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House. what a beautiful day on this friday before memorial day weekend. it's time now for the must-read opinion pages. i'm going to take this one from "the new york times" which writes in part this. a year ago it would have been unimaginable for the house to pass a bill to curtail the government's abusive surveillance practices. the documents leaked by edward snowden finally shocked lawmakers from both parties into action producing promises that they would stop the government from collecting telephone data of americans. unfortunately the bill passed be i the house on thursday falls far short o...

He many pleas i am pleased with the growing awareness of nuclear material. it is important to determine the origin of the material and trace that. >> we are listening. michelle kosinski, i wanted to bring you in briefly before president obama speaks. the president will also probably at some point have to address a rather large domestic issue which is brewing. the white house plans to change and modify and in some ways do away with the current system of the nsa collecting telephone data. can you explain what this change will be? >> reporter: yes. feel free to cut me off when this starts again. ...

That car alone could have been worth $1 million. rand paul versus barack h. obama. he sued the president of the united states and other national security officials. he says he's trying to stop the national security agency's gathering telephone data. he is the most recognizable to do so and in a moment we're going to talk directly to the senator about his suit but, first, dana bash has more on the senator himself. >> reporter: rand paul likes to describe attending an early tea party meeting and deciding to run for senate. i got started running as part of the tea party movement in 2010 because...

He's trying to stop the national security agency's gathering of telephone data. he's not the first to file suit against a sitting president. and not the first to sue over this surveillance program. but he is the most recognizable to do so. and in a moment we'll talk directly to the senator about his suit. but first, dana bash has more on the senator himself. >> reporter: rand paul likes to describe attending an early tea party meeting and deciding to run for senate. i got started running as part of the tea party movement in 2010 because i was unhappy with republicans. >> reporter: the ophtha...

I think the president is making the right decisions. i don't necessarily trust the nsa and the fbi. put them under a fisa court. >> we see the fbi director and the attorney general. they are all there getting ready to hear the president. when they walk in, you know the president will be following shortly. this whole notion, bob, we expect the president to be speak speaking momentarily, this whole notion of spying on foreign leaders, spying, if you will, on the american public, the surveillance. when we hear the phrase, metadata, what does that mean in practical terms when you are talking about...