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Defending the base retreated thursday. they say only one operational military aircraft was left on the base. the german navy has rescued nearly 900 migrants off the coast of libya. many of the refugees, including 27 children, were found on board six boats. others were struggling to stay afloat in the water with their life vests still on. u.s. president barack obama is umping the congress to review the government's surveillance programs. he said terrorists could slip by u.s. intelligence if major provisions of the patriot act are not extended. congress has until sunday for law enforcement age...

Winding down the surveillance programs informing phone companies, shutting down servers on their end. officials say if the senate approves the house-passed measure and president obama does sign the piece of legislation before 8:00 p.m. on sunday night they say the process can be reversed. so the white house here has been increasing their pressure on capitol hill saying that the house passed reform bill is the only way forward. here's the white house communications director. >> there isn't a plan b. there's no magic bullet. there's no switch here. this is really an issue that the senate needs t...

♪ i got roots and i got wings. ♪ ♪ breaking tonight. senator rand paul still holding the senate floor where he's been standing since 1:18 p.m. today. mr. paul staging a sort of filibuster against the nsa surveillance programs which he says violate our civil liberties. others say they protect our safety. chris is our fox news digital politics editor so what exactly is the point of this because the vote is not coming up and it's nos not a filibuster. >> he's trying to break the senate calendar. if he can stay going people coming in to volunteer to help him so he can take a break. if he c...

>> is this the clearest -- the clearest case of all that we've learned about these programs throughout the snowden docs and through other reporting? >> you mean, is it the worst surveillance program, is that what you mean? >> yes. the clearest -- the sort of clearest violation of its own authority. >> right. >> or the clearest constitutional problem. >> well, it may be that this is the clearest violation of a statute, of a federal statute. although there are other provisions -- other surveillance programs that are based on the same problematic legal theory that the government was advancing her...

Think it makes clear that the reforms being considered by congress right now don't go far enough because the reforms are being championed by people who are truly committed to privacy, but they've had to make a lot of concessions to the intelligence community. and so the bill makes some reforms at the margins. it's good in some respects but it raises concerns in other respects. this decision i think is going to strengthen the hand of those of us who have been calling for more far-reaching reforms than have been considered so far. >> is this the clearest -- the clearest case of all that we've le...