things out but it is moving through areas, including detroit. we re going to keep more rain around for parts of the south as we go through the next couple days. that front will squeeze out several inches of rainfall through the next couple of days. that means the flood threat will be great once again. important information. let s move on to another story this morning. strong words from the father of nas leaker edward snowden. lon snowden said president obama and others have ruined the potential jury pool for his son. he does say he plans to visit russia and work out a plan to bring his son home. dan lothian is traveling with the president who is on vacation in martha s vineyard. dan, good morning. reporter: good morning, chris. for the president it s always a working vacation. he can t escape the snowden case, the nsa leaker s father delivering that harsh rebuke. but from the white house so far,
according to court documents they claim carter made no real threat because he used the words i think. and they say his comments were taken out of context. carter s attorneys want the judge to throw out the case. investigators tell cnn they found evidence that carter was engaged in online bullying and made his threat to a woman, an online stranger. an investigation turned up no evidence of an actual plot. clemens, a southern georgia university has been in jail for six months for a writing on tumbler, he said i plan on shooting up georgia southern, pass this around to see what effect it has. see if i get arrested. now he s 2350i8g9ing for his freedom. and just like in carter s
notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them, which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration is ridiculous. bob, honestly, this is exactly what he is doing to russia, what he is doing to putin. he is punishing him, them, for what they did with the snowden case. it is childish. i don t think it is childish. you have to send diplomatic messages. i think he is making it clear to putin who won t be around in another two, three years. you don t think so? i don t think he will. can i talk about scandals. watergate was a scandal, iran contra was a scandal. the irs is not a scandal. not a scandal of that level. the most powerful government agency targeting people for political views is a big deal. four dead americans is not a scandal but watergate is a scandal? 10,000 dead americans in iraq
notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them, which has been the guiding diplomatic principle of this administration is ridiculous. bob, honestly, this is exactly what he is doing to russia, what he is doing to putin. he is punishing him, them, for what they did with the snowden case. it is childish. i don t think it is childish. you have to send diplomatic messages. i think he is making it clear to putin who won t be around in another two, three years. you don t think so? i don t think he will. can i talk about scandals. watergate was a scandal, iran contra was a scandal. the irs is not a scandal. not a scandal of that level. the most powerful government agency targeting people for political views is a big deal. four dead americans is not a scandal but watergate is a scandal? 10,000 dead americans in iraq
wanted to stop the military s blood lust, whatever that means. brian: he also released diplomatic cables that hurt our international relations. he also released stuff about the war we didn t want released. what i cannot believe i know it is inconsequential he s going to get 136 years or spend his life in prison, it looks like. but it is unbelievable they don t see this verdict that exonerates him for steve: aiding and abetting. brian: doesn t stand up. he gives it to wikileaks. he ll give it to everyone. they found that material in bin laden s house? how could he not be aiding al qaeda? steve: apparently the military judge who heard all the evidence felt it was not the intents to give it directly to al qaeda. it wound up in bin laden s house but that was not the deal. you were talking about the snowden case, edward snowden a couple of minutes ago. it looks like some wise guys when it comes to the