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Security agency phone collection program, is just three votes short in the senate yet chances for an agreement are looking bleak. senator rand paul has said that he will force an expiration. senator dan coats member of the intelligence committee joins us now before he heads up to capitol hill. the white house has said this is a matter of national security as have others. if these programs expire and if god forbid there is a terrorist attack on u.s. soil in the coming weeks or months will those who voted against this will those who kept this extension from happening have blood on their hands? >...

Republicans who feel like there aren't assurances included in the bill that would allow for this -- allow the telecom companies will be holding on to the data long enough for them to feel comfortable with this alternative. the usa freedom act would take the the full collection of data being done by the nsa and instead have the telecom companies take care of it instead. last sunday the senate was unable to pass any kind of extension whatsoever. they kicked the can down the road. they said we'll take a week off, come back on sunday and try this again. the big question is what's going to be diffe...

Reasonable mind there is who may be willing to consider that. not having anything is off the table. 80% of americans agree with rand paul. of course they want to see something there. >> benefit, you hit on the confounding divide that the republicans and democrats can't even agree on whether or not the phone collection program worked for terrorist attacks. we have mike rogers on one side the chairman of the house intelligence committee now cnn contributor who says that if thwarting 54 terror plots world wide. then you have people like presidential hopeful mike huckabee who say this over the wee...

Basic safety and security of the american people is protected and that the basic civil liberties of the american people are protected. >> the white house is warning lawmakers today that in less than 24 hours the nsa's phone collection program will lapse. if congress ds not actoes not act to replace or renew sections of the patriot act. at this hour it is still not entirely clear what congress plans to do. the house has left washington for the rest of this month. the senate is expected to take up votes in the next day or so. the first option they have is to vote on the house-passed usa freedom ...

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