. >>> the father of nsa leak erred ward snowden is planning on visiting his son in russia. he says snowden is not a traitor, and although he believes in the american justice sis stim he is not -- system he is not sure he wants him to stand trial. >> as a father i want my son to come home. >> today in an exclusive interview with abc's george steph knop police, the father of nsa leak erred ward snowden says plans have been made to reunite in russia. bruce fein is the family's lawyer and says it will happen very soon. >> we have visas and we have a date that we won't disclose right now. >> the purpose of the trip is to come up with a criminal defense against charges of espionage. >> what i would like is for this to be vetted in soap court for the american people to have all of the facts. >> but the elder snowden is not convinced his son could get a fair trial. >> when you consider many of the statements made by our leaders they have poisoned the well so to speak in terms of a potential jury pool. >> just friday president obama had this to say. >> no, i don't think mr. snowden w

. >>> the father of nsa leak erred ward snowden is planning on visiting his son in russia. he says snowden is not a traitor, and although he believes in the american justice sis stim he is not -- system he is not sure he wants him to stand trial. >> as a father i want my son to come home. >> today in an exclusive interview with abc's george steph knop police, the father of nsa leak erred ward snowden says plans have been made to reunite in russia. bruce fein is the family's lawyer and says it will happen very soon. >> we have visas and we have a date that we won't disclose right now. >> the purpose of the trip is to come up with a criminal defense against charges of espionage. >> what i would like is for this to be vetted in soap court for the american people to have all of the facts. >> but the elder snowden is not convinced his son could get a fair trial. >> when you consider many of the statements made by our leaders they have poisoned the well so to speak in terms of a potential jury pool. >> just friday president obama had this to say. >> no, i don't think mr. snowden w

. >>> tonight, the father of nsa leaker wed ward snowden is speaking out, telling abc news that his sons not a traitor. and though snowden says he believes in the american justice system, he does not think his son would get a fair trial if he returns from russia. abc's susan saulny in washington tonight. >> as a father, i want my son to come home. >> reporter: today, in an exclusive interview with abc's george stephanopoulos, lon snowden, father of fugitive nsa leaker edward snowden, said plans have been made to reunite in russia. >> you're going to moscow? >> reporter: bruce fein is the family's lawyer and says it will happen very soon. >> we have visas, we have a date which we won't disclose right now because of the frenzy. >> reporter: the purpose of the trip? to come up with a criminal defense against charges of espionage. >> what i would like is for this to be vetted in open court for the american people to have all the facts. >> reporter: but the elder snowden is not convinced his son could get a fair trial. >> when you consider many of the statements made by our leaders, they hav

who him is taking refuse in the ecuadorian embassy in london, said they have aided and abetted ward snowdenghout this and tweeted today, quote, we would like to thank the russian people and all those others who helped protect mr. snowden. we have won the battle. now the war. and so it goes on, rick. >> thank you very much, jonathan. let's take this to the judge. andrew napolitano. always good to talk to you. >> good to be with you. >> i know your argument is we should be grateful to ed snowden for telling us of the most massive government orchestrated violation of the fourth named our history. >> we should be grateful. this caused a debate on the house of representatives over whether or not, in a free society, the people want, expect, or will permit the government to spy on everyone. we now know the government spies on everyone. last week we reported that the obama administration, through the nsa, asked internet service providers for our passwords and that didn't make the front pages but mr. snowden's behaviors hard to understand. what saved him is the adversary relationship we have with ru

exclusive interview with abc's george stephanopoulos, lon snowden, the father of fuj fif nsa leaker ed ward snowden says it will happen very soon. >> we have visas. we have a date which we won't disclose right now. >> reporter: the purpose of the trip to come up with the criminal defense against charges of espionage. >> what i would like is for this to be vetted and open court for the american people to have all of the facts. >> reporter: the elder snowden is not convinced his son could get a fair trial. >> when you kid many of the statements made by our leaders they have poisoned the well so to speak in terms of a potential jury pool. >> reporter: just friday, president obama had this to say. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. there were other avenues available. >> reporter: mr. obama outlined new measures to reform the programs snowden revealed saying he would have done it anyway. >> i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before mr. snowden made these leaks. >> this weekend, julian assange took issue with the administration saying reforms are being made therefore e

. >> reporter: when eld ward snowden dropped his bombshell revelations about the u.s.ance program, his story took an ironic turn, he fled to china and russia, nations long known for spying on foreign visitors and those countries are not alone especially when it comes to your computer, phones, and other devices, many countries, even allies consider them fair game. >> when you cross the border you are carrying a bag and in your bag you'll have your phone and your laptop computer. the border patrol agents in any country around the world have the right to take all of the data off of that drive. >> reporter: mark rash is a cybersecurity expert. do people know that this is being done? >> most business travelers do not know that countries have the right to copy everything that's on your drive and all of your passwords that access your mail, your e-mail, your files. >> reporter: so, this is routinely happening? >> it happens all the time. >> reporter: whether openly or in secret from border guards to customs agents to free wireless systems at a hotel, all represent ways in whi

ed ward snowden has left the airport, according to the russian lawyer. n for political asylum has now been approved and snowden can now legally stay in russia for a period of one year. a u.s. official says washington is not surprised by this. the source telling cnn that moscow had signaled its intentions to regard snowden for some time. cnn's phil black is in moscow. do we know where snowden is right now? >> reporter: no, carol, we do not. snowden's lawyer has said that he will not divulge that at the moment, because he says snowden's number-one priority at the moment is security. and so for security reasons, he will not appear publicly, although he has not ruled out he will do so in the short-term. he says security and just getting used to living outside of an airport terminal are the two priorities. and so that's what he's going to be focusing on in the short-term. we do not know where he is. we haven't had any official reaction from the russian government, either, because their position on this all along has been that this is not a matter for the russi

i think this is of a piece weed ward snowden himself. notion this is just a benign whistle-blower with no motives to harm the united states is false and i think greenwald's motive all along here has been to harm the united states. the left internationally has been trying to reduce america's intelligence-gathering capabilities for a long time and the snowden computer information just has been helping them do it. so, you know, the sad part about the seizure of the documents from "the guardian" and from this fellow at heathrow airport, the sat thing is they probably made copies of it before the information was destroyed but it was still worth the effort, absolutely. i'm glad the brits did it and we should have asked them for their help if we didn't. gregg: i read a piece in foreign policy that greenwald referred to terrorism as primarily propaganda for justifying one own's state's violence. he strikes people with a agenda, not necessarily as a journalist. last question. edward snowden, his asylum there, president will be heading over to rus

host: this is new information on a separate matter -- ward snowden has been granted a one-year asylum in russia. from tennessee, a democrat, good morning. caller: i would like to know how you can republicans sit there and said that obama is on the campaign trail. we all heard from your party that you will do everything you can to bring this man down. you're not going to bring him down. you are bringing the country down. he is going to get paid for the rest of his life. the public.ing it is not hurting obama. it is hurting us. guest: against the facts speak for themselves. all you have to do is look to see where the president has been recently and he has not been seen in washington engaged with the republican leadership. out flying around the country doing speeches. that is not how you negotiate or come to an agreement. he can have an opinion and i can have another but if he is out someplace else, you are not going to be able to bring the two sides together. as far as the bills that are passed and we are trying to undo, we tried to pass a bill last week that did what he did. affordable

the coding system for a video conference room according to secret documents provided by ed ward snowed. t snowden. spies monitor movements in 80 embassies and consulates across the globe. >>> the mtv video music awards were all about justin timberlake. ♪ >> it was an awesome performance. timberlake took home the top prize of the night, shred i don't of the year for his song mirrors. he also received the michael jackson video van guard award. ♪ >> timberlake talking about former boy bandmates n sync who joined him on stage for a special performance. the last time they sang together was back in 2003 and justin said that it was great to be with them again. >> he gave them credit for giving him a start. which that was very nice. >>> in serious news this morning, president obama will award the military's top honor to army staff sergeant ty carter this afternoon. he will receive the medal of honor for running into the line of fire to provide ammunition and to provide aid to troops during a 2009 battle in afghanistan. kelly wright has the latest for us. >> good morning. is th this is a dramatic story ab

." >> reporter: nsa leaker edward snowden better watch his back or oh some say he could suffer the same fate as ed wardoward. >> his usefulness might not last forever. >> reporter: robert stone wrote an open letter comparing snowden's case to edward lee howard's, the only cia employee to defect to the soviet union. in this video from youtube howard's defection is described as cnn reported howard was trained as a spy to be stationed in moscow and fully briefed on russian spies. he was forced to resign after failing a lie detector test before being sent to the soviet union. howard moved to new mexico in 1983 and, expert s say, plotted his revenge. >> he contacted the soviet consulate in washington and said, you know, i'm a cia officer. i have secrets. i know what we do in moscow. i'm available. >> reporter: howard eventually made it to russia in 1986 and gets asylum. the fbi said howard's info to the russians resulted in the execution of oh a scientist. when american producer stone met howard in 1993, he was living in a russian home in the country side but wanted out. in 2002, russia said the defector di

to situation with edward snowden is a minor detail how leaders have presented our position with the president and the head of the migration service what we did is fully warding to russian laws and international law and we could not have acted otherwise specifically also because we don't have an agreement on the extradition is with the u.s. this subject to snowden was mentioned today you very briefly and yes has a small episode. that is rather unpleasant of course and we understand that this is an emotional issue but this is a small at peace so that will not and should not undermine our common agenda. we have to face new threads and you know risks ensure a strategic stability you hold that so i don't see any reasons after the meeting we had today to say that our relationship has been said is that this summit has been delayed. the media says it's has been canceled but that's are on the u.s. has postponed this summit and i'm sure that the invitation which is still open will be later used by president obama. will produce news my question is to both ministers. worse after the talks you had to do the what would you would have been above the level of trust between

snowden looms charge in a new chill with the president and russia, he explained why he canceled a one on one with putin. >> i encouraged mr. putin to think forward instead of back wardseporter: the president also spoke about the u.s. embassy and consulate closings in in africa and the middle east because of al-qaeda attacks. al-qaeda has been greatly weakened but still poses a threat. >> we are not going to completely eliminate terrorism. >> reporter: i'm shannon travis, kron 4 news. >>> those consulates should open on sunday an monday, but the one in yemen will remain closed because of ongoing concerns about a threat. >>> it remained cool, but we will warm up. we will deal with widespread fog, but it will clear a little faster. temperatures back in the 80s inland. there is an area of low pressure to the north. you see the clouds and rain rotating around it. this is keeping our sea breeze intact. tomorrow, wall to wall low cloud coverage sticking around through the 8:00 hour. by 10:00, it will clear, there is something wrong with the computer model. it is snot showing the clearing. we will see clearing. afternoon highs tomorrow in the south bay, three to five degrees

ward. so, you know, snowden didn't happen certainly when it made every effort i think to try to carry-on and have the meeting. it's just, you know, you have to -- what is the point? you continue really need a photoopportunity. iran is very clear the sanction on iran. the area we have the most common interest information. the problem there is we still don't have a bilateral security agreement with the african. we can't really talk to the russians and others about chris brown what we envision to be the future potential for cooperation and multilateral context. so you to walk and chew gum at the same time. so you to cover a wide range of issues, and thing this case, in a formal sense, as i said, the g20 is not about geopolitical issues. and so syria won't be on the formal agenda. i see possible that very unlikely that the russians would introduce to the agenda the formal meeting or some member say i want to raise their hand and say i want to talk about sir yap. all of that said, all much that said, of course, is going to be it's going have a huge impact what is being talked about in the corrido

snowden. that was artie's lindsey france meanwhile the white house and its intelligence agencies are hoping the utility of the n.s.a. spy programs may be enough to ward off efforts in congress to rein them in u.s. officials last week claimed they intercepted an immediate specific threat from al qaeda that led to a global terror warning in the closing of nearly two dozen diplomatic posts around the arabian peninsula the gulf and into africa on wednesday details of how that threat was intercepted was leaked to two defense journalists cozy with the pentagon who ran an article in the daily beast describing a quote legion of doom conference call between more than twenty al qaeda leaders and operatives around the world that was intercepted by u.s. intelligence allegedly al-qaeda leaders use this conference call to discuss plans for a pending attack now if you think it's a little fishy that al qaeda leaders would suddenly begin using global conference calls to plan their attacks well you're not the only one after the story broke journalist with the a.p. the washington post and the los angeles times immediately cast doubt on it and argue that the government'

snowden, the nsa bugged the u.n. building in new york as long as with 80 embassies and consulating around the world. they say the surveillance program has little or nothing do with wardingocuments obtained by the german newspaper an nsa agent writes about cracking the coke to access u.n. communications and proclaims, listen carefully to this one, the traffic gives us the internal video teleconferencing at the u.n. yeah. yeah. that's the end of that dispatch. do you think i read this and i thought, i think this is a fairly big deal, what the nsa is -- we have heard already in some of these leaks about the u.s. spying on other foreign governments, but the notion that we are tapping into the video teleconferencing at the united nations would seem to be another shoe in -- how many shoes can drop, how many legs on this caterpillar but your thoughts? >> probably the clearest sign yet that snowden is playing an international game here. he knows that he's locked in a confrontation with the united states and so he's been selectively alienating the united states' partners saying hey, guess what, they spied on the uk, germany spied on you, huge story in germany and it's riling up

snowden, hero, traitor, blah, blah, blah. anyway, paul in houston writes steph, listening to jim ward talk about the nsa makes me want to pullelashes out. this is the same guy who says the founders couldn't have imagined assault weapons when writing the second amendment. paul in houston. [ applause ] i just -- i just think -- and again, you can fill in for jim and say i'm an idiot. but it is a tough balance between security and privacy. you can't have 100%. i don't think of either. >> are there ways to give up less of your -- i don't want to say freedom but when you engage in facebook and twitter, you are engaging in perhaps an arena that might allow you to be spied on more so that you do have a choice. >> stephanie: i signed up with netflix. i gave up all of my civil liberties just for "house of cards." thanks, kevin spacey. >> game of cards or house of thrones? >> you can't get game of thrones on netflix. >> you can get them individually in the mail. we do. but yeah, if you've got a great tv show, you're in trouble. they'll spy on you. >> stephanie: you need oranges. >> that's a great show. >> stephanie: house of cards is

russia's decision to grant ed ward snowden temporary asylum is causing tensions. >>> u.s. securities regulators score a legal victory after a jury finds a