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At least 14 people were hurt, six of them critically. some people jumped from third floor windows to escape. freezing weather hampered the rescue efforts. nsa leaker edward snowden is a wanted man charged with espionage and on the run. two major newspapers are calling on president obama to give snowden clemency so he can return to the u.s. "the new york times" and britain's "the guardian" are praising snowden's leaks, calling him a whistleblower. "the times" writes this, quote, considering the enormous value of the information he has revealed and the abuses he has exposed mr. snowden deserve...

Hadn't done anything about it. and the law, under which he would be prosecuted if he were to return to the united states, would not allow him to make a public interest defense, would not allow him to say what i just said, that these disclosures were valuable, they didn't cause harm. in fact, they revealed programs that will be found unconstitutional by open courts. they're strict liability defenses under u.s. law. prosecutors would be able to lock him up for life without the jury ever hearing about the benefits of the disclosures. >> what would give edward snowden the justification to be the o...

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...

Weeks ago. and i think we have some sound of what he said. >> it's not something that i would support. i think that he has clearly broken the law and harmed the nation that he claims to love. the conversation that we are engaged in is one that i think is certainly worthwhile, to try to determine how do we safeguard privacy and keep the american people safe, how do we find balance in that effort with regard to our surveillance activities but i would not say that what he did is worthy of clemency. >> reporter: fred, snowden has been working with a group of journalists in brazil, germany and in t...