a harsh reality for the residents of brussels hoping that the scare is going to end noon. fred joins paul live from brussels, and what do we know about the 21 people who are detailed from the anti-terror raids? well, it is interesting, wolf, because new information that just came to paul a couple of minutes ago. a new presz press release put out by the federal prosecutors office, and many of the people in the raids who have been detain detained are released and some of them in custody, but one person in particular, and we r aret not sure as to the identity yet, but said that one of the people is charged with participating in activities of a terrorist group, and with the terrorist at ak in paris. so certainly they do seem to have something substantial there. and we are waiting to have additional information, but the raids did net a number of people, and no explosives or weapons found in the raids, but they did certainly cause a commotion here in brussels.
their phone records. the real question is has the program helped track any of these bad guys? both sides are being extreme in their assessments of the program. there is absolutely no proof any of these powers on the patriot act stopped an imminent attack. there is no proof these programs invaded people s privacy. i think the truth lies somewhere in between. these authorities are being used to set a baseline to begin investigations that then may ultimately result in a good counterterrorism case. that s important. here s the irony of everything going on whether you are a republican or democrat. the house compromise over the patriot act ends up being sort of rather rational at this stage. we don t often say that about the house. it s the senate the mcconnell side saying no changes to the patriot act and paul side saying
on the republican side. thatsdz that said, it s interesting to watch the angry birds versus the wacko birds, the john mccain and lindsey graham against the marco rubios. so far, the ram/paul side has had more juice and momentum. obama is playing on that distinguish right now and trying to see who will win. talk about the momentum. we have the threat of the filibuster we through up just a second ago. those senators who are going to say we re going to stop this from happening. we have joe mancion and pat too maniny toomey, as well. does that change the chemistry? it certainly seems like it. it would be a good thing for those who want more gun control. senator mancion has been meeting with the nra in recent weeks trying to hammer out a deal. what s interesting, he actually mentioned, as a democrat, is the one trying to woo conservative republicans over to at least not