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data fugitives edward snowden asylum. u.s. secretary of state john kerry will meet with the russian foreign minister and the two men certainly have their work cut out for them. washington and moscow disagree on a number of issues, including missile defense and the war in syria. >> of all the things washington and moscow have clashed over the last five years, none has been more devices than syria -- does the -- divisive then syria. russia has vetoed resolutions putting pressure on the assad regime three times. wes has sold arms to damascus about the conflict as western support for theory and has gained momentum. which were already strained when barack obama took office in early 2009. missile defense program based in europe also raised eyebrows in moscow. it was shelved in april of this year. the obama administration has regularly criticized russia on human rights, such as the death in custody of a lawyer and recent anti-gay legislation passed by the duma. the decision to offer whistleblower edward snowden asylum has soured furt
data fugitives edward snowden asylum. u.s. secretary of state john kerry will meet with the russian foreign minister and the two men certainly have their work cut out for them. washington and moscow disagree on a number of issues, including missile defense and the war in syria. >> of all the things washington and moscow have clashed over the last five years, none has been more devices than syria -- does the -- divisive then syria. russia has vetoed resolutions putting pressure on the...
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whistleblower edward snowden asylum or whether that was just a pretext whichever is true moscow's efforts to limit the damage from snowden's affair are being underestimated says mary did you have ski here's the chief editorial writer for the u.k. based independent newspaper. know that some people say oh relations between the u.s. and russia generally are very strained and that the the reset never really happened that it didn't have the desired effects but i think that to an extent is exaggerated what i find more interesting is what i think the great efforts. president putin has gone to to try to make sure that the snowden affair damages relations with the u.s. as little as possible i think there's a lot of evidence for that which really hasn't been appreciated i think that being two maybe three one on one telephone conversations between president putin and president obama since snowden landed unexpectedly in moscow so i think there are actually great efforts are being applied to find some source sort of some sort of solution but it's very difficult to see how that can be a solution which
whistleblower edward snowden asylum or whether that was just a pretext whichever is true moscow's efforts to limit the damage from snowden's affair are being underestimated says mary did you have ski here's the chief editorial writer for the u.k. based independent newspaper. know that some people say oh relations between the u.s. and russia generally are very strained and that the the reset never really happened that it didn't have the desired effects but i think that to an extent is...
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lawmakers call for a major rethink of relations between both countries and all the hype over snowden's asylum is diverting public attention from what he's actually wanted for back at home of course is damning revelations washington correspondent guy nature can explains. the moment edward snowden walked out of that moscow airport russia became the object of washington's wrath we heard calls for president obama to boycott the g. twenty summit in russia the president's press secretary said washington is quote unquote extremely disappointed with moscow's decision on snowden and that it undermines the growing cooperation between russian and u.s. security services certain members of congress used even harsher term senator chuck schumer said russia has stabbed us in the back and each day that mr snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife senator lindsey graham says americans in washington should consider this a game changer in our relationship with the bushes and john mccain goes it is a slap in the face of all americans we cannot allow today's action by put into a stand without s
lawmakers call for a major rethink of relations between both countries and all the hype over snowden's asylum is diverting public attention from what he's actually wanted for back at home of course is damning revelations washington correspondent guy nature can explains. the moment edward snowden walked out of that moscow airport russia became the object of washington's wrath we heard calls for president obama to boycott the g. twenty summit in russia the president's press secretary said...
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twenty four hours a day live from moscow where it's not just turned ten pm edward snowden has been given temporary asylum in russia allowing him to leave the transit zone of moscow's airport off to five weeks in the lower assisting him says the paperwork issued today allow snowden to live work and remain in russia for up to twelve months as the latest on how the news has been received. two reactions that a lot of people really wanted to hear from which were edward snowden himself said wiki leaks founder julian assange for mr snowden's part he says over the past eight weeks we have seen the obama administration show no respect for international or domestic law but in the end the law is winning i think the russian federation for granting me asylum in accordance with its laws and international obligations now says this is another victory for the fight against obama's war and whistleblowers this battle has been won but the war continues the united states can no longer continue the surveillance of world citizens and its digital colonisation of sovereign nations the public will no longer stand for it lowers wi
twenty four hours a day live from moscow where it's not just turned ten pm edward snowden has been given temporary asylum in russia allowing him to leave the transit zone of moscow's airport off to five weeks in the lower assisting him says the paperwork issued today allow snowden to live work and remain in russia for up to twelve months as the latest on how the news has been received. two reactions that a lot of people really wanted to hear from which were edward snowden himself said wiki...
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breaking news on the whistleblower edward snowden has left the transit zone of moscow's airport after being given temporary asylum in russia. international news and comment this is a party with the twenty four hours a day live from moscow where it's just turned nine pm edward snowden has been given temporary asylum in russia allowing him to leave the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport after five weeks in limbo the lawyer assisting him says the paperwork issued today allows snowden to live work and remain in russia for up to twelve months well let's get the latest now from lindsey france so what sort of reaction has this development now because lindsey. well bill the reaction around the world was sort of a pleasant surprise that by many that he had finally been lots outside the airport as anyone can match thirty nine days inside any terminal no matter what type of hotel you may be staying in would be a bit of a stretch for anyone's patience there were many american government officials that were not happy at all that he had been allowed on to the official grounds of the russian federation but the two re
breaking news on the whistleblower edward snowden has left the transit zone of moscow's airport after being given temporary asylum in russia. international news and comment this is a party with the twenty four hours a day live from moscow where it's just turned nine pm edward snowden has been given temporary asylum in russia allowing him to leave the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport after five weeks in limbo the lawyer assisting him says the paperwork issued today allows snowden to...
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came down pretty hard the other way-- day on edward snowed extent russians when they granted asylum to snowden. he, of course, is the guy who leaked so much of this information. do you think that any of what we're going through right now has anything to do with anything snowden might have leaked that these people have picked up and are now causing them to push forward on this? >> well, it's much too early to tell that. obviously, these plots that al qaeda does take months and months and months to germinate. so, obviously, they started before that. whether it had an effect, no one knows. but i will say that the relationship between the united states and russia, for instance, is more poisonous than at any time since cold war because of all of this. >> schieffer: well, what about the russians giving snowden asylum. you said the other day it was a stab in the knack. >> yeah. >> schieffer: what should we do now? should we not go to that international economic conference in russia? should the president cancel the individual summit that he had planned with president putin? >> i would urge the preside
came down pretty hard the other way-- day on edward snowed extent russians when they granted asylum to snowden. he, of course, is the guy who leaked so much of this information. do you think that any of what we're going through right now has anything to do with anything snowden might have leaked that these people have picked up and are now causing them to push forward on this? >> well, it's much too early to tell that. obviously, these plots that al qaeda does take months and months and...
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going to resonate with different portions of our population. >> paul: when we come back, edward snowden gets asylumradley manning faces life in prison. both have been hailed as heroes in some circles but are they? >>. >> paul: edward snowden left moscow airport thursday after russian government granted him temporary asylum. it comes days after bradley manning was convicted on charges for passing classified information to wikileaks, something that could land him in jail for the rest of his life. some are hailing them as heroes. whistleblowers that don't deserve prison sentences. what do you make the russian decision to grant snowden asylum. >> its slap to the state. it's the way the russians have behaved throughout the years. as for, vladimir putin launching this reset. this is hostile act against the u.s. it should be treated as such. >> paul: what does it say about u.s. influence, not just with russia but more broadly? >> to restore america's standing within the world, these incidents. hong kong and china to dwayne someone that is indicted on three serious counts. you can't influence russia that m
going to resonate with different portions of our population. >> paul: when we come back, edward snowden gets asylumradley manning faces life in prison. both have been hailed as heroes in some circles but are they? >>. >> paul: edward snowden left moscow airport thursday after russian government granted him temporary asylum. it comes days after bradley manning was convicted on charges for passing classified information to wikileaks, something that could land him in jail for the...
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it wasn't even given a head's up from russia before they granted edward snowden asylum today. n't the first major blow the obama administration has suffered this week. chris laurens is out front. >> reporter: edward snowden is free to live an work in russia for now. even after president obama asked them to hand him over, they gave him asylum. >> we are extremely disappointed that the russian government would take this step. >> russia has stabbed us in the back. and each day that snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist to the knife. >> reporter: pressure is building on barack obama to capture a meeting with the president next month. >> i wish the president had made the consequences more clear to putin that may have changed things. >> reporter: snowden's asylum is the second blow to the barack obama administration this week. after a judge acquitted brandly manning on charges that he aided the enemy. he had already pled guilty to crimes that could have sent him to prison for decades. the government pushed ahead on the more serious charge and came up short. president obama
it wasn't even given a head's up from russia before they granted edward snowden asylum today. n't the first major blow the obama administration has suffered this week. chris laurens is out front. >> reporter: edward snowden is free to live an work in russia for now. even after president obama asked them to hand him over, they gave him asylum. >> we are extremely disappointed that the russian government would take this step. >> russia has stabbed us in the back. and each day...
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whistleblower edward snowden asylum or whether that was just a pretext whichever is true most limit the damage from snowden's affair on being underestimated says married to the chief editorial writer for the u.k. based independent newspaper. i know that some people say our relations between the u.s. and russia generally are very strained and that the the reset never really happened that it didn't have the desired effects but i think that to an extent is exaggerated what i found more interesting is what i think are the great efforts that president putin has gone to to try to make sure that the snowden affair damages relations with the u.s. as little as possible i think there's a lot of evidence for that which really hasn't been appreciated i think there's been two maybe three one on one telephone conversations between president putin and president obama since ed snowden landed to unexpectedly in moscow so i think there are actually great efforts are being applied to find some source sort of some sort of solution but it's very difficult to see how there can be a solution with such supplie
whistleblower edward snowden asylum or whether that was just a pretext whichever is true most limit the damage from snowden's affair on being underestimated says married to the chief editorial writer for the u.k. based independent newspaper. i know that some people say our relations between the u.s. and russia generally are very strained and that the the reset never really happened that it didn't have the desired effects but i think that to an extent is exaggerated what i found more interesting...
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. >>> defying requests from the u.s., russia has granted edward snowden temporary asylum. the self plof fessed nsa leaker finally got the proper documents to leave. he's in an undisclosed location this morning. it might help the former contractor to avoid charges here but a diplomatic crisis is still stewing. jim, the g-20 summit is coming up next month. what are the implications to consider? >> reporter: there's no question that snowden's release has strained already difficult relations between the united states and russia and that the united states clearly see the snowden asylum as a slap in the face. the question is just how is the obama administration willing -- how far is it willing to go to hit back and embarrass president vladimir putin? now boycotting a major event like the g-20, which takes place in early september still seems unlikely to observers. however, obama and putin plan to have talks in moscow just before the g-20 meeting and the white house is already hinting it may cancel that meeting in protest. meanwhile, the american fugitive spent his first night in
. >>> defying requests from the u.s., russia has granted edward snowden temporary asylum. the self plof fessed nsa leaker finally got the proper documents to leave. he's in an undisclosed location this morning. it might help the former contractor to avoid charges here but a diplomatic crisis is still stewing. jim, the g-20 summit is coming up next month. what are the implications to consider? >> reporter: there's no question that snowden's release has strained already difficult...
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on thursday, white house press secretary jay carney criticized russia for granting snowden asylum. >>e are extremely disappointed the russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private that mr. snowden expelled to the united states to face the charges against him. mr. snowden is not a whistleblower. 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 protections. this move by the russian government undermines a long- standing record of law ,nforcement cooperation cooperation and has recently been on the upswing since the boston marathon bombings. >> russia's decision to grant edward snowden asylum comes at a time when the white house is coming under intense criticism from an unusual coalition of democrats and republicans over the nsa surveillance programs. last week the house duly passed a measure that would have prevented the nsa from using the patriot act to collect phone reco
on thursday, white house press secretary jay carney criticized russia for granting snowden asylum. >>e are extremely disappointed the russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private that mr. snowden expelled to the united states to face the charges against him. mr. snowden is not a whistleblower. he is accused of leaking classified information and has been charged with three felony counts, and he should be returned to the united...
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edward snowden. asylum it's decision the court fury in washington. including the possible cancellation of a. secretly . into the biggest british. and washington. at the guantanamo. a special investigation. of the world's top headlines live from moscow this is r t with me. thank you for joining us today. u.s. whistleblower edward snowden is free to live and work in russia for now up to twelve months without fearing extradition of the former n.s.a. contractor has been granted temporary asylum in the country that means he finally left the moscow airport transit lounge where he's been trapped in transit limbo since june. has been following the developments in the ongoing. now that snowden has managed to leave the transit zone of sydney to the airport to this is a whole new chapter in this story but if earlier we knew at least approximately where he was now his location is even more secret you would have to start with you to the fact that he's the most wanted person on planet earth to do he'll be concerned about the issue of security that includes questio
edward snowden. asylum it's decision the court fury in washington. including the possible cancellation of a. secretly . into the biggest british. and washington. at the guantanamo. a special investigation. of the world's top headlines live from moscow this is r t with me. thank you for joining us today. u.s. whistleblower edward snowden is free to live and work in russia for now up to twelve months without fearing extradition of the former n.s.a. contractor has been granted temporary asylum in...
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and nsa leaker edward snowden gets asylum. both are being celebrated in some circles, but are they really heroes? >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report." well, if you fund it, you're for it. that's the message this week from a group ofseative lawmakers to fellow republicans as they continue their push to make defunding obama care part of a deal to keep the government running past september. the plan, which could result in a government shutdown, is being met with resistance by some in the gop, with critics calling it political suicide. florida senator rubio had this message for the skeptical senators. >> if we pass this, you did not do everything you could. you paid for this. you doubled down on it. in ways that will have harm to our country. this is our last best chance. >> joining the panel this week, "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan he ddinger. assistant editor james freeman. and washington columnist kim strasle. so, dan, this rubio strategy, what do you think of it? >> i think it's probably -- ot
and nsa leaker edward snowden gets asylum. both are being celebrated in some circles, but are they really heroes? >>> welcome to "the journal editorial report." well, if you fund it, you're for it. that's the message this week from a group ofseative lawmakers to fellow republicans as they continue their push to make defunding obama care part of a deal to keep the government running past september. the plan, which could result in a government shutdown, is being met with...
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september summit between president obama and putin may now be canceled but all the hype over snowden's asylum is actually diverting public attention from what he's actually wanted for back at home of course is damning revelations guy nature can file the report. the moment edward snowden walked out of that moscow airport russia became the object of washington's wrath we heard calls for president obama to boycott the g. twenty summit in russia the president's press secretary said washington is quote unquote extremely disappointed with moscow's decision on snowden and that it undermines the growing cooperation between russian and u.s. security services certain members of congress used even harsher term senator chuck schumer said russia has stabbed us in the back and each day that mr snowden is allowed to roam free is another twist of the knife senator lindsey graham says americans in washington should consider this a game changer in our relationship with the blushes and john mccain goes it is a slap in the face of all americans we cannot allow today's action by put into a stand without serious r
september summit between president obama and putin may now be canceled but all the hype over snowden's asylum is actually diverting public attention from what he's actually wanted for back at home of course is damning revelations guy nature can file the report. the moment edward snowden walked out of that moscow airport russia became the object of washington's wrath we heard calls for president obama to boycott the g. twenty summit in russia the president's press secretary said washington is...
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an olympic boycott senators and congressman demand that russia was punished for daring to give snowden asylum but it's actually the subject of our web o'doherty dot com if you haven't taken part with very much i invite you to it's always good to hear what you think about the big stories of the day this is what you're telling us how you think when you get going to bode for russia after all this what's been about the say the same most of the night a couple of been done a couple of percent seventy percent of you saying relations were too poor already it isn't going to change much now nineteen percent of you think that's down a tad that economic ties are too important and we will weather the crisis on each side of the pond five percent snowden is just a minor blip in good relations four percent russia will suffer for giving snowden asylum plenty of time to change that but where vote is open right now if you r.t. dot com. the same time and the same news conference in a different place where president obama mentioned strained relations with moscow he promised to reform the much maligned n.s.a. surv
an olympic boycott senators and congressman demand that russia was punished for daring to give snowden asylum but it's actually the subject of our web o'doherty dot com if you haven't taken part with very much i invite you to it's always good to hear what you think about the big stories of the day this is what you're telling us how you think when you get going to bode for russia after all this what's been about the say the same most of the night a couple of been done a couple of percent seventy...
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let's now talk to our correspondent lindsay friends hi there lindsey so it seems like snowden's asylum is deepening the diplomatic rift between the two countries what more can you tell us. well washington did say that it would react negatively indeed if edward snowden work given asylum and this cancelling of the meeting between the two leaders seems to be a product of that now the white house cites a lack of recent progress in our bilateral agenda although the most interesting reason came from president obama himself. there's still a lot of business that we can do with them but there's been times where they slip back in the cold war thinking and a cold war mentality. in light of a statement like this president putin has pointed out he doesn't feel that the united states is interested in being a partner on equal footing he points out that moscow did not want to take on this problem with snowden it was snowden who knocked on russia's door asking for help and essentially moscow felt its hands were tied. and should be sure to do it but if we didn't invite edward snowden and russia was in h
let's now talk to our correspondent lindsay friends hi there lindsey so it seems like snowden's asylum is deepening the diplomatic rift between the two countries what more can you tell us. well washington did say that it would react negatively indeed if edward snowden work given asylum and this cancelling of the meeting between the two leaders seems to be a product of that now the white house cites a lack of recent progress in our bilateral agenda although the most interesting reason came from...
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whistleblower edward snowden is free to live and work in russia for up to twelve months without fearing extradition the former n.s.a. contractor has been granted temporary asylum in the country meaning he finally left the moscow airport where he's been trapped in transit limbo since june. has been following the developments in this snowden saga. now that snowden has managed to leave the transit zone of settlement or to this is a whole new chapter in this story but if earlier we knew at least approximately where he was now his location is even more secret you would have to start with you to the fact that he's the most wanted person on planet earth to do he'll be concerned about the issue of security that includes questions of sci fi and the police where he is going to loop that's all up to him has used lawyer will consult and advise him but on other issues it's up to him as for meeting the press yes he's ready to meet the russian media but you need to understand you still need some time to adapt to russian realities a lawyer on the personally accompanied snowden and so we could weeks representatives harrison alex of the airport and put them in a taxi initially
whistleblower edward snowden is free to live and work in russia for up to twelve months without fearing extradition the former n.s.a. contractor has been granted temporary asylum in the country meaning he finally left the moscow airport where he's been trapped in transit limbo since june. has been following the developments in this snowden saga. now that snowden has managed to leave the transit zone of settlement or to this is a whole new chapter in this story but if earlier we knew at least...
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does see the snowden asylum as a slap in the face really. the question now is how far is the obama administration willing to go to embarrass putin by boycotting the g 20. obama and putin plan to have one-on-one talks in moscow before the g-20. the white house is hinting to cancel that. he spent his first night in freedom as an official refugee. his lawyer says that he's staying in the home of an american expat family, that he's learning russian and wants to get a job to support himself. not in information technology. he's more interested in becoming a human rights activist. back to you. >> very interesting. thank you very much. we'll watch that story play out. negotiations between alex rodriguez and major league baseball are recoportedly stall. he wants to catch in on the $100 million left in his contract. he and the mlb are stalled about the kind of suspension he's willing to accept. as early as today the mlb was expected to suspend a rod and others suspected of using performance enhancing drugs from that biogenesis company. a rod will play
does see the snowden asylum as a slap in the face really. the question now is how far is the obama administration willing to go to embarrass putin by boycotting the g 20. obama and putin plan to have one-on-one talks in moscow before the g-20. the white house is hinting to cancel that. he spent his first night in freedom as an official refugee. his lawyer says that he's staying in the home of an american expat family, that he's learning russian and wants to get a job to support himself. not in...
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on the "newshour" tonight, edward snowden's asylum, syria and more are all weighing on u.s.-russia relations. we dissect what's behind today's diplomatic rebuke. >> ifill: then, a sweeping overhaul of the nation's mortgage finance system. margaret warner explores the president's latest housing plan. >> brown: many people with disabilities still don't get home-based or community services. judy woodruff reports on the struggle to fully implement a landmark civil rights law. >> think about it as segregation. people are still segregated. it's wrong, it's wrong morally, economically and it's wrong in compliance with americans with disbill teeth acts. >> ifill: tempers often flare as the temperature outside rises. could climate change be making us more violent? ray suarez dives into the details of a new study. >> brown: and a powerful drama based on the true story of one man's last day, before being fatally shot on an oakland subway. we sit down with the director of "fruitvale station". >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has b
on the "newshour" tonight, edward snowden's asylum, syria and more are all weighing on u.s.-russia relations. we dissect what's behind today's diplomatic rebuke. >> ifill: then, a sweeping overhaul of the nation's mortgage finance system. margaret warner explores the president's latest housing plan. >> brown: many people with disabilities still don't get home-based or community services. judy woodruff reports on the struggle to fully implement a landmark civil rights law....
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human rights watch said snowden had a legitimate asylum claim.hat distinguishes asylum on the one hand to people just being refugees from justice, just fleeing the fact they were accused of a crime, they've been indicted and are going to cut out of the country. what legally distinguishes the two? >> a refugee is someone who has a well-grounded fear of persecution. on the basis of some kind of prohibiting such as political belief or fear of persecution for their political belief. edward snowden revealed massive and serious human rights violations, privacy of millions of people around the world. this was an issue of substantial public interest, and and he did break laws in doing it. the overall context, what he revealed, the lack of whistleblower protection for people like him in the united states, and the very harsh punishment that these kinds of leakers to the press receive do tend to give him a claim that he would have been persecuted, not just punished. >> persecuted. the difference between persecuted and prosecuted being essentially a context
human rights watch said snowden had a legitimate asylum claim.hat distinguishes asylum on the one hand to people just being refugees from justice, just fleeing the fact they were accused of a crime, they've been indicted and are going to cut out of the country. what legally distinguishes the two? >> a refugee is someone who has a well-grounded fear of persecution. on the basis of some kind of prohibiting such as political belief or fear of persecution for their political belief. edward...
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obama has canceled the meeting they were going to have in mass cow partly because of the edward snowden asylumssue. let's show a report and then discuss. >> u.s. russian relations have been strained and the kremlins decision to give edward snowden temporary asylum fueled the flames. today the white house announced that president obama will not meet one-on-one with president vladamir put tin next month when in you russia for an international summit. the white house said that there wasn't enough progress on the agenda to offmeeting, but there's also this. russia's disappointing decision to grant edward snowden temporary asylum was a factor. >> there's an alleged law breaker in their country. we evaluate it, and we try to work with them. they didn't do that with us. >> those were president obama's first comments about snowden's asylum. he was also candid about his relationship with put tin. >> the truth is that when we have meetings, we can have some pretty blunt exchanges and animated exchanges. >> president obama was facing significant political pressure at home from republicans and democrats.
obama has canceled the meeting they were going to have in mass cow partly because of the edward snowden asylumssue. let's show a report and then discuss. >> u.s. russian relations have been strained and the kremlins decision to give edward snowden temporary asylum fueled the flames. today the white house announced that president obama will not meet one-on-one with president vladamir put tin next month when in you russia for an international summit. the white house said that there wasn't...
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out in the transit area of a moscow airport, tonight, former nsa contractor, edward snowden, has granted a years asylum in russia. this has strained relations between moscow and russia. president obama is under pressure to retaliate. an upcoming summit is in question. >> this was the moment this afternoon when edward snowden wearing a black rucksack with his back to the camera climbed into a car and disappeared into russia, the biggest country in the world. he had been stuck in limbo in the transit zone of the airport. he insisted he would not go to america to face trial. me aht, his lawyer showed copy of the document that grants him polit asylum in russia for at least a year. he said that he is in a hotel but he would not say where. >> the question of his security is obviously very important. a great powers trying to catch him. the name of the power is the united states of america. >> edward snowden himself said over the past eight weeks, we have seen the obama administration show no respect for international or domestic law but in the end, the law is winning. this evening, however, russia's longest s
out in the transit area of a moscow airport, tonight, former nsa contractor, edward snowden, has granted a years asylum in russia. this has strained relations between moscow and russia. president obama is under pressure to retaliate. an upcoming summit is in question. >> this was the moment this afternoon when edward snowden wearing a black rucksack with his back to the camera climbed into a car and disappeared into russia, the biggest country in the world. he had been stuck in limbo in...
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fugitive edward snowden has walked out of an airport in moscow after more than five weeks inside. russian immigration officials have fwrabted him a one-year asylum. the decision h angered u.s. leaders and left relations up in the air. snowden arrived from hong kong in late june. he has been holed up in the airport's transit zone ever since. his lawyer says now he's free to go. >> translator: snowden has just left airport and has headed for a safer place. >> snowden says eventually he wants to move on to latin america. some countries there have offered him permanent asylum. snowden worked on contract as an intelligence analyst for the national security agency. he told "the guardian" newspaper and other media that agents collect private internet and phone data. u.s. authorities have defended the surveillance programs saying they prevented terrorist attacks. spokespersons for the russian presidential office say the decision to grant snowden asylum will not affect relations with the u.s. the white house press secretary was less clear-cut. >> we are extremely disappointed that the russian government would take this step despite our very clear and law
fugitive edward snowden has walked out of an airport in moscow after more than five weeks inside. russian immigration officials have fwrabted him a one-year asylum. the decision h angered u.s. leaders and left relations up in the air. snowden arrived from hong kong in late june. he has been holed up in the airport's transit zone ever since. his lawyer says now he's free to go. >> translator: snowden has just left airport and has headed for a safer place. >> snowden says eventually...
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snowden was granted temporary asylum yesterday. that has further strained u.s./russia relations and jeopardizes september's summit between president obama and president vladimir putin. for the time being snowden is living in the home of an american ex-patriot. tara mergener reports. >> reporter: this photo shows edward snowden just before he got in a taxi and drove away from the moscow airport. the nsa leaker spent more than a month inside looking for a legal way out. thursday his attorney held up the documents granting snowden asylum in russia for one year. snowden's father told russian television he expected he's gratified. he'll listen to vladimir putin. he has stopped leaking. >> he's made a sacrifice. >> reporter: through the wikileaks website snowden thanking russia and said in the end the law is winning. the white house is furious and says russia should send snowden home to face trial. >> mr. snowden is not a whistle blower. he's accused of leaking classified information. >> reporter: the president held a white house meeting thursday with lawmakers concer
snowden was granted temporary asylum yesterday. that has further strained u.s./russia relations and jeopardizes september's summit between president obama and president vladimir putin. for the time being snowden is living in the home of an american ex-patriot. tara mergener reports. >> reporter: this photo shows edward snowden just before he got in a taxi and drove away from the moscow airport. the nsa leaker spent more than a month inside looking for a legal way out. thursday his...
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on the "newshour" tonight, edward snowden's asylum, syria and more are all weighing on u.s.ons. we dissect what's behind today's diplomatic rebuke. >> ifill: then, a sweeping overhaul of the nation's mortgage finance system. margaret warner explores the president's latest housing plan. >> brown: many people with
on the "newshour" tonight, edward snowden's asylum, syria and more are all weighing on u.s.ons. we dissect what's behind today's diplomatic rebuke. >> ifill: then, a sweeping overhaul of the nation's mortgage finance system. margaret warner explores the president's latest housing plan. >> brown: many people with
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thinks whistle blowing has become a tendency and that soon others will follow snowden's example by so you go to years temporary asylum here in russia for the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden i suppose what's curious is what are his next steps going to be i mean it is easy just to walk down the street and go to a local russian restaurant and have some food or is he stuck somewhere. well snowden did agreed to the conditions voiced by president putin on which he could stay in russia and that is to stop harming the image of washington and concerning his latest revelations well he actually passed all this information to journalists and the documents before actually arriving to the transit zone of the meats of our airport for only his although. we know that snowden is looking at finding a job here in russia we don't know exactly which job but there is already a proposal for him from russia's largest social network called back to its management said that they could offer him a job a place as an eighty specialist in charge of the privacy and security of users all right r.t. if you're going to spin off the thank you so muc
thinks whistle blowing has become a tendency and that soon others will follow snowden's example by so you go to years temporary asylum here in russia for the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden i suppose what's curious is what are his next steps going to be i mean it is easy just to walk down the street and go to a local russian restaurant and have some food or is he stuck somewhere. well snowden did agreed to the conditions voiced by president putin on which he could stay in russia and that is...
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of course, snowden's asylum. what choice would they have? >> snowden comes up again. is the u.s.government still after him? leave him alone, he does not have done -- he has not done anything evil. >> go back to washington. that is part of the problem. there was no point in going to the summit. not only the issues that have been mentioned but also obama's idea of reducing the nuclear arsenal. the trade agreement has gotten lost in the controversy. imagine a beginning, today we have a high level meeting between kerry and the senators of the state. you cannot stop this relationship. these are two nuclear powers. as you have said yourself, they have their finger in every pie. certainly, one has been made and nobody is coming out the winner. >> it is a kind of a small win- win situation. for cutin, it is always good to show his win inside of russia. for internal consumption, it is great. barack obama has a problem with his foreign-policy. it is not consistent. there is the coup d'État in egypt. it is not a coup d'État because it is our guys. snowden, it is the same. obama is doing rus
of course, snowden's asylum. what choice would they have? >> snowden comes up again. is the u.s.government still after him? leave him alone, he does not have done -- he has not done anything evil. >> go back to washington. that is part of the problem. there was no point in going to the summit. not only the issues that have been mentioned but also obama's idea of reducing the nuclear arsenal. the trade agreement has gotten lost in the controversy. imagine a beginning, today we have a...
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anyway, and the russia, the government of russia, putin has granted nsa leaker edward snowden temporary asylum. a full year he can stay there now. that means snowden who criticized our country now gets to live under a government that's not much big on freedom. >>> finally, the speech queen elizabeth never wanted to write, never wanted to give, and we never wanted to hear. it's about nuclear war, what could have been said to us. this is "hardball," the place for politics. >>> here is some news. we may have a race on our hands out in connecticut. let's check the "hardball" scoreboard. according to a new ppp poll, allison lundergan grimes leads senate majority leader mitch mcconnell by a point. one thing to note about this, we always do this, it was commissioned by the progressive change campaign committee, a democratic group. and we'll be right back. >>> surge on the right or a coup? ted cruz and his allies have hijacked much of the republican agenda. those divisions have cruz's fingerprints all over them. and that includes the fight over defunding obama care. cruz, along with mike lee, marco ru
anyway, and the russia, the government of russia, putin has granted nsa leaker edward snowden temporary asylum. a full year he can stay there now. that means snowden who criticized our country now gets to live under a government that's not much big on freedom. >>> finally, the speech queen elizabeth never wanted to write, never wanted to give, and we never wanted to hear. it's about nuclear war, what could have been said to us. this is "hardball," the place for politics....
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interesting now did the president have anything to say about edward snowden all his leaks and all this noise around him now and the fact that he has asylum in russia yes he was directly asked you know given the fact that this whole debate wouldn't be happening given that these reforms you're introducing wouldn't have been possible without edward snowden has your opinion of edward snowden changed and here's what the president said no i don't think mr snowden was a patriot as i said in my opening remarks i called for a thorough review of our surveillance operations before mr snowden made these leaks the president echoing a sentiment that a lot of members of congress are having even though they're using edward snowden's leaks to write and try and pass legislation to rein in the n.s.a. bring transparency to the prize court nobody really wants to give edward snowden any credit for it and the president says that look we were talking about these issues before snowden came even even came into the picture. that's a bit debatable i mean where on the president's agenda was the n.s.a. we've heard a lot about immigration we've heard a lot about jobs
interesting now did the president have anything to say about edward snowden all his leaks and all this noise around him now and the fact that he has asylum in russia yes he was directly asked you know given the fact that this whole debate wouldn't be happening given that these reforms you're introducing wouldn't have been possible without edward snowden has your opinion of edward snowden changed and here's what the president said no i don't think mr snowden was a patriot as i said in my opening...
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the russian government granted snowden asylum for one year, he previously was offered asylum in the bahamas, key largo -- besides that, he was also granted asylum by venezuela, bolivia, and nicaragua, but it was going to be impossible for him to get to any of those places because his american passport was revoked. maybe he will come back with a bride to the united states. his whereabouts are currently unknown, he could be anywhere, in one of those russian nesting dolls. but it shouldn't be too hard to find him since everyone in russia, almost everyone has a dash cam in their car. are you aware of it? because there is so much corruption involving the police, a lot of people have the dash cams in their car so they can tape everything and see while they drive. let's go to the russian dash cam and see if we can spot edward snowden. [ [ noises ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> i guess we won't see him. i know, you know, it is only august, but i believe i may have identified the number one youtube video of 2013. this actually got pulled off youtube today because of some rules they have a
the russian government granted snowden asylum for one year, he previously was offered asylum in the bahamas, key largo -- besides that, he was also granted asylum by venezuela, bolivia, and nicaragua, but it was going to be impossible for him to get to any of those places because his american passport was revoked. maybe he will come back with a bride to the united states. his whereabouts are currently unknown, he could be anywhere, in one of those russian nesting dolls. but it shouldn't be too...
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time since cold war because of all of this. >> schieffer: well, what about the russians giving snowden asylum. you said the other day it was a stab in the knack. >> yeah. >> schieffer: what should we do now? should we not go to that international economic conference in russia? should the president cancel the individual summit that he had planned with president putin? >> i would urge the president to cancel the bilateral summit he's having with mr. putin. president putin's behaving like a school yard bully, and in my experience, i've learned, unless you stand up to that bully, they ask for more and more and more, and he's always going out of his way, president putin is, to seem to poke up in the eye, whether it's in iran, syria, now with snowden pep so i would urge the president not to go forward with the bilateral meeting next month. that would give putin the kind of respect he doesn't deserve at this point in time. i would also urge the president to try to urge our allies, if it were possible, to move the g-20 summit away from st. petersburg. some of them may not want to do that. the g-20 su
time since cold war because of all of this. >> schieffer: well, what about the russians giving snowden asylum. you said the other day it was a stab in the knack. >> yeah. >> schieffer: what should we do now? should we not go to that international economic conference in russia? should the president cancel the individual summit that he had planned with president putin? >> i would urge the president to cancel the bilateral summit he's having with mr. putin. president...
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snowden asylumed for one year and his father hopes to visit him in the coming days. and number of u.s. embassies and consulates lows to because of a threat reopened today. but the) to embassies one in yemen will remain closed because of continuing concern about potential terrorist inacks grade the consulate pakistan also remains closed. it was shut down last week due to a separate threat. family of an american man jailed in north korea are -- north korea's health continues to deteriorate. he's lost more than 50 pounds. he's a tour operator in christian ministry. he was arrested and accused of hostile accident the government. a judge sentenced him to 15 years of hard labor. suffers her brother from diabetes and an enlarged heart and she's waiting for him to be sent back. to of three people reported missing in colorado after a mudslide are safe. authorities are trying to determine what happened to a woman they saw clinging to a tree on friday night. one person was killed will in the flood which killed -- which damaged six houses. weather., some great what is ahead >> m
snowden asylumed for one year and his father hopes to visit him in the coming days. and number of u.s. embassies and consulates lows to because of a threat reopened today. but the) to embassies one in yemen will remain closed because of continuing concern about potential terrorist inacks grade the consulate pakistan also remains closed. it was shut down last week due to a separate threat. family of an american man jailed in north korea are -- north korea's health continues to deteriorate. he's...
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. >>> russia has granted edward snowden asylum.ft the airport where he had been stuck for more than a month. he can stay for a year under the stipulation that he doesn't leave the country and he stops leaking u.s. secrets. the obama administration wants him to face trial. >>> last month's cover of rolling stone sparked plenty of criticism. drug stores boycotted the issue. but since going on sale, this issue has had more than doubled the average sales from last year. >>> you can expect some noise if you liver in the train tracks. >> that's not the sound people are annoyed with. >> just a girl and her dog! and she's a best -selling author too. associate with living near >> from the city to the bay to the inland areas, a change in the forecast! ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "horn blares" the horns are one thing. but it's another noise that neig dn't count on. kpix five's linda ye >>> the horns are one thing, but it's another noise that neighbors did not count on. the the loud annoying sounds. >> it can be super loud to just -- loud! [ laughter
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prosecution edward snowden left his name in a moscow airport as he was granted temporary asylum by the russian authorities he can i move around freely and work in the country for up to twelve months russia's top social networking website has already offered him a job but the story has a fresh twist because his current lack of balance still not known for straight and journalists overflowing with unanswered questions ati's lindsey france takes a look back at high snowden's airport saga unfold it. on sunday during twenty third when reports surface that the u.s. is newest whistleblower edward snowden was in russian airspace on a flight from his hong kong hideout every journalist knew the weekend was over and they all scurried here to section a i said to metro airport snowden and his wiki leaks advisor sarah harrison are a no show reporters found out that snowden and his advisor were due to be on a flight to cuba the next day so what did they do search around for the nearest hotel to get a good night's sleep before getting on that flight. june twenty fourth dawns the doors to the flight clo
prosecution edward snowden left his name in a moscow airport as he was granted temporary asylum by the russian authorities he can i move around freely and work in the country for up to twelve months russia's top social networking website has already offered him a job but the story has a fresh twist because his current lack of balance still not known for straight and journalists overflowing with unanswered questions ati's lindsey france takes a look back at high snowden's airport saga unfold it....