The National Security Agency's metadata collection program has allowed the agency to collect and store phone data on Americans.

A new bill, the USA Freedom Act, would end bulk collection of telephone records by the NSA, but it would allow the agency to search phone company records with a warrant.

The House passed the bill, but it didn't pass in the Senate last week.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch said that inaction from the Senate would create "a serious lapse" in the government's ability to protect Americans

On "Shepard Smith Reporting" today, Judge Andrew Napolitano explained what the problem is with the Patriot Act.

"The problem is the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, which says that warrants have to be based on evidence and they have to specifically describe the person to be seized or the place to be searched," Napolitano stated.