ecuador is a close cuba ally. it is likely the cuban officials will give him safe passage. >> is there any chance he would be arrested and sent to the u.s. in any of these places? >> as he travels on it seems less and less likely. if the united states can't get hong kong, russia, countries we have diplomatic relationships with, countries we trade with, countries that in some cases could be considered on certain issues allies, when he gets to whether it's cuba, venezuela, countries that have been in the past up until today openly hostile towards u.s. foreign policy where here in cuba, edward snowden has been celebrated as a hero. been watching all day long as cuban officials refused to comment in the cuban state press, they are gearing up and talking about this man who embarrassed their enemies in washington. i think it's very unlikely that cuban officials are going to bow to any u.s. pressure. that is not what they do, don. >> i'm wondering if this all changes if his image changes at all. it's been a story that's

is crosshairs and has been since its socialist revolution in one nine hundred fifty nine cuba earlier this month the state department made a declaration reinforcing that cuba is a state sponsor of terrorism for the thirtieth consecutive year despite admitting that there is no indication that the cuban government provided weapons or training to terrorist groups and perhaps there's no better story that exemplifies these tense relations and terrorism ha prosy is that of the cuban five let me give you a quick recap recap during the last half century cuba has been victim to a reign of attacks from terrorist groups many of them based in the u.s. and supported by the u.s. government so naturally looking to prevent future terrorism on cuban soil fidel castro decided to send five men to be amien in one thousand nine hundred to infiltrate and gain knowledge. from these groups their names are on. fernando gonzales rene gonzales. and ramon and i mean you know their case is now infamously known as the cuban five because these men were arrested charged with committing espionage and sentenced to lif

cuba and nine hundred eighty their actions were in response to cuba denying the tens of thousands of refugees to flee the country during economic crisis the peruvian embassy granted asylum to hector and the four other men and following the event at the embassy a mass protest led the cuban government to allow over one hundred thousand refugees to flee the country by boat and other famous asylum cases that a former panda panamanian dictator manuel noriega once a partner of the us and directly funded by the cia noriega was overthrown during a military coup that was orchestrated by the u.s. and then took refuge at the vatican embassy in panama where he stayed for ten days until striking a deal with the u.s. and was assured it would not face the death penalty on a wide range of international crimes but probably the most tragic asylum case in recent history is that of former afghanistan president mohammad it blew up who ceded power in one thousand nine hundred two and sought refuge at the un headquarters in kabul until ninety six when he was captured and brutally murdered by the taliban no

cuba. cuba is a country the united states does not have any formal diplomatic relation with and a country that's been under an economic embargo from the united states for more than half a century in addition to being on the united states list of state sponsors of terrorism. a few days ago edward snowden said he might be interested in heading to iceland to seek asylum, a q&a session on "the guardian" newspaper, his interview interview there. he said the only reason he went to hong kong in the first place to avoid suspicion since nsa employees are monitored closely. he said the local framework allowed him to work there without being immediately detained which we saw to be true. the hong kong government in the last few hours had come forward to say they let edward snowden leave hong kong on a technicality, u.s. did not provide documents. they let him go. he's in the air on his way to russia. we don't have any further reaction at this point from agencies in the united states but we will keep fo

whistleblower edward snowden is off the radar with no sign of him the flight to cuba reportedly booked on spending the night at a moscow airport. footage from our correspondent on the seat snowden is meant to be sitting in if you will into u.s. airspace where america might have a chance to intercept the aeroflot jet. says snowden is safe but keep his exact whereabouts secret we can extend however confirm ecuador has given him refugee travel papers. washington appears desperate to corner its former intelligence analyst criticizing every country he passes through and demanding is immediate the footage. international news in comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is the twenty four hours a day so the world's media have turned into a plane spotters tracking one transatlantic flight that was supposed to be carrying the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden away to safety from the hands of the usa who wanted him extradited well the fact is it appears that he wasn't on the plane nobody saw him boarding the plane bound for cuba from moscow airport where he was reported to have s

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 charges against edward snowden were made public for the very first time now the complaint was filed by the u.s. government on june

cuba is under the united states embargo. they haven't weighed in what they would do if snowden shows up. he's a close ally. they want better relations with the united states. edward snowden is getting a hero treatment here. officials here are happy with the secrets he's divulged. cuba engages in spying tactics. officials haven't weighed in. it will be surprising if they answer the u.s. call and turn over snowden, should he appear here today. >> why ecuador? it's not a country many americans know about. what makes it a good situation for the government there? >> you know, it's an interesting question. you have to go back to the former president of cuba, fidel castro, the leader of venezuela, hugo chavez. they had a vastly different view of the world of the united states of political power and acted to encounter the power. rafael -- they continued with the efforts. these are country that is look at u.s. power differently. they are all too happy to embarrass the united states and learn intelligence in the process. >> looking to

it's unclear where exactly he'll go next some sources suggest he's already checked in on a flight to cuba and from there further on to venezuela. as the hunt for snowden crosses continents n.s.a. leaks piling up with new allegations that even barack obama was monitored by the n.s.a. was running for senate. and r.t. looks at the resemblance between the place of snowden and julian assange gen washington struggle to prevent a torrent of secrets from being revealed. seven pm in moscow i'm mad good to have you with us here on r t we're updating you on our breaking news this hour n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden wanted in the u.s. for espionage in moscow after getting off a plane from hong kong has been told diplomats from ecuador met him at the airport but it's still unclear where the whistleblower is headed next he's reportedly already checked in for an onward flight to cuba it suggested a van will be another transit point on his way to another country much speculation as to what vat country is his final destination some sources suggesting go to ecuador some to venezuela for more on this w

turned whistleblower edward snowden he's thought right now to be awaiting a flight out of moscow to cuba. has now begun he arrived in the russian capital on sunday having fled from hong kong with washington in a hot pursuit let's not cross over to. the airport indeed at the airport up for hello good to see you it seems now minutes away perhaps we're waiting for the big takeoff what can you tell us. that is what we understand rory sources close to r.t. have confirmed to us that edward snowden has checked in on the flight that he's bound for havana in cuba leaving at around five paula. to moscow times about an hour's time now there is another flight twenty past four which leaves this very airports and also goes to have but at the moment all indication that edward snowden is on board will soon be on board the plane heading to cuba leaving here in around an hour's time now he is not we understand. he was traveling with a legal representative from wiki leaks by the name of not entirely sure whether she's going to be completing the journey with but we do understand that at least two seats in t

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

that third country was supposed to be cuba, maybe? edward snowden was initially reported to be going from hong kong to cuba via moscow according to all the reporting this weekend. it was reported he would be flying through moscow's airport on his way to cuba and that, of course, led to a giant media circus at the moscow airport. a throng of reporters waiting around the airport in moscow trying to catch a glimpse of mr. snowden as he presumably got off his flight from hong kong and then boarded his flight to havana, presumably without trying to go through passport control so he wouldn't be crossing an international border into russia, so russia wouldn't face any legal concerns about whether or not they were supposed to arrest him, too. but despite all this at moscow airport, everybody watching out for this guy, and nothing. and it's not like he was magically able to get on to that flight to cuba unannounced. this is seat 17a, moscow to havana, which was supposed to be edward snowden's seat. that was supposed to be edward snowden's flig

you come to cuba -- an ally of fidel castro. it's not an ideal picture. he could pass through cuba. while i'm pointing out, edward snowden has been portrayed as something -- the cubans are happy to keep talking. he is embarrassing the united states. >> i should point out, i believe phillip agee a former cia officer, he ended up in cuba. we got a panel tonight of people who can speak to all the angles that this story presents. diplomacy, national security, john miller joins us. he's a top official of the fbi. christiane amanpour has covered every major international incident for the last 25 years. jeffrey tooben's title speaks for itself. this whole thing is surreal. what do you make of it at this point? >> well, i make of it, that it's made a better story than we would have seen in a book or a movie for all its unlikely characters. and it's near comical twists and turns. if it wasn't regarded so seriously. i think they are burning up the phone lines from the department of justice, from the state department, from moscow calling in every chip, every favor. every plea they can make, wh

whistleblower edward snowden apparently missing from a cuba bound plane thought to be is take it out of russia toward eventual safe harbor. is refuge it may be granted by ecuador which is mulling over the thirty year old request for asylum all orchestrated by whistleblower groups leaks. will chase him to the ends of the earth just as washington on the set the white house warning the western hemisphere against helping the runaway days after leveling the full weight of the espionage act against snowden. three pm in moscow. good to have you with us here on r t our top story cuba bound flight from moscow which was thought to be edward snowden snowden the ticket out of russia has taken off with passengers saying there is no sign of the whistleblower aboard he's reportedly to have arrived in the russian capital sunday having fled hong kong with washington in pursuit let's cross now to our t's paul scott who's been at the airport where the plane took off paul give us the latest. yes. snowden might be the name who deanie because reports came in. around five o'clock on sunday afternoon that h

so the freedom trail is not exactly china, russia, cuba, venezuela. i hope we'll chase him to the ends of the earth, bring him to justice, and let the russians know there'll be consequences with if they harbor this gay. >> good morning, eric. apparently he may be in moscow. what is senator graham talking about about repercussions from moscow if they helped him flee? >> obviously we're not going to bomb them. i guess the question is what is our relationship going to be with moscow? we obviously want this guy back. he's stolen a treasure-trove of american national security top secrets. and it appears, at least at this point, he believes, snowden, that the russians are going to give him safe passage from hong kong to moscow and then on to another country. again, as you say, this speculation from cuba to iceland to various countries in south america. so i'm sure the point he's making, i suspect the state department is making to the russians, is, hey, look, we want this guy. don't turn him over or let him get on a flight and let him go on his merry way. tu

edward snowden's reportedly awaiting a flight to cuba from moscow and the n.s.a. leaker is on the move trying to avoid extradition to america where he's wanted for espionage charges though ecuador is 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 let's have an in-depth look here at. it all started when he disclosed documents showing the n.s.a. has access to show streams of internet data including emails chat rooms and videos from large companies like google and facebook. and the u.s. government used the secret foreign intelligence surveillance court to gather an extensive range of information from the phone service provider known as for rhizome you also revealed how mainland china and hong kong have been the victim of hundreds of cyber attacks by hackers and the latest news is that the u.k. is collecting and storing huge amounts of sensitive data from online and telephone traffic and then quickly shuffling it all over to washington british human rights

could he be on his way to cuba right now? edward snowden is creating big diplomatic problems for president obama and his team. the secretary of state john kerry speaks to cnn about the tensions with russia and china. >>> and snowden's u.s. passport has been revoked, but a lot of people are asking what took so long? i'm wolf blitzer in washington. this is "the situation room" special report. nsa leaker on the run. >>> right now, the nsa leaker could be in russia. he could be on his way to cuba. he could be somewhere else. let's be honest. we don't know where he is. the u.s. government doesn't seem to know either. we're tracking a flight right now from moscow to havana that's due to land shortly. there were indications edward snowden might take that flight. we'll see what happens once it lands. we have a reporter at the havana airport. cnn's tom foreman is joining us right now with more on the hunt for snowden after a sudden exit from hong kong yesterday. what's the latest? >> wolf, the latest is exactly as you said. nobody at

there are reports snowden will get there by way of cuba, possibly. there is also speculation he might head to venezuela. the u.s. said today it is asking all of those countries not to led snowden in. and a course is telling us that the u.s. has revoked snowden's passport. there are also reports snowden could spend the night in moscow before he goes anywhere. to phil black, live for us now at the moscow airport. what is happening there, if anythi anything? >> reporter: well, fredericka, we know the flight edward snowden was aboard flew in five hours ago we haven't seen him since. one witness on the aircraft, one person got onto the tarmac, into a car and his baggage was put into that car. they assumed it was snowden and seems pretty likely. he has not emerged from the north american nal so we believe he is in there waiting to connect with a flight to his next destination. as you say, it has been affirmed he is applying for asylum. here in ecuador, we have seen a number of diplomatic vehicles from ecuador's ambassador. we have not seen the ambassador b

from cuba to cuba from moscow where he was reporting to us spent the night at sheremetyevo airport that plane departed two hours ago was packed with journalists but apparently short one whistleblower that plane now heading toward the atlantic and will pass through u.s. controlled airspace that would give u.s. authorities a chance to intercept the passenger jet well we spoke with attorney and historian general hoar gerald horne who thinks the u.s. is likely to fail in its attempts to retrieve the whistleblower. well if you listen to the congress persons appearing on sunday checks do united states more with think slow their breathing find threatening measures just short of nuclear war. is not speedily dispatched back to new york or washington united states for example routinely excepts on its territories citizens fleeing cuba without passports i would also say the united states routinely receives on its soil those it deems to be political dissidents who do not have passports if you look at the extradition treaty between united states ecuador there is a provision that says that extradition

>> cuba was at one time the spear point of the soviet union. the most aggressive. new york or, bolivia. they tried to even send a 16,000 troops to angola. there were at the forefront. there were committed. they provide a cushion -- that provided oil. when the soviet union collapsed, so did cuba. they're military no longer had the provisions. around the fields growing their own food. it lost the royalty was saved and is they have to look to venezuela. hugo chavez looked upon the cubans the with the romans looked upon the ancient greece. so he would -- field in a great deal. he sent to oil. and in return the cubans sent medical doctors and police organizers to venezuela to help. so there was a relationship. it's another example of how they slipped from one great power into the orbit of another. today i don't consider to a rogue state. think it's a state that is failing in many respects and moving away very slowly from a doctrinaire communists in the elegy and allowing some minor changes in the economy which are more free market than in the past. >> one of the takeawa

in cuba sit out castro is not going to live forever in venezuela. six years from now a center right government easily be elected that's easy to imagine and it's easy to imagine a century of government making a president were snowed in washington and in ecuador again you don't quote i was reelected by a very comfortable margin and very clean elections next election cycle could be different but he can only go to one of these places than wait it out maybe things will cool down in the united states other options will become available so whether he's on the plane or not we want you to tell us what you think about edward snowden's attempt to get to ecuador do you think he's going to make it or not that's a question on our online poll at the moment at r.t. dot com let's look at the results so far we can see that the majority not a massive majority but twenty eight percent of you believe that he could well get there but he be better off staying in russia twenty six percent think that yes he will get there but that doesn't necessarily mean he'll be safe from

when i get them back and he's picked one of three you know he could have gone to cuba venezuela or or ecuador three most hostile to the u.s. in central and south america so how is the media doing in this conference of this case all for more i'm joined by erik wemple he's a media critic out the washington post thank you so much for joining me so let's start off with your overall impressions of how the media is doing well i think the media has taken some criticism from snowden and other people for trivializing snowden's person sort of getting distracted but i think actually it's been a pretty good vessel for a serious debate about privacy if you know for about three weeks now all the. pages and the television airwaves the filled up with a lot of back and forth is this a huge privacy problem. it's been going back and forth is you a traitor is a hero those are awfully simplistic terms but there's been a lot of substantive discussion going well here remember a time at least in the person for years where privacy has a more thorough screening in the public now talk about the idea of differen

he could pass through cuba. while i'm pointing out, edward snowden has been portrayed as something -- the cubans are happy to keep talking. >> i should point out, i believe phillip agee a former cia officer, he ended up in cuba. we got a panel tonight of people who can speak to all the angles that this story presents. diplomacy security, john miller joins us. he's a top official of the fbi. christian ahman pour has covered every major incident for the last 25 years. jeffrey tuben's title speaks for itself. this whole thing is surreal. what do you make of it at this point? >> well, i make of it, that it's made a better story than we would have seen in a book or a movie for all its unlikely characters. and it's near comical twists and turns. if it wasn't regarded so seriously. i think they are burning up the phone lines from the department of justice, from the state department, from moscow calling in every chip, every favor. every plea they can make, which is really counter intuitive, anderson, what they're saying

to talk cuba or the. whereabouts. of every. morning the u.s. secretary of state schools. which. also traces. is not a spy a very. old. great earlier you had mentioned that edward snowden had no other outlets to possibly to go through in order to leak this information to get this kind of truth out now i know lawmakers as several lawmakers are arguing otherwise do you care to explain that the same a little further yes it's very simple there is no there is no whistleblower protection for people in the national security apparatus including contractors of our government pure and simple we have tried to get that through congress is x. that out every time we try to get that through with good training for sixteen years now there's no whistleblower protection and finally john what should we make of the edward snowden's flight to these countries is there any one lesson that we can learn from all of this. well i think there is i mean i think you know mr snowden seems to know his founders and benjamin franklin pretty much got it right if you're willing to give up your liberty to have securi

they department has also sent out warnings to the states that may accept such as cuba venezuela ecuador asking them not to do that and to turn him over to. to his destinations lowden is of course choosing countries that would not be easily pressured by washington in the meantime u.s. politicians and pundits on television use what seems like a cold war rhetoric when they comment on the story presenting russia and china as the enemies that snowden is helping one form of fishel said russia and china are going to use this to embarrass the you was one should argue it's not as revelations that embarrass the u.s. not russia or china but that's exactly what's happening now u.s. policymakers are doing everything possible to divert attention away from snowden's revelations and certainly one way of doing that is to present it as a cold war style cat and mouse chase that way you have us media now almost cheering for his capture although just a little while ago some of the same journalists were grateful for greater public awareness of the fact that the u.s. government is spying on millions of people

before i say really suggest he's involved he will not fly to cuba although monday afternoon. now edward snowden's exact whereabouts are currently unknown of always thought to still be at the airport there is speculation he could be staying at a so-called capsule hotel inside one of the share much of a terminals which you can see here on the screen now artie's news agency ruptly has been on track of the situation and of course we're going to be monitoring it as much as possible other reports however suggest he is in a v.i.p.'s zone inside one of the terminals he is believed to be waiting for a flight to cuba now the wiki leaks organization which is helping edward snowden seek refuge says he will leave for ecuador via what he calls a safe route to ban months say has been following developments from ecuador's embassy in moscow throughout the day she brings us this report there was a lot of speculation and a lot of speculation and unconfirmed reports are running around the minute that snowden actually left to hong kong on his way to moscow on a full club runaround for a time the

esta silla de aviÓn que snowden habÍa reservado en este vuelo que lo llevarÍa de moscÚ a la habana cuba, viajÓ vacÍa. >> saltÓ del anonimato a la fama luego que filtrÓ a medios de prensa informaciÓn sobre programas de espionaje cibernÉtico por parte del gobierno norteamericano en estados unidos y otros paÍses huyÓ de estados unidos a hong kong y se escondiÓ para evadir la justicia estadounidense. >> se revelÓ que el fin de semana habÍa viajado a moscÚ y hoy saldrÍa a cuba pero la isla caribeÑa serÍa una escala para llegar a ecuador paÍs al que solicitÓ asilo polÍtico en cuba dicen ver con buenos ojos que le presten ayuda a snowden. >> es la Única vÍa que tenia para no ser capturado por servicios de estados unidos. >> estados unidos no eso que dicen que hay libertad de expresiÓn no es realmente verdadero. >> estados unidos advirtiÓ a naciones latinoamericanas para que no le den refugio al ex empleado de la cia porque les traerÍa consecuencias diplomÁtica dijo el que esta trabajando con otros paÍses para asegurar que la ley se cumpla. >> sabemos que estamos siguie

whistleblower edward snowden off the radar with no sign of him aboard the flight bound for cuba that he was reportedly booked in on after spending a night at a moscow airport. this footage from our correspondent of the airplane seat of where snowden was meant to be sitting a few hours flight will enter u.s. airspace where the u.s. could have a chance to intercept the air afloat jet. washington trying to corner snowed in criticizing countries that he passes through and demanding his immediate deportation. six pm in moscow i'm good to have you with us here on our t.v. entire day today we've been tracking the movements or trying to track the movements of edward snowden he was supposed to be leaving moscow sheremetyevo airport bound on a flight for havana cuba but of course it appears like he's given everybody the slip because according to our correspondent who's on the plane he's not there but here is the likely route that he would take leaving moscow on that era flow jet bound for have any cuba it flies over the top of europe then across the atlantic then goes down the east coast of th

cuba will participate because of put some theoretical warming up to the times between cuba and the united states now as for the response from washington which is rather typical of the lawmakers have been a bit more harsh than the administration itself one lawmaker had criticized president obama urging him to play hardball with mr putin another lawmaker who's actually the head of the senate foreign relations committee committee robert menendez has threatened or suggested at least the option of potentially hampering trade ties between the united states and ecuador saying affectionately x. as actively that he could offer some legislation perhaps that could hurt those ties but again those are just lawmakers on the hill no indication from the administration itself that that is going to be the course they're going to go back to you marina where it was a thanks very much in. n.d.s. for the subway and we of course continue to monitor a situation around here and as we speak appledore interior minister all say serrano is out giving a press conference to comment on snowden's asylum case let's now li

>> i don't think anyone thinks he's going cuba. ecuador and venezuela has all sorts of things to criticize them for, but the real issue that we ought to focus on is what is it that mr. snowden has revealed about the government that makes them want to put him into prison so eagerly. you said there were other ways to do this. ron wyden and mark udall has been running around the country for three years now saying the obama administration has been using secret law to engage in domestic spying that would stun the american people and yet they were prevented even members of the senate intelligence committee were prevented from telling uses as americans what it is that they were so al lamped about.s as americans what is that they were so al lamped about. as americans what it is that they were so al lamped about. so i'd like to see people tell me or anybody what those other ways are. the problem is that these things were suppressed and concealed until he stepped forward and exposed it. and that seems to be a much more important question tha

and speculation is it will land in cuba. snowden has already missed one flight to cuba. but we know there is another one scheduled. so let's go straight to havana to cnn's patrick otman who is there. do we have him? you with me? >> hey, brooke. >> i'm looking at the picture. there you are. i see you. i understand there is a flight tonight coming in from moscow. so you just wait. >> reporter: that's right. i'm here, but is edward snowden going to be here? at least for the moment it seems like he's leaving cuba off his i tinry. that could change. it seems to be a logical stopping point if he's going to try to get to ecuador as you said, how does he get to ecuador, which appears like they seem at least willing to consider an asylum request. but without going through a third country where he might be grabbed by the u.s., where that third country might hold him and extradite him to the u.s. that's really the problem he has. he was supposed to be on -- scheduled to have been on a flight, expected to have been on a flight this morning from moscow to havana. apparently pulled a

he was expected to fly from moscow to cuba today, but was reportedly not on board his plight. ecuador's foreign minister confirmed ecuador is considering an asylum request from snowden. we will make a decision. [indiscernible] this has to do with freedom of expression, with the security of citizens around the world. we have to analyze it. the united states has revoked snowden's passport and asked russia to expel a member of hong kong allowed snowden to leave despite a request by the u.s. to to arrest him. they said the documents had no legal basis to prevent them from leaving. the hong kong government also said it wanted more information about alleged u.s. hacking of computer systems in hong kong. over the weekend, the south china morning post had new revelations about how the u.s. attacked china's mobile phone companies and universities. wikileaks is assisting snowed in his travels. and activist reportedly accompanied snowden on his flight to russia. we will have more with glenn greenwald as well as michael ratner after the headlines. house minority leader nancy pelosi was ch

cuba another country that may be helping out snowden. he's expected to show up there today if he's on the plane. our own crew didn't see him. who knows. >> we're not exactly sure. he was supposed to travel through u.s. air space to get there. julian assange says he knows where snowden is but he's not telling. it's cat and mouse game. there's a lot going on today. i want to bring in our power players. first of all, what do we know about his location whether or not he is in in fact on this plane to moscow and how is the u.s. tracking him? >> i don't think we don't know very much about where he is. he wasn't on that plane. the best information i've gotten is he was not on the plane which mea means he's probably still in moscow. you have to go back to the cold war to figure this out is through some kind of quid pro quo. in the old days when this was routine, we know these are the things you want from us, people, sometimes in information. we'll give you this in return for getting him. i'm not sure how vital edward snowden is. the united state

he had applied for political asylum with the country now the suggestion is he's going to fly on to cuba from the airport. to on monday afternoon that would also be a transit eventually and his journey his final destination his target destination of course being ecuador where he is seeking political. belief he is not traveling alone there is a legal representative from wiki leaks we're led 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 they've organized his papers and they are indeed the ones who were negotiating the deal for political asylum in ecuador he's kept everyone guessing the world's press were here there were hundreds of photographers and cameramen and journalists hoping to grab a glimpse of the world's most famous. but he has been. in transit and also rather interesting the ecuadorian ambassador as. we were expecting we were hoping that he would make some kind of official statement on this because if only official confirmation that we do have is th

whistleblower edward snowden off the radar with no sign of him aboard a flight bound for cuba he was reportedly booked done after spending a night at a moscow airport. this footage from our correspondent over the airplane see where snowden was meant to be sitting in a few hours the flight will enter u.s. airspace where the u.s. might have a chance to intercept the air flow jet. washington desperate to porn or snowden criticizing countries that he passes through demanding his immediate deportation. five pm in moscow i'm at a good to have you with us here on our t.v. as we continue our coverage of the search for edward snowden no one seems to know where he is right now he was supposed to board an era float jet from moscow bound for have any cuba but according to our correspondent he never showed up for the flight and he is not on the plane but let's take a look at where he could be headed work he on that flight and a likely route for him to take starting in moscow and then going across over the top of europe over the atlantic ocean and then going toward the east coast of the united sta

whistleblower edward snowden is off the radar with no sign of an all new board the flight bound for cuba he was reportedly booked on after spending a night at a moscow airport. this is footage from our correspondent of the seat snowden is meant to be sitting in soon the flight will enter u.s. airspace where america might have a chance to intercept. the leaks founder julian assange confirmed ecuador has given snowden refugee travel papers keep his exact whereabouts secret. but house insists the whistleblower is still in russia washington's criticize every country he's passed through while demanding his immediate deportation. international using common life from a studio center here in moscow this is so a man on the run just where is he it seems that the world's media have turned into plane spotters as they track a transatlantic flight from moscow to cuba which is supposed to be carrying the n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. on many charges including espionage and that plane departed moscow this morning packed full of journalists who noticed that the seat where

mosley organized by wiki leaks to moscow and then from there supposedly on to cuba. the final destination is said to be ecuador but when he was supposed to board that flight to cuba with journalists who were assembled to see him off from a chairman to airport were greeted by an empty seat is this something that we've been talking about all week as i've said and this is something that is our subject of a little bit of a panel discussion that we've set up here now the thought right now is that it worked snowden is still holed up in the transit zone of sheremetyevo airport which is where gosh it's been about half of our broadcast staff has probably been for the last couple of days especially you paul scott so i mean you've been polling basically the long shift there tell us how it's all going and how any details you can fill us in on in many ways it's been an intriguing fascinating few days doesn't it obviously all started on sunday when we got the tip off that he was leaving hong kong he was on an aeroflot flight and we were led to believe that he was due to land a mos

he as another 15 hours to wait before his flight leaves for cuba. with him on that flight will be ecuadorian diplomats and his own legal researcher who has been with him since he left hong kong. himill be a long night for and he is certainly not home he's going to face tot obstacle before he gets quito with that passport in the state it is in. it will be a difficult time for the next 24 hours. official wikileaks representative explained why snowden is seeking asylum in ecuador. >> i would hope it is likely they would grant him political asylum. ecuador has been very supportive as a country of the same course -- there has been recent turmoil in decades and it has been shown to be supportive to wikileaks and julian assange, that playeduspect a role in mr. snowden's decision. >> in the united states, several politicians have called snowden a traitor. the chairman of the house and diligence committee has funded that has denied his claim to be a whistleblower. >> every one of those nations is hostile to the united states. if he could go to north korea an

maybe cuba, ecuador, venezuela. we will all be watching. >> joe? >> snowden baffles security agency by changing his e-mail and getting an unlisted number. >> one of the things i did find interesting last week, i think last week, maybe the week before, days run together. he is conducting this on-line chat. and we couldn't find him or track him down when he was conducting on-line chat, dana milbank? >> i don't know how this nsa works. but apparently that's not a high priority for them. there is not a whole lot divulged in internet chat rooms. >> what is your headline? >> i'm going to make a bold prediction. i think snowden shows up in iceland wearing a viking helmet and saying his name is gunnar. >> the weather is better in ecuador, i think. >> at the end of the day, bob, is it safe to assume at this particular point that is how this will play out at this particular juncture? >> it looks like it. as matter of fact, i think we could have some sort of betting arrangement where we can have a pool, you know, where is he going to land. i think maybe there

whistleblower edward snowden off the radar with no sign of him aboard a flight bound for cuba he was reportedly booking booked in and after spending the night at a moscow airport. this footage from our correspondent on the airplane seat snowden was meant to be occupying a few hours the flight wonder u.s. airspace where the u.s. will have a chance to intercept the aeroflot jet. washington trying to corner snowden criticizing every country he passes through calling for his immediate deportation. four pm in moscow i'm at present good to have you with us here on r t our top story the world's media have turned into plane spotters tracking one transatlantic flight as it moves across leaving russian airspace the one that whistleblower edward snowden was supposed to be on let's track his journey the plane left moscow a couple of hours ago artesia is aboard that flight but no sign of edward snowden on the plane now it is due to travel across the atlantic and then it's due to enter u.s. airspace right around here in the northeast of the u.s. around the new york area where it is possible that i