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There is pretty good support for the theory he's able to do that. ours is not a government of one. our constitution goes to great lengths to make sure no one person will accumulate too much power. this flies in the face of that. >> this flies in the face of it. a lot of what president obama has done flies in the face of it. we've had you on before talking about how upset you are. we're hearing the same language from president-elect trump, i'm going to do this, i'm going to do that. not much discussion like, i want the advice of the house and the senate, need them to do x, y and z. >> that's an...

Freedom act and said this is not impair or impeded any way, our ability to protect ourselves against an attack like this or follow up on it. this is something that we needed far listening time. something that the constitution requires and i talk about at length in "our lost constitution" and outline the connection of the bipartisan constitutional issue rooted in the 4th amendment and eliminate the bulk meta data information collection we got rid of. >> senator, mike lee, thank you so much for being with us. appreciate it. >> thank you. we'll keep an eye on chicago this hour. we'll have more ...

Up early last week, and we have known for four years this deadline was approaching and i think the american people are starting to demand more and starting to expect that congress actually moves ahead of the game and stops governing by cliff. the american people deserve better than this especially when it comes to a program that is an integral part of protecting our national security. >> how do we get to the cliff? it's not a budget showdown but a national security showdown. how did we get here? >> we knew it was coming for the last four years, and some of us had concerns when the program was ...

Because i recognized that this cliff was coming. we've known for four years that this deadline was approaching. and i think the american people are starting to demand more. they're starting to expect that congress actually moves ahead of the game and stops governing by cliff. the american people deserve better than this, especially when it comes to a program that is an integral part of protecting our national security. >> so how did we get to this cliff? it's not a budget showdown. it's a national security showdown. how did we get here? >> well we've known it was coming for the last four years...

Sympathizers right here in the united states. not around the world but in the united states. i want to get your reaction to that criticism. >> sure. first of all, the bill that senator leahy and i introduced in the senate and passed with this overwhelming bipartisan majority in the house last week would accommodate privacy and security. we don't have to choose between the two. we can make them consistent. as i explained in an entire chapter of my new book that came out a few weeks ago called "our lost constitution." a program that can be made to work in a manner reflecting the spirit and lette...