the russian president says nsa leaker edward snowden is in the moscow airport. putin says he s a free man and the sooner he figures out where he s going and goes there is better. if he s in the transit air he s in a no man s land. he s not technically in russia as long as he stays there. he talked about that. listen to this. translator: snowden is still in transit area as a transit passenger. hour special services never worked with him and are not working with him today. you heard president putin saying russia special services are not working with snowden. is he trying to smooth things over with the u.s.? what s your assessment? various officials have said this will damage relations between the u.s. and russia.