elana schoroined by on a discussion on what is ahead for some of the country's prominent environmental groups. "washington journal" is led tomorrow morning on c-span at 7:00 a.m. eastern. president obama today held a year-end news conference at the white house. he answered questions about the national security agency surveillance program, the rollout of healthcare.gov, and efforts to secure a nuclear deal with iran. one of the questions he answered was about russia's effort -- russia's record on gay rights and the winterland dixon russia. >> what was -- the winter olympics in russia. >> what was the message you were trying to send? all, i haven't attended a fix in the past and i , you know, me attending the olympics particularly at a time when we have all of the stuff that people have been talking about will be tough. although i would love to do it. of allbe going to a lot of the games post-presidency. i think it speaks for themselves. you have outstanding americans, outstanding athletes, people who will represent us extraordinary well. -- extraordinarily well. the fact that we've got