. bart, knwe know he's in moscow. do you know anything about his intentions about asylum in ecuador? >> i prefer to talk only about things that he said to me earlier when he was describing his motivations and intentions. >> go ahead. >> those were this. he wanted to make public enough information to enable a public debate. and he wanted to do so in a way that might inspire future whistleblowerses as he saw himf it do the same. and he said there had to be a happy ending. not many people would risk as he risked having their lives destroyed. he wanted to show that there is a way that you can do it and find acs asylum in a democratic country and live out your life. >> you've been reporting on these sensitive issues for some time. glenn greenwald spoke with us and he says this was the only way. based on your experience, was there another way, could mr. snowden have gone to somebody in congress, gone to some law enforcement agency, i know that's a stretch, could he have found some other way to do this without taking it to this level where the united states government says he's a felon, no

that in ecuador. there are. there are people who have. none regularize this condition. they're not considered illegal yet you find it in the article forty one shit they want to get. hysterical mention of that yes he did do that for the on the right of asylum and refugee is recognized this one isn't. yes the lord of the people who are under this condition. will have special protection. that. is the full exercise of their rights. the state of what are will guarantee them the know what submission principle is basically. nothing that i see any idea also human sharing it should show law system. that this wasn't the question but there are also some important some important in rules of international law that will have to evaluate. with interest and you are young you know the nations since nine hundred sixty eight he. has a resolution. regarding the danger of the uses of new technologies and the protection of fundamental rights. it does so regarding privacy and on earth. in. the. interests of these it's in force to see nine hundred sixty eight. of that there are two articles of the univers

capitolio por la decisión >>> dilma rouseff promete cambios al tranpsorte y referendum >>> ecuador analiza la posibilidad de deportar a edward buscado por estados unidos . ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ locutor ] universal studio's verano del valor. ♪ >>> el grupo rebelde taliban reclamo el ataque l edificio presidencial y otros del zona >>> dijron que los edificios atcados es el cuertel de la cia en ese país >>> dilma rouseff anuncio un plan de 5 puntos para un pacto nacipnal frente a las protestas en río de janeiro por reformas en la salud. >>> estados unidos acusa a edward snowden por espionaje y revelacioan de información reseervada >>> está voz se escucho con la imágen de un hombre en periódicos y noticas de televisión >>> en la capital de ecuador pocos saben quioen es edward snowden >> pero el que si sabe es el canciller ricardo patiño encargado de dicerle al mundo que el ex funcionario de la cia reciba juicio >>> este hombre de 30 años puso en jaque la seguridad de estados unidos este mensaje lanzo un mensaje a las agencias américa nas >>> el presidente barack obama confía a

haven fled hong kong from moscow. and it's refuge it may be granted by that of ecuador which does say it's mulling over the thirty year old request for asylum all of it though being orchestrated by the whistleblower group wiki leaks. will chase him to the ends of the earth bring him to justice washington now on the white house warns the entire western hemisphere against helping the runaway a days after leveling the full wrath of the espionage against edward snowden. thank you for joining us here on r t today we're coming to you live from moscow and it is a busy day for news let's get straight to it right now and i say contractor 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

considering edward snowden's bid for asylum that's ecuador or rather he's currently in transit for a night at a moscow airport after fleeing hong kong. that's with washington in hot pursuit demanding his extradition and revoking his passport as some lawmakers demand the government hunt him to the ends of the earth. and as the hunt for snowden continues across continents a bush era whistleblower puts the spotlight on barack obama saying the president was wiretapped when he ran for the u.s. senate.

snowden is expect to do board a flight from moscow to ecuador. >> ecuador still deciding if it will grant asylum to the man on the run. kelly wright is live for us with the latest. >> edward snowden is a man on the run to some extent considered to be a man without a country. the state department annulled his passport but that did not stop him from boarding a plane in hong kong and flying to moscow in russia. snowden who admits to leaking information about the nsa surveillance program that is collect data from e-mails and phone calls for terror attacks is now charged with espionage. they want him extradited to face justice. >> i

and not live by the standards of the law. dennis: now making his way to ecuador the small nation reviewing the request for asylum another foreign in relations and joining us now we have a former state department foreign service officer james roberts. in latin america negative it was venezuela and the late chavez hate to dusk now ecuador also? >> the president has always enjoyed thumbing his nose at the united states as its populous home and government. sure, this is a great opportunity and an illustration of what we talk about the low score for ecuador wws ruled law, ideally it is illustrated in this case to pull back the curtain on the trail long term strategy it has a sweetheart deal with ecuador for the heavy crude which is refined in the reunited -- united states and we exported in we are unknowingly subsidize this because that crude comes in in duty-free so a lot of doubts are being connected. dennis: that trade treaty you say it is no longer even necessary because we have the free trade treaty with the issues we like? >> with nations that like thh free-market like peru and

news. the man behind the nsa leaks, edward snowden, is heading to c ecuador. the organization helped snowden get from hong kong to russia today. he landed in russia this morning and said he is heading to ecuador and tweeted he has requested asylum there. 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

keep his exact whereabouts secret leaks did however confirm ecuador has given him refugee travel papers. washington criticizes every country snowden passes through while demanding his immediate deportation a white house spokesman insists the whistleblower is still in russia. international news and common live from a studio center here in moscow this is so a man is on the run but just where is he it seems that the world's media have turned into a bunch of plane spotters as they track a transatlantic flight heading from moscow to cuba now just last night it was supposed that edward snowden the n.s.a. whistleblower wanted by the u.s. for espionage charges was a boarding a plane to cuba but the fact is when many journalists from around the world got on that plane earlier today they noticed that the seat was empty with snowden was meant to be sitting now that plane has now taken off it's crossing the atlantic there is every chance that if it enters u.s. airspace off the east coast of america there off new york or in. off the coast of miami that the jet could be intercepted and the u.s

that was the ambassador of ecuador here in moscow. it would appear he's receiving some sort of diplomatic assistance. he can with a core has always been one of the countries that was thought snowden could reach out to to seek some sort of protection that could ultimately try and seek refuge there. at the moments as i say, perhaps the ecuadorian ambassador's car, leading us to believe that he is still here but perhaps heading toward that country in the near future. >> again, that's where we think ed snowden is. we know he came from hong kong. i want to bring in nic robertson who is in hong kong. we've seen the back and forth. we saw hong kong say we had to let him go because we didn't have the proper paperwork. justice pushed back and said, no, we were getting the proper paperwork and they know that. what's the latest in this back and forth? >> reporter: well, the latest is we're now hearing from beijing and there has ben a lot of speculation the role beijing would play in all of this. were they going to blow a favorable wind to allow edward snowden to move on from honk con, inf

hope asylum in ecuador. now mr snowden has apparently spent the night at the airport hotel located . where mr scott was a moment ago our correspondent is inside the top. the biggest questions for now is where is mr mr snowden actually inside this transit zone where it's most likely that mr snowden is because since he landed his plane landed and should immediately airport around five pm on sunday he's still not been seen leaving the airports truman says and well there is speculation that he doesn't have a russian visa plus he's passport was in validated so you can't walk out of the airport leave its premises so it's most likely that he's inside this transit zone now there's speculation that he may be staying at this capsule hotel within the zone and also we know that the ecuadorian embassador a visit at the sheremetyevo airport on sunday and spent a few hours behind closed doors at the the ip launch also here inside the transit zone so perhaps he was a meeting with mr snowden although he never commented on the whether or not never be officially confirmed that when he left the airpor

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 he was in the moscow's sheremetyevo airport where it was believed that he was greeted by the ecuadorian ambassador as he said he was meant to be a report suggested that he wa

be ecuador, the same country that helped wikileaks founder julien ensage. >> the question we ought to be asking is why is an american citizen who joined the u.s. military to fight the war in iraq, worked for the cia and nsa, why does he feel compelled to flee his own country because he informs his fellow citizens about lies being told about u.s. officials? if i were a whistle-blower, i would want to stay out of the grasp of the u.s. government. so it doesn't come as a surprise to me that he is trying to avoid falling into the clutches of the u.s. government. >> snowden mess could put the u.s. in a diplomatic bind affecting the future relationship with russia and china. >>> u.s. yanked snowden's passport and asked other countries to turn him away. right now snowden is believed to be holed up inside moscow's airport. earlier a cnn crew spotted a car with diplomatic plates and ecuador flag at the moscow airport. want to go straight to moss co-. phil black is there. what is the latest? are you hearing anything about snowden's current location? >> reporter: it looks like snowden is spen

extradition to the united states. snowden's next destination is unknown. it could be ecuador, where he has applied for asylum. say behind its global rhetoric, ecuador has a questionable record on press freedom. >> already on trial twice for writing a book that linked ecuador's president to make corruption scandal. he says what is happening to in is an example of serious threats that journalists face there. i understand assange and .nowden are requesting asylum the fact that he is trying to come here is a good thing because it will of the spotlight for the government is doing here. is consideringnt granting asylum to edward snowden. it has already granted protection to the wiki-leaks person, julia and assange. that the government is using both cases as an example inthe labor influence ecuador these days. >> their two different things. one is the internal politics and the other is international relations and how koran -- with the dealing united states. victory forn as a the president and his six-year battle with the media. he has sued several media outlets that have criticized his gov

snowden has applied for asylum in multiple countries including ecuador and while he waits in limbo calculating his next move just today quote it is administration declare that it would back out of a preferential trade pact with the u.s. that it claims is being used to blackmail the country so give us an update on snowden ecuador russia and beyond i'm joined now by our tuesday kasnoff catherine of who's in front of moscow's transit center now. well hi abbey the diplomatic spat spat between the united states and ecuador has certainly intensified now as you recall there have been some threats from u.s. lawmakers namely robert menendez who chairs the senate foreign relations committee to end ecuador's preferential trade pacts with the united states if the south american nation were to grant snowden asylum that didn't exactly sit well with ecuador president rafael correa government had announced they were preemptively we now own sing the andean trade preference apps that's the deal in response to u.s. pressure which they called blackmail it should be noted however that deal was soon to

consulado de ecuador. muy bien, de acuerdo con las pÁginas oficiales de la cancillerÍa ecuatoriana. mendoza es el vicecÓnsul en londres. la Última persona que revisÓ el documento, fue el propio cÓnsul fidel narvÁez y que se demorÓ 48 minutos, aquÍ estÁ. 48 minutos editÁndolo. como ven es un mundo prÁcticamente sin secretos. y el gobierno del presidente rafael correas, dio explicaciones. y seque jÔ de sufrir presiones por el caso snowden. nos informa juan carlos. t el gobierno de kwaeecuador d s desautorizÓ un salvoconducto. edward snowden. la secretaria de gestiÓn polÍtica, betty tola, no negÓ la autenticidad del documento publicado en exclusiva por univisiÓn. pero dijo, que no comprometÍa al gobierno de su paÍs. >>> cualquier documento en este sentido no tiene valddez al alguna. y es responsabilidad de quien lo emitiÓ. quien lo emitiÓ es el consul de ecuador en londres. y juliana en la sede diplomÁtica de ecuador en el reino unido. gobierno. >>> la expediciÓn de ningÚn salvo conducta. >>> la posibilidad que ecuador conceda el asilo a snowden, llevÓ a legisl

ecuador's considering the u.s. whistleblower edward snowden's bid for asylum he is currently in transit for the night at a moscow airport after fleeing hong kong. that's with washington in hot pursuit demanding his extradition and revoking his passport as some lawmakers demand the government to the ends of the earth. continues across continents a bush era whistleblower puts the spotlight on barack obama saying the president himself was wiretapped when he ran for the senate. on thomas and top stories mainly one top story n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador snowden is currently in a moscow airport waiting to board his next flight in the next twenty four hours are reports from a share much of an airport. one of america's most wanted men has kept the world's media guessing on a day of intrigue. the day began with reports that edward snowden had fled hong kong. to moscow turned out to be true he landed here at about five fifteen. five fifteen local time greeted by the ecuadorian. now we are hearing that he

a moscow airport after flying in from. ecuador and diplomats met him after he landed he's now expected to fly to cuba. international safety from the u.s. . and before he even left hong kong snowden's passport reportedly revoked the u.s. which is told russia deported human rights activists. with new allegations even. while he was running for the senate. from. twenty four hours a day and it's a whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador and that's according to a tweet by the country's foreign minister snowden is currently in a moscow airport waiting to board his next flight on. well let's cross now to. the airport tell us what has happened since snowden landed here in moscow. speculation. fifteen pm local time. he was greeted by diplomats from the ecuadorian embassy he was greeted by the ecuadorian he was here to meet him upon his. flight from hong kong. he has not been spotted and we have. is that he is indeed in the building behind me. still remain. but edward snowden is having problems with his papers. but ameri

flees hong kong and is seeking asylum in ecuador. who is helping him and the diplomat fallout. >>> critical condition. late word of the change for the worse for nelson mandela. details live from johannesburg. >>> raging weather. wildfires and historic flooding. and where the severe threat is tonight. >>> high anxiety, daredevil nik wallenda prepares to make a walk across the grand canyon. >>> and life savers, the grueling training it takes to become one of the coast guard's elite rescuers. >> good evening. the man wanted by the u.s. for spilling classified secrets about the government surveillance programs is on the run tonight in a move that caught everyone by surprise. edward snowden hopped a flight out of hong kong early this morning our time headed for moscow. but his journey will apparently not end there as he looks to find asylum in ecuador. tonight the u.s. has issued a plea to foreign governments around the world to not allow snowden to pass. so far diplomat overtures to bring him into u.s. custody have failed. uncovering both the diplomat and legal fallout tonight, bu

ecuador. you are watching al jazeera live from london. also coming up, india in morning -- rescuers say floods have claimed the lives of 6.5 thousand people. the pakistani taliban says they closed nine terrorists at a base camp. killing an allegation of corruption marr the albanian general election. the u.s. security service whistleblower, edward snowden has asked ecuador for asylum. charges on leaking secret surveillance programs. he's now in the russian capital, just as the u.s. step up efforts to extradite him from hong kong. .> catch me if you can right on time, the flight from hong kong touchdown at moscow airport on sunday afternoon with whistleblower, edward snowden, on board. at the terminal, a class injures said he was met on the steps of the aircraft by vehicles with ecuadorian diplomatic plates. snowden, who does not have a russian visa, will remain at the airport and catch a flight on monday morning for cuba. last month, the former contractor for the national security agency released sensitive details of the u.s. government spy details before fleeing the country. on may

in which case they could get to. ecuador considering an asylum request from whistleblower edward snowden we just heard from ecuador's foreign minister speaking in hanoi vietnam taking questions and laying out his case for the whistleblower's asylum bid while for more on this r.t. lizzie francis standing by at moscow's ecuadorian embassy lindsay tell us more. well what foreign minister ricardo patino had to say in this situation it was definitely chose his words carefully today and now he did not confirm where edward snowden is at this point he did confirm though that the asylum petition is being very seriously considered by the government he also had some relatively harsh rhetoric aimed apparently at the united states government he said the word treason treason has been used but it is unclear in this situation who has betrayed who he also alluded to u.n. resolutions allowing citizens to legally fight against being spied on and he also mentioned ecuador's stance on human rights essentially saying that human rights in the protection of those rights are right at the top of that gove

make everybody happy is final destination is of course ecuador always goes ahead with the announces that they have all received the application for asylum from edward snowden himself and they were looking into it says nothing no one knows whether he had left or whether he did see snowden cell knows that meant i had been released from the airport journalists alike like myself we've been camping just sitting around trying to figure out how do you have lived all right well we're also. a magician. could he be somewhere else that is the big question we're all here to answer that back to you matt all right thanks very much to you for that update from airport well should snowden turn out to be on the route of an aviation expert chris yates things there are several possible outcomes for the flight including an attempt by washington to force the plane to land. at the moment the u.s. government seems to be waving a big date and saying this way or any flights carrying this to snowden shouldn't be allowed to pause now what does that mean a could mean that any plane that he's traveling on other

here. to make some of those threats. with regard to ecuador, for instance, where snowden is supposedly looking to phonily ask for asylum. members of congress coming out and saying, look, ecuador, free trade agreement with you that's up for renewal next month. and you better think hard before you give this guy sanctuary because we are going to block access to your goods. you know. the president has not been the one making this, outlining the issues. >> there's some -- evidence that snowden may have been working with some other people before he took the job at the consultant booze allen and had so much access to the nsa files. he was working with apparently with the reporter glen greenwald before he took the job. what -- do we know everything yet about the store write? is there a lot more to come? >> there is a lot more to come, paul. the idea one guy could have pulled all of this off, he had help in hong kong. he had safe houses there. regardless of how the president once characterized it, the fbi and national intelligence has got to chase this guy down and pursue this story

where he's been holdup for weeks and went to moscow. he was planning to go to cuba. ecuador says it's weighing snowden's request for asylum. >> it has to do with the freedom of expression. we have to analyze the difference. >> ecuador has also given asylum to the founder of wikileaks. the group is also helping snowden. the white house is demanding snowden be returned to the united states and annulled his passport. the obama administration calls hong kong's decision to let him leave troubling. >> has a negative impact to the u.s./china relationship. >> speculate on what may be happening behind the scenes. >> i suspect the russians are considering it may not be quite as easy as they initially thought just to let him transit through. >> it's also possible the plan to go to cuba was arhussed. part of the plan to stay ahead of the man hunt. cbs news. >> secretary of state john kerry also said this morning there will be consequences for the countries that help snowden. >> appeals to pray for nelson mandela. visiting the civil right's ledge anld in a hospital today. his ex-wife also sto

next will be protected area >> all right. >> ecuador's foreign minister says a u.s. request is under consideration, saying a decision will be taken in accordance to national and international law. >> one has already been given refuge by ecuador on grounds that he was defending freedom of expression. many ecuadorians say at home the government is less tolerant of dissent. >> julian assange was the first major whistle blower to seek asylum in ecuador. the founder of the internet platform, wikileaks, fled to the ecuadorian embassy in london. he is there today, protected by diplomatic immunity. the ecuadorian president is but -- attempting to portray himself as a guardian of freedom of speech, as an upstanding democrat fighting u.s. authorities. some say he is seizing the moment left behind by the anti- american venezuelan president, hugo chavez. but it is a tough sell for him because he has tried to silence ecuadorian voices in the media. in 2010, the president brought a libel case for holding him responsible for ordering a deadly crackdown of a police demonstration. the editors w

relations call over snowden ecuador quits a trade pact with the u.s. labeling it as washington's instrument of blackmail over the political asylum bit of the annus a whistleblower. for the by deep in sin egypt supporters and opponents of president morsi hold a massive rally is fueling fears of street violence as the country's leader is preparing to mark his first year in office and. disturbing and brutal food from syria appears on the web claiming to show rebel fighters beheading supporters of the asa government. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow i'm marina joshing. now admiral snowden's become the centerpiece of a boiling diplomatic route between ecuador and washington the whistleblower who exposed u.s. intelligence operations meanwhile still believed to be stuck in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport or it is losing confidence as also they are in the let's get the latest from her now. well you see it seems like a very strong reaction from ackwards washington is trying to get their man. well his reactions actually been rather mixed in terms of internal di

. >>> admitted nsa leaker edward snowden is on the run at this hour. looks like he is headed to ecuador. we won't know for sure until he turns up there. for now, we know he left china, is inside russia tonight. we are told the u.s. state department revoked his american passport. our authorities are actively trying to hunt him down. the u.s. is warning other countries now not to let him in. i am harris faulkner. this is the fox report. new details tonight breaking by the hour on this sunday. first about revoking snowden's passport. the state department just a short time ago confirming to fox news the goal is to prevent him from any additional international travel. but tonight he's a fugitive that's definitely been on the move. edward snowden, former contractor for the national security agency who is wanted n honeo on espionage charges. some americans consider him a hero because he told us about the monitoring of phone records through verizon, and potentially other phone companies. others see him as a traitor. our government wanted hong kong to hand him over originally. that did not happen. w

edward snowdon is a thorny issue for ecuador. and revisit this house in london. -- we visit this house in london. wereality can be whatever wanted to be. >> the top stories here on aljazeera, relatives of former south african president nelson mandela said he is in stable condition after he visited with well-wishers. he is thought to be so on my support. >> it is very hard for all of us. we appreciate the support. and we just appreciate that he is loved and that people support him. >> president obama has been holding a press conference with the senegalese president. he said that it is one of the most stable countries in africa. has returned to the austrian parliament as prime minister a day after deposing julia cotillard. the united states supreme court has ruled in favor of same-sex couples, granting them benefits. it paves the way for gay marriages in california. we are in new york where the modern gay-rights movement all began. >> this is greenwich village, manhattan, the home of a global back gay pride movement. in the 1960's, it was illegal to serve them alcohol and they coul

next will be protected area >> all right. >> ecuador's foreign minister says a u.s. request is under consideration, saying a decision will be taken in accordance to national and international law. >> one has already been given refuge by ecuador on grounds that he was defending freedom of expression. many ecuadorians say at home the government is less tolerant of dissent. >> julian assange was the first major whistle blower to seek asylum in ecuador. the founder of the internet platform, wikileaks, fled to the ecuadorian embassy in london. he is there today, protected by diplomatic immunity. the ecuadorian president is but -- attempting to portray himself as a guardian of freedom of speech, as an upstanding democrat fighting u.s. authorities. some say he is seizing the moment left behind by the anti- american venezuelan president, hugo chavez. but it is a tough sell for him because he has tried to silence ecuadorian voices in the media. in 2010, the president brought a libel case for holding him responsible for ordering a deadly crackdown of a police demonstration. the editors w

news n r t ecuador says it can't grant asylum to the one on the run whistleblower edward snowden and while he is not on its soil the n.s.a. leaker remains holed up in a moscow airport. while snowden's revelations of a new case huge phone and online tapping hasn't put the government off to staying the spying budget despite toughening a serious. ban ages military bracing itself for mass rallies with the opposition preparing to take to the streets to vent it sangar president morsi who is about to mark his first year in the top job. five pm in the russian capital and breaking news this hour here on our t.v. ecuador says there are obstacles in granting asylum to whistleblower edward snowden the development of was revealed in a press conference by the country's government in the ecuadorian capital snowden himself remains somewhere in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport of god to r.d.s. lucic often of outside the airport to bring us the very latest was a talk us through the very latest on snowden that we have so far. hi there so now that we've heard from ecuadorian high le

seeking asylum in ecuador. >> chinese dissident slammed authorities. and officials from one of the most ancient cities are trying to master the tea ceremony. they are learning it's not as easy as it looks. >>> the man who has threatened u.s. government surveillance practices is trying to get to ecuador to seek asylum. american authorities want former national security agency contractor edward snowden on espionage charges. he revealed nsa agents collected private phone and internet data at home and abroad. snowden arrived in moscow sunday, and left the night at an airport hotel. russian media report he had finished boarding procedures. the flight left on monday but there was no confirmation that snowden was on board. leaders in ecuador say they will consider helping him whenever he arrives. >> translator: our government is prepared to accept snowden's request for asylum and is considering how to proceed. >> ecuadorian president, rafael correida, is a leftist politician, who is anti-u.s., his government granted the founder of wikileaks asylum last year. british police arrested julian assa

way from russia to cuba and then to ecuador for political asylum. all countries only too happy to defy the u.s. and all put on notice by the white house on monday. >> we would simply be noting to other governments the fact that mr. snowden is wanted on felony charges and that he should -- as such should not be allowed to proceed with any further international travel except as necessary to return him to the united states. >> reporter: ecuador's embassy in london already serves as a safe haven for another u.s. target, wikileaks founder julian assange, who by phone today said his group had helped to arrange snowden's escape and that one of his associates was with snowden. >> they are in contact with their legal team. the u.s. government is taking on a generation, a young generation of people who find the mass violation of the rights of privacy and open process unacceptable. >> reporter: the latest chapter in snowden's fugitive odyssey began in hong kong last friday, where he had been in hiding for almost a month. it was on friday that word leaked out that the u.s. had formally asked

ecuador is considering u.s. whistleblower edward snowden's bid for asylum he's currently in transit for the night at a moscow airport after fleeing hong kong while in america will chase him to the ends of the earth just as washington is in hot pursuit of snowden demanding his extradition to the states and revoking his passport saying he should be banned from all further travel. as the hunt for snowden it continues across continents a bush era whistleblower puts the spotlight on barack obama saying the president was wiretapped when he ran for the u.s. senate. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r t i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us one of america's most wanted men and is a whistleblower edward snowden is believed to be staying in a moscow airport is reportedly waiting to board a flight in the next twenty four hours after fleeing hong kong due to the threat of extradition to the u.s. here's artie's paul scott with the latest developments in washington's hunt for the man who leaked some of the country's most closely guarded secrets. one of america's most wanted

national security agency leaker has asked for political asylum from ecuador but the south american country says it could take months to process the request scott has got the details. we're led to believe that edward snowden remains in transit in the airport terminal building behind me in some kind of limbo it seems now as soon as he landed from hong kong on sunday almost immediately but he was having problems with his paperwork the suggestion being that he either had an invalid russian visa or no russian atoll which means he was unable to cross the border into russian territory we also know that america has revoked his passport which makes it doubly difficult for him to exit the country now we do know that the issue of possible being revived can be overlooked wiki leaks are claiming that he does have something that's been granted by the ecuadorian government called a refugee document of passage which wiki leaks claim should give him basically safe haven towards ecuador although at this moment the ecuadorian government haven't confirmed whether or not they have indeed issued him out

ecuador says it can't grant asylum to the whistleblower on the run edward snowden while he's not on its soil the n.s.a. leaker remains holed up in a moscow airport. on the heels of snowden's revelations over britain's huge phone and online tapping it turns out u.k. police are secretly monitoring the social networks on a daily basis. egypt's military bracing itself for mass rallies but the opposition are readying to take to the streets to vent anger at president morsi who's about to mark his first year in the top job. eleven pm in moscow i'm good to have you with us here on r t our top story ecuador says there are obstacles in granting asylum to whistleblower edward snowden the development revealed in a press conference by the country's government in quito snowden himself remains somewhere in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport. the latest from outside. he got to russia because originally he was supposed to fly to havana cuba presumably on the way to ecuador that's how he was able to get to russia on a transfer flight he doesn't actually have a bit of visa in order to r

if. ecuador says it can grant asylum to the one on the run whistleblower edward snowden while he's not on the soil the n.s.a. leaker remains holed up at a moscow airport. and on the heels of snowden's revelations about britain's huge phone and online tapping it turns out the u.k. police are secretly monitoring social networks on a daily basis. and egyptian military is bracing itself for mass rallies with the opposition preparing to take to the streets to van its anger at president morsi who is about to mark his first year in the top job. six pm and moscow you're watching our joshie welcome to the program well agrah door says there are obstacles in granting asylum to whistleblower edward snowden the development was revealed in a press conference by the country's government in ecuador in capital snowden self remains somewhere in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport where we got our teams losing often outside the airport to bring us the very latest. so what is the latest that we know snowden and specifically is where abouts. by their marina what the latest information we

hope of reaching political asylum. diplomatic cars, bearing the ecuador symbol followed him. he applied for political asylum there. he is getting help from wikleaks. they are providing travel and legal assistance. >> our legal team has, of course for obvious reasons, knowledge here. and we have acted as go betweens. >> reporter: his passport has been revoked and in a statement the state department said persons wanted on felony charges such as mr. snowden should not be allowed to proceed in any international travel other than is necessariary to return him to the united states. the officials want him extradited said it did not meet requirements. he will spend the night in the airport in moscow. back to you. >> and lawyers say that russia could detain him but because he has not passed border control and does not have a russian visa they could argue he is just passing through. >>> many are angry that countries are helping snowden. >> i want to get him caught and brought back and i think we need to know exactly what he has. he could have a lot, lot more. it may really put people in j

snowden remains hidden in the moscow airport because her quest for asylum in ecuador is still up in the air while relations between the u.s. and ecuador appear to be souring more on that story just ahead. so the twelve in the bradley manning trial still facing prosecution under the asking are shocked bradley manning state remains unclear or he is out for me for another day of testimony and details are just ahead. be careful where you chuck you're going to do the perp walk in the u.s. there's been several activist arrested for chalking on sidewalks to express their concerns look at that issue later on in the show. it's friday june twenty eighth or pm in washington d.c. i'm margaret how well you're watching our t.v. we begin the show with the latest update on edward snowden the man who leaked confidential national security agency documents to media outlets he is asked this moment still holed up in the transit area of the moscow airport meanwhile edward snowden's father is speaking out saying he's confident his son will return to the united states in an interview with n.b.c. lonnie snowden

with russia, the situation with ecuador saying it is raising favorable trade rights. it is also offering the u.s. 23 million in aid for education about human rights. let's start with this whole -- referendum and what it says about the way the rest of the world views the united states right now? >> right now does not seem like the united states is feared, and smaller companies like ecuador appear to, you know, basically be taunting the united states. it reminds me in some ways -- it is not unique to obama. after hurricane katrina hugo chavez offered all this aid to the people of new orleans. this is what petty despot's will tend to do at times to try to make themselves look more important among their own populations. you know, and ecuador there was a terrific story which ironically show the ecuadorian government purchasing israeli equipment to monitor cell phone traffic inside their country. so everyone does it. the u.s. to stop caught. lori: the underlying question is in regard to the danger of all of this information. the national security leaks. plan greenwald told you, and i'

the top job. nine pm in moscow i matras a good to have you with us here on r t our top story ecuador says there are obstacles in granting asylum to whistleblower edward snowden the development revealed in a press conference by the country's government in the ecuadorian capital quito snowden himself remain somewhere in the transit zone of moscow's sheremetyevo airport to see caffein off has the latest. he got to russia because originally he was supposed to fly to havana cuba presumably on the way to ecuador that's how he was able to get to russia on a transfer a flight he doesn't actually have a bit of these in order to russia and he ran into a few problems number one is that the united states has cancelled his passport so because he missed that original flight to cuba he has to book another one party do that without a passport good question the second problem force is there's now issues with ecuador in order to apply for asylum here portly needs to be an ecuadorian soil and actually we did hear from the secretary of political affairs abedi told about this issue at a press conference

today. u.s. whistleblower edward snowden political asylum in ecuador. transit. flying in. ecuador and diplomats. to cuba with sources confirming ecuador is. reportedly. told russia it wants him. to get in. with new allegations that. this is. a day. a whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador that's according to the country's foreign minister snowden is currently in a moscow airport waiting to board his next flight tomorrow. when it's crossed now to. the airport paul so bring us up to date what's been happening there at the airport since. hong kong. has been. on the world hoping to grab a glimpse of the world's most famous but it was. the confirmation that he is in the. building behind me. from the ecuadorian embassy and in particular. that he has indeed. came from the countries. in. the way. to himself now the suggestion. is going to be spending the evening in the. because we are hearing that he's having problems with his visa that could have something to do with the fact that america suggested that they want revoke

from ecuador but the south american country says it could take months to process the requests are his lucy confident joins us live now from outside the airport hi there lucy so what do we know about snowden's whereabouts what's the latest. well not much as you mentioned he is still presumed to be stuck in the transfer area of the airports the reason that he came here through moscow's he had originally booked a flight to havana since there's no direct flights to ecuador going through cuba would really be his only option he didn't on board the flight that he was originally scheduled to go on and therefore remain stuck in this transit zone now there was a flight leaving from moscow today on thursday at two pm to have bene our reporters confirm he was not booked on that flight and in fact the airline that operates that air flow does confirm that he is not booked on any of the flights to come so it's still quite a mystery as to how long he'll be stuck here at sheremetyevo and where he will go afterwards add there's an added wrinkle of course to to mr snowden's problems in the fact that the

u.s. national security agent whistleblower edward snowden political asylum in ecuador he's currently in transit for the night at a moscow airport after flying in from. ecuador and diplomats came to meet him after he landed reportedly checked in to fly to cuba with sources confirming ecuador is his ultimate destination. and before you even left hong kong snowden's passport was reportedly revoked by the u.s. just told him deported human rights activists want washington. to get him. for snowden crossing continents. with new allegations that even barack obama was monitored while he was running for the senate. international news and comment live from our studio center here in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day. and it's a whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador and that's according to the country's foreign minister is currently in a moscow airport waiting to board his next flight tomorrow afternoon when it's across now to paul scott who is at the airport tell us what has happened there at the a

for the best second guessing. for us from moscow thanks very much. well next ecuador saying it's considering a request for asylum from edward snowden reportedly organized by wiki leaks ortiz lindsey france is that ecuador's embassy with more on the role that the country is playing in this whole drama so lindsay why ecuador. well if you look at wiki leaks history with ecuador it does make perfect sense and this is certainly turning out to be the ultimate detective story for all of the journalists involved as as paul scott had mentioned staking out every corner of the airport at this point it seems like every corner of the city as well to track edward snowden down now ecuador has been sheltering wiki leaks founder julian assange within the four walls of its embassy in london for a little over a year now and that is enabled a songe to operate in a professional manner with regard to operating wiki leaks and also to say force from the u.s. government getting their hands on him. other than now ecuador has got a joint extradition treaty with the united states for certain crimes but not