congressman nather you were about to say?out to say the central findings of this commission which were stacked with national security professionals, these enhanced powers. these general warrants did not help security. >> that, in fact, the nsa and the cia couldn't show one single instance where they would not have caught the terrorists or potential terrorists with normal powers as opposed to these. so it's not even as simple as saying we have to balance security versus civil liberties. the fact is these weren't necessary for security. >>ly za. >> i really like the way this report begins. it reminds us there are two kind of security at stake here. there is national security t. need to be secure from outside attack. then there is the security guaranteed by the 4th amendment. the right of the people to be secure in their homes, their papers, their effects against unreasonable government seizures. what this report found what the committee concluded was that we can do a better job of protecting the second kind of security while st

all right, joining me now back in this real reality, congressman jerry nather, democrat from new york. we are tantalizingly close to the alternate universe we just showed in which we just got this done. is it going to happen? you've got one week in capitol hill to get this thing passed. is it going to happen? >> i don't know. at this point, we just don't know. i hope so, obviously. senator murray on behalf of the democrats in the senate and congressman paul ryan on behalf of republicans in the house are trying to negotiate a budget agreement. the democrats in the house are saying part of the budget agreement should be an extension of the unemployment insurance. the republicans are opposed to that. whether it will get in or not, i don't know. >> why are they opposed to it? what possible -- i mean -- >> they have come -- well, you heard rand paul before. you ran rand paul saying he thought it was a disincentive to unemployment and causes people not to work, which is absurd. the academic research shows just the opposite, number one, and number two, in an environment in which there is sim