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Heading our way and you can already feel that chill in your bones, fred. >> wow, i believe it. all in time for the first weekend of the new year. alexandra field, thanks so much. today two maimer newspapers are calling on president obama and the u.s. government to give nsa leaker edward snowden mercy so that he can return to the u.s. the "new york times" and britain's "the guardian" are praising snowden's leaks calling him a whistle-blower, "the times" editorial board writes this, "considering the enormous value of the information he has revealed and the abuses he has exposed, mr. snowden de...

As the biggest economic and possibly even cultural and social problem of our era, then she's the person who really is in the position to do most about it right now. >> talking about fresh starts, you know, say this year, 2014, you've got a baby on the way or baby just born in 2014, is there a way to kind of look into the crystal ball about what their life is likely to be like? >> absolutely. for starters, it's going to be dominated by technology. they are going to be not only the generation that's born with gadgets and lives and breathes digital media, but they'll be learning through electroni...

Down on dissidents and crack down on privacy, you think there's privacy in russia or china, mr. snowden? he could have stayed here, made his case as a whistle-blower. he could have stayed here, he would have gotten a fair shake from the media and where we have a judicial system that may not be perfect but far better than anything they have in siberia. as far as i'm concerned, fred, i hope he's really enjoying thoroughly enjoying the russian winter. >> maria, his proponents say he's a patriot, he argues that spying op. cell phones, e-mails is not justified for the sake of national security. wha...

Obama administration to have mercy on nsa leaker edward snowden. "the new york times" and "the guardian" of britain are praising edward snowden, calling him a whistleblower and urging the u.s. to offer him a deal so he can return to the u.s. without the threat of life in prison. the abuses he has exposed, mr. snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight. he may have committed a crime to do so, but he has done his country a great service. it is time for the united states to offer mr. snowden a plea bargain or some type of clemency that would allow him to return home, ...

Is live in washington. any reaction coming from the editorial? >> not yet. edward snowden generates a lot of sharp opinion on both sides of this question, whether or not is he a traitor, as some people in congress have called him, or as some people, some of his supporters, some of his journalist supporters say he is a hero. he himself told "the washington post" recently that he felt his mission was accomplished already, but the question of whether or not the government can try to give him some kind of clemency, that's a complicated thing. for instance, snowden has allegedly took hundreds of th...