sometimes it's more controversial. this year it is edward snowden. elise labott is our foreign affairs reporter. elyse, the u.s. government can't be happy about this, channel 4 giving edward snowden air time. any reaction there? >> not today on this holiday, michael. kind of staying quiet about it, obviously the government keeps referring to edward snowden as a fugitive and that he should come home. you might note that he joins the ranks of mahmoud ahmadinejad the former president of iran in delivering this alternative alternative message. they would say he's in that kind of company. over the last year, you've noticed edward snowden started as just leaking this information but now in becoming more of a provocateur speaking out and this christmas message he urged people in britain and obviously around the world are also paying attention to rally against this mass government surveillance that we've seen. let's take another listen to what he said, another part of