is putting on ecuador is too much. no i don't i don't think so i don't think that the united states should i think the political reality is that you know that it would not get trade preferences a great for grant snowden asylum i'm not sure that's a wise move but that's just a political reality it's a wise move because i don't think it's in a long term interest of the united states to rafael correa is not going to be there for ever and will have a deal be another president of ecuador and people will remember that the united states cut off trade preferences and affected the ecuadorian economy at a very critical time and that's not good for the united states in the long term but that politics is seldom seen in a long term perspective to shoot short term so i think there's going to be a mood in washington to punish ecuador to the extent it can if it goes ahead with granting snowden asylum ok well we saw that ecuador said that they would offer twenty three million a year for human rights training to america doesn't seem lik

ecuador and diplomats. to cuba with sources confirming ecuador is. reportedly. told russia it wants him. to get in. with new allegations that. this is. a day. a whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador that's according to the country's foreign minister snowden is currently in a moscow airport waiting to board his next flight tomorrow. when it's crossed now to. the airport paul so bring us up to date what's been happening there at the airport since. hong kong. has been. on the world hoping to grab a glimpse of the world's most famous but it was. the confirmation that he is in the. building behind me. from the ecuadorian embassy and in particular. that he has indeed. came from the countries. in. the way. to himself now the suggestion. is going to be spending the evening in the. because we are hearing that he's having problems with his visa that could have something to do with the fact that america suggested that they want revoked. the problems there with his paper he has to remain in transit which

confirming ecuador is his ultimate destination. and before you even left hong kong snowden's passport was reportedly revoked by the u.s. just told him deported human rights activists want washington. to get him. for snowden crossing continents. with new allegations that even barack obama was monitored while he was running for the senate. international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day. and it's a whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador and that's according to the country's foreign minister is currently in a moscow airport waiting to board his next flight tomorrow afternoon when it's across now to paul scott who is at the airport tell us what has happened there at the airport since snowden touched down from hong kong. pretty much a case at the moment of the calm of the storm edward snowden arrived here at moscow . fifty. six hours ago was greeted by officials from the were. durian embassy and in

says snowden is safe but keep his exact whereabouts secret we can extend however confirm ecuador has given him refugee travel papers. washington appears desperate to corner its former intelligence analyst criticizing every country he passes through and demanding is immediate the footage. international news in comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is the twenty four hours a day so the world's media have turned into a plane spotters tracking one transatlantic flight that was supposed to be carrying the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden away to safety from the hands of the usa who wanted him extradited well the fact is it appears that he wasn't on the plane nobody saw him boarding the plane bound for cuba from moscow airport where he was reported to have spent the night when that plane departed packed with journalists expecting to find him on board there but apparently short of one. at the moment it is heading across the upper. antic and will pass through us controlled airspace giving american authorities the chance to intercept it if they really want to check out wh

ideal securing his safe passage from hong kong eventually hopefully on snyder's behalf to ecuador by moscow. and it is also a wiki leaks you know of attempted to broker the deal that will secure him they hype asylum in ecuador. called the reporter from the airport and has apparently spent the night in that airport ok to dwell within the transit zone . correspondent you've got a piss going off was very very close indeed i can bring us the latest on this a good to see you go to any ideas now mr snowden his whereabouts where is he. it's the biggest mystery at the moment isn't it actually inside this transit zone where it's most likely that mr snowden is because since he landed his plane landed and should i mean airport around five pm on sunday he still not been seen leaving the airport's premisses and well there is speculation that he doesn't have a russian visa plus he's passport was in validated so he can't walk out of the airport leave its premises so it's most likely that he's inside this transit zone you know there's speculation that he may be staying at this capsule will tell with

is playing in this whole drama so lindsay why ecuador. well if you look at wiki leaks history with ecuador it does make perfect sense and this is certainly turning out to be the ultimate detective story for all of the journalists involved as as paul scott had mentioned staking out every corner of the airport at this point it seems like every corner of the city as well to track edward snowden down now ecuador has been sheltering wiki leaks founder julian assange within the four walls of its embassy in london for a little over a year now and that is enabled a songe to operate in a professional manner with regard to operating wiki leaks and also to say force from the u.s. government getting their hands on him. other than now ecuador has got a joint extradition treaty with the united states for certain crimes but not crimes that are of a political nature crimes or offenses of a political nature and so that obviously leaves a large loophole there in which ecuador could shelter snowden so obviously with ecuador's experience dealing with julian

healthy but the exact whereabouts of one secret he's not going to reveal wiki leaks did say that ecuador has given him refugee status. watch in a peer's desperate to corner a former intelligence agents criticizing the countries he passes through and demanding his immediate deportation. seven pm in moscow i matras are good to have you with us here on r t is we're following our late breaking end daylong developing story here on r t the search for edward snowden where is he where is he headed to next said to be in moscow but we've had reporters and reporters from around the world to camped out for him on the airplane and more but no sign of the whistleblower let's take a look at a map of where he was supposed to be and supposed to be headed says pows italy edward snowden was here in moscow and then he was supposed to board this error a float flight bound for a flight pattern going across the north atlantic down the east coast of the united states where potentially it could be intercepted or requested to land by u.s. officials so he could face justice there east coast of the united. it's aro

and says snowden is safe but keep his exact whereabouts secret leaks did however confirm ecuador has given him refugee travel papers. washington criticizes every country snowden passes through while demanding his immediate deportation a white house spokesman insists the whistleblower is still in russia. international news and common live from a studio center here in moscow this is so a man is on the run but just where is he it seems that the world's media have turned into a bunch of plane spotters as they track a transatlantic flight heading from moscow to cuba now just last night it was supposed that edward snowden the n.s.a. whistleblower wanted by the u.s. for espionage charges was a boarding a plane to cuba but the fact is when many journalists from around the world got on that plane earlier today they noticed that the seat was empty with snowden was meant to be sitting now that plane has now taken off it's crossing the atlantic there is every chance that if it enters u.s. airspace off the east coast of america there off new york or in. off the coast of miami that the jet could b

to ecuador. and he is also. tempted to broker the deal that will secure him they hope asylum in ecuador. reporting from moscow airport now snowden spent the night. within the transit zone. inside one of the top. the biggest questions for now is where is mr snowden actually inside this transit zone where it's most likely that mr snowden is because since he landed his plane landed and should i mean airport around five pm on sunday he still not been seen leading the airport's true mrs and well there is speculation that he doesn't have a russian visa plus he's passport was invalidated so you can't walk out of the airport leave its premises so it's most likely that he's inside the transit zone now there's speculation that he may be staying at this capsule hotel within the zone and also we know that the ecuadorian and baxter a visit at the sheremetyevo airport on sunday and spent a few hours behind closed doors at the launch also here inside the transit zone so perhaps the meeting with mr snowden although he never com

the latest so quite a strong reaction from ecuador to washington over its bid to get it. exactly explain tower. they have certainly responded quite brashly in the sense that they've. been which is known as the. trade. that. the trade agreement that sort of gave ecuador beneficial preferences in its business relations with the united states preemptively saying that this was in response to quote a blackmail of ecuador over in the former n.s.a. contractor as asylum requests now. officials us speaking at an early morning press conference also announce that they are offering a twenty three million dollar donation to the united states supposedly to help the united states for human rights training this is seen as a response of u.s. criticism of ecuador's own human rights record which isn't exactly so bright so certainly a lot of public public statements public reaction sort of trying to indicate that i will not bow to u.s. pressure in regard to the asylum request over and mr stone and at the same time it should be said we have seen more information leak out about internal divisi

here in ecuador, we have seen a number of diplomatic vehicles from ecuador's ambassador. we have not seen the ambassador but his car has been parked here the better part of the day. we assume he is within the airport, within a secure area, talking, meeting with edward snowden. at some point within the next 24 hours or so he will take a connecting flight to get him to ecuador. the theory is he will go to have vanna, cuba, the most straightforward way to go and will be looking to catch a flight around tomorrow afternoon local time. fredericka. >> phil, the u.s. says snowden has a revoked u.s. passport and that the u.s. is asking any countries, whether it be russia, whether it be cuba or perhaps even ecuador, not to let snowden travel any further. is there any official response coming from russian authorities there as to whether they're going to apiece the u.s. with those requests in any way? >> reporter: no. there has been no statement, no reaction from russian government at all regarding snowden's presence in this country now. so we don't know what their view is. we don't

on the last leg of his journey to ecuador on route though the plane could cross u.s. airspace in the vicinity of new york and some fear that's what washington could try to put its hands on him. now of course says it's considering edward snowden's request for asylum a plea reportedly organized by weekly leaks artie's lindsey friends who is at ecuador's embassy in moscow reports on quito stake in all of this. as we have reported earlier this morning the foreign minister did confirm via twitter that edward snowden has officially sought asylum with that country that case is still in process right now now it's no secret that ecuador does shelter whistleblowers julian assad has been sheltered within the four walls of the ecuadorian embassy in london for the past year so it's no surprise there that as noted is being assisted by wiki leaks that ecuador would be a target for his final destination now the united states has made no secret that it has warned western hemisphere governments likely to host snowden they should in no way allow him to travel even over their borders unl

in his request for asylum in ecuador and had to go to ecuador he leaked information to the washington post and you have to cut he. information to two newspapers the washington post and the guardian in the u.k. why is wiki leaks then taken on his calls. when he came forth and identified himself as the source of these extremely important information that we now have in the open. we publicly stated that we would assist him because we know what he will apply to whistleblowers and we haven't we of course. protection for whistleblowers platform for their information so we had to it was natural for us to reach out and offer of help in any way and our health has been. limited to two legal advise and. i can go between now and i would help if you got from russia and china in all of this. not all. julian said this morning in this press conference that there's been no. there was no prior knowledge. with russian authorities that snowden was arriving there. but this is of course where it's being maintained that there's been some connection there between we can use in these sorts of orders or snowde

and his refuge may be granted by ecuador which says the thirty year old request for asylum all orchestrated by the whistleblower group wiki leaks. will chase him to the ends of the earth bring him to justice. washington is on the scent the white house warns the western hemisphere against helping the runaway days off the full wrath of the espionage act against mr snowden. it is a busy day for news here on r t a pleasure to have you with us today i'm live in moscow let's get straight to it right now. and i say contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden is awaiting a flight out of moscow which is thought to be destined for cuba and it's leaving in just a matter of hours here arrived in the russian capital on sunday having fled hong kong with washington in hot pursuit. the airport standing by for us here on good morning to you poor mr snowden as far as we. put. yes good morning to you rory well as far as we understand edward snowden does remain here moscow's sheremetyevo airport in the terminal building behind me as you say here just after five o'clock on a sunday afternoon on a commercial

snowden's destination may be ecuador. it seems like he is heading to ecuador. there is saying, if anything? >> caller: hi, good morning, christine. good to talk to you. ecuador is a country that could be welcoming to snowden. they could grant him asylum because the foreign minister already has confirmed the request. he's analyzing and studying that request before deciding whether or not. the foreign minister of ecuador had this to say, take a listen. >> i can only confirm we did receive a request for asylum from mr. snowden. we know he is in moscow and we are in touch with the highest authorities in russia. >> caller: christine, there is precedence for the asylum. ecuador granted asylum to wikileaks founder julian assange. he is now in the ecuador yan embassy and wanted in sweden for investigation. however, assange does not face charges in the u.s., which snowden does. he faces charges for espionage and is considered a fugitive in the eyes of the united states. asylum has not been granted yet. we know he's accompanied by a lawyer from for the antisecret si webs

why ecuador and does the united states have any hope of stopping ecuador or convincing ecuador not to take him? >> relations with ecuador are not particularly good, but not really bad. the president is a socialist kind of chavez mode. but i wouldn't say they have bad relations. it's just that you have again those three countries remember assange of course is there, and you also have the three countries originally that were looked at, venezuela, ecuador and cuba, all kind of with the same approach to things. so it seems as if you take assange at his word, he said go to latin american countries and that's indeed what he's going to do. >> mr. snowden says the government is lying. he says when the national security agency and administration tells that you it can't check your personal phone call, that it doesn't have that information available, that it can't monditor your e-mail, tha a rogue analyst can't flip a switch to get that information and you've had both national security agency, members of congress saying he's lying about his ability, but there is a question of trust here and cred

is refuge it may be granted by ecuador which is mulling over the thirty year old request for asylum all orchestrated by whistleblower groups leaks. will chase him to the ends of the earth just as washington on the set the white house warning the western hemisphere against helping the runaway days after leveling the full weight of the espionage act against snowden. three pm in moscow. good to have you with us here on r t our top story cuba bound flight from moscow which was thought to be edward snowden snowden the ticket out of russia has taken off with passengers saying there is no sign of the whistleblower aboard he's reportedly to have arrived in the russian capital sunday having fled hong kong with washington in pursuit let's cross now to our t's paul scott who's been at the airport where the plane took off paul give us the latest. yes. snowden might be the name who deanie because reports came in. around five o'clock on sunday afternoon that he was in the moscow's sheremetyevo airport where it was believed that he was greeted by the ecuadorian ambassador as he said he was meant to be

have with ecuador?> i don't know that it has much because ecuador is drifting very far left under sort of the tutelage of venezuela. it's part of the movement in a kind of cuban direction, in at least northern south america. i think once -- once snowden got to hong kong, the big powerful states here, china and russia are going to use this to embarrass the united states, to make the united states look weak, and to sort of play with us as a cat plays with a mouse. i think this will continue for a while. >> so i imagine the u.s. is going to work on that. you know, trying to figure out what went wrong. but in the meantime, it seems like the priority is, how do they go about capturing, detaining edward snowden, making sure he faces these charges of espionage and theft of u.s. documents. what kind of conversations are taking place right now in order to move in that direction? >> it would be good but, again, with china being able to tell hong kong what to do, for all practical purposes here, and with russia no

getting its hands on snowden if indeed ecuador is his final destination. of course want to leave the france right there outside the ecuadorian embassy in moscow and while the american was a blow is awaiting his asylum verdict the army but also from the free bradley manning support network explain why ecuador has become such a popular destination for those being persecuted politically have very large. numbers of asylum fifty some odd thousand not necessary political refugees but i think also that the genius aunt has also helped make a safe haven for those persecuted politically and i think it's a wonderful watershed moment for the concert an effort to protect edward snowden i think it's a very good initiative is a great you know an irony of this whole story normally during the cold war they would be traveling to the us via russia to countries like cuba and venezuela but this might perhaps set a couple things into motion and inspire ecuador to become more of a safe haven for press freedoms i just don't think that you're going to silence this generation these

so what does that mean he can't get to ecuador because right now he doesn't have documents to fly there and he also can't get to for example the ecuadorian embassy in moscow this is what julian assange did with a with a after an embassy in london because he doesn't have a visa to be in russia and the russian officials haven't indicated that they're willing to help them to do so so he's essentially stuck in limbo for the forseeable future now we did speak to air a flow that's the airline that's operating those flights to have an a q but they said that he is not on any of the passenger lists for the coming few days conan reportedly did check into a capsule hotel at the transfer area here at the sheremetyevo airport this is one of those you know temporary little hotels we can get a room with a bathroom to stay he reportedly remained there for about four hours and then left with a group of men unclear where he left to but to the best of our knowledge at this point he remains inside that transit zone in that airport so far the u.s. has been using traditional diplomatic channels to try to get

with ecuador what happens with ecuador. relations with them. very complex. and a cascading series of results coming from this. >> jill dougherty in washington, thanks so much. keep us posted. right now, edward snowden in moscow after flying from hong kong. passengers who say they were on the flight describe what it was like for them. >> translator: i do not even know who is edward snowden. i saw that there was a black car near the aircraft. a car with a regular registration number. in the cabin all was quiet. departure was not delayed. there was nothing unusual. >> translator: i saw two cars pulled up to the jet. everything was fine. the border guards boarded the plane. no one was detained. everything was fine. then, three buses with passengers left the airport. everything was fine. >> phil black joining us now live from moscow. phil, reports that snowden just might spend the night there. what more do you know about his whereabouts? is he still in the airport or did he find a back door? >> reporter: fredericka, we believe he is still there. no one knows for

en quito ecuador.casi seguro. >>> alinearse para proteger al ex agente de la cia maduro seÑalÓ y cito sus palabras. no dejemos solo, a este muchacho, para que no sea capturado y asesinado por los estados unidos. >>> una pausa, la orientaciÓn sexual de un nominado, a dirigir la embajada de estados unidos en repÚblica dominicana, estÁ en el centro de una creciente controversia. tambiÉn, polemica ha generado en new york, una decisiÓn sobre el programa conocido como stop and friz. y los testimonios de >>> algunos sectores estÁn protestando porque nombraron un activista homosexuales entre los fe reos opositores se haya la iglesia catÓlica. el nominado tiene un fuerte respaldo. estados unidos puede esperar cualquier cosa. >>> yuna vÍa de criticas a favor ni contra desde el momento que se supo la noticia que puede ocupar la situaciÓn de embajador de estados unidos en el paÍs. la iglesia catÓlica advierte que no serÁ bienvenido. >>> estoy opuesta radicalmente a esto yo en tiernoed que hombre y mujeres los creo

ecuador's foreign minister confirmed ecuador is considering an asylum request from snowden. we will make a decision. [indiscernible] this has to do with freedom of expression, with the security of citizens around the world. we have to analyze it. the united states has revoked snowden's passport and asked russia to expel a member of hong kong allowed snowden to leave despite a request by the u.s. to to arrest him. they said the documents had no legal basis to prevent them from leaving. the hong kong government also said it wanted more information about alleged u.s. hacking of computer systems in hong kong. over the weekend, the south china morning post had new revelations about how the u.s. attacked china's mobile phone companies and universities. wikileaks is assisting snowed in his travels. and activist reportedly accompanied snowden on his flight to russia. we will have more with glenn greenwald as well as michael ratner after the headlines. house minority leader nancy pelosi was challenged over criticism of edward snowden and the defense of the obama administration survei

in in ecuador, other than convincing ecuador they ought to send him back, is there really anyway forhe u.s. to get at him? >> in a way, no. but the extradition requirement, whether it was hong kong or any other country, even if we have an extradition treaty with that country, the law that's violated has to be similar in both countries. and so the excuse that can be used by the other country is that giving away state secrets of the united states does not violate their personal law. it's easier to extradite something for murder or drug trafficking, something universally accepted as a crime. but giving away secrets of the u.s. is in the universally accepted. so that's a problem. and extradition can take 18 to 24 months even in a good system. so that's problematic. but if he's traveling without a passport, these countries will have to let him in knowing he's not legally entering their country. and the procedure then can be they can deport him. and by international practice, they can either deport him to his country of citizenship which is the united states or the last country he came fro

habrÍa pedido asilo politico en ecuador, mariana a.la historia que podrÍa tener repercusiones a nivel internacional. >>> el ex contratista de la agencia nacional de seguridad estadounidense aterrizÓ en mosÚu procedente de hong kong, ante la incertidumbre mundial sobre su destino solicitÓ asilo polÍtico en ecuador segÚn confirmÓ el ministro de relaciones exteriores de ese paÍs, el gobierno de ecuador ha recibido solicitud de asilo de parte de snowden. >>> acusado de espionaje y robo de documentos viaja con representantes del grupo anti secretos wikileaks. >>> lo vamos a estudiar responsablemente como lo hicimos con el seÑor de wikileaks. >>> el joven viajarÍa a ecuador vÍa la habana, cuba el lunes. >>> algunos periodistas reaccionan negativamente sobre la noticia. >>> dicen las kraicriticas que que ha hecho snowden no se podrÍa haber hecho con la actual ley. >>> la opiniÓn pÚblica pareciera voltearse en contra de snowden. >>> los paises que ha escogido para refugio no son amigos verdaderos de estados unidos, primero estuvo en china, des

quiere refugiarse en ecuador de la justicia norteamericana washington le nula el pasaporte. >> se suicidato de cantinflas se quitÓ la vida en un hotel mexicano, estÁ en marcha el juicio en contra de george zimmerman por la muerte del niÑo trayvon martin, una apasionada defensa de su abogado, comenzamos. >> (♪). >> este es su noticiero univisiÓn con jorge ramos y marÍa elena salinas. >> (♪). >> muy buenas noches la reforma migratoria avanza sigue adelante en el senado una enmienda que militarizo rÍa la frontera con mÉxico terminando la construcciÓn de 700 millas de muro y poniendo a 41 mil agentes en la frontera, a cambio de esto senadores de ambos partidos aceptarÍan la legalizaciÓn de la mayorÍa de 11 millones de inmigrantes indocumentados, este es el resultado de una dura negociaciÓn entre democratas y republicanos, esta enmienda abrirÍa el camino para que el jueves o viernes el senado apruebe una reforma migratoria. >> lourdes m estÁ en vivo desde washington nos dice por quÉ es es importante lo que pasÓ en el senado, lourdes. >> muchas gracias jorge en el senado ya hay mÁs de 60 votos

on us i could have relations impact on ecuador the kind of. kind of. getting you didn't know them but you don't look like they're going to that this is going to have that it will not be accurate and a good thing to finally quit or even give you a little know they've been a good place to live in a few news at eleven you know they look at that one thousand meters. so what it is about. the procedure. will not comment. about the relationship with the united states. assessing it it will it is a relationship that should be based on the respect of the summer name. by both countries. and we act based on the principle of believing in our constitution which. will come second should we have course take into account possible consequences of our actions. b.c. we act according to our principles. is the study. and then when. it is necessary to be taken into account to take into account in this deal. the u.s. has also. received on many occasions requests of extradition of people particularly. bankers owners of banks. that were. judge and release information t

let's talk ecuador here. ecuador yet to make a decision whether it will give edward snowden the refuge he is clearly seeking. one lawyer for wikileaks pointed out that there are other options for the fugitive. >> the other country in south america who've been willing to take an independent stand from the united states, venezuela, ecuador, bolivia, argentina, cuba. that doesn't mean anything about what he's done. >> however, the signs are good ecuador will step up. if you listen to the ecuadoran foreign minister. let's go to cnn's paula newton, who's live if the capital of ecuador. paula, what is the foreign minister there saying about this? >> reporter: well, he's actually in vietnam on a foreign trip. he said, look, we're going to make our decisions not based on the relationship with the united states but based on moral principles. he confirmed they did have the request from edward snowden to get asylum here. based on what, brooke? based on freedom of expression. the fact he felt he would be persecuted for w

and it's refuge it may be granted by that of ecuador which does say it's mulling over the thirty year old request for asylum all of it though being orchestrated by the whistleblower group wiki leaks. will chase him to the ends of the earth bring him to justice washington now on the white house warns the entire western hemisphere against helping the runaway a days after leveling the full wrath of the espionage against edward snowden. thank you for joining us here on r t today we're coming to you live from moscow and it is a busy day for news let's get straight to it right now and i say contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden he's thought right now to be awaiting a flight out of moscow to cuba. has now begun he arrived in the russian capital on sunday having fled from hong kong with washington in a hot pursuit let's not cross over to. the airport indeed at the airport up for hello good to see you it seems now minutes away perhaps we're waiting for the big takeoff what can you tell us. that is what we understand rory sources close to r.t. have confirmed to us that edward snowden h

ecuador is a close cuba ally. it is likely the cuban officials will give him safe passage. >> is there any chance he would be arrested and sent to the u.s. in any of these places? >> as he travels on it seems less and less likely. if the united states can't get hong kong, russia, countries we have diplomatic relationships with, countries we trade with, countries that in some cases could be considered on certain issues allies, when he gets to whether it's cuba, venezuela, countries that have been in the past up until today openly hostile towards u.s. foreign policy where here in cuba, edward snowden has been celebrated as a hero. been watching all day long as cuban officials refused to comment in the cuban state press, they are gearing up and talking about this man who embarrassed their enemies in washington. i think it's very unlikely that cuban officials are going to bow to any u.s. pressure. that is not what they do, don. >> i'm wondering if this all changes if his image changes at all. it's been a story that's

has formerly applied for political asylum in ecuador snowden is currently in a moscow airport waiting to board his next flight within the next twenty four hours artie's paul scott reports from the airport. one of america's most wanted men has kept the world's media guessing on a day of intrigue. the day began with reports that edward snowden had fled hong kong. to moscow turned out to be true he landed here at about five fifteen. five fifteen local time greeted by the ecuadorian. now we are hearing that he's having problems getting a russian visa and that he's stuck in transit in the building behind me he was greeted by the ecuadorian ambassador and around three hours after he landed the confirmation came that was indeed the country that he was seeking asylum in the country's minister the foreign affairs tweeting that he had applied for political asylum with the country now the suggestion is he's going to fly on to cuba from. monday afternoon that would also be a transit eventually and his journey his final destination his target destination of course being ecuador where he is seeking

relations cool over snowden ecuador quits a trade pact with the u.s. labeling it as washington's instrument of blackmail over the political asylum bit of the n.s.a. whistleblower. a raging divide in egypt supporters and opponents of president morsi clash in street violence reportedly leaving one person dead while the muslim brotherhood headquarters is set. to begin brutal footage from syria appears on the web claiming to show rebel fighters beheading supporters of the assad government the top stories this hour. live from the new center here in moscow this is a party with you twenty four hours a day fresh clashes have erupted in egypt when president morsy is backers and his opponents with reports saying that a protester has been shot dead in the city of alexandria seventy people are said to have been injured with police using tear gas against the demonstrators rival groups are staging rallies ahead of a massive opposition protests on sunday marking the egyptian leaders first year in office true reports now from. these are not a street battles that are r

officials about ecuador's own human rights record now these moves along with ecuador is decision to shelter wiki leaks founder julian assange told of korea's reputation as a leader who's willing to defy western countries like the united states somewhat similar to the role played by the late venezuelan president hugo chavez. at the same time there are also divisions within ecuador over the issue namely between the left just sort of embraced snowden as an anti-imperialist symbol and others in the in the government who don't want diplomatic or economic repercussions it should also be said while generally appearing to support snowden the government has not yet given him asylum indicating that this could be a tedious and long process and of course as we've reported earlier several officials had said that in order for snowden to apply he would physically have to do so on ecuadorian soil that could be in ecuador at an it or at an embassy it will several big problems with that snowden's american passport of course as we all know has been revoked so there's no way for him to physically leave the tra

for espionage in moscow after getting off a plane from hong kong has been told diplomats from ecuador met him at the airport but it's still unclear where the whistleblower is headed next he's reportedly already checked in for an onward flight to cuba it suggested a van will be another transit point on his way to another country much speculation as to what vat country is his final destination some sources suggesting go to ecuador some to venezuela for more on this we go live to share metro airport paul scott standing by with the latest take it away. well as being i don't have to do no of speculation and hearsay but this is what we can confirm edward snowden touched down the sentiments of apples. at around five fifteen local time on an inbound flight. from hong kong he has been greeted by diplomats from the ecuadorian embassy the ecuadorian ambassador also inside. where he is thought to be meeting and greeting edward snowden the next move however is unclear not just in the long term but also in the short term there are many possible exits at the airport which snowden could emerge from t

now ecuador has abandoned a key u.s. trade agreement so you thought what he calls blackmail by washington over america's most wanted man edward snowden. remains stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport paul scott has the latest all masons involved and they continuing snowden saugor are walking a political and diplomatic tightrope at the moment particularly as you mention that could go on the united states relations between those two countries seem particularly strained at the moment now earlier this week one u.s. official claimed that a preferential trade agreement between the two countries could be in jeopardy if ecuador to grant political asylum to edward snowden or if they were to help edward snowden saying quote a country should not be rewarded for bad behavior however ecuador's response to this has been quite defiance they preempted any move by the united states and have withdrawn themselves from the trade agreement saying that ecuador does not accept any pressure or threats from anyone nor does it

ecuador considering an asylum request from whistleblower edward snowden we just heard from ecuador's foreign minister speaking in hanoi vietnam taking questions and laying out his case for the whistleblower's asylum bid while for more on this r.t. lizzie francis standing by at moscow's ecuadorian embassy lindsay tell us more. well what foreign minister ricardo patino had to say in this situation it was definitely chose his words carefully today and now he did not confirm where edward snowden is at this point he did confirm though that the asylum petition is being very seriously considered by the government he also had some relatively harsh rhetoric aimed apparently at the united states government he said the word treason treason has been used but it is unclear in this situation who has betrayed who he also alluded to u.n. resolutions allowing citizens to legally fight against being spied on and he also mentioned ecuador's stance on human rights essentially saying that human rights in the protection of those rights are right at the top of that government's priority list. and lindsay w

about ecuador its position on this why do you thing ecuador scrapped a major trade deal with united states if noton worth the sacrifice. i don't think that they did that for snowden i think that ecuador was looking for autonomy and sovereignty from the interference of of american interests over their domestic policies so. basically ecuador has decided that they want the autonomy and independence. it's how they deal with how they deal with the celts domestically because this is something that a lot of latin american counties suggests for a long time felt that they didn't have the distinctive united states and so the fact that they don't have an extradition agreement with the u.s. should not be interpreted as them doing in particular it's mr snowden it's a very i think that you should see it more as a general expression of of independence of the dorrian state to decide to explore new ways forward that are in basically the hands of the ecuadorian it's all right that was a millionaire's daughter a member of your own parliament talking to me thank you so much for joining us here on our t.v. tha

the government of ecuador confirmed he asked for asylum. he's protecting another man, wikileaks founder, julian asang. he's been living there for a year. wikileaks said snowden asked find an organization to help protect him. he is bound by a democratic nation and is being escorted by diplomats and legal advisers from wikileaks and made furious about where snowden plans to go after russia. the u.s. government asked ecuador, venezuela and cuba to deny him and his american passport was canceled. the russian government hasn't declared if they will let him leave or if it will help the united states reclaim one of the most wanted citizens. cnn, moscow. >> next stop on this odyssey for snowden may be havana cuba. he's expected to fly there in a few hours enroute to ecuador. pat is live for us. good morning, pat. what is the latest there? >> good morning. we know that edward snowden is in moscow. we know he's trying to get to ecuador. how does he do that? it's a huge challenge when you look at the countries he has to pass through. as he begins the

ecuador's considering the u.s. whistleblower edward snowden's bid for asylum he is currently in transit for the night at a moscow airport after fleeing hong kong. that's with washington in hot pursuit demanding his extradition and revoking his passport as some lawmakers demand the government to the ends of the earth. continues across continents a bush era whistleblower puts the spotlight on barack obama saying the president himself was wiretapped when he ran for the senate. on thomas and top stories mainly one top story n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador snowden is currently in a moscow airport waiting to board his next flight in the next twenty four hours are reports from a share much of an airport. one of america's most wanted men has kept the world's media guessing on a day of intrigue. the day began with reports that edward snowden had fled hong kong. to moscow turned out to be true he landed here at about five fifteen. five fifteen

in steps ecuador to give snowden the way out.e it goes over well, politically, domestically here to say, look, we are going to uphold this guy's human rights, we are assessing his asylum based on the fact that he doesn't believe he'll get a fair trial in the united states. anderson, i also want to tell you, the u.s. embassy says by associating with these countries, china, russia, ecuador, all countries whose freedom of the press, freedom of expression has been in doubt, by doing that, that he, in fact, mr. snowden makes clear that his real reason for these actions has been to bring harm to the national security of the united states. blunt words tonight anderson from the u.s. embassy in the capitol. >> when i talked to julian assange, he recommended ecuador as a place for snowden to go, because of their willingness to resist the united states. why would -- i mean, is that really the only reason snowden would pick those countries? in terms of freedom of the press, transparency, ecuador is not the most open of places. >> absolutely.

officials about ecuador's own human rights record now these moves along with ecuador is decision to shelter wiki leaks founder julian assange told of korea's reputation as a leader who's willing to defy western countries like the united states somewhat similar to the role played by the late venezuelan president hugo child. at the same time there are also divisions within ecuador over the issue namely between the leftists have so sort of embraced snowden as an anti-imperialist symbol and others in the in the government who don't want to play magic or economic repercussions it should also be said while generally appearing to support snowden the government has not yet given him asylum indicating that this could be a tedious and long process and of course as we've reported earlier several officials had said that in order for snowden to apply he would physically have to do so on ecuadorian soil that could be in ecuador at an it or at an embassy will several big problems with that snowden's american passport of course as we all know has been revoked so there's no way for him to physically leave t

as the government of ecuador carries out its obligations, the embassy of ecuador strongly rejects recenttements made by united states government officials containing detrimental, untrue and unproductive claims about ecuador. a state department spokesman would not comment on any conversations between the two nations earlier today. listen. >> i'm not going to get into our diplomatic exchanges with ecuador. we will continue to be in discussion with them. >> and those discussions likely to become a lot more heated if ed snowden does indeed head to ecuador, shep. >> shepard: i'm sure they will. jonathan hunt, thanks so much. we got big news out of egypt today and frankly none of it sounds very good. egypt's president mohammed more is i admitted i have made mistakes on a number of issues. but one year into his presidency, is he vowing radical and quick reforms. whatever that means. he has invited supporters and critic it does work on new amendments to the nation's constitution. this is raising red flags. remember, morsey, the muslim brotherhood candidate took office last year after the uprisin

has been told that diplomats from ecuador at the airport to meet him whistleblower has reportedly already checked in for an onward flight to cuba it's suggested have and it will be only be another transit point on his way to a final destination but there's been lots of speculation as to what that destination is some sources are just go on to venezuela others to ecuador let's cross now live to our t's paul scott standing by at sheremetyevo airport give us the latest. you have lots of rumors still continuing to circulate not let's separate fact from fiction and tell you what we do to do you know we do know for a fact that edward snowden. a mosque i arrived at around five fifteen pm mosco time on a commercial flight from hong kong after being allowed to depart the chinese territory the white house approached hong kong. to open the gauche ations about extradition proceedings but hong kong decided that he could leave the country he got on that commercial flight and he landed here it shows a mess of apple at around five fifteen moscow time as i say now we also know that the ecuadorian ambassado

now ecuador has abandoned a key u.s. trade agreement to thwart what it calls blackmail by washington over america's most wanted man edward snowden after the whistleblower remains stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport will artie's paul scott is outside the airport right now and joins us live with the details so we now have a spat between the u.s. and ecuador over this one of those governments saying. yes it seems that all masons involved in the continuing snowden saugor are walking a political and diplomatic tightrope at the moment particularly as you mention ecuador and the united states relations between those two countries and particularly strained at the moment now earlier this week one u.s. official claimed that preferential trade agreement between the two countries could be in jeopardy if ecuador to grant political asylum to edward snowden or if they were to help edward snowden saying quote a country should not be rewarded for bad behavior however ecuador's response to this has been quite defian

he's applied for asylum in china and ecuador. ecuador is now weighing the request. the united states is calling on other nations to cooperate with the manhunt. president obama spoke briefly on the matter today. >> what we know is that we're following all the appropriate legal channels and working with various other countries to make sure that rule of law is observed. and beyond that i'll refer to the justice department that has been actively involved in the case. >> talk about the political fallout from all of this, our chief political analyst georgia borger is here, along with democratic strategist donna brazile and former white house press secretary ari fleischer. that's all we heard from the president today. peter king, the republican congressman from new york, he was critical of the way the president is dealing with this. listen. >> hate to be in the middle of a crisis second guessing the president but where is he? why is he not speaking with the american people and why is he not more forceful in dealing with foreign leaders. >> what's going on here? what is the

ecuador and diplomats met him after he landed he's now expected to fly to cuba. international safety from the u.s. . and before he even left hong kong snowden's passport reportedly revoked the u.s. which is told russia deported human rights activists. with new allegations even. while he was running for the senate. from. twenty four hours a day and it's a whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador and that's according to a tweet by the country's foreign minister snowden is currently in a moscow airport waiting to board his next flight on. well let's cross now to. the airport tell us what has happened since snowden landed here in moscow. speculation. fifteen pm local time. he was greeted by diplomats from the ecuadorian embassy he was greeted by the ecuadorian he was here to meet him upon his. flight from hong kong. he has not been spotted and we have. is that he is indeed in the building behind me. still remain. but edward snowden is having problems with his papers. but america has called for his pas