the senate can count on a very small number of civil libertarians amongst its ranks colorado's mark udall is one example he joined wyden on other surveillance related increase including one that led to an infamous response from the office of the director of national intelligence and inspector general said the oversight would violate the privacy of americans i know is pretty confused by that too we cover the story and then of course the two expressed other privacy concerns like section two fifteen of the patriot act a provision that allows faiza courts to obtain almost any kind of record from americans without a warrant and speaking of warrants rand paul has been a fierce opponent of the patriot act he's pointed out that the wide that there are wide gaps in the fourth amendment where anybody can be treated as a criminal by the feds. it gives you the right to say the government must have probable cause there must be at least some suspicion that you are committing a crime before they come into your house or before they go into your records where every your records are. now whether that be ni

i think i'm hearing general consensus from the panel that when our chairmen and then colleague mark udall put together this scheme and actually has resulted in a good thing, and it's been helpful, nidis, and i guess the question before us is can we make it even more useful to the country? dr. bamiglieti. the chart in your testimony about the trends and fresh water availability, what is the brightest spot on the map in the polls, massive loss of i sat both, which brings to the forefront the question so many americans have which is what is the rule on the climate change to the weather that we are experiencing. if we are going to move beyond a coordinating role for nidis as you suggest, how would we integrate the climate change status as it is being collected throughout the world into this mission that is nidis? that is a huge challenge. >> that's right. we are actually blessed in this country to have a great set of observations and so you are supporting continuing those and increasing some of those would be greatly appreciated. but i think the key thing is the satellite mengin deily commiss

and colorado senator mark udall said, quote, i am deeply saddened and outraged by these senseless andsay, i am praying for a speedy recovery for those who were wounded. other members of the colorado delegation are using words this morning like stunned, furious, and horrific. >> nancy, will the congress expressly do anything differently than it would have done different today or have any kind of special expression of the nation's grief? >> reporter: well, the senate actually went out yesterday, so i would assume actually that the two colorado senators like many and are on their way to their n home districts. normally after a shooting like this, there are remembrances on the house and senate floors, and expressions of condolences. in the past, we also used to see some discussions about gun violence. we haven't seen that as much recently. >> nancy, thank you so much. >>> we're going to take a break. some of you will have a local news date. others, stay with us for continuing coverage of the colorado mass shooting in aurora. good morning, we want to do, but bay area headlines. the biggest

president, i'm delighted to join my senior senator jack reed on the mark udall national economic tower of the renewable energy production tax credit, and i'm delighted that that daily tour has touched on rhode island today. this renewable energy production tax credit is a vital part of our energy security strategy. it is pretty simple. it provides a per-kilowatt-hour corporate tax credit for energy that is produced by various clean energy systems like wind or biomass or hydro or geothermal. it makes a lot of sense, we need to do it. the problem is that it expires at the end of this year. given the way that wind, biomass, solar and other such projects have to be financed in advance and built over time, the market effect of the expiration of this production tax credit at the end of this year is already being felt in projects that are not going forward now or are under a cloud right now because of the uncertainty that we are creating. we know what happens when we allow the production tax credit to fail. the installations of this kind of equipment drop dramatically. the department of energ

hear the remarks by mark udall and michael bennet. mr. udall: mr. president like you i come to the floor this evening with a heavy heart. i know as senators and leaders we're expected to have words for every occasion, and what happened last friday morning makes it very difficult to put words that are appropriate. however, as i think of the coloradans that were there that we're so lucky to represent their actions spoke louder than words. their actions spoke very loudly on a friday morning in the city of aurora and i want to focus on the actions of all those brave decent coloradans who were victims in a variety of ways at the horrific movie theater shooting that took place there in aurora. and it cut short the lives of 12 people injured approximately 58 others. and i'm rising to pay tribute to all of those people as well as to their families and their loved ones. but i think -- and i know the presiding officer my colleague and my fellow senator from colorado knows that most importantly we're going to be here to state emphatically that aurora will triu

i think i'm hearing general consensus from the panel that when our chairman and then-colleague mark udallput together this scheme, it actually has resulted in a good thing, and it's been helpful, nidis has. and the question, i guess, before us is can we make it even more useful to the country. dr. famiglietti, i was struck by your chart that you showed and is also in your testimony about trends in freshwater availability. what is the reddest spot on that map are the poles. massive loss of ice at both poles which is, brings to the forefront the question that so many americans have which is what is the role on the changing climate to the weather that we're experiencing. if we are going to move beyond a mere coordinating role for ni dix -- nidis as you suggest, how would we inte integrate the climate change data that is being collected throughout the world into this mission that is nidis'? i mean, that's a huge challenge. >> that's right. and so we're actually blessed in this country to have a great set of observations on the ground, and so your support in continuing those and increasing som

i think i'm hearing general consensus from the panel that when our chairman and then-colleague mark udallput together this scheme, it actually has resulted in a good thing, and it's been helpful, nidis has. and the question, i guess, before us is, can we make it even more useful to the country. dr. famiglietti, i was struck by your chart that you showed and is also in your testimony about trends in freshwater availability. what is the reddest spot on that map are the poles, massive loss of ice at both poles which brings to the forefront the question that so many americans have, which is what is the role on the changing climate to the weather that we're experiencing? if we are going to move beyond a mere coordinating role for nidis as you suggest, how would we integrate the climate change data that is being collected throughout the world into this mission that is nidis'? i mean, that's a huge challenge. >> that's right. and so we're actually blessed in this country to have a great set of observations on the ground, and so your support in continuing those and increasing some of those will b