the next week. it's a shame really because the story needs to be taken very much in two parts, one of which is ed snowden and the other of which is actually the substance of what he revealed, which is a serious and substantial story that goes to the discussion. >> that is exactly right, david, snowden himself has complained in the video interview that he did requewith "the guardian," hd i'm just a guy in the office that saw what was happening and this is something the public needs to decide. he's fleeing first to hong kong, next to moscow, next to somewhere else we don't know, that that's not going to be the dominant story line here. >> absolutely. when i was preparing for this over the weekend i thought i have to emphasize, we need to focus on the issues involved and not the person. and then when this happened this morning, i thought forget it, this is now a flight, a chase, a story. you know, does the bronco on the