that data that s been taken care of in this bipartisan bill. what the white house is saying today is there s no rational reason for the senate to keep holding this up. that they need to pass this bill and not doing so is in their words, national security russian roulette. jake. michelle kosinski at the white house. stay there. back to you soon as we hear from president obama. meanwhile, the potential sun setting of those provisions in the nsa act and pate trick act and data in that comes at the fact that the loss could worsen a dark landscape in the battle guess isis. the fbi saying yesterday even with the patriot act in place they cannot keep tabs on would-be terrorists here in the united states. the department of homeland security chief jayeh johnson says nearly lyly 500 joins the terrorist group. continuing to make gains there and next door in iraq. cnn chief national correspondent
is closely monitoring threats abroad and here in the u.s. jim sciutto, expanding in the middle east not just iraq and syria? reporter: no question. in the starkest terms a good week for isis and bad for the anti-isis coalition for isis s you have these attacks outside of its bases in iraq and syria. in libya and saudi arabia along with the gain the victory, in taking ramadi from iraqi forces and the question is does this expose broader problems in the fight against isis led by the u.s.? across the middle east this is isis on the offensive. in saudi arabia claiming responsibility for a deadly bombing on a shiite mosque. the second attack in the kingdom in the last week. in libya, a growing base of support, the group says it captured part of a civilian airport. and in baghdad, two massive suicide bombs on two prominent hotels. a shocking strike inside iraq s
highly protected capital. leaving shattered windows and a rattled government. the regime in baghdad is very much on the defensive, because of the gains that isis has made in ramadi and anbar province and in syria, in damascus. there s been a very important shift in the last couple of weeks. reporter: isis attacks both inside and outside its bases in iraq and syria [ sirens ] a worrying sign for the u.s.-led anti-isis coalition. islamic militants have also taken over areeha syria. one of the last under control of president bashar al aside. his regime teetering. they believe that they are the true army of islam that is coming to save islam. and you know that also kind of explains their violence and brutality. anybody who stands in our way, this is what we will do to you.
a friend of mine make the flag up for me, and he told me after that that it was one of the hardest things he s ever done because he knows even more people on that flag than i do. so absolutely beautiful. so absolutely beautiful, josh jepherson, got to go. talk again when you do it next year. shall we? thank you so much. i m brooke baldwin, thanks for being with me. the lead with jake tapper starts now. will burying the nsa surveillance program stop the president from stopping isis or are these just scare tactics from a surveillance state? i m jake tapper. this is the lead. the national lead president obama trying to save a controversial law that allows the government to collect data from you and me ornary americans. information the president says the u.s. needs to stop isis here at home. abroad meanwhile, isis fighters blowing up bombs in themselves in the center of baghdad. also in national the texas tragedies triggered by
than meda data. most controversial. others are less controversial. the president referred to them. a roving cell phone power, for instance. because one of the troubles is these guys are smart enough to switch their cell phone numbers and constantly change them because they know the nsa is listening and that s something less controversy. meda data more controversy. the president mention add fix to move the meda data from the government s hands, keeping the phone companies hands, and the government would have to use a warrant to get in there and the trouble is though it that message, mixed in all this because some of these could be easy selling points. particular will when you and i are talking every day about the threat of isis plots here in the u.s. that s what i really don t understand. they have the tools ahead of the cia, head of the national security agency head of the director of national intelligence. all of these people loretta lynch, who could be on television all day, all we