Expire at midnight tonight. The most controversial provision allows the nsa to collect telephone records, internet records of millions of american citizens. Bulk collection. The other two provisions deal with roving wire taps and surveillance of suspected lone wolf terrorists. Supporters say these programs are vital to our National Security. Kentucky senator and republican president ial candidate rand paul has vowed to fight any extension of the current law, calling it an illegal spy program. He delivered a fiery speech on the senate floor. And realize that they were dishonest about the program until we caught them. They kept saying over and over again, were not doing this. Were not collecting your records, and they were. The head of the Intelligence Agency lied to the American People and he still works here. In just a moment we are going to bring you senator pauls full remarks from the senate but in the meantime lets discuss with cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny senior
In the crossfire, senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a rhode island democrat. And senator john hovan, a north dakota republican. Did the president set a dangerous precedent or bring home a hero . Tonight on crossfire. Welcome to crossfire. Im van jones on the left. Im s. E. Cupp on the right. Tonight, u. S. Army Sergeant Bowe bergdahl is free but there are too many serious questions to ask before we can all celebrate his return. Why did president obama leave congress in the dark . Why would we release five highlevel terrorists to exchange for a guy who many in the military consider to be a traitor . What assurances does the United States have that these terrorists who are dangerous enough to be held in gitmo are suddenly safe enough to be released . And finally, is our centuriesold policy that the United States does not negotiate with terrorists a thing of the past . Look, those are all good questions, but as for me, im happy we got this guy back home. We do not leave people behind and didnt
This unusual problem. Hey there, everyone. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. We have developments of the first ebola person from the United States to enter the United States. The foreign aide worker is at Emory University hospital in atlanta. He walked off an ambulance. Its enkoushlging thcouragin seems to be improving and were hoping that hell continue to improve. Ebola is a scary disease because its so deadly. The planned fact is we can stop it from spreading in hospitals and we can stop it in africa. We know that brantlys wife, who is seen here in this undated photo on this samaritans purposes website has visited him along with his mother and father and sister. The plane is on its way back to liberia to pick up nancy writebol. Dr. Nancy snyderman is joining me. Good morning to you, dr. Nancy. We were watching the doctor walk with that minimal assistance. Why did that impress you so much . Well, i think it was stunning because we expected, as is usually the case, for a patient to b
Also, tonight, weve got Elizabeth Warren here live for the interview. Thats coming up live in just a few minutes. Theres a big show. A lot going on. But were starting tonight with breaking news on a National Security issue. The f. B. I. Has taken the unusual step today of asking the American Public for help about isis. Specifically, the f. B. I. Is asking for help in trying to identify this man. That was a propaganda video released a couple weeks ago. The individual that youre looking at right here, hes wearing militarystyle camouflaged fatigues. This man is believed by u. S. Security officials to be north american. They think hes an american citizen, possibly a canadian citizen who traveled overseas to join the fight with isis and then appeared in this video. I should tell you as a general rule, we here at msnbc and nbc news, we do not typically play extended clips of isis pron began da visit owes, but in this case, theres a specific reason to. The government has taken the unusual ste
Also, tonight, weve got Elizabeth Warren here live for the interview. Thats coming up live in just a few minutes. Theres a big show. A lot going on. But were starting tonight with breaking news on a National Security issue. The f. B. I. Has taken the unusual step today of asking the American Public for help about isis. Specifically, the f. B. I. Is asking for help in trying to identify this man. That was a propaganda video released a couple weeks ago. The individual that youre looking at right here, hes wearing militarystyle camouflaged fatigues. This man is believed by u. S. Security officials to be north american. They think hes an american citizen, possibly a canadian citizen who traveled overseas to join the fight with isis and then appeared in this video. I should tell you as a general rule, we here at msnbc and nbc news, we do not typically play extended clips of isis pron began da visit owes, but in this case, theres a specific reason to. The government has taken the unusual ste