you ve in effect repealed it without saying so. that was maine republican senator king a member of the intelligence committee, talking about the patriot act. the senate now in a rare sunday session will meet this afternoon to resume debate on portions of the act due to expire at midnight. frank thorpe and katy zezma. welcome you to both. frank, what all is going to happen at 4:00? they ll come in at 4:00 and with eight hours until the deadline they ll try to hash out an agreement to get enough votes to pass some legislation that will reform or reauthorize provisions of the patriot act. currentli, it looks like the best prospect is the usa freedom act. a bill passed out of the house overwhelmingly with 338 votes earlier this month. the problem is as you swau senator king you have a lot of senators who feel that that s the right way to go about this is to move the storm of bulk
at that convention. beau biden is dead at the age of 46. still ahead we will be returning to europe for more on the condition of john kerry. he is expected to be flown involved in the next stage of high level negotiation. and next we will turn back to politics. the senate gearing up for a rare sunday session. just hours left to save key provisions of the pariot act. we will ask senator amy when she joins us next. .and takes the wheel right from your very hands.
mike viqueira is at the white house. good sunday morning to you, mike. good morning. a couple of hours and it s closed doors, right? no, open session today. it s a rare sunday session. they re not so rare anymore. the senate has been trying to jam in a lot of activity at the end of this lame duck session before republicans take over control of the house and have those enhanced minorities in the senate. the s.t.a.r.t. arms control treaty, the president has been pushing very hard for this. they came to an agreement with russia earlier in the year. it the senate had the some 18 hearings on the subject. it has been there for everyone to look at but republicans are saying they are not given enough debate time in the senate as democrats try to get this through before they leave for the christmas holidays. the administration has said that national security depends on it. they ve trotted out any former republican officials like colin powell, brent scowcroft, henry kissinger backing the t
obviously, we re going to continue to monitor the situation, both on the ground and from the air there in cleveland and bring you the very latest as it develops. elizabeth. washing the u.s. could be in grave danger if domestic surveillance programs aren t expected. about a week before the deadline members still can t agree on a fix. they adjourned just before 2:00 a.m. this morning unable to balance civil liberties and national security. the senate has rejected a house-passed bill and four proposals by majority leader mcconnell to give short-term extensions to the national security agency s programs. critics say this is a victory for privacy rights under the patriot act. the collection of domestic phone records will expire on may 31. that s when mcconnell is scheduling a rare sunday session. as he warns of the risk of not approving the surveillance activities. take a listen. this is a high-threat period.
hastert has also been charged with lying to fbi investigators after he told them according to the indictment that he was withdrawing the cash to keep it himself. the case has been assigned to u.s. district joge thomas durkin. hastert will appear before him to be arraigned. the judge has not set the arraignment date yet. but we re told is expected to be, quote, soon. elizabeth? molly, thank you very much. with a month to go before a nuclear deadline meetings between top u.s. and iranian diplomats right now are under way in geneva. secretary of state john kerry met with his iyanle counterpart earlier this morning in an effort to bridge differences over economic sanctions and international inspections. expect the talks to extend now through tomorrow. and the countdown is on. tomorrow the senate heads to capitol hill for a rare sunday session. lawmakers will try to work out a last-minute deal on the key provisions of the patriot act before a midnight deadline. much of the debate has