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That it was right that the government was able to collect my telephone data when i had not done anything wrong. i mentioned it, and later on that night, i am a nurse in the neonatal intensive care. about one am he sent me a text message saying, would you be willing to be the plaintiff in the case suing the president? and i said sure, as long as i don't have to do any interviews, and here i am. john: in the satire he tried to reassure his girlfriend about his spying on her e-mails. >> analyzing metadata. >> no one is listening to your telephone calls. john: both are true. they are just gatherin...

A decade the nsa must stand down on some of the most controversial surveillance tactics aimed at catching terrorists. overnight lawmakers failed to pass a bill that would have extended three key provisions of the patriot act. that means the agency is now forced to stop collecting telephone data on millions of meshes across the country. at least for now. the white house now warning of serious national security consequences calling the outcome an irresponsible lapse. on capitol hill it was a showdown filled with heated debate ahead of that midnight deadline. >> even the authors of the patriot ac...

Shgs the, and good to have you here, and how does this standoff affect the united states and the capabilities moving forward. >> thank you for having me on, thomas. america is less safe and we have fewer tool today, and the senate had the opportunity over the weekend to the make critical nsa reforms like we did in the house, and getting rid of the bulk collection, and keeping the tools that we need. i sit on the house intelligence committee and i see that the enemies are plotting 24 hours a day to kill innocent american and not only did we not make the needed reforms wsh reflying blind. >> and...

Sister, even adopted her. you'll hear his story about his background before he became a prominent politician. >> benji, we'll be checking back with you, thank you. senator graham was notably absent from a rare sunday night senate session while preparing to launch his presidential campaign. a key piece of the patriot act expired. when it did, the u.s. lost authority to collect american telephone data. rand paul talked about a few minutes ago what this all means. >> i actually want more collection of records on terrorists i just want less collection on innocent americans. i think we sometimes ge...

Midnight tonight to keep pro vigs of the patriot act will expire including one which the controversial bulk phone data program operates. it collects numbers dialed and how long calls lasted but does not capture the contents of conversation and other surveillance provisions set to expire one allowing the government to seek a court order on individuals for business records. the ability to track a nonamerican lone wolf. all powers the administration claims are essential to fighting terrorists. >> it would be irresponsible, it would be reckless. we shouldn't allow it to happen. >> reporter: the ho...