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Stopped many attacks, let me tell you about one. a plot in 2009 to blow up new york s subway system. this was used to understand what people are planning overseas and what they are trying to do here in america so that we could connect the dots and stop that particular terrorist attack. that is why this has to be renewed. that is why among many other reasons why 702, a program designed to go after foreign terrorists on foreign soil is so essential. bill: this is a big part of the debate, too. that was moments ago. now they are voting on the amendment which apparently is designed to provide more protections for americans. the case paul ryan is making, one doesn t have much to do with the other. we ll see how the vote goes. if it doesn t pass we think rand paul is ready for a third filibuster on the senate side. stand by. we ll be right back. ....
Program this morning. good to see you congressman. thank you so much. sandra: great to have the majority leader on this morning and interesting answers throughout the morning asking some republicans about the recent announcements of retirement and his answer, this is natural and they do all then point to the economy, the stock market and jobs as to be the determination where things will be come november. bill: a lot going on there. the house is debating this fisa amendment here and james comey, the former f.b.i. director tweeted a moment ago about this very amendment. thoughtful leader and reauthorization of section 702. thoughtful leaders on both sides of the aisle know that it s a vital tool to protect this country. it isn t about politics. congress must reauthorize it. so they will likely reauthorize it but will they put in the amendment that many have been looking for, both republicans and democrats? sandra: one of the most recent tweets we ve seen on this. house votes on f ....
Sweeping government surveillance powers to spy on americans. up for a vote today on capitol hill along with an amendment to put new curbs on big brother. welcome to a brand-new hour of america s newsroom, everybody. i m sandra smith. bill: i m bill hemmer. sandra: i can t believe an hour is already over. bill: today s vote come as we learn about more political snooping in the trump dossier. the house at this moment is considering a bill to impose new limits on the ability of an intelligence agent and his or her authority under the fisa program that allows the government to search the internet and phone communications of americans without a warrant. senator rand paul backing the effort last hour on america s newsroom said this to us. millions of americans are accidentally or incidentally collected in this database and we don t want people willy-nilly just looking into the database without a warrant. we had people at the justice department who worked with or whose spouse was ....
After and kill isis s finance minister. because of the intelligence collected under this program. a foreign terrorist on a foreign soil the number two-man at isis who was in line to become the next leader. this program helped us get the information to stop him. i came here before 9/11. i remember hearing upon hearing in the 9/11 commission about the old firewall. we were seeing what was going on overseas, terrorists like osama bin laden in afghanistan were doing all these things and we couldn t pass that information to the authorities in america. we had a firewall that prevented us from connecting the dots. that was the phrase we used back then in the early 20 2000s. you pass this amendment and defeat this underlying bill we go back to those days when we are flying blind on protecting our country from terrorism. let me give you an example. this program has not only ....
14,000 u.s. troops currently deployed to afghanistan. sandra: it seems like the u.s. military is rambling up operations in afghanistan. it is, sandra. in the past year three times more bombs were dropped in afghanistan than the year before and more u.s. jets are on the way. now the majority of those bombs being dropped in afghanistan are being fired on that isis affiliate in eastern afghanistan. many of the 3,000 u.s. troops will be moving closer to the front lines. call in more air strikes. sandra, you can expect in the coming days more jets will be sent to afghanistan. sandra: lucas tomlinson at the pentagon. thank you. bill: senator rand paul, there is a big debate unfolding in the floor of the house. at the moment they re debating the renewal of the fisa act section 702 and there is an amendment right now that if it passes got some republican support, some democratic support. it would more strictly limit the way intelligence offeringss ....