whistleblower edward snowden expected to board a plane for cuba and in eventual safe haven. his refuge may be granted by ecuador which says it's mulling over the thirty year old's request for asylum orchestrated by the whistleblower group and wiki leaks. into the ends of the earth just as washington on the sent the white house warning the western hemisphere against helping the runaway days after leveling the full weight of the espionage act against snowden. two pm in moscow i'm mad as a good to have you with us here on r t our top story this hour n.s.a. contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden is thought to be boarding a flight from moscow to cuba as we speak he arrived in the russian capital sunday having fled hong kong with washington in hot pursuit let's cross now to our team. who is on the flight i'm on which edward snowden is expected to depart so your i understand that you are on the plane now tell us what's going on. exactly i just got on the plane just mordred and i can tell you that this is definitely. not your ordinary boarding security has been very very muc

game is not all about how we're going to catch him so right now the media is unsympathetic to edward snowden although just a week ago some of the same journalists who are almost cheerleading for his capture now were grateful for snowden's revelations which were indeed eye opening for all of us as far as the prospect of being caught here's what edward snowden himself said i could be you know rendered by the cia i could have a people come after me or any of their third party partner you know they would they work closely with a number of other nations and that's that's a fear i'll live under for the rest of my life however long that happens to be you can come forward against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and be completely free from risk because they're such powerful adversaries the no one can meaningfully oppose them. if they want to get you they'll get you in time edward snowden also said it's not government persecution that he fears he said the greatest fear that i have about the outcome of these disclosures is that nothing will change or to go swanning guy nature can and i

edward snowden's asylum play work hard over to you know foreign minister of ecuador speaking about edward snowden's asylum plea let's listen in president ho to mean. who was buried in that mausoleum. cory's glad. to announce that our relationship. is advancing and will advance. towards economic towards important results. in the second part. i would like to present. some information about the international community has been demanding. and that we would like to present in an organized way through this press conference. thank you to all the journalists for being here for days the creation. firstly. mr edward snowden. has sent to the government requests for asylum. which contains the following text. it's sent to the president of the republic of ecuador. edward snowden a citizen of the united states i'm writing. to ask you to ask the republic of recorder to asylum. because of the prosecution of the united states and its agents. because of the revelations made about. the espionage. and the violations of the fourth and fifth amendment and several treaties of the united nations. i continue readi

signs was on the phone to john the less just now talking about edward snowden he did say that edward snowden various edward snowden and the wiki leaks representative traveling with him are healthy and safe and in very good spirits he would not disclose where they are though he said that for their safety because of the very very brilliant behavior of the u.s. administration they couldn't disclose edward snowden the u.s. millions limitation but the wiki leaks legal team were also on the phone they said that they would confirm that they have been assisting in edward snowden's asylum request to ecuador but also to two other countries which they also wouldn't disclose but it wasn't just a political asylum request made to ecuador there were other countries involved as well and julian the songs was also talking about the fundamental right of every human being to political asylum and the fact that that fundamental rights trumps any other countries extradition request so he's calling on all the people of every country to call on their governments to secure the safety of edward snowden and not

and it's a whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador 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 monday afternoon when it's crossed now to scott who is at the airport. all day bring us up to date what has been happening there since snowden landed from hong kong today. only seems right doesn't it one of america's most wanted men has kept the world's media guessing on a day of intrigue here at moscow's sheremetyevo airport the day began with reports that edward snowden had fled hong kong. to moscow those rumors 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 since human. in that he's had his passport revoked by the americans that he's having problems getting a russian visa and that he is stuck in transit in the airport terminal building behind me he was greeted by the ecuadorian ambassador and around three ho

tweeting in fact that edward snowden is. also for us i learned to be at the door when the government of course we've been on here since of this afternoon really trying to figure out what is snowden's next move four o'clock this afternoon we will all side here spoke to the and best of moscow consulate right here he said he did not have anything to say to us as yet but he was on his way out with a motorcade that motorcade ended up at the airport where we know that he's meeting with snow dead right now and now he is back in because a lot of the afternoon has been around it's been a can a mild sort of game is he going to go who is going to meet him at the at the at the airport the reason why ecuador is such at the center of the story is because of one whistleblower who we all know julian a sons and one of the world's most famous whistleblower was who was given asylum out by the ecuador government now julian assange stories of goes back a little bit a couple years back with he was also by sweden to come back to sweden and on so qu

as you say the world's press a fly on an empty plane to cuba or a plane not containing edward snowden. to say that snowden is ahead of the game he's keeping not just the world's press but also the american authorities guessing as to his exact whereabouts but you get the feeling with the world watching that snowden's next move in this game of cat and mouse could be crucial. going off he was also on the fly that it would snowden was supposed to take he told us of the confusion on board when the press realized that the whistle blower had given them the slip. i just got off the plane we just landed in hawaii on a coming from moscow to thirteen hour long awaited and well what can i see back and shooting me to up to the very last point everyone was still expecting edward snowden to show up to board that even when we were sitting there the whole plane was packed even when we all walk to the doors and it was taxiing away to take off still everyone was waiting for him. at least to find him on the plane and when we were allowed to get up from our seats went to the seats. where they were suppose

let's get right to our top stories whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.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

track international transatlantic flight heading from moscow to cuba which is supposed to have edward snowden the n.s.a. whistleblower on board now that flight departed from moscow this morning and it was packed full of journalists who notice that the seat where snowden should have been sitting in was empty so apparently he's not on that flight now we've been tracking the progress of this flight it's heading very close now to american airspace off the east coast of new york and also miami and that is where experts say that if the u.s. officials wanted to do so they could intercept that jet force it to land and find out whether he is on board or not the final destination is have from there it was believed that snowden would depart to quito ecuador where he could well get asylum well following all the latest developments from moscow airport is the bank with the latest. the whereabouts of edward snowden are nowhere to be found this is what we know yesterday on sunday he literally took out the media into a frenzy making us some sort of a play around with him catch him if you can we went as far as

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 a report suggested that he was going to be taking a flight towards savannah towards cuba left in the last hour or so aussies corresponded eagle pissed off is on board that flight say what he had to say during takeoff. the last three minutes i'm sure that the full plane was still expecting snowden to stay up there was the increased security schoolwork built up by the police when they moved passengers

the white house suggested that they still believe that edward snowden is. in the airport terminal building behind me at the ecuadorian embassy of the country that he is seeking political asylum or at another location we simply do not know now all reports point to the fact that he did in fact arrive here. on sunday at around five o'clock in the afternoon aeroflot flight inbound from hong kong was where he was in hiding for a fortnight after blowing the whistle on the n.s.a. surveillance operation but he has not been spotted since now russia's security service the f.s.b. say they do not know where he is. blogging websites and social networks to question whether he even set foot in russia in the first place another thing that we do know is that ecuador is the country where he's seeking political asylum it was widely that that was going to be his target destination his final intended destination but with wiki leaks pulling the strings and organizing the whole thing. whether it has all been. so elaborate. as you say the world's press a flyer on an empty plane to

julian assange himself and a staff member for the last two years with wiki leaks is accompanying edward snowden on his trip now the u.s. has said that it has. as i had mentioned warned western hemisphere governments not to allow snowden into the country which makes the brokering of his passage very precarious which is why wiki leaks it says has offered legal counsel and getting him safely out of hong kong into russia and then on to his his next destination so that's that is one reason why wiki leaks says it has brought someone being sarah harrison along with snowden and wiki leaks has really flexed a lot of muscle in this situation its leader julian assange. it's been holed up within the ecuadorian embassy in london for the past year it's had funding blocked members prosecuted but it's asserted itself in this situation and it has really drawn a very close relationship with edward snowden and made itself very very known in this situation which is not characteristic of it in the recent past so it's really showing what an agile organization this really is and what the u.s. government is going to e

edward snowden or the ecuadorian on. edward snowden was. still here he is set to spend the night. before i say really suggest he's involved he will not fly to cuba monday afternoon. edward snowden's exact whereabouts are currently unknown though he is thought to be still at the airport there is speculation he could be staying out a so-called capsule hotel and so i'm sure metz of you're seeing footage of the airport right now from our news agency ruptly other reports however suggest he is in a v.i.p. zone inside one of the terminals he is believed to be waiting for a flight to cuba now the wiki leaks organization which is helping edward snowden seek refuge says he will leave for ecuador via what it calls a safe route artie's to bang months he has been following developments from ecuador's embassy in moscow throughout the day she brings us this report there was a lot of speculation and a lot of speculation and unconfirmed reports are running around the minute that snowden actually left to hong kong on his way to moscow early on a full closure on the. time the ecuadorian ambassador a

realize what's going on since we're usually for the end of dog i think will be very satisfied if if edward snowden comes out of that. bathroom on a plane and shows were told oppressions isn't free now john in his on camera interview with the guardian's glenn greenwald snowden said that he is not running away from the u.s. justice system but that he believes he can do more good from outside of jail than he can do from within it do you think that that justification stands two weeks after he made that statement. yeah i do because i mean at the moment while there's the furer about this we have no idea how many more implications and leaks he has to go about what's going on here he's selectively been leaking things as we go as it goes i think there's a lot more to come the n.s.a. basically data mined on conversations both of foreigners as they admitted but also of american citizens and i imagine there's more to come i think the nightmare for the security complex in america is if ten percent of the people that they hire as contractors have libertarian tendencies and then ten percent of those people activ

edward snowden has been labeled a traitor at home but polls reveal many americans some forty percent believe he should not be persecuted there's a real global debate going over whether snowden is actually a hero to discuss that i'm joined by a man who ran the national security agency former n.s.a. and cia director a four star general michael hayden it's really great to have you on our show tonight thank you very much so in your opinion is snowden a hero or a traitor. well he's certainly not a hero and i don't think he meets the legal definition of being a traitor according to our constitution but he certainly has done a very very bad thing and i think he's also a very troubled young man so perhaps truth lies somewhere. in between the two extremes you pointed out what do you think it could be a chinese fight dick cheney seems to think so.

edward snowden. plane. from moscow. may be granted. it's mulling over the thirty year old request for asylum. by the group wiki leaks. just as. the white house warns. against helping the runaway and. it is a big day for. life in moscow it's good to have you with us today n.s.a. contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden now awaiting a flight out of moscow which is thought to be destined for cuba and it's leaving in just a few hours here in the russian capital on sunday having fled hong kong with washington in hot pursuit. at the airport for. 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 arrived just after five o'clock on a sunday afternoon on a commercial flight. from hong kong he was greeted by the ecuadorian ambassador and three hours after landing the confirmation came that he had sought political asylum in the south american country. we still believe is mulling over whether or not to grant asylum to edward snowden he is expected to j

the safe harbor for edward snowden and we're asking people on our web site r.t. dot com whether he'll actually make it's to ecuador and what may get in his way or does he have other better options so far thirty percent the majority saying maybe better if snowden stays in russia if he is in fact here to begin with because his chances of of aiding capture would be better in russia twenty six percent saying only if he doesn't get a deal if he doesn't get near u.s. airspace will he make it to ecuador because there is a possibility that the plane could be intercepted on a route twenty four percent saying yes he will go to ecuador but that the u.s. may actually get him in their custody even while he's there and twenty percent saying they'll probably make it to ecuador but he should be hiding along the way in order to cover his tracks as much as possible which appears he's doing a fairly good job of doing what do you think though log on to r.t. dot com and cast your vote. sigrid lumber tour. was to build a canoe most sophisticated. doesn't sound anything. to teach the c

washington has reportedly urged latin american countries not to offer edward snowden asylum gianni barreto from the free bradley manning support network is confident that ecuador among others would be willing to offer snowden refuge despite u.s. pressure to have very large. numbers of asylum like fifty some odd thousand not necessary political refugees but i think also that has also helped make a safe haven for those that are persecuted politically and i think it's a wonderful watershed moment were there was a big concert after it and beyond that these countries russia hong kong china venezuela and ecuador to protect edward snowden i think it's a very good initiative i think that all these countries know that the americans are not going to let up lightly and are going to exert a great amount of political pressure to have him extradited but i do hope in this new age of south american consciousness and new freedoms and so forth that they will step up to the plate and provide protection for edward snowden washington has revoked edward snowden's passport and said that he should be prevented fr

we appreciate it. >>> coming up next, more on edward snowden leaving hong kong. s, he is out of there. hopped a flight, now in moscow, what happens next? i'll talk to former cia director james woolsey about snowden's ability to elude the u.s. and potential impact on u.s. intelligence. uh-oguess what day it is!is?? huh...anybody? julie! hey...guess what day it is?? ah come on, i know you can hear me. mike mike mike mike mike... what day is it mike? ha ha ha ha ha ha! leslie, guess what today is? it's hump day. whoot whoot! ronny, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? i'd say happier than a camel on wednesday. hump day!!! yay!! get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. there's a reason no one says "easy like monday morning." sundays are the warrior's day to unplug and recharge. what if this feeling could last all week? with centurylink as your trusted partner, it can. our visionary cloud infrastructure and global broadband network free you to focus on what matters. with custom communications solution

we begin today's show with international mystery surrounding edward snowden, the former u.s. intelligence contractor who leaked secret documents about the u.s. secret domestic and global surveillance programs. snowden reportedly landed in moscow on sunday after leaving hong kong, but his exact whereabouts are unknown. he was expected to fly from moscow to cuba today, but journalists aboard the flight said as he was in the. it was believed that his final destination would be ecuador, which has confirmed it was considering an asylum request for snowden. he has not been seen publicly or photographs of his report of the arrival on sunday afternoon from hong kong to moscow. the developments come just days after the u.s. publicly revealed it had filed espionage charges against snowden for theft of government property, unauthorized communication of national defense information, and willful communication of classified communications intelligence to and other rights person. the criminal complaint was dated june 14, but only candlelight friday. the u.s. has also revoked his passport. on

i know some took place last week in hong kong in support of edward snowden. what can you tell us about china and the actual reaction on the streets to snowden? is he the hero, or is he the traitor? s that the conversation here in the u.s. >> reporter: you know, he's a nobody for a lot of people here, candy. that's the bottom line. one law maker here told me -- and she was at one of those rallies in support of edward snowden. she said, look, most people here just think he's a crazy foreigner, landed in this country, put out this information. for a lot of people, the fact that he's moved on, that's going to be it. that rally last week, candy, i was there. there were about 300 people. about a third of them were journalists. just a week before, there was another rally over the tiananmen square in 1989, lots of chinese people killed there by the army. there were between 50,000 and 150,000 people at that rally. edward snowden just doesn't rank on the radar for most people here. human rights activists, yes. the average person in hong kong barely has noticed him, cand

but edward snowden is having problems with his papers. but america has called for his passport to be revoked. and it's not clear whether snowden did indeed intend to spend the evening hay. whether he's had to rearrange because of those problems with his paper his next move. tweet that. minister of foreign affairs saying that snowden has indeed applied for asylum in the country so that looks likely to be his nation or at least his target destination for the meantime it looks like he's going to hold. until his next flight. which is. to cuba. thanks very much indeed for that. as paul was saying there was of course speculation that perhaps he was going to go to venezuela but now it's being concerned that he has indeed applied to quito to the ecuadorian. to go to that country. reported to. the ecuadorian embassy a lot of people now saying why has he chosen ecuador. well bill you know a lot of the speculation this often you know was because it has been known in the pos with the one particular whistleblower to have given asylum for him because of

whistleblower edward snowden is off the radar with no sign of him the flight to cuba reportedly booked on spending the night at a moscow airport. footage from our correspondent on the seat snowden is meant to be sitting in if you will into u.s. airspace where america might have a chance to intercept the aeroflot jet. 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 s

fly that edward snowden was supposed to take. the confusion on board when the press finally realized that the whistle blower had given them the slip. i just got off the plane we just landed in hawaii on a coming from moscow thirteen hour long winded walk and i see back and shooting me to up to the very last point everyone was still expecting edward snowden to show up to board that wing even when we were sitting there the whole plane was packed even when the a walk to the doors and it was taxiing the way to takeoff still everyone was waiting for him. at least to find him on the plane and when we were allowed to get up from our seats went to the seats. where they were supposed to be sitting and saw that they were empty some journalists were actually looking for them inside the airplane checking bathrooms checking places where mr snowden could have been hiding since the very beginning it seemed almost one hundred percent that he was going to take this flight the increased security in the airport crowds of journalists were additional

well edward snowden is on the move and well as whereabouts remain unknown let's take a look at where snowden has bed and where he could be going let's start off here near honolulu hawaii where snowden lived with his girlfriend they reportedly moved out of this home on may first real estate agents say they left nothing behind on may twentieth caring for a laptop computer snowden arrived in hong kong after exposing secret u.s. surveillance programs to the guardian and the washington post while he was hiding away up in a hotel room here in hong kong the first report on snowden's leak was released june fifth just four days later he gave the guardian permission to reveal his identity while in hiding here the u.s. revoked his passport in charge snowden with the with espionage despite the u.s. effort to get hong kong to hand snowden over yesterday june twenty third hong kong allowed him to get on a plane to moscow this afternoon the white house press secretary jay carney said he believes snowden is still there and he said washington is in contact with moscow and expects russia to examine the

traveling the fact that they've been demanding for his extradition now wiki leaks have said that edward snowden is nor situation as the u.s. secretary of state was pulling him out yet but he's a hero as we know that wiki leaks have been assisting added snowden both with his asylum request to ecuador as well as with legal representation so we're going to be following this story as it develops for you from london stay with us for more after this short break. speak your language. programs in documentaries in arabic in school here. reporting from the will talks of the ip interview intriguing story to tell you. the arabic to find out more visit arabic t.v. . thanks for staying with us the presidential palace in kabul has come under attack from militants while reporters were awaiting a press conference with president karzai the assault allegedly pitched heavily armed taliban fighters against bodyguards and u.s. troops and left plumes of smoke across the city skyline journalist courtly body has more. the scene lasted just over an hour and well no civilian casualties have been reported and the afghan f

broadcast partner in bc is saying that edward snowden's father has said that edward snowden may return to the united states as long as he not detained before trial. he is not subject to a gag order and can't choose his trial location. 'sher news -- nelson mandela eldest daughter arrived at the pretoria hospital where her father is being treated. her visit comes after she criticized foreign media for intrusion into the families privacy. president zuma canceled a trip to mozambique because of nelson mandela tossed condition. an update says his health has improved. utasa is outside the hospital. what are they saying about this health update? this personow you from nigeria who has been living here for four years. he did this work of art here. this is from the first foot all world cup that was held here in africa. what does nelson mandela mean to you, and why did you do this painting? >> to me, we call him a prophet here. this is a mixed media painting which i did to honor him for his work to africa. it is a mixed media painting. >> another famous person next to you there. >> obama. it is a

secretary of state was calling him earlier today but he is a hero as we know we have been assisting edward snowden both with his asylum request to ecuador as well as with legal representation so we're going to be following this story as it develops for you from london washington believes snowden is still in russia white house official jay carney confirmed that and also the whistle blows departure from hong kong will impact on relations with china what is going to what's making america so when green. snowden is slipping away and u.s. officials express their frustration by verbal be attacking the countries that do not hurry to put him in handcuffs and send him to you what's russia says it has no legal authority to arrest him secretary of state john kerry said you know we would be deeply troubling obviously if they have that it would notice not withstanding that they make a decision willfully and if there was adequate notice there would be. without any question. on the relationship and consequences the u.s. state department has also sent out warnings to the states that may accept such as cuba venezue

nsa leaker edward snowden is on that plane. is a mystery at this hour, based on statements made by administration officials, the u.s. was caught off-guard by snowden's sudden departure. we should also let you know, we believe he's arriving in moscow 9:15 eastern time this morning. we will bring you the pictures, the sound, whoever interviews him at this moment, we will bring them to you as soon as we get it. >> after 9:00 p.m. moscow time. peter doocy is live in washington, d.c. with the latest on all of this and where he could finally actually be heading. right, peter? >> that's right, clayton. it was just yesterday that the white house national security adviser tom donnellin came out and said the u.s. made a good case for extradition in an interview with cbs news radio. furthermore he said the white house was expecting hong kong to comply with the extradition treaty in the case of edward snowden. but a few hours ago the hong kong government came out and said snowden left lawfully. reportedly using the flight, they reported he

the man behind the nsa leaks, edward snowden, is heading to c ecuador. the organization helped snowden get from hong kong to russia today. he landed in russia this morning and said he is heading to ecuador and tweeted he has requested asylum there. there are reports snowden will get there by way of cuba, possibly. there is also speculation he might head to venezuela. the u.s. said today it is asking all of those countries not to led snowden in. and a course is telling us that the u.s. has revoked snowden's passport. there are also reports snowden could spend the night in moscow before he goes anywhere. to phil black, live for us now at the moscow airport. what is happening there, if anythi anything? >> reporter: well, fredericka, we know the flight edward snowden was aboard flew in five hours ago we haven't seen him since. one witness on the aircraft, one person got onto the tarmac, into a car and his baggage was put into that car. they assumed it was snowden and seems pretty likely. he has not emerged from the north american nal so we believe he is in th

secret surveillance program of american computer networks this is the leaker twenty nine year old edward snowden he is a high school dropout who was a former employee of the cia snowden worked and in i.t. security for the n.s.a. for four years through different private contractors most recently he was an employee for booz allen hamilton living with his girlfriend in hawaii and making a six figure salary but he gave it all up and here's why. i'm just another guy who sits there day to day in the office watches what what's happening and goes this is something that's not our place to decide the public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong and there's more we are also learning that there is a program named boundless informant that catalogs the trillions upon trillions of computer communications the n.s.a. collects from around the world as a result of this massive intelligence leak the justice department has announced it has launched a criminal investigation also numerous lawmakers are demanding for edward snowden to be extradited and prosecuted for leaking national se

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 there's a throng of press gaggle to wait to my right hand side where the ecuadorian embassy car is. it is going to be the car that will take him away from. this man and photographers around that anticipating his next move however there are some rumors circulating that his paperwork isn't in correct order and that edward snowden doesn't have a visa problem which could hold him up inside the airport for many many more hours to come if there is even some suggestions that he could be holed up inside the airport until his next flight which i suggest is to cuba to havana apparently he's booked in on a flight on monday so he could remain. before going or without even going to any embassy in the meantime now how is this all come about well of course in the last twenty four hours outside the white house confirmed that they began negotiations with hong kong about extradition

whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. on many charges including espionage and that plane departed moscow this morning packed full of journalists who noticed that the seat where snowden should be sitting in is empty that plane has still departed and it's heading now across the atlantic and very close as i understand at this time of day to american airspace just off the east coast of new york and miami where there is a chance that u.s. authorities could intercept the plane force it to land to check to see whether or not snowden is on board and the final destination being have and where it was believed that snowden would then depart from there to quito where he could well get asylum we're following all the development. from moscow sheremetyevo airport is to bang would say and she joins me live now to bring the chase is still on nobody knows where he is any idea as a toll on his whereabouts. well bill if we knew way he was we would be telling you let me give you how the picture went why do we were looking forward to seeing ad

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 would make him quite difficult for him to leave the of course. on his way. to. do to arrive in cuba where it's expected. the way. that the

go back to breaking news this is a whistleblower edward snowden he remains in a moscow airport transit zone and that is according to russia's president well filmmaker and activists joins us now live from london to talk about the snowden. so to fall we know that snowden is in mosco so much speculation about what his next step could be what do you think is going to happen to him next where is he going to go. well as far as i know that he's supposed to go to ecuador but i think it's kind of strange because he did this bravery this very brave act of you know talking about talking telling the truth to the american people so i think he deserves much better than political asylum in a country like ecuador which is not exactly a champion of free speech and human rights i would say to germany gives this hero of our time political asylum i would really suggest to angela merkel to offer that to edward snowden why what why should germany offer him political asylum when i think that ever so it's really a hero he did a really good thing he do i think the founding fathers of the united states would ha

computers well now apparently edward snowden saying it works the other way as well and then snowden starts his journey to a quote unnamed democratic state with the help of wiki leaks activists in order to avoid extradition to the united states while british activist peter tatchell though believes that it is the u.s. who should be concerned about the revelations and not edward snowden. but she will deny the states will be doubling its efforts to try and intercept him and to get an extradition from whatever country they can i think the context of this is that the united states spies on its own citizens it also spies almost a distance of millions of other countries millions of people in other countries and this is done without the permission of those countries it is technically illegal and what is extraordinary is that it would snowden was employed by the united states as a spy yet now they are seeking to arrest him for spying it seems complete enough to see when the united states is spying on its own citizens and citizens around the world on a massive scale without governmental into strict o

always goes ahead with the announces that they have all received the application for asylum from edward snowden himself and they were looking into it says nothing no one knows whether he had left or whether he did see snowden cell knows that meant i had been released from the airport journalists alike like myself we've been camping just sitting around trying to figure out how do you have lived all right well we're also. a magician. could he be somewhere else that is the big question we're all here to answer that back to you matt all right thanks very much to you for that update from airport well should snowden turn out to be on the route of an aviation expert chris yates things there are several possible outcomes for the flight including an attempt by washington to force the plane to land. at the moment the u.s. government seems to be waving a big date and saying this way or any flights carrying this to snowden shouldn't be allowed to pause now what does that mean a could mean that any plane that he's traveling on other nations might well prevent it from entering that space because they don't w

unless, unless edward snowden's technology is so advanced that he is wearing an invisible suit. sappeared. the media now has a clear choice. either you accept that, wait for developments, or... >> where in the world is edward snowden? >> we were told or we thought anyway it was roared anyway that he was flying to havana cuba. >> and on convenience wail a. he did apply for asylum in iceland. >> for all we know he's having lunch at the ecuador and embassy. >> whatever the truth we believe it's in moscow right now. >> no one knows anything for sure. >> this is all speculation at this point. >> john: then stop guessing. stop it! [ cheers and applause ] stop guessing. news is not a game show. you don't win a car if you happen to be right. although if it was like a game show at least when you got everything wrong, you would not be invited back the next day. but, look. let's be fair. it's not the news organization's job to find snowden. the government is on the case. >> we don't know specifically where he may head or what his intended destination may be. >> john: wow. so, this is either

the country that is going to give edward snowden asylum. when he. jest. coming from hong kong which is. ten minutes. from the country that give snowden asylum. involved well they say that they have been helping. him. in an unnamed democratic state. we do not know whether. there is a suggestion. that he's already. on monday. where he will be granted. to the white house began extradition proceedings over extradition proceedings. which is of course. the last fortnight since he blew the whistle on the n.s.a. surveillance. initially so they were prepared to work with the u.s. government to possibly. that they needed guarantees that the charges against him were not politically motivated seems that. russia's stance on the situation is that. his case would be treated the same. but the suggestion is he's going to use most. it was a transit as a stopping point before monday. and then down to venezuela all right artie's live for us as chairman of our airport thanks very much for your time. well it wouldn't be a big story if we didn't talk to r.t. contributor option r

government agencies and that was one of edward snowden's revelations snowden gave china a great political counterargument to u.s. constant accusations against china now the u.s. can't accuse china of cyber attacks without being accused of hypocrisy so there is an interesting dynamic behind all this the u.s. one and china where the semi autonomy is a government of hong kong to give them the man who had leaked u.s. secrets but one of those secrets is about activities of the u.s. government against china so it's possible that china's dilemma was to either think edward snowden or to arrest him hong kong says they've done everything in accordance with their own laws now as far as russia edward snowden has been in transit in russia and russian authorities say they have no legal authority to arrest him but u.s. politicians and pundits on television use what seems like a cold war rhetoric to present. the enemies that snowden is helping and the imagination of some german is running. wild as they joke about how edward snowden is being briefed by the russian president in one form of social also on o