champion holds a monster class in moscow. let's start with takes where sprinter king was saying bolt was back to his best to win the two hundred meters up a diamond league meeting in norway just a week after missing out on one hundred meters victory in rome of the six time olympic champion made a number of entertaining entrance to slip stadium in all. so and the jamaican shrugged off the relatively cold temperatures and the false start by dutchman trotting martina to blow away the remaining field of finishing in time of nineteen point seven nine seconds to break the track record of the twenty six year old is the only man so far this season two o'clock on the twenty seconds sending out a warning to his rivals as he prepares to fan is two hundred metres crown the world championships in moscow in august. you know what is going to step up. tyson here sean good form this is just a good form this season i trained with your legs so i know what he's capable of and i see him in jail and so for me i never tried a single old one person

live from moscow this is r t with me rule received. edward snowden's that reportedly now are standing by for a flight to cuba from moscow the n.s.a. leaker is on the move trying to avoid extradition to the u.s. where he's now wanted on espionage charges ecuador though expected to become his final destination the country now considering whether or not it will grant him asylum what exactly has he done to ignite america's outrage let's have a look here and see all the troubles on the shoulders of mr edward snowden he disclosed documents showing the n.s.a. has access to shoot streams of internet data including emails chat rooms and videos from large companies such as google and facebook and the u.s. government use the secret foreign intelligence surveillance court to gather an extensive range of information from phone service provider of arisan also revealed that the both the mainland china and hong kong have been the victims of massive amounts of cyber attacks by u.s. hackers and the latest details here the u.k. is collecting and storing

mixed martial arts is john jones has been on this ever you have see champion holds a master class in moscow. but let's start with athletics where sprinter king would same bolds was back to his best to win the two hundred meters at the diamond league meeting in norway just a week after missing out on one hundred hundred metres victory in rome of the six time olympic champion made a number of entertaining entrance stadium in oslo and the jamaican shrugged off the relatively cold temperatures and the false start by dutchman trial the martina to blow away the remaining field of finishing in time of nineteen point seven nine seconds to break the track record of a twenty six year old as the only man so far this season to walk on the twenty seconds sending out a warning to his rivals as he prepares to plan is two hundred metres crown at the world championships in moscow in august. you know riddle's going to step up. to us in your short good form this is just to ensure good form this season. your legs or nordisk and see imagery in them so for me i never try to single over one person series my stron

democratic state could be only be using moscow as a transit as a temporary stop before. the russian foreign ministry. suggested that edward snowden is indeed only using moscow as a transit so rumors and speculation. as to his exact whereabouts but this is just in is one of the suggestions is he could be due to arrive here in moscow fifty using it. all right our paul scott live for us. thanks very much for that update. of course we have other information that's being batted around like we've said there's another suggestion entirely different that he's already here in moscow and right now at the ecuadorian embassy in talks with the ambassador there to be offered asylum in that country for a. say who's standing by outside the embassy tell us more on that aspect of this story. maj just as we we've heard from a postcard there that he has a left hong kong of course we have sort of the same that he's actually on his way to moscow aspace now what we do know from our sources have also told us that he doesn't have a russian visa which means that he's only going to be transiting in

back in moscow and warden olympic gold medal winners spoke in glowing terms of the upgraded luzhniki arena after venue for this year's world championships hosted by moscow challenge event comes to the top of as press reports. their clerics world challenge sirius was introduced in two thousand and ten it's a second to you can petition after the diamond league this year when they were held in fifteen cities worldwide and the moscow challenge is a pivotal preparation step as the russian capital gets ready for their maiden the world championships in august diligent the stadium hosting interest big event after being specially ran away to. general info money was the biggest story the reigning world champion easily won with their first attempt and the twenty seven year old says she's happy with the new facilities at their arena. i have never competed at the stadium before and so that was an important completion for me and really happy with the track like the track of the previous roll championships are i won and i like the colitis. russian athletes are looking to shine in front of their hom

and it's a whistleblower edward snowden reportedly about to touch down in moscow aboard a flight from hong kong our t.i.v. airport to find out of his next move in the search of political asylum. but exactly where is he headed we're tracking reports of his movements some sources suggest he's already checked in for a flight to havana they're heading on to venezuela. and artists and some other whistleblowers and washington's efforts to cap the torrent of secrets from being revealed. five pm in moscow i'm at treasure bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news n.s.a. whistleblower wanted by the u.s. edward snowden may touch down in russia soon after reportedly boarding a moscow bound flight from hong kong as you can see on this map the flight that has reportedly has snowden aboard has almost almost reached its destination here in moscow scheduled to land in the russian capital within minutes it's said though that snowden won't be staying long in moscow a source at the airline aeroflot suggesting he's already checked in on a flight to cuba and that will only be in tran

he's now in moscow.s that enough to keep him there and if not, how does -- is there any way to get to snowden if he goes someplace like havana or ecuador? >> he's clearly going to russia with permission from moscow. they know he's wanted by the united states. this is a political afront to washington. they did it on purpose. where they decide to send him after moscow, obviously we don't know. but the russians could detain him if they wanted, they could turn himoff to us. i think they get enormous political advantage out of this not to mention talking to him about what the national security agency is doing against russia. enormous interests in finding that out. if i were the kgb, i would ask that question. i would stop him, i would take him off the airplane, but i'm a suspicious sort. but at this point, it's a political issue. this guy is very valuable. this is a huge espionage catastrophe for the united states. and in the desire of these countries to get a hold of him and use him, whether it's havana or c

and moscow is going to be one of these.aybe he -- >> it's not the middle of the cold war, but clearly the u.s. and putin still have an a adversarial relationship. >> you have an awful lot of people who still view that kind of thing as just automatically a bad sign. so i think he has been very media savvy. this is not a kid who did something and then wanted to go underneath the radar. he has been, as you say, very aggressive about kind of managing his image. and this is going to put a kink in it. but he's got the wikileaks legal guy traveling with him. he's not doing this on his own. he's got a lot of support system here. >> and also undercuts that his own testimony that the reason that he went to hong kong is because he said this was a bastion of free speech and democratic institutions. clearly that's not the case about his next destination. >> snowden said in that "guardian" video interview, i think the public is owed an explanation of the motivations behind the people who make these disclosures that are outside the democr

moscow time.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 was ongoing a flight to russia and that same edward snowden ticketed on a separate flight to havana, cuba, tomorrow, a flight scheduled to leave at 2:05 p.m. moscow time. we have no idea if cuba is his final destination at this point, but we have reason to believe it is not, because wikileaks has tweeted they had a hand in helping snowden secure political asylum in a democratic country. as we know, cuba does not fall

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 much in place to you including police at some point. the police have actually kind of moved all the passengers a little bit from the entrance without explaining why. causing a little bit of criticism all of all of the passengers and they've also asked everyone and there's a lot of media here both from russia and from abroad we've asked everyone not to videotape or photographs anything which is going on unless they had a special permit to do so and not only the police

moscow . well meanwhile russian premier league champions says got beat angie for three on penalties to clinch a league and cup double and wrap up their campaign in style after a rocky beginning stevens has will. at the start of the season few might have bet on cisco in the title race two defeats in their first three premier league matches and not south of the europa league by swedish side i.e. but coach leonard sloot skiing on the brink of the sack however the army men had recovered by the end of october to the firm grip on the first place and never let go that triumph ended a run of wins from zanies in reuben to bring the title back to the capital for the first time since two thousand and six. yet the most the near. your first triumph is always the most memorable then we didn't win it again for seven years so this long awaited title is probably even more intrusive pated. goalkeeper akon fi have kept sixteen clean sheet same twenty nine league games this season and helped his team celebrate th

game at their study or they'll lose after edging their first encounter against portugal one nil in moscow thanks to alexander killers a quarterly strike while the result of their next match up could prove pivotal for the whole group and the other back we're aiming for a victory it's going to be the most important match of the qualifiers if we win it but almost guaranteed a spot at next year's world come out of we have to perform our game plan and who fulfil capello's instructions will succeed we just need to get on the pitch and prove it there russia trained without players from either the league champions to his car or on g. as the two sides prepared for said today's russian got final but coach capello continues to call up new players this time of the back lot from could one who finished a surprise to fifth in the premier league i appreciate that capello called me up i'm really happy as it's every kid's dream but i understand that i have to prove i'm worth it i don't flatter myself russia have a slight tactical advantage as three players from league runners up xeni and have been named in

from moscow it's auntie edward snowden's reportedly awaiting a flight to cuba from moscow the n.s.a. leaker is now on the move trying to avoid extradition to america where he is wanted for espionage charges ecuador now expected to become his final destination the country is considering whether or not to grant him asylum but what exactly has he done to ignite america's outrage just have a quick look here at odyssey and see where it all began mr snowden disclosed documents showing the n.s.a. has access to she's streams of internet data including e-mails chat rooms and videos from large companies like facebook and google also on. the u.s. government used the secret foreign intelligence surveillance court to gather an extensive range of information from other phone service provider arisan snowden also revealed how both mainland china and hong kong have been the victim of hundreds of cyber attacks by u.s. hackers and the latest now the u.k. is collecting and storing huge amounts of personal data from online and telephone traffic then shuttling it straight to capitol hill and a british hum

is currently in transit for the night at a moscow airport to fly. to washington demanded his extradition and revoked his. state department but his trip should not be allowed to continue. and as the hunt for snowden continues across continents a bush puts the spotlight on barack obama saying he was watched while running for the senate. from a studio 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 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 mo

he landed in moscow today.ussian news agencies reported that snowden could stop in cuba before making his way to ecuador. phil black joins us live from moscow. when last we spoke, it wasn't clear whether he left the rp

is now in moscow. on a flight from hong kong sources say he'll spend the night there and wait for his next flight reportedly to cuba. lots of speculation about where he is going to be heading to what do you know. what. their intention was. towards the ecuadorian embassy. which is looking increasingly likely that he's going to do. is because he has. one of the things we're hearing which is. it looks increasingly likely that he's going to be spending the night inside. the room. to cuba. ok paul thanks very much indeed for that. live following events there in moscow and of course if we get any further developments then we'll keep you informed of all of those well we're not going to get to the views of michael parenti and he's a journalist based in vienna michael thanks very much indeed for joining us live. now snowden he's going to be prosecuted if he is caught but of course if he isn't caught then he faces the prospect of never going home these are very tough alternatives is it really worth it for him i

we believe that edward snowden is on the ground in moscow.ere, we're not sure. we have a man on the scene, and we are watching that closely. in the meantime, joining me around this table, dan balls, chief correspondent for "the washington post." stephanie cutter, democratic strategist and cnn contributor. kevin madden, republican strategist, cnn contributor. dana bash, cnn's chief congressional correspondent. hi, guys. >> good morning. >> let me start with this. yesterday, i believe it was yesterday, nancy pelosi was giving a little talk in friendly territory, the san francisco area, and brought up, in fact, about edward snowden. here's what she said. >> as far as snowden -- and i may be in disagreement with you -- he did violate the law in terms of releasing those documents. we don't know -- [ boos ] >> i understand. i understand. but it did violate the law. >> here's my theory. this is a huge pr problem for the administration, that edward snowden has become a pr problem because you do have this feeling, not just in the united states by some

live here moscow coming up to twenty minutes past the hour now. download. stream quality and enjoy your favorite. if you're away from your television just. now with your mobile device you can watch on t.v. anytime anywhere. you're watching on t.v. like here in moscow we're following the story of whistleblower edward snowden he's the seventh person the obama administration has sought to punish for leaking classified data let's look at some of his major revelations while he disclosed the documents showing the n.s.a. has access to huge streams of internet data including e-mails chat rooms and videos from large companies such as facebook and google he showed how the u.s. government used the secret foreign intelligence surveillance court together extensive data from phone service provider verizon and he told china hundreds of targets were being hacked and according to his latest leak the u.k. is collecting and storing huge amounts of sensitive personal data from online and telephone trafficking and sharing it with america where u.k. investigative journalist tony

snowden has indeed landed in moscow he came as a transit passenger and remains in the transit zone of the airport. russia's president puts the world out of suspense revealing the n.s.a. whistleblower is still in and he's a rival surprise the authorities as much as anyone. but to washington accused of hiding snowden and demanded his extradition despite the fact he hasn't even officially crossed the country's border. presidential palaces rocked by. taliban fighters attack just a week after the u.s. handed over security to afghanistan's government and announced some top stories this hour. international news and comment from our studio center here in moscow this is twenty four hours a day president putin has revealed n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden is still in transit at a moscow airport that means he's never officially crossed russia's borders since arriving on sunday it follows a wild goose chase by the media which ended up in a plane load of journalists flying all the way to cuba on a flight that snowden never even boarded well let's get the latest now from to say he was at the air

for espionage is in moscow after getting off a plane from hong kong r.t. has been told that diplomats from ecuador are at the airport to greet him whistleblowers allegedly checked in for an onward flight to cuba suggesting have and will be just another transit point on his way to another country not sure where at this point speculation as to the whistleblowers final destination some sources suggesting he'll go on to venezuela well for all of this and more let's cross now to our tease paul scott he's standing by at sheremetyevo airport paula give us the latest. yes they would be wrong wouldn't it if america's one of america's most wanted men wasn't to keep us guessing about his exact whereabouts. but we can. confirm that edward snowden has arrived. at the house can. flown in from hong kong where of course they are they allowed him to leave despite american requests to stop extradition proceedings against him the question is what is his next move some quotes attribute it to julia saunders the founder of wiki leaks in the last couple of hours say that diploma

moscow. well that's what the ring for the cage another dramatic fight night of mixed martial arts in moscow where an old rivalry was among the men on ladies' night michael catching the reports. on the on the. alien versus predator the build up to the battle between sham meals a vote of yes to be in the motto the main matchup of the twelve fights knights battle for moscow was intense. the two had previously met twice in twenty eleven and had both walked away with a win apiece but if russians i would have hoped the home crowd would give him extra impetus in that third encounter it was in a mortal lapped up the cheers even if they weren't meant for him. in round one both fighters were cagey and gave little opportunity to each other as they sussed out potential weaknesses in a motto whose mother is swiss and father proving japanese seem content to bide his time whereas former and one world champions of would have never seen that he's scattering punches and kicks in the direction of his opponent t

his hands so what can we expect from moscow. right that's right well russian president. it's odd word snowden ease a free man and that he has not crossed the russian border as i said before he is in the transit zone at the airport and the u.s. government has revoked his passport which means that he's not able to get out russian visa and leave at the airport but still in the u.s. the story does have the os russia two x. three dice mr snowden however there is no x. tradition treaty between the two countries now mainly russian human rights activist and now stepping up in support of mr snowden urging that there should be no extradition and the had hoped for in the first committee aleksey scoffed wrote in his twitter that the extradition off political refugee is morally unacceptable but as the story develops of the even as well ian president nicolas maduro will arrive in moscow this a monday and there are some spock elations that he has visited so would actually resolve the situation in a way that we thank you very much for the. port

senator charles schumer has criticized president putin for allowing moscow moscow to become a transit stop for snowden moscow says it wasn't even aware of snowden's plans from washington i'm joined live by artie's guy an h.d. kyon with more so guy and a tell us what's been the reaction from washington so far. oh man there hasn't been an immediate reaction from the white house but we heard comments from some lawmakers here senator chuck schumer was on this morning say the president will do as aided and abetted snowden says skip creating their quote putin always seems almost eager to put a finger in the eye of the united states then you have another senator lindsey graham saying where she will face consequences if it harbors edward snowden now we don't know whether it was already so planning on staying at russia from the reports that we're getting in transit on his way maybe to cuba he might spend the night at the embassy open a swell though or ecuador in moscow but those are unconfirmed reports at this point so instead he would seek asylum in a country that would not be easily pressure

international news from our studio center here in moscow this is twenty four hours a day. president putin has revealed n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden is still in transit at a moscow airport that means he's never officially crossed russia's borders since arriving on sunday it follows a wild goose chase by the media which ended up in a plane load of journalists flying all the way to cuba on a flight snowden never even boarded well let's get the latest from say from the airport where he was supposed to leave. port here in moscow to bank what do we know about snowden where he years and what he's future plans are. well bill i can tell you. the president. out of our misery by confirming that indeed edward snowden a did a transit at this very airport and could possibly still be in there he has not a touch of russian soil in fact if you if you got to get out of the airport you would need to have a visa and he has a real iterated that fact that he has not stepped out of that airport is not on russian soil contrary to what many have said the president also went on to compare th

whistleblower edward snowden reportedly on board a commercial flight over russia it's unclear whether moscow is his final destination a live report on that in just a moment. and no other news of today on the week's top stories on our despite a rather chilly start to lead to a rare show of solidarity officials hailing a road map for syria but there's skepticism that all of them will be able to stick to. them with these protests. and there it is aussies very own crew that's being hit with a water cannon in turkey as the anti-government protests rage on we report in just a moment from the cradle. and the unity of britain's foreign minister. calling on scots to reject independence for the sake of their economy the visitors just poured fuel on an already fiery debate on the future of still. worldwide news live from moscow this is r t with me rory sushi let's get straight to our top story for this hour right now and i say whistleblower edward snowden may already be over russian air space after reportedly boarding a moscow bound flight from hong kong let's. go and get the latest on the sudden devel

will extend his lead in the overall standings after dominating russia's first touring car race in moscow. four weeks football and racing to come but first to tennis after world number one serena williams beat number two maria sharapova for the thirteenth time in a row to clinch her second french open title job of i was the defending champion in paris and took a two lovely lead before losing. the first set six four while a single break of serve in the second was enough for williams to take it by the same scoreline and secure her sixteenth major title but only her second on the paris clay courts after last winning the event eleven years ago the american sealed the deal with ace number ten and thirty one that she is the oldest winner at roland garros in the open era and hasn't lost to sharapova since two thousand and four are in my position to be in the final and i did put up a fight obviously today against her is not enough but she's been playing really great tennis i mean there's certainly not an excuse but bitches choose prosumer i think she really wanted it she came out with a real plan

to moscow turned out to be true he landed here what about five fifteen. five fifteen. by the ecuadorian. now we are hearing that he's having problems getting a russian visa and that he's in transit in the building behind me he was greeted by the ecuadorian. he landed the confirmation came that was indeed the country that he was seeking asylum in the countries of 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. seeking political. he's not traveling alone there is a legal representative from wiki leaks to believe traveling with edward snowden on his journey wiki leaks say that they've helped edward snowden throughout the process they helped him have a safe. exit from hong kong. and they are indeed the ones who were negotiating the deal for political asylum in ecuador he's kept everyone guessing here there were hundreds of photographers and cameramen a

in moscow. we are watching to see if and when snowden apparently actually gets off that plane or if he is sighted publicly. thank you. >> we're covering every angle of this story. the other question is how do authorities begin to try and get snowden back here to the u.s. congressman peter king in new york, a republican member of the homeland security committee, chairman of the subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence, congressman, thanks for coming in this morning. has he slipped through our fingers forever? >> maybe not forever, but it's going to be very difficult. we have to use every bit of diplomatic leverage we have right now. the president should be in contact with putin saying that this whole reset button with russia, that's off if putin allows him to leave the country and doesn't send him back to the united states. iceland is a nato ally. we should take whatever action we have to. as far as cuban and venezuela, that's a haven for refugees from american justice. it's going to be

it was one of the friends there outside the ecuadorian embassy here in moscow thank you. well the american was a blow is awaiting his asylum verdict the army but a talk 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 like fifty some odd thousand not necessary political refugees but i think also that the genius one has also helped make a safe haven for those that are persecuted politically and i think it's a wonderful watershed moment were there is that concert of africa to protect edward snowden i think it's a very good initiative is a great deal an irony of this whole story normally during the cold war they would be traveling to the u.s. and not 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 these people are from the internet they're born there the th

live in moscow with a full plate of news today let's get right into it. and they say. snowden is awaiting a flight. which is thought to be destined for cuba and it's leaving in just a matter of hours he arrived in the russian capital on sunday having fled hong kong with washington in hot pursuit. 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 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 just remain in transit here in moscow before flying in cuba a little bit later on this afternoon but to really put this story in context to rewind and see what's happened over the last twenty four forty eight hours or so really over the course of the weekend because it was on friday that the

whistleblower edward snowden already in moscow though is thought that the russian capital not his final destination. weiqi leaks claims one of its legal advisors accompanying snowden after the whistleblower organization secured papers a safe exit and asylum quote in an unnamed democratic state. look at the week's top stories despite a chilly start talks at the g. eight lead to a rare show of solidarity officials handling a road map for peace in syria but their skepticism that all of them will be able to stick to the summit play. with these protests. artie's crude hit with water cannons in turkey is the anti-government protests rage on a report from the cradle of the unrest. three pm in moscow why mattress or bring you today's top stories in a look back at the week's news to our top story edward snowden may already be on russian soil according to our sources he's reportedly he reportedly boarded a moscow bound flight from hong kong organized and four and a sister by leaks the whistleblowing group let's cross now to our t's paul scott who is standing by at our moscow sheremetyevo airport

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moscow. norman solomon author of war made easy says whistle blowing is a vital tool in the fight against human rights violations. he's really a hero to so many americans but rather than the labels the key point is that he has brought truth to the necessity of the democratic process and of course people in the white house and many in congress are not happy about the illumination of they have been engaged in survey hours which is direct violation of civil liberties of the citizens of the united states as well as a violation of the privacy of people around the we're all so naturally the obama administration and the bipartisan security state fans on capitol hill want to grab edward snowden so it is a fundamental conflict between those who are dominating the us government now who want to suppress the bill of rights and resistance not about resistance from many of us who say no way we do not accept the suppression of our rights what edward snowden's latest revelations about u.s. surveillance point

there it's good to have you company you're watching our team coming to you live from moscow. now ecuador has abandoned a key u.s. trade agreement what it calls blackmail by washington over america's most wanted man edward snowden that is the whistleblower remain stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport paul scott has the latest. all masons involved in the 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 and 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 again they want to help edward snowden saying quote a country should not be rewarded for bad behavior however ecuador's response to this has been quite defiant preempted any move by the united states and have withdrawn themselves from the trade agreement saying that ecuador does not accept any pr

to be precise on monday two o'clock in the afternoon moscow time. seventeen hours from now and it looks increasingly likely that he's going to spend seventeen hours . wolf thanks very much indeed for that. well as we've just heard edward snowden has indeed asked for asylum and. she has been waiting all afternoon. embassy here in central moscow what more do you know from where you are. indeed a bill we did get or the confirmation from a. foreign minister. 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 g

allegedly in moscow it would indicate he knew he was going to be safe in moscow and that putin and theussians weren't going to turn over to the u.s. embassy. what do they make of it and what does it say about relations with the two countries which we have always had a somewhat uneasy relationship. >> the relationship between china and the u.s. and the relationship between russia and the u.s. has been at the forefront of administration foreign policy discussions now given the president's meeting last week with vladimir putin, his meeting with jinping. these are complicated relationships. not countries where we can just call and have an expectation that they will agree with us and agree with our position on this. they obviously have their own interests in this. in china there are questions about whether the things are being done by the u.s. and edward snowden said he had information about that as well. it's clear in the choices he made that he either had guidance about how he was going to be treated or had an expectation about the relationships we have. >> this is a key point. he wanted

in moscow. anyone who lives in the us knows that the i.r.s. does not play around one honest or dishonest mistake could get you in a lot of trouble even a longtime friend of mine got his entire life savings destroyed due to some simple honest error you think that workers in an organization that could punish you for your financial failings would be very sharp with their own money but that's sadly not the case according to an audit report from the treasury inspector general for tax administration at the very least one thousand iris employees have abused the charge cards they were issued to cover their official travel expenses some of these people are very high on the ladder including an executive level official a criminal investigator and multiple ploys with security clearances much of the abuses related to a place writing checks for big purchases which later bounced due to accounts being empty yeah the people who could ruin your life for one little financial folly seem to have no problem over drawing while they are living it up on taxpayer funde

the flight from moscow to havana is on the ground.man, our correspondent in nevada, is standing by at the airport there. what do you see, patrick? tell us what's going on? >> reporter: we've seen the flight land. flight 150, about 12 hours of flying, land here in havana, tampaing toward the main -- taxiing toward the main airport terminal three at the nional airport. of course, the question is, is the plane carrying edward snowden. one of the possibilities -- just a possibility at this point -- is that he might try come to ecuador via havana. of course, you know, this is the plane route that many -- [ inaudible ] didn't see any sign of edward snowden. as the plane, the passengers come off, if in fact we see any sign of -- of edward snowden, i can tell you there's been something of more of a police presence than usual at the havana airport. it's probably because there's a lot of media here. they're seeing something inside the airports. looking at the plane, as of now, no cars, it's pierce to be a fairly normal -- at appears to be a fai

moscow. well that's what the ring for the cage another dramatic fight night of mixed martial arts in moscow where an old rivalry was resumed among the men on ladies' night michael crouching to reports on the. alien versus predator the build up to the battle between shah meals a vote of yes to be immortal the main matchup of the twelve five nights battle for moscow was intense. the two had previously twice in twenty eleven and had both walked away with a win apiece but if russians of would have hoped the home crowd would give them extra impetus in their third encounter it was in a more to the left up the cheese even if they weren't meant for him. in round one both fighters were cagey and gave little opportunity to each other as they sussed out potential weaknesses in a motto whose mother is swiss and father proven japanese seem content to bide his time worst form and one world champions of would have never seen that scattering punches and kicks in the direction of his opponent to little effect