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Sometimes its more controversial. this year it is edward snowden. elise labott is our foreign affairs reporter. elyse, the u.s. government cant be happy about this, channel 4 giving edward snowden air time. any reaction there? >> not today on this holiday, michael. kind of staying quiet about it, obviously the government keeps referring to edward snowden as a fugitive and that he should come home. you might note that he joins the ranks of mahmoud ahmadinejad the former president of iran in deliv...

Zl youre saying we dont like complexity? >> i would like to point to the christian science monitor. it has been very good explaining these terms and what is going on. >> and chuck, one of the things snowden media defenders tend to down play is this is a guy who broke the law and is now a fugitive from the law. >> because hes leaking documents. i mean, this is going to be one of those -- >> you say be friendly to the source? >> well, surprise, surprise, right? were not calling for the prosecution...

You can go around the world and not find anything close to this. i dont think theyre really looking very hard to find the one-armed man. you know the one-armed man, the movie "the fugitive." i told the homicide detectives that. he didnt see it either. i said youve been in homicide for 12 years and youve never seen "the fugitive"? i thought that was kind of lame. butterfields light-hearted attitude stands with the gravity of his charges. hes not only accused of murdering his 21-year-old daughter,...

I dont think theyre really looking very hard to find the one-armed man. you know the one-armed man, the movie "the fugitive." i said youve been in homicide for 12 years and youve never seen "the fugitive"? i thought that was kind of lame. >> he doesnt understand the gravity of his charges. hes not only accused of murdering his 21-year-old daughter, rebecca, but of torturing her. prosecutors say he shot her seven times in the leg, foot, knee and side of the head. then hes alleged to have hogtied ...

Zl youre saying we dont like complexity? >> i would like to point to the christian science monitor. it has been very good explaining these terms and what is going on. >> and chuck, one of the things snowden media defenders tend to down play is this is a guy who broke the law and is now a fugitive from the law. >> because hes leaking documents. i mean, this is going to be one of those -- >> you say be friendly to the source? >> well, surprise, surprise, right? were not calling for the prosecution...

And there you see a chart of its decline over time, in the last year of office, bill clinton had 218 pardons. in 2012, president obama had 12. now, of course, thats not an apples-to-apples comparison. that was the last year in office, you face no political ramifications for your pardons. why are we seeing this huge decline in pardons? >> right, apples-to-apples, president obama is still very, very low, compared to any modern-day president at this point in his presidency. and i think a number of ...

Modern-day president at this point in his presidency. and i think a number of things happened. one is, we saw some abuse, or what people perceived as abuse, in the pardon system, and so i think that frightened other presidents. you know, bill clinton had a problem at the end of his presidency with mark rich. people saw it as a quid pro quo. >> mark rich was someone who was extremely wealthy, his wife was very connected in democratic politics, donated a lot of money. he was, i believe, on the lam...

15 degrees in salt lake city. staying around freezing. u.s. marshals have tracked down a fugitive on the run for 36 years. cath lynn regina hough was indicted in texas in 1977 for trying to kill her common law husband. investigators from a cold case unit tracked her to a suburban neighborhood outside detroit. she apparently avoided being caught by moving to seattle, then to michigan. she married and even changed her last name. >> im thinking like now i need to be careful, you know. you never k...

Ramifications for your pardons. why are we seeing this huge decline in pardons? >> right, apples-to-apples, president obama is still very, very low, compared to any modern-day president at this point in his presidency. and i think a number of things happened. one is, we saw some abuse, or what people perceived as abuse, in the pardon system, and so i think that frightened other presidents. you know, bill clinton had a problem at the end of his presidency with mark rich. people saw it as a quid p...

Minneapolis will top out at only 15 degrees in salt lake city. staying around freezing. u.s. marshals have tracked down a fugitive on the run for 36 years. cathlynn regina hough was indicted in texas in 1977 for trying to kill her common law husband. investigators from a cold case unit tracked her to a suburban neighborhood outside detroit. she apparently avoided being caught by moving to seattle, then to michigan. she married and even changed her last name. >> im thinking like now i need to b...