recommendations. this is a major report. i think the president knows that the country is very uneasy about some of these surveillance programs. he's going to try to in his second term reassert himself on the national security front, reassure the public. >> well, robert, you brought up his name. so let's talk about him. edward snowden. he's the reason why the president called for this report to be brin and the reason why the president will be reading this report during his hawaii vacation. so what does this report do -- >> some good beach reading right there. i'm taking that on vacation with me too. that's a page turner. >> what does this do in terms of the view of edward snowden? you have people on capitol hill and around the country who call him a traitor. does this report move him in one direction or the other? >> i think in terms of the administration's position and lawmakers' position, snowden remains the status quo. but you have seen snowden change the debate. we're having more of a major