. >> i would like to say eric snowden?t >> eric snowden. spy, we don't know and the government does not know what his intentions were. he may have thought this was his only alternative. if he wanted to do the right day and let the american public and i agree thatrams, the gentleman that said without him, we would not have had this debate. government already has charges for him? that is ridiculous. >> what do we know of his background, how he came to that position? it wasfense contractor, very early in his career, an analyst working in hawaii. allowed clearance level him to see this program and he gathered the data on it. and it led the the washington post. that was his decision, definitely. route, he his escape went overseas, and came up with -- teamed up with wikileaks, theed themselves with whistle-blower idea. of if he isestions a spy or not are something for people who know the details to figure it out. seems this was he believed he was exposing wrongdoing. and if that gives them protection, it is questionable. phase is underng way in t

what exactly the nsa is up to or some sort of personality driven drama like we have seen with eric snowden and glenn greenwald the last couple of days and keeps washington focused on this and prompt folks in the senate and house to weigh in on exactly how much privacy and secrecy they think is appropriate. >> beyond capitol hill, what has come out about the nsa is taking a toll on the president's popularity. specifically among young people. do you think that is because people who are 18 to 29 are most likely to see snowden as a hero or traitor? what do you think is going on here? >> i think a few things. sure, i think people who are between that age frame may see him as a hero but you have to remember also that people in my generation have lived their lives on the internet. everything has to do with facebook and twitter and social media and we have never remembered a time in our lives without the internet. so i think that that specifically makes folks a little bit concerned about these recent leaks that have happened. >> i want to play a clip of white house spokesman josh ernest who talked

where officials say they saw no utility in having the president meet with vladimire putin over eric snowden and the disagreements over removal of president assad, and so was this maybe lost in translation. >> this is my last election and after my election, i have more flexibility. >> i understand. >> former white house press secretary and msnbc contributor robert gibbs joins me now and you know the back story and you have been in the meetings, and what is the dynamic between president obama and vladimire putin. >> i don't think that the dynamic is particularly good or strong. you showed president medvedev who president obama had a very strong working relationship with, and quite frankly, i think that president medvedev wanted to bring russia into the international community in a positive way. i don't think that president putin shares any of those same tendencies, and he seems to thrive off of the domestic political benefit he gets from being veir rently being anti-u.. >> and there are some who say he should go to moscow and confront h him. >> you want to go to the some summit and stop think

purposes they will use it and a company it to discredit anyone who opposes as the recede now with eric snowdenut the fact the issue is edward snowden is not the issue. the messenger is not the issue but yet because of the way the media operates with a highs powers in this country they did not by accident but that is simply a typical way the government is distracting of the unimportant to keep us thinking seriously about what they're doing to us. not that this country ever had a golden age but there never was a time americans would have tolerated this kind of treatment than it does not speak well at all. >> is hopeful of a growing protest dan backlash of the new revelations that came out to a couple days ago of the cars being captured and the testimony before congress that there are in fact, capturing your buddies information not just the terrorist especially everybody in any network whatsoever. so the revolution -- revelations are to build a political backlash but two weeks ago on independence day, a group that organized itself protested in 80 cities across the country including it in utah to

snowden, a former systems analyst at the nsa, faces felony charges after leaking details of vast u.s. government surveillance programs. generalt week, attorney eric holder wrote to moscow, saying that edward snowden would not face the death penalty if he was extradited back to the u.s.. the decision being taken to you him asylum -- several meetings puts give him asylum several meetings between the u.s. and russia in coming months in doubt. summit inf the g 20 st. petersburg -- g-20 summit in st. petersburg. at the state department, they are stressing if any of those occasions wind up being canceled , the u.s. and russia will still have much to talk about. >> we are not going to stop engaging with them on syria, on the way forward, on missile defense, on any of these issues, because one meeting does or does not happen. >> on sunday, edward snowden's father said he would be happy for his son to stay in russia permanently. >> i believe that russthe safest place m wish is coming true, at least for the next 12 months. have killed eight people in an attack targeting teachers and clerics. nigeria believes more attacks by the boko haram group are likely,

last week, attorney general eric holder wrote to moscow's saying edward snowden would not face the death penalty if extradited back to the u.s. the decision has been taken to give him asylum. several top-level meetings between u.s. and russia slated for coming months are in doubt. these include russian foreign washingtonvisit to next week, a bilateral in moscow september, and the u.n. general assembly in september paid at the state department, the are stressing if any of those occasions wind up being canceled, the u.s. and russia will still have much to talk about. >> we will not stop engaging in with them on syria, missile defense, any of the issues because of one meeting does or does not happen. >> on sunday, his father said he would be happy for his son to stay in russia permanently. >> i believe russia is the safest place for my son. >> it looks like that which is coming true, at least for the next 12 months. al jazeera, washington. >> silvio berlusconi has reacted angrily to a ruling by the highest court of italy which upheld his conviction for tax fraud. the former prime minister s

this government wants snowden back so bad that they're willing to make a huge concession see i just found out a few hours ago on a breaking a.p. news alert that attorney general eric holder will not seek the death penalty for snowden wow i guess that means we can all just sit back and relax now after all it was the death penalty that we're also concerned about right has nothing to do with the fact that snowden would be indefinitely detained a charge with the air.

officials did ask the russians to return edward snowden to the states. attorney general ericolder even sent a letter promising the russians that the u.s. would not torture snowden or put him to death. a good way to sweeten the pot. and the white house, to say the least, did not seem pleased. >> we are extremely disappointed that the russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private to have mr. snowden expelled to the united states to face the charges against him. mr. snowden is not a whistle blower. he is accused of leaking classified information and has been charged with three felony counts and he should be returned to the united states as soon as possible where he will be accorded full due process and protections. >> snowden left the airport just a day after the "guardian" published its latest bombshell report using information from snowden. tell us, first of all, you spoke with snowden's russian attorney. what's his deal? what's going to happen to him now? >> he says -- he hinted that snowden's money has basically r

personally lobbied the russian lobbied vladimir putin to expel snowden so he could face felony charges in the united states. attorney general eric holder and top administration officials warned russia not to cross the united states over snowden. now that it has, the dilemma for the white house is how to respond forcefully without elevating snowden above every other conversation between the united states and russia. >> schieffer: well, you know, the president is going to an international economic conference in st. petersburg, russia, next month. he's also supposed to, while he's there, as you know, major, have a private meeting with putin. does he still plan to do that. >> reporter: the first time, bob the white house said sade it is not committing and longer that face-to-face meeting between president obama and president putin in moscow just before that big economic conference. the white house says it is reviewing the utility of such a meeting, suggesting it could be the first but possibly not the only casualty of the snowden affair. >> schieffer: all right, thank you very much, garrett. late today, an ominous announcement by th

this government wants snowden back so bad that they're willing to make a huge concession see i just found out a few hours ago on a breaking a.p. news alert that attorney general eric holder will not seek the death penalty for snowden wow i guess that means we can all just sit back and relax now after all it was the death penalty that we're also concerned about right has nothing to do with the fact that snowden would be indefinitely detained charged with the espionage act and most likely spend his entire life in jail is the no assurance is enough assurance that the u.s. government won't i'm just try this whistleblower to two tiered sham we call the justice system so spare me from this overhyped compromise some have breaking news alert when there is some real news to break. it's no secret that we humans make tons of trash seven hundred thousand tons every year to be exact and while majority of that garbage ends. in landfills there's an alarming amount that ends up in the ocean thanks to spiral currents of the pacific there's an island of trash floating there that's been quite in the great pacific garbage patch to be exact there are actually two masses of trash in th

snowden expelled to the yates. >> and obviously, eric holder, sort of saying i promise we don't torture do the death penalty. and they still did this. the president has down played this. here he was in june when he talked about snowden and he really seemed to act like i'm not going to lower myself to deal with this. here's what he said at that time. >> i'm not going to have one case of a suspect who we're trying to extradite suddenly being elevated to the point where i've got to start doing wheeling and dealing and trading on a whole host of other issues. >> he may not want to have to wheel and deal on other issues, but you've got the gay ban, whatever we do in syria, they do the opposite. do we start to look like a u nick? >> no, i think what the president was doing and you see this is what the attorney general was doing, it was an effort not to put russia's back dependence the wall. frankly, if we wanted snowden back, that would be counter productive. to a agree that the president would get in putin's face that would not help. we basically removed any legitimate reason that putin coul

geo political analyst eric draitser says there are far more important issues than the fallout over snowden for russia and the u.s. to find common ground on. they have far greater issues to deal with i think that what is really on the table is the question of syria it is the question of so-called missile defense as it is termed in the united states these issues these strategic and geo political issues are of great importance the snowden saga i think really takes a backseat where snowden and this entire story comes in is on the broader diplomatic level for public consumption but behind closed doors i think these diplomats will continue doing what it is that they do and that is discussing these issues and hopefully coming to some kind of a resolution though using my example of syria i'm not so hopeful while the snowden case is forcing the white house into mentioning the cold war the whistleblowers father has come out with some fresh comments he hopes that the move by the u.s. won't distract the public from the massive spy programs his son revealed so check out the rest of what law and snowden

relations was provoked by russia granting the whistleblower edward snowden asylum or whether that was just a pretext and geo political analyst eric draitser says that obama's consolation is just a damage control to try and save face at home. the notion of putin as bringing the foreign policy trajectory back to the cold war is part of the us propaganda machine you see the the decision to grant temporary asylum to snowden was not merely a political one it was one that was made out of sheer necessity by putin in the russian government because frankly they couldn't have allowed the mellow drama to continue on in that airport and so what we're seeing as it's being reported in the media is that this is kind of a tit for tat harkening back to the cold war but i think that what we're seeing is actually practical politics this is really a saving on the part of obama so that he can play kate not only the conservatives on his right who vehemently attacked putin the russian government at every turn while at the same time attempting to portray himself as consistent on the issue. ok to syria now where the war is opening up a bloody chapter wit

to write off anyone who disagrees as a terrorist ends the debate. >> eric: let's not forget on friday, president obama said ed snowdenthere are proper avenues, but don't forget, this is the same group, dennis clapper, director of national intelligence -- james clapper, raised his right hand under oath and said that we weren't doing exactly what we're doing, the nsa, wasn't data mining millions of innocent americans and then had to come back later and apologize for misleading the american people. the point is, if clapper is snowden's boss' boss' boss' boss and he was willing to lie, i mean, doesn't really set autopsy great whistle blower program. >> tucker: how is the obama administration treated whistle blowers? it sent some of them o prison, including a form c.i.a. officer who was in prison now for blowing the whistle on what he believed were abuses. for the president to say, be a whistle blower, yeah, right. good luck with that. >> gretchen: who would have ever thought that if you are a pole dancer -- we get special music for this. anyway, could it become an olympic sport now? pole dancing? keep in mind wrestling,

eric holder also going to be speaking tomorrow. this year's meeting focus on human trafficking, cyber security and gender equality. a >>> edward snowden's father is sounding off and criticizing washington. he said he obtained the papers necessary to visit snowden in russia and said where the former analyst will remain for the foreseeable future. brian mooar has the story. >> reporter: the father of edward snowden says the nsa leaker isn't headed back to the united states because he won't get a fair trial. >> as a father i want my son dome home if i believed the justice system that we should be afforded as americans will be applied correctly. >> reporter: until then he said he'll visit his son in russia. snowden's temporary asylum there has chilled russia-u.s. relations and the political fur error here at home shows no signs of cooling off. before leaving for his vacation on martha's vineyard, president obama said he had already been moving the nsa towards more transparentscy and accountability. >> i don't think mr. snowden was a patriot. >> he betrayed his oath of office. a young generation believe he's a jason bourne. >> reporter: nsa

snowden's release comes just y days after eric holder sent a letter to russia authorities claiming that snowden would not face the death penalty for the espionage charges he faces and should be returned to the united states for trial. but fsh now, it appears that snowden is taking the advice of his father, lon snowden who speaking on russia television believed his son would be better off staying in russia. >> i feel that russia has the strength and resolve and conviction to protect my son, to keep him out of the reach of those who would wish hitch harm. >> the question now, will president obama still meet president putin at a summit here in moscow scheduled for early september and just before the g-20 in st. petersburg. that meeting is now looking a lot less likely. >> thank you. we want to get the white house reaction. let's go to peter alexander on duty there. good morning. what is the fallout there? >> savannah, good morning to you. this is going to strain already tense relationships between the two countries. no immediate reaction to the officials in the white house. they're still c

eric draitser told us russia and the u.s. are far more important issues to find common ground or at least try to the snowden story. now while the snowden case isn't forcing the white house into mentioning the cold war the whistleblowers father's come i was from fresh comments let's take a listen to he hopes that the move by the u.s. won't distract the public from the massive spy programs his sons reveal check out what the rest of what long snowden had to say in a statement i. don't call my website i'm just ahead for you to hear pricing the wrongs of austerity cuts struck greeks a cut off from the power grid as unemployment leaves them barely able to pay for food what after the break that we report on those determined to help the country but even if it means breaking the law we've got the story ahead. wealthy british style is not. the time. for the. market. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert run no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our. i would rather as questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on thei

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eric snow den remains in russia where he is granted asylum for years. months after those usa documents leaked the awesome is not sure what snowden has that we haven't seenrned from two separate sources that the nsa can't determine the full extent what he took. a new report out in "wall street journal" that points to new details about the nsa surveillance reach. the report says the nsa can monitor 75% of all u.s. internet traffic.

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eric holder saying, you know what, the war on drugs, fascinating. we'll get to that in a little bit. of course i've got more on the nsa. turns out snowdenas right abou, ande person who ends up pg him right is the head of the nsa program. but first we start with, it's about stop and frisk, turns out it's not go time for stop and frisk. it's stop time. unconstitutional! what now! before i get into details let me do the panel here. kasper is here, friendly host, kind of. jayar jackson is here. the producer of "the young turks." >> your transitions are awesome. >> cenk: thank you. >> tricia rose, the professor, great to have you here. and andrew kruell. let's start on stop and frisk. first i want to show you something that the civil liberties put together. then i'll tell but the ruling. let's watch this first. >> this is the entrance where we come in, and where my son also come in. i have to come to my bedroom window, which is on the inside of the court yard to, make sure that he gets passed safely. to run this way to come from my kitchen window which is up there to make sure that he gets through this way safely. then go to my haul door, my

eric holder saying, you know what, the war on drugs, fascinating. we'll get to that in a little bit. of course i've got more on the nsa. turns out snowdenght abou, ande person who ends up pg him right is the head of the

snowden to russia? >> you don't think so? >> no. it looks bad, it looks weak. it got to the point where ericay we won't torture this guy, we won't put him to death. he became kind of a folk hero in the russia media and there was also the trope that he would be tortured and murdered if isn't back to the u.s. >> the president was very specific when it came to the recent wave of anti-gay sentiment in russia but also said let's not boycott the li olympics. >> one thing i'm looking forward to is gay and lesbian athletes bringing home some gold, silver and bronze, which i think would go a long way toward rejecting what we're seeing there. if russia doesn't have gay or lesbian athletes, it will probably make their team weak per. >> why are they imposing all of these anti-gay laws? >> you had at the same time that the anti-gay law was passed, had you a law that punished with jail time the feelings of religious believers. it's this kind of neoconservative attitude, looking and grasping to an ideology to tie a country to. putin's reascent. this is trying to create an image of russia that may not have

attorney general of the united states eric holder just wrote a letter to the russian authorities last week saying the united states wouldn't seek the death penalty against snowden and calling the reasons he requested asylum unfounded. is this a slap in the face to the united states? did russia mean to do this? >> you'd have to think that it's not going to be received well by the united states. this is not going to do good things for their relations. russia has said all along, no, we won't send him back but at the same time try to maintain this difficult balancing act by saying at the same time we don't want this to damage relations between the two countries and that has been a primary concern without. we believe that's why snowden has been forced to remain in the transit area throughout this time because of the ongoing talks between the two countries because the pressure that the united states has been applying on russia to avoid. this very circumstance. just this week, president putin's spokesperson said negotiation talks were ongoing on this issue at russia federal security service and we also know ministers have been talking at this same level as you just me

don't know how that affects the trip from snowden's father, who was supposed to arrive here in the days or weeks ahead. so it's an amazing situation. that ericficials here. saying he would not -- that snowed be would not be harmed in any way, that he would not face the death penalty or torture. there was a reply from the russians. we don't know what the russian justice ministry said in reply. but this could well be interpreted as the russian government's reply to that letter. he not only has asylum but he has asylum faster than anyone on record. >> nbc's jim maceda, thank you. we'll stay on top of that. here with us now from capitol hill, republican senator from oklahoma, senator tom coburn. good morning, senator. a lot to get to you with. first, let's ask for your thoughts on snowden receiving temporary refugee status, as it pertains especially to u.s./russia relations. >> i think it probably hurt the relationship. you know, he's undoubtedly, in my mind, a traitor to our country. and probably most what he knows the russians already know. so the assessment damage to our country's security and, you know, it's a gold mine for them. >> we'll be

eric. >> caller: hey, steph. this is what i would like to ask all liberals. i have three points i want to make right quick. i'm behind -- all to snowdenerals think that everybody who is working for the government and these secrets should reveal secrets of what they know. number two, why do liberals never leak anything such as ron whiting. why didn't he filibuster the patriot act when it came up? in 2006, this was going on, why is it always a -- someone in the government such as snowden, is it someone like right-winger who is wrong because something happened to them. basically said -- let me say this. i love your show. all of the lib berals -- this is the problem. they get behind things that the right thing puts out and what you will find out is that snowden is a coward. he did not stand up for what he did. he ran and you will see it is all right wing such as it was a conspiracy in order to prove that. just like he did. why not kill him and get all of the secrets. that would be the best thing that could happen. >> stephanie: all right. i need to chew on that for a minute. >> he's so far right that he's left that jim embraces it. >> ste