>> i refer in the book to a couple of bills i'm running with patrick leahy. leahy. he's a conservative and i'm not. we both agree that there is limits on what the government can do. we both agree that the fourth amendment has meaning. he is one that gets into a problem that's been around since 1986 that isn't known to most people. the original electronics data privacy act since 1986 gives the government the power to read your email without a warrant as long as that email is at least 180 days old. now that makes no sense. sense. maybe some he thought it made sense in 1986. very few few people had e-mail in 1986 and if they did they didn't have the need to keep them and they didn't have the storage capacity to keep them so they deleted them. we don't we don't have cloud computing like we do today. these are principles that neither republican nor democrat they are near neither liberal or conservative. >> all the narrative about hyper- partisanship in washington, i see you've dropped the martyr sentencing act that deals with the over federalization of our criminal justi

. >> i refer in the book to a couple of bills that i'm writing with pat leahy. he's a liberal democrat from vermont and i'm not that we both agree that there are limits on what the government can do. we both agreed the fourth amendment has meaning. that particular law the electronic medications privacy act amendment is one that gets it a problem that has been around since 1986 but isn't known to most people. the original electronic medications privacy act of 1986 actually purports to government the power to read your e-mail. not just to find out if u.s. senate e-mail but to read your e-mail without a will warrant as long as the e-mail is at least 180 days old. that makes no sense. maybe somebody thought it made sense and 1980s six. very few people had e-mail in 1986 and those who did had no reason to keep e-mail for more than a few days and they would delete them because they didn't have storage capacity to store them beyond that. there was no such thing as cloud computing like we have today. that is why senator leahy and i have run this bill and other bills tha

we have pat leahy, cory booker others willing to join in the answer. we recognize something that i explained in the book which is when we follow the constitution's direct on federalism the idea said not every powers given to the federal government. the default is most of the power remains close to the people at the state and local level. more americans get more of what they want none of government must do what they don't want in government. this does create some great alliance on people at opposite ends of the political spectrum. when they realized everybody can get more government that they want if we respect the constitution. for reasons in the boat with neglect of the principle of federalism by assuming there's nothing congress can do. it is wrong and not the change and fortunately there's bipartisan support to roll that back. >> it is encouraging to see across the partisan spectrum and not as everything to do with the outside of the internet. young people are learning about the constitution in grade school, high school, probably not high school --

chairman graham, ranking member leahy leahy, thank you for the leadership. this committee, this chamber, this congress, and two administrations reached across party lines to reach those in need. your compassion and insight reflect the best of the american people. you've changed the landscape from working to end death to we're being on brink of ending three plagues two around since recorded medical history in modern black death on the path to extinction. while building resilient economies, thank you, also, for including me in the panel. it's humbling to be here with a world famous preacher, performer, and expert scientist. all friends for years and i'll do my best to make three points. strengthen partnership, shared responsibility, and drive innovation innovation. advances in science, which i know you heard about before, and also the experience of the invest ment investment made over the last 15 years, on the brink of ending tuberculosis, around since recorded medical history, and hiv/aids in the path to be not the epidemics anymore. to end them as public hea

with that i'd recognize senator leahy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you and i have worked together on this committee for so many years. we go back and forth. sometimes you're chairman, sometimes i'm chairman. the thing is, we come up with a bill almost always where we are in total agreement on it, and that's why it passes. this is an issue that should not get involved in partisan politics. i can't think of these kind of programs we fund that have stronger support than global health. we support investments to combat diseases. i know last night in our discussion, sir elton and pastor warren, we talked about a lot of these diseases that could be prevented or treated or cured for just a few dollars. if it happened to any one of us, we could come up with whatever amount of money it was. but we're talking about countries where that money is not there. very few americans suffer from malaria, polio dengue fever or blindness. can you imagine if they did? you'd have people lined out here saying, let's do something about it. when you're in the wealthiest country

with that i'd recognize senator leahy. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you and i have worked together on this committee for so many years. we go back and forth. sometimes you're chairman, sometimes i'm chairman. the thing is, we come up with a bill almost always where we are in total agreement on it and that's why it passes. this is an issue that should not get involved in partisan politics. i can't think of these kind of programs we fund that have stronger support than global health. we support investments to combat diseases. i know last night in our discussion sir elton and pastor warren, we talked about a lot of these diseases that could be prevented or treated or cured for just a few dollars. if it happened to any one of us we could come up with whatever amount of money it was. but we're talking about countries where that money is not there. very few americans suffer from malaria, polio dengue fever or blindness. can you imagine if they did? you'd have people lined out here saying, let's do something about it. when you're in the wealthiest country on

leaving for the memorial day recess and won't return until june first leaving vermont democrat patrick leahy to point across the capitol. >> the house worked very hard on this. they completed their work and they left. they're not coming back until after the surveillance authorities are set to expire. and theçóçóñ

chairman graham, ranking member leahy leahy, thank you for the leadership. this committee, this chamber, this congress, and two administrations reached across party lines to reach those in need. your compassion and insight reflect the best of the american people. you've changed the landscape from working to end death to we're being on brink of ending three plagues two around since recorded medical history in modern black death on the path to extinction. while building resilient economies, thank you, also, for including me in the panel. it's humbling to be here with a world famous preacher, performer, and expert scientist. all friends for years and i'll do my best to make three points. strengthen partnership, shared responsibility, and drive innovation innovation. advances in science, which i know you heard about before, and also the experience of the invest ment investment made over the last 15 years, on the brink of ending tuberculosis, around since recorded medical history, and hiv/aids in the path to be not the epidemics anymore. to end them as public hea

patrick leahy of vermont and mike lee of utah released a bipartisan statement that reads in part, "congressuld not reauthorize bulk collection program that the court has found

leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president the distinguished senator from utah has laid out very well the reasons for the changes proposed in the house and proposed by his and my bill. he also said something that we should all think about just a couple minutes ago. he said, what about assuming everybody is following the rules today, are they going to follow them tomorrow or next year or the year after? and when he mentioned that and also mentioned my years as a prosecutor let me tell you a short story on this. i became one of the officers of the national district attorneys association and eventually vice president. a number of us, four or five of us had occasion to meet with then-director of the f.b.i., j. edgar hoover. i've thought back to many 10 of the frightening things he said about investigating people because of their political beliefs communists are all hippies driving volkswagens -- that's one of the things he said. secondly "the new york times" was getting too left in some of their editorials, they were bec

but we have people like dick durbin, pat leahy, cory booker and others that are willing to join in this effort. and we recognize something that i explained in the book, which is that when we follow the constitution's directive on federalism and the idea that not every power is given to the federal government and in fact the default that it's supposed to be, most of the power remains close to the people at the local level, more americans actually get what they want out of government and less of what they want out of government. and this does create some alliances among people at opposite ends of the political spectrum. when they realize that everybody can get more of the government they want if we just respect the constitution. but for reasons i have explained in the book, we have her in neglected federalism by explaining that there's nothing they can do. it's wrong and it needs to change. surely there are bipartisan support that helps to rule that down. >> it's encouraging to see that across the spectrum and i think that has everything to do with the upside of the internet and i still t

leahy: mr. president i just want to praise the senior senator from illinois. he has been consistent on this issue since i came here. he was one of the architects of a major over all over haul of our immigration legislation a year and a half ago which passed by a two-thirds majority of this body republicans and democrats alike. we've gone such a long way towards solving this problem. the republican leadership in the house, even though the votes were there to pass it in the house, refused to bring it up. i'm proud to align myself as a follower of the leadership of the senator from illinois, senator durbin, on this issue. i wonder if the way ply we apply the laws today if my grandparents would have been able to come to vermont from italy and see their grandson become a u.s. senator. or see the highly decorated son serve in world war ii. i wonder if my wife's parents would have been able to come from canada, so she could be born in vermont. you know, come on ... we're a nation of immigrants. let's welcome -- they can often make our country much stronger than it wa

. >> senator leahy. senator leahy: thank you. nice to see you. thank you for being here. i agree with what senator mikulski said about baltimore and it is not only important for the community, but to the country. i understand that, as you did in your hearing before the judiciary committee, immigration, executive action, something, since i have been here, every president has done executive actions on immigration, the most extensive by president reagan. also point out, executive actions are usually done when congress does not act. we spent hundreds of hours putting together an immigration bill in the u.s. senate the past couple of years -- it passed a couple of years ago. two thirds of senators voted for it. huge bipartisan effort. the republican leadership in the house, even though by all accounts it would have passed the house of representatives refused to take it up. i have trouble hearing criticisms of the president finally acting when the congress would not. the congress does not like what the president has done on immigration, pass and immigration bill. we did it in t

i will say unfortunately senator leahy is not here. i think he was in leadership on senate foreign ops. story i will tell you as a staffer, i went to congressman bob morazic of new york. we start ad 25 million-dollar earmark to start the global program in a.i.d.s. as it as called. the reason why we were leading to do that, is the the first diagnostic kit was produced by abbott labtoresries which i remind everybody is from illinois. and we got the results from abbott that they had they said in the central hospital they had zero positive rate that was very high according to the models. the epidemic had been going on for about 50 years. we got very brave bob to go into see dave obe chair of house foreign ops. he said something like those who worked with dave obe i will god, if i start foreign aid disease account with earmark. luckily dave changed his mind to his eternal credit. for a doctor dybul i see you success to my great partner this work dr. jonathan mann who unfortunately we loss in the swissair crash with his wife. he told us the

senator leahy: thank you and welcome here. general dempsey, i think i join everyone else in complimenting you on your service. i will miss the st. patrick's day breakfast. general dempsey: we can still do that. senator leahy: you're welcome to come fishing in vermont. it's got some great spots. i'm not the first among the members to talk about how we have to do more with less. secretary carter, you must groan every time you do that because i'm afraid some are saying we do everything with nothing. the conversation you and i had prior to your confirmation. there has never been a time in my 41 years here in this tenant when the military has been as small as it is now, so it's not just important that -- actually it's required to invest every dollar wisely. going back to our earlier discussions, where are we in the process of deciding how the military is shaped, what equipment it needs, the requirement for national guard forces, and the requirement for domestic emergency? are there currently plans for how the national guard personn

senator hatch was chairman, senator leahy was ranking member. i've been a federal prosecutor for 15 years. people like jon kyl and dianne feinstein and so many others worked on it for months. it wasn't passed in a few days without thought. people talked about it. it was on the radio and television. we got letters. we had hearings with professors and constitutional scholars and law enforcement officers, some public and some classified briefings. and we tried to write a bill, and i believe did that provided the federal government an expedited method to access phone call data, metadata as it's called under section 215 of the act. and this data has no content no phone communications at all. it's just phone numbers even less than you get on your telephone bill when it comes to you in the mail every month. that data is maintained at the telephone companies maintained in their records. and everybody that makes a phone call should know that, does know that if they're alert to the world. and so that record is not your personal record. that record is the

leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: mr. president the distinguished senator from utah has laid out very well the reasons for the changes proposed he house laid out very well the reasons for the changes proposed in the house and proposed by his in my bill. he also said something that we should all think about a couple of minutes ago. he said, what about assuming everyone is following the rules today tomorrow next year, the year after. he mentioned that and my years as a prosecutor. let me tell you a short story. i became one of the officers of the national district attorney association and eventually vice president. a number of us had occasion to meet with them director of the fbi j edgar hoover. i thought back to some of the frightening thing she said about investigating people because of their political beliefs, communists were all hippies driving volkswagens was one of the things he said. secondly, the new york times was getting to left in some of their editorials and had come very close to being a communist paper. he was

leahy: mr. president before i begin my comments on the u.s.a. freedom act i'm going to speak for a moment on a personal matter. marcel and i have known beau biden since he was a child. i'm the longest-serving member of this senate. when i came here, there was one senator who was one term senior to me. that was joe biden. i knew the tragedy his family had gone through and i cherished time with his office near mine, when his sons beau and hunter would be there with him. i watched them grow up. i saw beau biden become the epitome of what a what a state's attorney general should be. that's a model that all attorneys general throughout the country could have followed. progressive, worried about improving the law improving people's lives; he did that. i know how much we appreciate when we see he and hallie at an event. when we get a chance, marcel and i can talk with them. it is like picking up a conversation that ended just if a few minutes before. i remember one thing especially about him. i was in iraq during the war. it was a day when it was well

to senator leahy, it's been a pleasure working with you and tim in the minority and the majority.as politics change in this country, senator leahy and i are going to make sure the commitment of this does not change. at the end of the day, i've tried, along with senator leahy, to shine a light on what the 150 count does for the united states and the world. it's 1% of our budget. here's what i would suggest to other members of the body. find an account anywhere throughout the budget that gets a better rate of return than the 150 account. so 1% of the budget is 50 something billion dollars when you add it all up. that

senator leahy: thank you and welcome here. general dempsey, i think i join everyone else in complimenting you on your service. i will miss the st. patrick's day breakfast. general dempsey: we can still do that. senator leahy: you're welcome to come fishing in vermont. it's got some great spots. i'm not the first among the members to talk about how we have to do more with less. secretary carter, you must groan every time you do that because i'm afraid some are saying we do everything with nothing. the conversation you and i had prior to your confirmation. there has never been a time in my 41 years here in this tenant when the military has been as small as it is now, so it's not just important that -- actually it's required to invest every dollar wisely. going back to our earlier discussions, where are we in the process of deciding how the military is shaped, what equipment it needs, the requirement for national guard forces, and the requirement for domestic emergency? are there currently plans for how the national guard personn

leahy: mr. president i ask consent the call of the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. leahy: mr. president i have pushed for a vote for several weeks, and now i know we're finally going to confirm sally yates to be our next deputy attorney general of the united states. i think it means we'll have a fine commendation -- i'm sorry. the presiding officer: will the senator suspend for one moment? mr. leahy: of course. the presiding officer: under the previous order the senate will proceed to execute -- or to executive session to consider the following nomination which the clerk will report. the clerk: nomination department of justice sally yates of georgia to be deputy attorney general. the presiding officer: there will now be up to one hour of debate equally divided in the usual form. the senator from vermont. mr. leahy: thank you. mr. president, i am delighted that we do have the confirmation of sally yates before the body. i think she will be easily confirmed.

. >> senator leahy. senator leahy: thank you. nice to see you. thank you for being here. i agree with what senator mikulski said about baltimore and it is not only important for the community, but to the country. i understand that, as you did in your hearing before the judiciary committee, immigration, executive action, something, since i have been here, every president has done executive actions on immigration, the most extensive by president reagan. also point out, executive actions are usually done when congress does not act. we spent hundreds of hours putting together an immigration bill in the u.s. senate the past couple of years -- it passed a couple of music you. -- a couple of years ago. a bipartisan effort. the republican leadership in the house, even know -- even know it would have passed the house -- they refused to take it up. i have trouble hearing criticisms of the president finally acting when the congress would not. the congress does not like what the president has done on immigration, past and immigration bill, we did it in the senate. the republican lead

i want to associate myself with the remarks of senator leahy. the prison population, your appropriations for prisons is $7 billion. it's a significant amount of money. it constitutes one third of your approach is an's. i would hope that there is bipartisan effort in this area in terms of looking at what we need to do to reduce the prison population safely. we have an excellent facility in maryland and our concerns would be public safety. and a safety for the correction officers. there are significant challenges with overcrowding. third, what are the issues for prisoners who are really old or really sick? how can we do in evaluation of who is in prison and should they be in prison? i would hope as you begin your term here, you look at those who are of significant age or are significantly ill that pose no threat to the public. i look forward to your recommendations. heroine has come up from almost all of the sun both sides of the aisle. my republican governor and our democratic delegation, we are united in wanting to deal with this. your task forc

vermont senator patrick leahy there speaking now.e afternoon and bring you any updates as they warrant. >>> four americans have been taken prisoner by how the think rebels in yemen. that is cited by u.s. officials. the u.s. is working feverishly on the case. >> trying to get these americans out because the hout thinks are now in power in yemen and they are looking for intermediaries to make contact with them. >> the "washington post" also says none of the four americans are government employees. the state department says it is aware of the reports and is working to get the prisoners released. officials say that due to privacy concerns they can can't release any specific information about the americans but added that the protection of american citizens abroad is a top priority. the rebels reportedly had planned to let one of the americans go but have since reversed that decision. meanwhile, another american sharif mobley seen right there, is also in hout think custody, held for more than five years on terrorism charges brought by the

anchor: she was referring to senator patrick leahy of vermont, who amended the foreign aid bill so that.s. could not give assistance to foreign troops suspected of gross human rights violations. still to come -- his life was the stuff of legends. now the music world is singing the blues. we remember bb king, who died at the age of 89. the prime minister has held talks with the chinese prime minister on the second day of his visit to china. at a joint news conference, the indian prime minister said the countries needed to strengthen their mutual trust to ensure a more fair world order. they also signed agreements worth billions. we have this report from beijing. ♪ reporter: the leaders of asia's giants, china and india, walking step by step. the two men hope the personal touch can improve the better relationship. the military welcomed the indian prime minister to beijing. but for decades, their two armies have been at a standoff over a border dispute. both leaders now stress that they need a fresh start. one way to bring that with billions of dollars in deals. at a joint news conference,

senator leahy: thank you. lastly, secretary carter, we talked about jet engines. i know you have been a proponent of the air force advanced engine program. how does something this important wind up in the cut off list? secretary carter: i think you are referring to the advent program. it is an important one, and the reason for that is we need more fuel-efficient jet engines, and the reason we pursued the advent program was in part as a follow-on and a competitor to the f-135 engine, which is a joint strike fighter, so it is an important program, and it is important or us to stay competitive in the jet engine area both for military -- by the way, that's not the reason we do it but or commercial competitiveness also. -- for commercial competitiveness also. >> at the are no other questions, let me thank the panel or your cooperation and your presentations day -- if there are no other questions. it will be very helpful in the appropriations process. we are grateful for your service and look forward to continuing the dialogue as a cesarean during the -- as necessary du

introduced in the senate bipartisan bill i've introduced with my co-sponsor democratic senator pat leahyprivacy concerns the american people have concerns that are rooted in the fourth amendment and the security concerns that the american people understandably have. i don't think our privacy and our security have to be in conflict with each other. i actually think privacy is part of our security. the usa freedom act passed overwhelmingly by the house of representatives last week 338-88 is now in front of the senate. wep have the opportunity to take it up put it on the floor giving us our best chance at maintaining security and privacy. >> as you know we've seen a lot of dozens of americans, arrested. not in recent months and weeks on charges they've been working with isis at least sympathetic with isis trying to become martyrs for isis. the criticism what you want to do senator rand paul and senator leahy and others say letting this program expire would hinder their efforts to track these kinds of isis sympathizers right here in the united states. not around the world but in the united s

everyone is stopped now patrick leahy got stopped south of new york. >> i guess you could argue nobody is discriminating? >> some would say that. others would disagree. until our community, marissa said on facebook this is happening at all of the aboveders in the north, not just a southern issue but laura says this actually might be a good thing. why would this be a problem? there has to be checkpoints, especially when you are closer to border areas. funny how now everything is an issue, and this is definitely a con 10scious issue. >> it is standard procedure to show your pass poured at airports and land borders shared with mexico andcapped. how would you feel if you were asked to prove your citizenship within the united states? there are about 71 border patrol checkpoints across the southwestern u.s. that are several miles from the border. in some cases, they are even up to 100 miles away. the border patrol says they are set up to ensure community safety reducing the ability of works, quote, criminals and potential terrorists to easily travel away from the border. but some americans w

i have to thank senator schumer and senator leahy. thank you so much for being here. thank you for your support not just today but over the years and doing what i thought was impossible, making the senate a welcoming place for me and my family. thank you so much. and of course thanks to my wonderful family. we are quite the force multiplier. many of you have come to know my father to this process. he has been in every hearing and every vote. it did not just start now. i remember looking up and seeing him in the gallery at my first trial. he was there for everyone. he has encouraged me in all things, even when my choices were not ones he would have made for me. he has been the best of fathers and i thank him. [applause] i hope you know that without him, i would not be standing here before you today having just been sworn in as the 83rd attorney general of the united states of america, just one week after his 83rd birthday. [applause] my mother could not be here today, but she is never far from my thoughts here it she grew up in a world where she was told what she could

. >> cardinal ortega used a diplomatic curier to take a note from senator leahy toe pope asking him to intervene on humanitarian ground, a few days later francis told obama that resolving the issue would reap huge benefits for the u.s. and latin america. president obama reaction was welcomeing. cardinal ortega was dispatched to meet with raul castro then as a ruse to get the cuban cardinal into washington without arousing suspicion, cardinal theodore mccarrick arged for ortega to give a speech at georgetown university. as soon as it was over, a private card spirited thete house. >> they took him in a side door he said hi i'm (o bam avment i understand you have a letter for me or words to that effect. in fact, it was a letter of introduction, stating that ortega was speaking officially for pope francis. by the time the meeting was over a source involved said a plan of action had been outlined. american and cuban delegations met at least twice inside the inpenetrable confines of the holy see. >> i'm not sure we would have gotten right to the tipping point right over the spot without pope

applause] it is a great honor for me to welcome one of the most stalwart champions, senator patrick leahydiciary committee. senator, we appreciate you for being here and all the years that you have attended. and also for your leadership and support in getting the blue alert and body armor bills through the senate. thank you, sir. we are very fortunate to have with us a senior member of the judiciary committee and the president pro tem , senator orrin hatch. thank you for being here. i want to take a personal note to thank you for your leadership on a pending law enforcement retirement bill that is expected to pass later today. thank you so much. [applause] next to senator hatch, is linda henning, national president of the f.o.b. auxiliary. we welcome you to the service but we want you to know that they do all of the background for this work and setting of the service. now turning to my far left, i would like to welcome paul irving, the sergeant at arms for the house of representatives. [applause] next, i like to welcome one of our d ear friends michelle leonhardt. i would like to congratu

guest: i think senator leahy made clear that the majority leader mcconnell is in a bit of a box. -- senator guest: lee made clear that the majority leader mcconnell is in a bit of a box. he really does not look to have all the support he needs, certainly not in the house. he is a master tactician and has gone out of tight spots before, so we will have to see what he might pull out of his hat. if i had to guess, i would that in the end, they might just get the votes they need to pass usa freedom. guest: it's interesting that the senator said he does not have 60 votes right at this moment on the usa read him act which is a bill he mentioned overwhelmingly passed the house and is supported guest: by the white house. including the chairman of the senate intelligence committee, so it is a very top spot for mcconnell but he knows how to strike deals. i think that some version of this legislation is probably going to make its way to the white house, but i could see it being tweaked in some regards to get the support it needs and also to get mcconnell to bring it to the poor. host: the white house

to his credit, senator leahy is not saying we have to do my bill.saying if we don't do my bill, that is senator leahy's bill pass the house bill. that would be good. this is the only bipartisan, bicameral solution we have today that will end the illegal bulk collection program and reform and reauthorize key provisions of fisa. otherwise -- i'm not the only one, mr. president. i'm told walking over here that the junior senator from kentucky is not going to let extension of fisa take place. so why don't we just go ahead and get it done now? that is, when the house sends us their bill, say we're going to send that -- we're going to pass that send it to the white house for signature. i hope the majority leader will reassess his priorities and instead choose to protect americans' civil liberties. what is the business of the day mr. president? the presiding officer: under the previous order the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to ten minutes each. mr. reid: i note the absence of a quorum. the p

senator leahy introduced the same bill in the senate. they want to continue all the dragnet surveillance which goes against our tenets in the constitution. and the section is due to expire may 30th. senator paul filibustered in annal attempt to extend it. it will not be extended a day an hour. >> not weeks or -- >> not a second. >> student loan debt in the ultimates has now reached $1.2 trillion. that number is rising even though number of americans with student loans is falling. now one group is giving borrowers some new option he for paying off that debt. john hendren has more from chicago. >> melissa abad found a way to beat the student loan problem. she did it by counterintuitive advice. >> more be institution he have more grants to go away. >> she qualified northwest earn and the university of chicago for graduate school at a cost of nearly $50,000 a year. now 32 years old she still owes about $35,000 in student loans but they are deferred while she's earning her ph.d. in sociology at the university of illinois in chicago. but hers

leahy: can we have order mr. president. the presiding officer: the chamber will be in order. the senator from kentucky. mr. paul: do you need to report the bill or are we good? can you tell me when i have five minutes left, please. the presiding officer: the senate will so notify you. mr. paul: tonight begins the process of ending bulk collection. the bill will ultimately pass but we always look for silver linings. i think the bill may be replacing one form of bulk collection with another but the government after this bill passes will no longer collect your phone records. my concern is that the phone companies still may do the same thing. currently, my understanding is the n.s.a. is at the phone company sucking up the phone records and sending them to utah. my concern is -- the presiding officer: order. order in the senate, please. the senator deserves to be heard. mr. paul: my concern is under the new program, that the records will still be sucked up into n.s.a. computers but the computers will be at the phone company, not in utah. so the question is, will it be a distinctio

senator leahy introduced the same bill in the senate. and senator mcconnell -- they want to renew it for five years, and of course the section that was misinterpreted to authors most of the surveillancix spires may 30th 30th. may 31st. 10 the senator called a filibuster in an attempt to extend it. and the house is not going to vote to extend it by a day or an hour. >> 10 no extensions. not a day or a week. >> 24th -- they are going to come in on sunday either to adopt the u.s. freedom act or let it expire >> so we're talking about three provisions that would expire that are key here. >> one 1 key and two of them aren't. but the section 215, it was misinterpreted the courts were misinterpreted to authorize surveillance expires may 31st. >> 10 back to the original question. why is this happening? why 1 senator mcconnell and his group holding us up? >> i can only speculate. number one i think they were invested psychological plea in the mass surveillance. anything that reduces surveillance increases risk 140 to national security, which 1 an

to answer your question, whether the leahy bill passes or not.ot certain, if it doesn't, it's quite possible that the patriot act makes sense. >> you have been one of the critics in the senate of the trans pacific partnership. >> you got that right. >> one of the most outspoken along with senator warren and brown. can i does you around informational question? what do you guys see. there's a question about, what is it? what is it? do the people get briefed, they can't talk? what do you know? >> here's what the process is, can i walk into the top secret room, which is probably more top secret then the nsa. can i walk in there and read the document i can? can i write gown information and take it out? no, i can't. can i in a highly technical and legal document of many hundreds of pages bring in my staff lawyers to help me better understand the document? i cannot do that either. i have not given credibility to this process, there is virtually no transparency, that is one of the many reasons to vote against -- >> i want to reiterate this for the folks.

senator leahy does not have that in his bill. >> june 1st, patriot act expires. we'll see what happens. senator feinstein, happy mother's day, by the way. >> thank you. >> mike leiter, always a pleasure. >> great to be here. >>> later in the broadcast on this mother's day, what makes the u.s. just about the worse place in the industrialized world to be a working mom? wait till you see these statistics. >>> she raised kids, a woman running for president and she is not hillary clinton. next, carly fiorina for a meet the candidates interview on "meet the press." why weigh yourself down? try new aveeno® sheer hydration. its active naturals® oat formula... ...goes on feather light absorbs in seconds... ...keeps skin healthy looking... and soft. aveeno®. naturally beautiful results. are you so congested... it feels like that brick's on your face? try zyrtec®-d to powerfully clear your blocked nose and relieve your other allergy symptoms. so you can breathe easier all day. zyrtec®-d. find it at the pharmacy counter. >>> republican presidential hopefuls gathered for the

its champions include senator leahy and senator wyden who have been privacy reformers from the beginningy have had to make a lot of concessions to the intelligence community to keep the administration on board. the bill is now fairly weak. we are hoping the decision we got yesterday will change the dynamic on the hill and create the possibility that that reform bill become stronger. juan: i want to ask you about president obama's comments in 2013, shortly after president obama reveal that the nsa was engaged in this collection. obama refuted snowden's claim at that time. >> when it comes to telephone calls, nobody is listening to your telephone calls. that is not what this program is about. as was indicated, what the intelligence community is doing is looking at phone numbers and durations of calls. they are not looking at names and they are not looking at content. but by sifting through this so-called metadata, they may identify potential leads with respect to folks who might engage in terrorism. if these folks -- if the intelligence community then wants to listen to a phone call they h