem which has been going on for a long time and maybe beyond that immigration as a whole. but any solution has to include the wall because without the wall, it all doesn't work. >> let's take a look at the lay of the land. conservatives on one side worried the president will give away too much to get a deal. you have democrats on the other hand particularly progressives worried that the democrats are going to give away too much to get a deal. neither side is particularly happy, which usually means you are heading in the right direction. >> sandra: really interesting. kevin mcca...

Dark. the annual consumer electronics show in las vegas falling victim to an old-fashioned power outage yesterday that lasted two hours. the irony not lost in those in attendance. >> we're at a technology conference and the lights go out and we can't figure out quickly how to get it back on? a little embarrassing for the convention center. >> sandra: it was caused by heavy rain on a transformer. no protections in place to keep the lights on? >> bill: you have your net system. it will all be great, people. smart homes. >> sandra: you think somebody had a smartphone they could turn it all back o...