. >>> eric snowdon could be traveling from russia to germany. >> the pakistani government has demanded a meeting with the u.s. ambassador to protest the drone attack that killed the leader of the taliban leader in pakistan, hakimullah mehsud. >> reporter: this is seen as a major blow to taliban in pakistan may have a struggle for power in succession, and a serious blow for the government of pakistan, which was at preliminary talks. they were to arrive saturday to hold talks. so, indeed, the peace prospects are now out of the question, and of course a big blow is seen to be delivered to theter ricky taliban, they would not be able to recover from this any time soon. it will be soon to see if if they go for punitive attacks. and they are now on red alert. >> we go to the university of denver, the u.s. embassy is not commenting yet, but what do you make about the ambassador being summoned to pakistan to talk about that? what do you make of that? >> reporter: the pakistani government are upset about this assassination because there are peace talks under way. the pakistan government was abo

. >> reporter: eric snowdon shows every sign of going native. the latest in. shot shows him on a river cruise in moscow. but on thursday he held a three-hour meeting with the german green party. he said that snowdon would be willing to come to germany as a witness in the inquiry of the bugging of the phone of chancellor angela merkel. >> he told me he could imagine coming to germany if it was made clear he could come in safety, this means free passage and asylum. >> reporter: it's reported snowdon is starting a new job in st. petersburg this month as a technical adviser to russia's version of facebook. but security in moscow has now been given new powers to intercept telecommunications. >> it was a very warm meeting with the german m.p. it was held at snowdon's own initiative. >> it's going to be very serious. especially in next year's winter leaderships in russia, talking not just telecommunications but wi-fi, laptops, and smart phones. 90% of all your passwords will be broken. >> reporter: it's been alleged that september's g20 summit in st. petersburg the r

. >>> eric snowdon could be traveling from russia to germany. >> the pakistani government has demanded a meeting with the u.s. ambassador to

. >>> eric snowdon is offering to help investigate the phone tapping of chancellor angela merkel. he called the actions of the u.s. government, quote, harmfulings and offered to visit germany to help in its investigation. those are the headlines. i'm tony harris in new york. al jazeera. >> fully engaged or left out of the loop. when things go wrong what is president obama's approach, and is it working? you're watching inside story from washington. >> hello, i'm libby casey. a familiar theme played out in washington this week as bad news circled the white house, and the critics took their shots, fair and unfair at president obama and his administration. but by any viewing this was not a good week for the president. second terms always have their rough patches but history shows they can be overcomed and mr. mr. obama has never shied from a crisis. however the usually hands-on president seemed unaware of problems, and in one case just plain left out of the loop. what is a leader looking towards a legacy to do about it? >> as software glitches on the affordable care act website persis