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Better job taking care of their rank and file. brianna? and the soldiers telling our arwa damon they feel the same way. barbara starr, thank you so much for that report. great interview. and tonight the federal government is just one week away from losing significant weapons in the war against terrorism. that is what some supporters say of the controversial spying program under the patriot act which is due to expire. there s been a dramatic new move in the senate to block the measures from being extended. our white house correspondent mi michelle kosinski is following that story for us. michelle what s going on? reporter: at the heart of this is a real battle now over national security in the face of today s threats versus personal freedom from large-scale is your surveillance and republicans now saying more than ever he we need the patriot act to continue intact allow the government to collect this data that most of the time isn t even ever accessed but, were, there is politics at ....
Against other flights, at least ten landing at newark and at buffalo and atlanta and maybe other airports as well. all a little murky because all of the threats are coming in and in the strangest ways. the first one went to the maryland state police but nonetheless, authorities responded to all of these threats out there and so far they haven t found anything brianna, although it threatened to disrupt a lot of air travel on this very busy weekend. you have also been looking into a suspicious pressure cooker that law enforcement found yesterday on the national mall. what have we learned about that? reporter: that set it all up. the national mall is absolutely packed on memorial day with lots of people here for a free concert, to visit memorials, go to arlington cemetery, that sort of thing on the other side of the river. they found a car left parked near the capitol on the left front. seemed suspicious. officers said a smell of gasoline to it. looked in the back saw a propane tank a ....
oh jesus. we re told the man in this suv did manage to get out safely. floods and rains bloomed for four deaths and more rain in the forecast. ed lavandera, give us the latest and tell us about the search for the missing. reporter: a great deal of concern. it was a group of families that had come up to this area here in the town of wimberley, texas, to spend memorial day. and what we re gathering is that some of these families might have been washed away in one of the river homes that they were renting and hanging out in for the weekend. so that is of great concern and as you mentioned, those search and rescue operations have been calmed off the rest of the day because rain continues to fall here in central texas, and very heavily at times. this is one of the lesser parts of the rainfall that we ve seen throughout the day, but brianna, as you look here on this side the blanco river is just off here to our right, and you can see the force that these ....
Somebody in a city says, i like icie want to affect america, also saudi arabia one airliner threatened air france might be someone who wants to support isis as opposed to the group itself. i think they want to conduct operations not just threaten operations. you heard from the defense secretary told our barbara starr. he says iraqis showed no will to fight in ramadi. they outnumbered isis fighters, and yet they retreated. i wonder if you re talking about we ve heard from u.s. officials that they need to have this will to fight, but lewhow do you inspire that in fighters if they just don t have it? is it possible? it s a great question brianna. you re? ing me to give the secret of any good army consists of three simple things. teamwork, training and trust. you have to understand you re part of the a team. you have to depend on the people on your left and right, train continually and be prepared for ....
Sacrifice of the thousands of american service members men and women who gave their lives since 9/11. including more than 2200 american patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice in afghanistan. tomorrow when you resume life s daily routines take a moment to think of the families who will return home and leave their loved ones here in this sacred place. and what of next week and next month. what should we do then? remember. and thank you so much for joining us for this tribute on this very important day. we do wish you well on this memorial day. i m brianna keilar in the situation room. wolf blitzer will be back tomorrow. anthony bourdain: parts unknown starts right now. ....