sebastian, jeselnik, great to have you all with me today, that brings us to the end of this edition of "inside story." thank you for being with us, the program may be over, but the conversation continues we want to hear what you think about these issues this day or any day's show. log into our face back page, send us your thoughts on twitter, our handle is a.j. inside story a.m., or you can reach me directly at ray swarez news, see you for the next inside story, i'm ray swarez. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we are following for you. president obama set to speak in a couple of hours. his end of the year news conference before he headed to hawaii. >>> and a robot challenge, scientists competing to create androids that can help out when disaster strikes. ♪ >>> it has been a long year from gay rights to health a eve

sebastian, jeselnik, great to have you all with me today, that brings us to the end of this edition ofinside story." thank you for being with us, the program may be over, but the conversation continues we want to hear what you think about these issues this day or any day's show. log into our face back page, send us your thoughts on twitter, our handle is a.j. inside story a.m., or you can reach me directly at ray swarez news, see you for the next inside story, i'm ray swarez. some of america's best-kept secrets are out. by now, most of the world has heard the name edward snowden. the former national security agency contractor who released thousands of classified documents about government surveillance in one of the most significant leaks in u.s. history. he's been charged with espionage and has been living in russia under temporary asylum. the american journalist at the center of the story lives in brazil. >> we've had to come to rio to speak to glenn greenwald.