really you want to know if he has to stop his work that he's undermining our american colleagues. president says a fugitive whistleblower edward snowden can stay in the russia amid speculation that he has asked moscow for asylum. meanwhile leaders demanded an explanation from their american ally on the latest revelations by snowden and the u.s. remains tight lipped on the issue. live pictures you're seeing right there out of egypt the army there says that it will take matters into its own hands if the government fails to address the people's demands within forty eight hours now the country has been roiled by massive demonstrations calling for president mohamed morsi to step down. and stay with egypt fears of an all out

conflict there also intensified by the muslim brotherhood vowing action following its headquarters being ransacked and torched by rioters. so good to have you this evening on lucy catherine over new watching t.v. moving on to our top story russia's federal immigration services service denies reports that they and this a whistleblower edward snowden has requested asylum here in russia the says after president vladimir putin said the fugitive could stay in the country but on one condition. explains. artie's managed to speak with a representative of the russian consulate in the airport who shot some way on the speculation about mr snowden allegedly asking russia for political asylum and

according to him he met with the wiki leaks representative who was accompanying the former n.s.a. contractor late on sunday at the airport and she passed him this and will open with an alleged letter from mr snowden virtually telling him that in this letter he asked for political asylum but this information has been rejected by russia's federal migration service now this comes as president vladimir putin said that mr snowden is a free man and could stay in any country he wanted including russia but only if he's stopped working against washington. but you know snowden thought concerning edward snowden i must repeat myself like he's not a russian agent and he's not working for us and we're not working with him he's a free man if you want to fly some way he can do you should know if you want to stay here he's only one condition he has to stop his work that is undermining our american colleagues as strange as that may sound coming from me. the president has

also said that moscow is not playing to extradite snowden to the u.s. and added that he doesn't know if snowden could leave along with one of the delegations currently taking part in the gas summit taking place in moscow since earlier the president of venezuela who is also currently in the russian capital he said that snowden has a good chance of getting political asylum in his country if he asked for snowden still hasn't done that when he did ask ecuador for political asylum they're still working on that decision and it seems that they are still very a long way from making any decision since it seems ecuador right now is in a very difficult position with washington since it's already granted political asylum to julian the son who is wanted in the u.s. and perhaps. this whole story around snowden is creating additional tensions and supporting two weak elites the n.s.a. may have already started intercepting ecuador's government telecommunications so

the chances of snowden receiving political asylum in ecuador are actually now smaller than receiving it in venezuela if the heat of course asked for years now the former n.s.a. contractor arrived to the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport a week ago with the north american passport and the u.s. is still asking for his extradition germany has summoned to the u.s. ambassador for explanations on the leaks published in german press on the revelation suggesting the n.s.a. has spied on the e.u.'s internal computer networks has sparked a wave of outrage in berlin the newsroom chief of r.g.s. video agency ruptly lee failand reports. there has so far been no comment from the us in response to this latest round of revelations that have been published over the weekend by der spiegel which revealed that. half a billion communications including phone calls text messages and e-mails monitored

under the n.s.a. program each month and that's in germany alone now the german justice minister has been absolutely livid she has described the tactics of the n.s.a. is similar to the tactics used in the cold war the german chancellor angela merkel has said that she feels alienated which you know is obviously very curious as to why germany has been targeted by the n.s.a. program the n.s.a. have stated that there's very few countries which have been excluded from their program including the united kingdom new zealand australia and canada so questions are being asked the why germany has been specified as a target and sun official in germany commented that of course the us is known for costing a wide net you know target whoever they want under the war on terror so are german citizens now also being treated as terrorists under this and i say programs of

course it's not just germany that is reeling from these latest revelations there's been an outrage across europe so it's not just the u.s. and german relations but indeed the entire trends that relationship between europe and the united states that is under threat. meanwhile the e.u.'s leader's demands for an explanation from washington have gone largely on those far as artie's marina partner reports the obama administration is reportedly still evaluating the spying allegations but so far u.s. officials are not offering any apologies u.s. secretary of state john kerry briefly address the situation saying that it's not unusual for lots of nations to spy on one another insisting that every country in gauged in international affairs undertakes lots of activities to protect national security but kerry refused to comment any further until he said he had all the facts and finds out precisely what the situation is what's clear is that washington

will not be able to sweep this problem under the rug or downplay these latest revelations now last month many may remember when americans discover that the u.s. government was collecting the daily phone records of some one hundred million americans u.s. president barack obama defended the massive made it made a data grab by saying no one is listening to conversations it's highly doubtful that type of response is going to appease european leaders many of whom have already demanded immediate explanations from in light of the spying allegations the president of the european commission has a menu so has ordered a comprehensive security sweep of commission offices spokes person described the spying allegations as quote disturbing news obviously the united states has a huge diplomatic problem on its hands america's trust and credibility has arguably been globally compromised and the fallout of this is only beginning look nobody would be happy to discover their friend their spouse is bugging their phones or

reading their e-mails and text messages so imagine the betrayal and anger america's european allies are feeling and must have felt after reading reports that the land of the free has been spying on them. earlier i discussed the dilemmas edward snowden's revelations are presented to the u.s. and other countries with. paul scott and an isa now. i don't think that anything has changed because of this tapping in europe scandal i mean the u.s. is still going to go after snowden they want snowden the name would have gone after him in the beginning if they didn't think there was a real reason to go after him presumably leaking more secrets so what has changed with these secrets marina mentioned that the u.s. is not going to be able to sweep this under the rug but i sort of disagree with that what other scandals has the u.s. not been able to sweep under the rug i actually disagree i think there has been a shift in maybe the tactics of the u.s. they clearly still going after edward snowden they clearly still want to get their hands on him i don't think anyone is disputing rob but i just think that the

tactics that they're using the tone of the language that they're using seems to seems to be changing if you look back last weekend when he left hong kong the u.s. could barely high their disgust for food for the chinese authorities for allowing him to leave hong kong they were making demands to russia that russia extradite him even though there's no extradition treaty they were threatening ecuador with these preferential trade deals and i just think that there's been a shift we've seen move cooperation from the united states they seem to be prepared to work with other nations to get their hands on and they clearly still want to get their hands on them but i think the time to change they have much of a choice what else are they going to do they can't threaten russia who else is going to help the only thing that perhaps are right that the tapping scandal could is that europe is their ally their best friend and now this is happening that could perhaps change the game same time i mean look it's an open secret that countries spy on one another the revelation here is that the united states got caught doing it it's not necessarily that it's an unusual supposition that

a country would spy on a different country i think what's what's different with the e.u. stuff the more the revelations that we're seeing most reasons recently i think everybody knew fair enough you know we're living in the twenty first century it's very likely that you know with google and the microsoft's of the market brand of those companies really we all more or less expected something like that at some stage you know these companies can't be that big and co-exist. with a government that's is so concerned with security or you. feel the way the government on what i think the the european issue right now is for me is a really interesting one there's a big trade deal going on being ready to the french don't particularly be part of the president hollande was very quick to condemn the allegations at least enough proof. that everyone has been spied upon by the u.s. and at the same time. if you look at some of the other partners the european partners for example president barroso while you might have a little tick through a sweep of european offices. all over his face. he hasn't said

a word. the issue with john kerry on the sidelines of a security conference in southeast asia today other than that we've heard almost nothing from brussels or maybe they knew about it but other than these very make statements which are kind of used to getting from from the. p.r. machine anyway so i think i think there's a there's a genuine sense of betrayal i think that's going to filter into the relationship and i think people like barroso and those guys who are key players in the transatlantic relationship i think they're going to be under real pressure from the lawmakers who are operating beneath them of the european system to try and sort their act out and try and stand up to the states a little bit more i do want to broaden the conversation actually and bring in another guest that we have for you a member of parliament rebecca harms she's the co-president of the green flash e.f. a group and she's on the line from stroudsburg now ma'am most countries presumably spy on one another i mean this is something that we've been talking about in this

discussion why do you think this revelation specifically is causing such a controversy given that again most nations probably do spying on another. because this is a huge spying attack from the united states help specially by the united kingdom against against their friends in the european union and obviously this spying in tech. there was there was not any limit in it so for example facing the information that institutions of the european union have been also a target. of the embassy of the european parliament for example so this is something which we've completely unacceptable there have been some economic threats but realistically is europe in a position to actually make good on those we have certain instruments least i as

a green member of the european parliament some of those instruments we have to agreements. in between us and europe. we could stop those agreements and i'm convinced that we should not open the negotiations on the united states trade agreement because this is also very very sensitive when it comes to debt up there where it will certainly it seems like there are options the question is what actual policy the lawmakers will decide to take thank you so much for that member of parliament they can say what yes thank you so much weighing in there now before we finish up our conversation guys i want to bring up another point here i mean the broader issue from my perspective that all this raises is transparency regardless of which country is doing this it seems that in this day and age there needs to be more transparency in terms of what different governments are doing. whether they're economic or counterterrorism or

what not spying revelations so what what i guess take away message do you all feel there is from from what's come out from the two key takeaway messages from just on the european do. for me one is brussels is absolutely. prepared to deal with an organization like the united states and in any serious way the european union doesn't have a spying agency you know they probably never thought they might need one bless them so first takeaway there is i think you've been absolutely humiliated and it's illusion to be a major negotiation block on the world stage secondly you're never going to know if i how can we ensure that the u.s. rolls back prism you believe john kerry would you believe barak obama the point the point is you never know about anything surely we as citizens are it seems are so disempowered in this day and age and as high technology day and age where governments have so much more control and power in fact to listen in on us and i think the biggest lesson here is for brussels because the u.s.

certainly spies and all countries spy like you've been bringing up. on russia. but not probably with tapping i russia you sort of think it was in the kremlin in the you know the government buildings in beijing you're probably not going to find wiretaps that's what you found them and maybe you will but you found them in their friend and in terms of transparency to europe is probably one of the most transparent places in the world so the question is where do you find that balance if the people that are so transparent get so taken advantage of the argument here what we're learning is american for many people say has never had the moral high ground but i think maybe in america that leaders would would feel that they have i think they're beginning to lose that i think they begin to realize that they're losing about themselves. let's get some live analysis now with ivan eland he is a us defense analyst and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute so i thank you for taking time to speak with us president vladimir putin has said that mr snowden could remain in russia if he ceases to

release more information what are the implications for u.s. washington pardon me a russian russian american relations as a result of this well the first question i think should be even if they're greed to do this is can he stop revealing information according to wiki leaks julian or songe of wiki leaks they have made some sort of arrangement that no country can set off bombs with the publication of this or whether he's given the documents to someone else and who published them so maybe snowden can't guarantee that i don't know we'll have to wait and see if the snowden can guarantee that but if they if this is true i think actually russia may be helping the united states out to some extent because to. take him in as an asylum. person but he'll have to stop publishing this if he in fact can and that will help the united states avoid further embarrassment or places like the e.u.

or other countries that have been spied on and will be. spared these embarrassing revelations what kind of reaction do you anticipate from washington to mr putin's remarks. well i think you have to go you probably have to judge that you know they'll be some still huffing and puffing on the part of the u.s. but i think you know maybe this was clear be back channel i think the main thing that the united states doesn't want now is embarrassment i mean they figure that these secrets are out there. and that he could have already been compromised the documents that he has in his possession electronically so i think the main the main objective of the u.s. government would be one to get them back which they probably are not going to do a number two if not that then spare a future embarrassment and they may have gotten that so perhaps there's been some back channel agreement between the two governments that this is how it's going to

be happen because i think. lattimer putin is out on a limb a bit because he definitely has been making him out to be a hero so perhaps it's tough for him to just turn him over to the u.s. i don't think that would happen but perhaps this is a compromise whether it's been a mutual agreement or not it may be the best that the u.s. can do and certainly puts both countries in in sort of tricky positions here but i'm curious a little bit about the u.s. response here because in the beginning we had secretary of state john kerry calling snowden a traitor then we had president obama come out and in his comments he sort of downplayed the whole issue saying look let's go through traditional diplomatic channels this guy is just a hacker do you feel that the u.s. is trying to soften its approach toward snowden or is it just just us harshly trying to get him. trying to get him essentially. well i think the u.s. has been forced to soften its approach they i think they intimidated the

governments of ecuador in venezuela not to take him but of course he's still in russia and he's not going to be given up probably by the russians so therefore. you know obama was then trying to backpedal a little bit and lower expectations that they were going to get him and prosecute him so i think about like i say about the only thing that the u.s. can do right now is avoid future embarrassment and this may very well be in the behind the scenes an acceptable. solution even though the u.s. will probably still complain about it publicly and certainly interest interesting of course that the two former cold war for foes who had spied on each other for years during that time period are now dealing with the situation as. anyone unfortunately we're out of time thank you so much for that analysis. well just ahead we look at the unrest in egypt with millions demanding the resignation of president mohamed morsi.

obama's africa the u.s. president's trip to this continent is criticized by some is too little too late indeed washington continues to be seen by many britons as a source for outside democracy promotion and the creepy militarization of the continent obama is calling card is always being poked pretty green much hope for. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom hardy welcome to the big picture. do we speak your language as anybody will or not advance. news programs

documentaries and spanish matters to you. but will turn it into angles stories. here. in spanish to find out more visit i to our. welcome back i'm lucy catherine of egypt's military has given politicians forty eight hours in order to meet people's demands saying that the army may provide its own road map otherwise now president mohamed morsy is aid has slammed to the ultimatum by the army chief as a military coup cairo's talk we are square and streets are flooded with a sea of anti-government protesters for second day in a row you see those pictures behind me now this comes after the headquarters of the country's aling muslim brotherhood was left in tatters by an angry mob here's our

true with the latest from cairo. it's true ordinary scenes are posted on trees as hundreds of thousands come back to the streets for a second day of protest against president mohamed morsi as you can probably see behind me is a huge gathering and the president to paris was sounding chauncey's and have which means i think they say enough's enough the president must go this comes just after a statement by the ministry he said and that the president comes up with a solution that will feel the demands of the people in forty eight hours they will create to make money for the future of egypt many people here aren't taking this as a military intervention and this is the nation one of our people the police and the minute you are getting both the fed up with the escalating violence in a number of people die in clashes leading up to this i think demonstrations on the other side people are saying that the military when they were in power by the one year off that was mubarak step down had an appalling human rights records and we

saw in the democratic change i said we're still seeing a divided egypt very tense scene say a massive massive demonstration against president speaking to protest and in the protest said today they told me they'd seen no change in the last year since the president to power but they talked about a failing economy absolutely no job opportunities to morning and water shortages of rights crisis as well as human rights abuses on the promise of the state and senate to ensure in the police force the promises the president morsi made when he came to power he has not the food and therefore he's incapable of running the country music complained about the islamist organizations are part of the missing brotherhood's saying they have taken the monotony of power and this is not democratic it is a mix with their part too old to staging a sit in just a few kilometers away. say that the president was democratically elected and they will stand by him he said still finish his four years in power i mean it's undemocratic to expect him to step down however with this latest statement from the

military basically putting morsi to work in our case i think even those demands the people which is that you resign or the military intervene i think we're going to be seeing a possibly presidential elections very very soon. eleven ministers in the egyptian government government have submitted their resignations i made a storm of public dissent but the president and prime minister have refused to accept the resignations thus far now mark all meant historian and middle east expert says that egypt could soon find itself in a power vacuum it seems very much that the army is essentially trying to determine the future and that could well be a return to the past because what is very striking is that there isn't an obvious alternative to morsi there isn't a clear figurehead for the opposition so even if morsi was to resign there's nobody automatic to take his place not least because the constitutional court would invalidated the elections to the parliament so that we have

a very very difficult situation as only one person with any kind of democratic legitimacy that's the president and his own legitimacy is now under attack from huge crowds in the streets and from the army and the police who refuse to defend himself and his party but whoever comes to power or if morsi states in part it's difficult to see that the basic problems of great poverty. are sources coming into the country terrible problems of boat paying for the import of vital resources including food those can easily be resolved whoever is in power. time for a check on other stories making headlines across the globe at this hour we begin in hong kong where thousands of taking to the streets to denounce the city's chief executive protestor say they're upset with his economic policies that they say has widened the income gap and led to soaring property prices demonstrators also called for democratic reforms so they can choose their own top representative instead of one picked by a mostly probation committee at the annual rally comes on the sixteenth anniversary

of the handover from britain. and in the u.s. president obama has praised the nineteen firefighters killed while battling a wildfire that has been raging in the state of arizona the blaze has raised through dry bush and grass damaging buildings and forcing hundreds of residents in two towns to flee is believed to have been started by a lightning strike in a forest spreading clear quickly because of high winds. in the e.u. to embrace genetically modified foods and to ease the tight regulations on them now britain's environment secretary claims that g.m. farming is actually safer than many of the alternatives and beneficial for consumers as well as farmers but health organizations and activists have voiced strong objections you know g.m. products and gulf a wide range of foods from corn to rice to chocolate meat even milk monsanto and american money multinational corporation owns around ninety percent of all modified

seeds which is causing global controversy because of its domination of the market now the company has been accused of crushing small businesses and farmers enterprising even driving some farmers to suicide that's as anti g.m. activists have warned that the modified food could be deadly they say that allergies liber immune system problems are just some of the reported side effects now earlier i discussed this issue with mark spencer he's a member of parliament from the u.k.'s conservative party and he believes that the european union has to embrace g.m. technology if it doesn't want to farmers to be beaten by the competition no one's been muddied by these g.m. products will be consuming if you compare that to peanuts for example to pull that shit for a reaction to it would make more sense to buy the will roll the g.m. program. at the same time for example the american academy of environmental medicine has urged doctors to prescribe non g.m.o. diets for all of its patients citing animal studies and fact that show organ damage

gastrointestinal and immune system disorders and they say that this is more than a casual association with g.m. foods and adverse health effects in fact that there is the strength of association and consistency between g.m. foods and disease is confirmed in several animal studies this is according to the american academy of environmental medicine how do you respond. i mean i really don't think there's any evidence for that whatsoever frankly and these probably. america south america and certainly in parts of asia and the european union is going to get left behind if we don't have all those technologies are going to put our farmers in a very difficult place and we need to find a way of making sure that europe remained well fed with high quality food and i think g.m. offers some advances to the up at nexus cross talk with peter lawwell here watching our.

south carolina is playing around with the idea of using shame plates which are license plates that can display special messages the department of motor vehicles would have complete access to all these plates and be able to display text on them like suspended uninsured amber alert or stolen you know i actually don't mind the idea of using shame as a punishment i guess it could be a real deterrent to have drunken loser written over the license plate of someone who drinks and drives in fact drugged driving plates have been in place in some states for a while but the problem is that more often than not shame penalties aren't the punishment for a crime but just a bonus one in my native ohio you can go to jail for three to thirty days and have your license suspended for one to three years for driving which is a brutal punishment in a country where everyone drives to work you see people are already punished for drunk driving and then.