Rand Battles Christie on NSA; ‘You Fundamentally Misunderstand the Bill of Rights’

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KELLY: "Governor Christie, you've said that senator Paul's opposition to the phone records made the United States weaker and more vulnerable, even going so far to say he should be call before Congress to answer for it if we should be hit by another terrorist attack. Do you really believe you can assign blame to senator Paul for opposing the bulk collection of people's phone records in the event of a terrorist attack? 
>> Yes, I do. I'll tell you why. I'm the only person on this stage who's actually filed applications under the patriot act, who have gone before the foreign intelligence service court, who has prosecuted and investigated and jailed terrorists in the country after September 11th. Was appointed U.S. Attorney by President Bush on September 10th, 2001. And the world changed enormously the next day and it happened in my state. This is not theoretical to me. I went to the funerals. We lost friends of ours in the trade center. My own wife was two blocks from the trade center at her office. When you have to be responsible for doing this, you can do it and we did it for seven years in any office, respecting civil liberties and protecting the homeland. And I will make no apomgs ever for protecting the lives and the safety of the American people. We have to give more tools to our folk to do this and then trust those people and oversee them to do it the right way. As president that's exactly what I will do. Gyn, may I respond? 
>> Go ahead, sir. 
>> I want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from innocent Americans. The fourth amendment was what we fought the revolution over. John Adams said it was a spark that LED to our war for Independence. And I'm proud of standing for the bill of rights and I will continue to stand for the bill of rights. 
>> And Megyn, that's a completely ridiculous answer. I want to collect more records from terrorists but less records from other people. How are you supposed to know, Megyn. 
>> You support the amendment. 
>> I tell you -- 
>> Get a warrant. Get a judge to sign a warrant. 
>> Senator -- 
>> Governor Christie make your point. 
>> When you're sitting in a subcommittee blowing hot air about that you can say things like that. When you're responsible for protecting the lives of the American people, then you need to make sure that you use -- 
>> Here the problem, governor. You fund mendte tally misunderstood the bill of rights. I'm talking about searches without warrants. 
>> There is no -- 
>> -- All of American's records and that's what I fought to end. I don't trust President Obama with our records. I know you gave him a big hug and if you want to give him a big hug again, go right ahead. 
>> Go ahead, governor. 
>> And you know, senator Paul, senator Paul, you know the hugs that I remember are the hugs that I gave to the families who lost their people on September 11th. Those are the hugs I remember and those had nothing to do -- and those had nothing to do with politics unlike what you're doing by cutting speeches on the floor of the Senate and putting them on the Internet within half an hour to raise money for your campaign and putting our country at risk. 
>> We have to cut it off there. That was an interesting exchange."