appears to be stuck in moscow. unable to leave without a valid american passport. and the white house isn't commenting on a published report in a the u.s. bugged and hacked its allies in the european union. disclosures believed to have come from snowden. >> reporter: entering his second week of hiding in this moscow airports transit zone, the intelligence leaker edward snowden's future now seems out of his hand. his plan was to fly to ecuador and seek asylum there. over the weekend, ecuadorian leader revealed that vice president joe biden had firmly asked him to reject any asylum request. saying the american was a fugitive. the decision will be made by us in a sovereign manner, but first snowden would have to reach ecuador or one of its embassies. for now with a cancelaled u.s. passport he is going nowhere. it's up to the russian authorities if he can leave the moscow airport. today wiki leaks founder julian assange lashed out of biden and the u.s. >>> the united states has left him for the moment marooned. >> reporter: meanwhile, senator john mccain fired a volley at russian presiden

emerged from hiding today in moscow. the fugitive former intelligence contractor met with human rights groups, said he hopes to remain in russia, at least for now. our report tonight from nbc's jim maceda in moscow. >> reporter: the world hadn't seen edward snowden for three weeks. but there he was, meeting with human rights lawyers and russian officials inside the transit zone of the moscow airport, his temporary home. "he looked perfectly well to me," he said. "he seemed a bit pale but very neat." he came out swinging, attacking the u.s. and its allies for what he called unlawful actions, preventing him from traveling to asylum in latin america. >> i did not seek to enrich myself. i did not seek to sell u.s. secrets. i did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. >> reporter: he now says he wants to stay in russia temporarily until he can travel safely to venezuela, nicaragua, or bolivia. >> i do intend to ask for political asylum irussia. >> reporter: snowden's problem is that he remains stuck here. he needs russia to grant him asylum just so he can leave the

that no-man's land in moscow's airport. including the country of venezuela. today visiting moscow for business reasons, venezuelan president maduro defended snowden. as a fighter for human rights and someone who should be protected. but nbc news asked him if as rumored he was going to fly snowden out of moscow any time soon and back to venezuela, on his presidential plane, he laughed and replied, quote, i'm only taking back the good gas and oil agreements i have signed he here. >> mass protests don't grow in cairo with a deadline looming for egypt's president. you are looking right now at tahrir square. packed once again with people for a third straight day. the clock is running down on this ultimatum that's been given to mohammed morsi from egypt's military. expiring tomorrow. within the last few hours mor si's office tweeted out a photo showing him meeting with the defense minister and prime minister. several members of the cab met and two of his suppose people already jumped ship. nbc ne we know that it means business when egypt's army, the independent army, gets involved to give t

face for a moment today. but he is still stuck in the airport in moscow. why the surprise appearance? abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross has that. >> reporter: tonight, the one time american spy turned fugitive is trapped. that became clear today after a small group of russian lawmakers and human righting workers were escorted to a closed off area of the moscow airport to meet with snow. the 30-year-old former u.s. contractor appeared gaunt, wearing a shirt much too large living some where in the transit area of the airport. >> while the u.s. constitution wants to these programs as illegal,dy government argues -- >> reporter: one of his visitors made a cell phone video as snowden spoke and then was interrupted by a passengers announcement. >> i heard this many times. >> reporter: snowden said that he acted outside the law and made it impossible for him to travel outside of america. and so, snowden said, he wanted help getting temporary asylum from russia. >> he cannot say here indefinitely. there has to be a resolution. >> reporter: now with his u.s. passport cancelle

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up in front of cameras in moscow. one of the few people who was with him in that room joins us next. what did snowden tell her about his next move? we also produce natural gas. that's how we make our living and that's how we can pass the land and water back to future generations. people should make up their own mind what's best for them. all i can say is it has worked well for us. to get our adt security system. and one really big reason -- the house next door. our neighbor's house was broken into. luckily, her family wasn't there, but what if this happened here? what if our girls were home? and since we can't monitor everything 24/7, we got someone who could. adt. [ male announcer ] while some companies are new to home security, adt has been helping to save lives for over 135 years. we have more monitoring centers, more of tomorrow's technology right here today, and more value. 24/7 monitoring against burglary, fire, and high levels of carbon monoxide starting at just over $1 a day. and now get adt installed for just $99. isn't your family worth america's number-one security compan

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presented a packet of documents in moscow's airport requesting asylum for edward snowden in russia. he still remains in that international transit zone in the lounge area. now we have learned that he is seeking asylasylum. we'll see where that goes. >>> we're also keeping our eye on the george zimmerman trial. this morning we heard zimmerman's story that trayvon martin punched him in the face, slammed his head into the sidewalk. right now court is in a lunch break. we'll be back to give you more highlights. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [ male announcer ] usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their families is without equal. begin your legacy, get an auto insurance quote. usaa. we know what it means to serve. see, i knew testosterone could affect sex drive, but not energy or even my mood. that's when i talked with my doctor. he gave me some blood tests... showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number. [ mal

accountable for their testimony. >> edward snowden is believed to be nearing his third week in a moscow trance ports zone. they said in a statement today they're pleased an air force review found no error on their part. they learn thad the head of the intelligence agency michael flynn is traveling to moscow as early as this weekend. he emphasized the scheduling has nothing to do with snowden. >>> egypt's muslim brotherhood is vowing to maintain the ousting of morsi. but the big question is will there be renewed violence? >> reporter: outranled and angry. supporters of former egyptian president mohamed morsi resist the military coup defying orders to leave. >> we got morsi ousted legitimately and we'll not leave until he's put in his place. the muslim brotherhood has softened its blow a bit. the group is also denouncing attacks on the police and military. meanwhile military president has called for national reconciliation, inviting members of the muslim brotherhood into the transitional government, but with egypt's prosecutor ordering the arrest of hundreds of other islamists and the mil

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snowden about to leave moscow for venezuela? if so, he's going to be taking the long route flying west around the world to get to caracas avoid crossing european or american airspace. a top russian involved in the case tweeted snowden accepted venezuela's offer for asylum but the tweets were later deleted. the obama administration has been pressuring allies not to grant him asylum to make sure he returns to face espionage charges in the u.s. one report we have, venezuela has sent a plane to moscow to bring him bab. >>> also today, president obama's nominee for fbi director, james comey, tries to defuse criticism he had permitted waterboarding while serving in the bush justice department and his confirmation hearing today. comey declared that waterboarding is torture. previously he had endorsed a legal memo that authorized the use of waterboarding when he served as deputy attorney general under george w. bush but today comey told lawmakers that he always believed that the practice was wrong but was overruled. >> absolutely, senator. i -- when i first learned about waterboarding, when i

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calling off the worldwide search. we know where he is. he's still in moscow at the airport. this was a couple of hours ago from a meeting he had with human rights activists. this is the first sighting since he flew to moscow. he's wanting temporary asylum in russ russia. he's wanted by the u.s. government on spying charges. he's a former contractor with a national security agency and has leaked details of classified programs to the press. >>> we're not just getting word of a deadly train derailment in france. it's happened in a town south of paris. french officials say seven people have been killed. the railway company says that rail traffic had been interrupted. a spokemans for t says the prio to rescue passengers first. we'll keep you updated as information becomes available. >>> the head of the railway that slam into a canadian town says he wants to talk directly to the people impacted. he says people want to throw stones at me. the death toll in that fiery crash now at 24. 30 people still missing. he said he hoped to help people begin the healing process with a personal visit. >>

know, fredericka, he's still holed up in the transit terminal of moscow's airport. you're right. officials said they haven't made contact with him and haven't spoken with him since this offer of asylum was made. there are expectations they will do that in that terminal building. the offer is genuinely there. the president of venezuela, nicolas ma dodoura is offering humanitarian asylum so he can live away from imperial persecutions. snowden also offered potential asylum in bolivia and nicaruaga as well. the big question, how on earth is this nsa leaker going to get from moscow to any of those countries? he doesn't have a travel document. even if he gets one, it will be difficult for him to avoid an aircraft that not just has an extradition treaty with the united states but flying through countries sympathetic to the u.s. >> what about cuba? might that be a route? >> reporter: it would be, if the airspace issue weren't a problem, certainly, even though cuba does have an extradition treaty with the united states, there is a suggestion it may allow a plane from moscow to arrive in

one involving a bus carrying children. this one happened just outside moscow. at least 18 people were killed. 25 others injured when a gravel truck lost control and smashed into that bus. the crash was caught on tape by someone who was just passing by in a car. the impact so intense the bus was split in half. officials say the truck driver has a history of causing accidents. >>> in san francisco now and some sad news to report related to last weekend's crash of that asiana airlines flight. hospitals officials say a third crash victim has now died. she's only being identified as a girl. her parents have asked that no other information about her be released. two other girls both 16 also died in the crash. we've also learned that one of those girls was actually hit on the runway by a fire truck but it still has not been determined if she was already dead when she was hit. in the meantime airport officials have been working to restore normal operations. the runway that was the site of the crash reopened last night. >> typhoon su lik is creeping toward taiwan, the storm lashed the isl

the nation's top secrets. he has holed up in a moscow airport for more than a week, responding to president obama's pressure on those offering him help, snowden says, quote, these are the old bad tools of political aggression, their purpose is to frighten not me but those who come after me. today russian president putin said he will not get asylum there unless he stops publishing classified documents from the u.s. >>> now we head to africa and president obama is in tanzania. tomorrow an unusual encounter as he lynched up with former president george w. bush. we notice something else the two have in common. today the presidents dance as other american officials have done. here is george w. bush. here is bill clinton. here's hillary clinton and of course famously africa's native e son nelson mandela who loves to dance whenever he could and tonight still hospitalized. tonight the president before leaving took his daughters to the cell where mandela spent so many years and then gave his girls a history lesson about freedom fighters, including gandhi. >> gandhi actually was a lawyer he

stuck in the transit area of moscow's international airport where he has been since leaving hong kong nine days ago. snowden is technically a free man but he's unable to travel without his passport. russia said they he would have to stop leaking data in order to stay in that company. venezuela and bolivia both say they would be willing to help snowden but he has yet to apply for asylum. >> mohamed morsi is digging in, sending out a tweet calling on the army to withdraw their ultimatum. the white house has warned egypt's army that u.s. aid to the country could be cut off, according to senior administration officials. those officials also say the white house is urging morsi to call early election, though a state department spokesperson is denying all of that. >> the world may be calling the newest pope saint. pop john paul died in 2005. i'm jake tapper on "the lead." i turn you over to wolf blitzer in "the situation room." >>> okay, the george zimmerman trial is now in recess after a medical examiner testified his wounds were not serious. also george zimmerman's best friend on the stand

life or death. >>> and edward snowden would be allowed to leave moscow's airport and travel aboard. >>> and the group of passengers on board the flight that crashed in san francisco are suing the airline along with boeing. flight 214 slammed into the runway, killing three people and injuring dozens of others. >>> coroners in canada determined that cory monteith died of a mixture of heroin and alcohol. >>> and anderson, a group of pail yen toll gist says t-rex was a hunter and not a scavenger. i would say i would have to agree. >> that's cool. thank you very much. we'll be right back. that's me... i made you something. ♪ i made you something, too. ♪ see you next summer. ♪ [ male announcer ] get exceptional values on the highest quality cars at the summer of audi sales event. ♪ "that starts with one of the world's most advancedy," distribution systems," "and one of the most efficient trucking networks," "with safe, experienced drivers." "we work directly with manufacturers," "eliminating costly markups," "and buy directly from local farmers in every region of the country." "w

getting our first look at snowden since he arrived in moscow. that was back on june 23rd. this photo was just tweeted out by human rights watch, the organization here. joining us on the phone from the moscow airport. what has happened so far? >> reporter: these members of human rights groups have met with synoding, didn't last long, around 20, 30 minutes. i spoke to the activist who tweeted that photo that you mentioned, i asked her what snowden said. he said he wants their help to try to win asylum, at least on a temporary basis here in russia for a period of time, with the intention of then at some point moving on to latin america when he is able to do so. so he's asked these representatives to lobby russia's president putin to try to make that a reality, to try and get permission to stay in this country until he is able to somehow work out how he can move on to one of the latin-american countries who have offered him asylum. >> putin in the past, as you know, said he could only stay in russia that doesn't do anything that would undermine the cooperative or friendly relationship wi

. snowden is still believed to be at the moscow airport. >>> another possible drawback to president obama's signature endeavor involves how much you will have to pay to help other people purchase obamacare insurance and whether the honor system is good enough. here is jim engel. >> quietly announced another delay late friday saying the 16 state run exchanges can take people's word for it until 2015 on whether they get affordable insurance from an employer which determines whether they are eligible for the exchanges and taxpayer subsidies. the white house portrayed it as another example of flexibilities. >> we have made clear all along when it comes to working with states that we are flexible with the way that they implement the afford only care act. >> reporter: this comes on top of a letter senator hatch wrote the administration asking why the president is already requesting 107% more than three years ago he to pay for subsidies. even before anyone has collected a single dollar. >> they loweven before anyone hd a single dollar. >> they low ball everything. so now they're coming along sayin

know, spending america's birthday in moscow' airport but edward snowden may not be there much longer. it's been confirmed iceland's parliament has agreed to grant snowden asylum there. the u.s. has warned countries about taking in the indicted nsa leaker. just today france and italy turned him down. remember anna chatman, the former russian spy and maxim russian model deported to russia in a prisoner swap? well, she's found a way back into the headline. we're glad to welcome her back by tweeting a marriage proposal to snowden. careful, anna. didn't you hear how he left his last girl friend? coming up on "the lead," president obama and the rest of the capital get ready for a spectacular fireworks display tonight. >> and the prosecution suggests that george zimmerman's leading training gave him an idea of what toy a to detectives the night of trayvon martin's death. i'm the next american success story. working for a company where over seventy-five percent of store management started as hourly associates. there's opportunity here. i can use walmart's education benefits to get a degree,

fill out the paperwork and file for temporary asylum at moscow's international airport today on the basis that snowden says he fears torture on the death penalty if extradited to the u.s. snowden's claims may allow him to meet russia's asylum requirements. having failed to convince vladimir putin to send him home, the state department calls on the nsa leaker to voluntarily return. >> we said he should come home, have the courage to come, face the charges against him. >> what would the u.s. response be if russia accepts his asylum request? >> i don't want to get into a hypothetical. i think the russians now know how strongly we feel on this case. >> the white house offered what appeared to be carefully crafted statements designed to undercut snowden's claims. >> mr. snowden has all of the rights that every american citizen charged with a crime in the united states has. and he should be returned here where he can stand trial and take advantage of those rights. >> an interview with fox's shepherd smith, the reporter that broke the story says britain's guardian newspaper doesn't have to

believe he is still, he might have just left but he was in moscow and he spoke about this. very critical of the united states. very open to the possibility of getting a visa to snowden but then again saying he hasn't received an application in snowden. i think you'd have to say they would be -- venezuela would be one of the countries. their relationship with the united states is complex. it's been kind of improving. you'd have to look at the leverage the united states has with them. >> thank you so much. >>> here is also what we're working on. he says he's the best friend of george zimmerman. we're talking about mark osterman. you see the big screen is where we're going to bring you in about 15, 20 minutes. >>> plus, we're going to take you inside the dangerous world of elite fire fighting teams. these are the guys known as hot shots. what it takes to join the ranks and what kind of job they face, up next. and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust. it's time... for

passage to wherever he decides to end up. snowden is believed to be at moscow's airport trying to arrange asylum. today vladimir putin characterized his long stay as an unwelcome present foisted on russia by the u.s.. security forces fired taker gas today when pro and anti-more city forces clashed in cairo. tonight james rosen tells us two week after his overthrow, more city's supporters are not giving up. in fact they're joining forces with others across the region. >> reporter: from sky news arabia, a sister organization of fox news, an explosive report about a secret emergency session to be held in coming days in istanbul that will bring together major muslim brotherhood figures from the mideast, europe and the hamas organization. their aim, plotting the return to power of ousted president morsi in egypt and other action to reverse the political fortunes. >> it was not a meeting if it occurred that the united states was involved in. so i don't have anymore information. >> reporter: but a planning document obtained by sky news indicates the attendees are worried about the develo

surveillance programs. snowden, who is stuck with a moscow airport, has withdrawn his request for asylum in russia. russia would take him as long as he stopped hurting our american partners. in a letter posted on wikileaks, he says they are blocking his right for asylum saying the obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers. the obama administration is afraid of you. an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised and it it should be. snowden has written a letter to the president of ecuador thanking the country for allowing him to remain free and publish information that serves the public interest. george wush who put many of the nsa programs in place spoke about the threat snowden posed to the united states. >> i know he damaged the country. the obama administration will deal with it. >> do you think it's possible for one man to really damage the security of the nation? >> i think he damaged the security of the country. i put the program in place to protect the country. one of the certainties is civil liberties were guaranteed. >> by the way, p

steps in. >>> and nowhere to run. still hold up at the moscow airport. nsa leaker edward snowden getting turned down left and right as he requests asylum from nearly two dozen countries. >>> also today -- watch out, jagger. guy moves like obama. the president gets his groove on in africa dancing to the beat yesterday as he arrived in tanzania. then today he was caught kicking it demonstrating a new u.s. invention. the socket ball. kicking it around pore 30 minutes can provide hours of power. you can see it is just another day in the presidential juggling act. >>> mr. obama's got some moofs. good day, i'm peter alexander live in washington. again in today for my friend, andrea mitchell. >>> the george zimmerman trial will resume this hour. you aren't missing any testimony right now. we've already seen some important developments today, including judge nelson telling the jury to disregard some key testimony from the former lead investigat investigat investigator, chris serino who continued to answer questions in court this morning. msnbc analyst, lisa bloom and nbc's craig melvin i

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in moscow. >>> back here, lots of americans hitting the road, the peak of summer vacation season. if you're among them, you have seen what we are paying for gas. aaa says the average price for gallon of regular now 3.61. that's up 14 cents from one week ago and it goes up from there. we asked nbc's tom costello to look at what's driving it this time. tom, good evening. >> reporter: hi, brian. in fact, july and august are typically the peak months for summer driving, as americans pack up for the summer vacation. we are told that is at least one reason why gas prices are moving higher. ♪ summer in los angeles and mike's three ice cream trucks are on the move, but keeping them fueled up costs him $300 a day. nine years ago, it cost half that. >> it affects my bottom line, because at the end of the day it's what you take home. >> reporter: california has some of the highest gas prices in the lower 48, averaging 4.01 a gallon. in the midwest, it's illinois and chicago where the city averages 4.06 a gallon. the cabbies know -- >> to make a dollar, i have to come up with $75. and nobo

anyone's acceptance of asylum and still believed to be in moscow's airport. if he is headed to venezuela, it could be rather tricky. cnn's phil black explains why. >> reporter: the recent flight from moscow to south america was effectively a dry run for edward snowden. even though the plane was denied entry into french and spanish air space on only the suspicion that snowden was on board. spent 13 hours grounded in austria. snowden has no easy way of escaping moscow for a friendly south american country. the most obvious flight is havana option. a direct flight to cuba that snowden was booked on weeks ago, but didn't take. that usually cuts through america's eastern states. would it be allowed to follow that path if snowden was on board? could the united states force a commercial passenger aircraft to land? president obama says he won't use the military. >> no, i'm not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker. >> reporter: but if snowden finds little comfort in those words, he would then need to look at other options. most of them much longer, complex and expensive, involv

amid rumors he had managed to flee russia. jim maceda with the latest from the moscow. >> edward snowden has done it again. it wasn't a bombshell leak. this time it was just a rumor that snowden had hitched a ride on bolivian president iva morales presidentialal plane where he was visiting on business. that triggered a major international air incident when france, portugal, italy and spain closed their air space reportedly forcing the pilots to circle aimlessly for about three hours before finally getting permission to land in ehenin, austria where snowden was not found to be on board. that left bow libyans on the flight and back at home stunned and angry. they're now blaming the whole incident on the u.s. calling it "an adepression" and have asked the u.n. secretary-general for an plains of that incident. after a night spent inside the airport, permission was finally granted to the bolivian plane and pilots to take off at around 6:00 a.m. eastern. so far there's been no direct comment on the incident from the state department. morales is one of a handful of world leaders who sup

" released part two of its exclusive interview before he fled to moscow. he now has three countries offering him asylum but he remains at the moscow airport where he's been hole up for the past two weeks. he told two reporters why he leaked the information. >> the nsa doesn't limit itself to foreign intelligence. it collects all communications that transit the united states. i don't want to live in a world where everything that i say, everything i do, everyone i talk to, every expression of creativity or love or friendship is recorded. i think anyone who opposes that sort of world has an obligation to act in a way they can. >> of course with, it is not just snowed than has put the white house and its national security team under pressure from all sides. in the escalating crisis in egypt accused of propping morsi up and now under fire for abanening him and they say, acquiescing into what has all the earmarks of a military coup. critics on all side. joining me now, former defense secretary william cohen, chairman and ceo of the cohen group. bill, this is a very tough time indeed for t

. >>> another story we're watching closely, nsa leaker edward snowden is still in the moscow airport reportedly applying for political asylum in russia. will he be allowed to stay? that has serious implications. >>> first here as we show you george zimmerman, the jurors are showing their intention to spend every second they can working until they reach a verdict. that's the good news. they've decided to deliberate through their lunch hour today. nearly in their eighth hour of deliberations as we've been telling you here. they could work as long as they want tonight, judge nelson being very open-ended in honoring their own sense of commitment. what are the options on the table? we'll put a graphic for you. george zimmerman could be found guilty of second degree mur carcar murder. that means the prosecution showed beyond a reasonable doubt that he had evil intent and caused the death. he could be convicted on a lesser charge of manslaughter meaning he intentionally did an act that wound up killing trayvon martin. that may be much more fertile ground for the jury. that's what the expert

arrived at the moscow airport june 23rd. >> i do intend to ask for political asylum in russia. i announce today my formal acceptance of all office of support or asylum that i have been extended and all others that may be offered in the future. >> reporter: he did not look under stress, left heartily. he appealed to the russian people. quote, i believe in the principle declared at ner emburg. individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. therefore, individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring. moscow human rights groups were allowed to join snowden. washington was not amused. >> providing a propaganda platform for mr. snowden runs contrary to previous declarations of their neutrality, and that they have no control over his presence in the airport. >> we are disappointed that russian officials and agencies facilitated this meeting today by allowing these activists and representatives into the moscow airport's transit zone to meet with mr. snowden. despite the gov

guy. he is stuck at the moscow airport. a rebel without a country. how is that russian airport food getting to him? >>> and bush and obama get together over in east africa. not just w. and barack, but also laura and michelle. great stuff today from the two first ladies. >>> it turns out mitt romney lost two elections recently, the one for the white house, and now we learned from a distinguished reporter when his family voted unanimously against the election, the vote was 2-10. he was on the two side for running. he was voting against it too. what is going on here? and this is "hardball," a police for politics. with olay, here's how. new regenerist eye and lash duo. the cream smooths the look of lids... softens the look of lines. the serum instantly thickens the look of lashes. see wow! eyes in just one week with olay. these are sandra's "homemade" yummy, scrumptious bars. hmm? i just wanted you to eat more fiber. chewy, oatie, gooeyness... and fraudulence. i'm in deep, babe. you certainly are. [ male announcer ] fiber one. they have no idea what it was like before u-verse high speed

issue between washington and moscow. let's bring in our crime and justice correspondent joe johns. joe, nice to see you. tell us more about this. >> well, the attorney general wrote a letter, in fact, this letter, to the russian minister of justice confirming that edward snowden will not face the death penalty and will not be tortured if he -- returns to the united states. this is a no-brainer for those of us in the u.s. snowden has suggested those things may happen to him. so the ag felt it necessary to put all of this down on paper. the letter essentially states what we already know to be fact. that the charges against snowden are not death penalty eligible. and torture is illegal in the united states. the importance of this is that snowden has applied for temporary asylum in russia on grounds that he might be tortured or subject to the death beenalty. holder says that the assurances, he is now given, essentially eliminates snowden's claim he hub treated as a refugee. >> is this unusual? >> i don't think it is -- that unusual but then -- again, circumstances are extremely unusual. th

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has all the makings of a spy thriller. after the plane of bolivian president en route out of moscow was rerouted to austria. this after france and portugal reportedly refused to allow the plane to enter their air space on the suspicion that edward snowden might be aboard. the concerns came after morales who had since left vienna was in moscow for an energy summit where he made an offhand remark that he would welcome snowden into the country. the bolivian president accused the u.s. of being behind it. they called it an attitude of sabotage and destruction by the united states. a post is retreated by wikileaks, obama not scrambling jets to find snowden, merely closing down european air space and detaining a president. but france and portugal denied that they had refused access to their air space. while the u.s. had no official reaction to the claim, they told bloomberg news the pentagon didn't ask nato allies to deny overflights to the planes. earlier the state department refused to acknowledge any diplomatic arm twisting but said it was speaking to countries considering snowden's pet

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countries for asylum. lor now he remains at the moscow airport. a superbug that is taking more lives and forcing states to take new action. pope francis names two new namess. and one of north america's most active volcanoes erupts. those stories and more when the "cbs evening news" continues. >> pelley: whole foods today announced the recall of cheese leat may be contaminated with listeria. the product in question is crave e prhers. people in several states have daten sick after eating it and one elderly person in minnesota has died. one of the most dangerous threats inside hospitals today a superbug called c.r.e.-- bacteria resistant to ttibiotics. s ofs of c.r.e. have been easing and and have now been found in at least 43 states. with more, here's dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: in 2010, barbara thom had brain surgery that successfully removed a benign tumor. weeks later, she was back in the he watal fighting a life- threatening infection called c.r.e. ioni think the most traumatic part was seeing the infectious disease doctor and going into see him and he said "we have to admit you, i wa

surveillance program, edward snowden, still in hiding in the moscow airport. tonight we've learned attorney-general eric holder has tried to assure russian authorities that america will not seek the death penalty and will not torture snowden if he's returned to the u.s. holder offers to issue snowden a new passport immediately so he can make his way back to american soil. >>> meanwhile, back here at home and to another explosive scandal all this week here, so much attention on a man who wants to be new york city's mayor, anthony weiner. his wife by his side this week as he admitted to improper behavior. tonight all eyes on another man in san diego who is already mayor. he too is accused of bad behavior. so many women coming forward they've set up a 1-800 number. tonight that man saying he's sorry, but he's not leaving. abc's david wright on the uproar. >> the behavior i have engaged in for many years is wrong. >> reporter: beset by allegations he's made unwanted sexual advances on at least seven women. >> he asked me to work without my underwear on. >> ran his finger up my cheek. >

leaking details of top- secret surveillance programs. e's been holed up in an airport in moscow. bob orr tells us snowden wants help finding a permanent home. >> reporter: edward snowden riefly emerged today from his hiding place inside this moscow airport, though huddled behind this closed door with a group of fuman rights advocates. human rights advocates. in these clips posted by a russian news web site, snowden can be seen standing next to his stvisor from the anti-secrecy group wikileaks. secrformer n.s.a. contractor who's revealed some of the u.s. government's most sensitive moslligence programs insisted he's done nothing wrong and he psked for help in securing asylum in russia as a first step towards an escape to latin ferica. in a statement later posted on the wikileaks web site, snowden said "i ask for your assistance in requesting guarantees of safe passage. i have been made stateless and hounded for my act of political alpression." tatiana lokshina of human rights watch was in the meeting. >> he wants to stay here officially but eventually he would want to move to latin to

the nsa leaker edward snowden was on board. we're joined from moscow with more on this. jim, i just want to play for everybody because nbc is not independently verified this, but the washington post put up some audio that it got from the guardian that's reported to be from the plane in the tower talking back and forth. take a listen. >> any assistance? >> not at this moment. ? caused that suspicion. president maduro. the same energy conference, meeting secretly. the scenario, unfortunately morales, here in moscow. bolivia has received snowden's asylum application yet but would consider it very seriously when it does. thirdly, unlike maduro, the venezuelan, he was stopping off in neighboring belarus, he was flying back with one revealing stop. there was a kind of perfect storm of escape for someone like snowden who's currently powerless to travel a direct flight, no need for a visa. friendly country not far from america. it was all, i would say, too good not to be true and that's what fueled, i believe, the rumors and the subsequent incident. it's still really unclear how portugal, f

tonight including an actual appearance of edward snowden in moscow. we'll show you later. we begin, of course, in florida, where 5 1/2 hours ago after 12 days of testimony, the jury was handed the case of the state of florida versus george zimmerman. the man that's charged with second-degree murder in the killing of trayvon martin. mr. zimmerman has pleaded not guilty. claiming self-defense. the jury has ended its deliberations for the day and will resume at 9:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow. they've already asked the judge a question, in the short time since their deliberations began. they requested a list of all the evidence they were presented with and the judge arranged to have that list delivered. today we saw the dramatic conclusion of the case as the defense attorney mark o'mara presented his closing argument and prosecutor john guy gave the state's rebuttal. >> so this is what happens in a criminal case. the state has to take you from somewhere down here before there's any evidence, and he sort of presumed to be not guilty, all the way up the list in your mind. the person who dec

making his first public appearance after three weeks in a moscow airport. snowden now says he wants asylum in russia while he arranges travel to latin america. here to discuss the snowden case and more, chairman of the homeland security committee, e, representative michael mccaul. what do you think about what the white house is calling his propaganda platform to make his announcement? >> every day this fugitive is on the run, he puts the united states security more at risk. he's a traitor to this country. he took an oath of loyalty to the united states, now running for cover with our enemies. the idea that he's in russia, i'm sure the russians love this. they're making a mockery of the united states foreign policy. i'm sure every day they're extracting more and more information from this man. at the same time, it's a test of our foreign policy, our diplomacy, and i would give the administration low marks for what they've done so far. i think the irony here, this is a man who's a defender of freedom supposedly, and yet he's running for cover in countries in the world that oppress fre

home. after his flight from moscow was forced to arrive in vienna and rumors that edward snowden was on board. an austrian police searched the plane. they have us asking where is edward snowden? we are following this story from london. any word? >> reporter: well, no word on where edward snowden is, presumably he's back at that moscow airport. he definitely was not on the bolivian president's plane. basically, he was supposed to refuel in portugal. they got turned away. they didn't get permission to fly through italian, portugese and spanish air face space. always passengers were taken out. all six and five crew had their passports checked and then a police officer walked through the plane and verified that snowden was not on there. it was a voluntary check because, of course, normally, when presidents fly, it is considered part of their surrender and they can't board as it were. if you can imagine, the vice president said this was a case of the president being kidnapped by imperial im. so it seems to have been quite a diplomatic incident in vienna. >> what does that say about edward

american man on the runner from espionage charges in the united states may be leaving the moscow airport soon. and he's been there a while we should say almost a month already. edward snowden sitting in the airport new york passport, unlabel to leave new york clear destination if he does leave. he's now formally requested asylum in russia, if you call this handwritten letter formal. the letter dated monday. snowden's lawyer in moscow predicts his client will be able to leave the airport eventually his words, in fact, in the next few days. let's see what happens there. >>> senator lindsey graham isupping into the dispute over the nsa leaker. the south carolina republican wants the u.s. to boycott the 2014 winter olympic games if russia grant as siylum to to snowden. letting snowden stay would be a slap in the face to the united states. snowden has been holed up in the moscow airport and as we reported, he's applied for temporary asylum in russia. >>> another cheney enters the political arena. liz cheney, the former vice president's eldest daughter will run for the united states senate fro

the moscow airport now for three weeks. but it's unclear if his request will even be granted. the final decision rests with vladimir putin, and the russian president has made it clear snowden's visit is an unwelcome one, though he also accuses the u.s. of intimidating other countries in not accepting snowden. we have more on snowden's request. >> reporter: hi, tamron. edward snowden is still holed up in that transit zone of the moscow airport, but there could be movement in the days ahead. here's why. the official russian bureau that actually deals with asylum requests confirmed today that they received snowden's application. that kicks in the initial phase of the process, a period of up to five days, according to russian officials. after which the government either rejects the asylum outright or processes it over an additional three months. but what came to light today, tamron, is that an applicant, any applicant, can be issued a special permit, a kind of i.d. card, which allows that person to stay in russia while their asylum request is being considered. tamron that, means that

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of rejection, edward snowden gets some offers of asylum. the nsa leaker somewhere within the moscow airport still. would he we'll go live to wvenezuela. the ones getting involved and staying engaged. they're not afraid to question the path they're on. because the one question they never want to ask is "how did i end up here?" i started schwab for those people. people who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. we know it's your videoconference of the day. hi! hi, buddy! that's why the free wifi and hot breakfast are something to smile about. book a great getaway now and feel the hamptonality >>> the man behind the leaks, the nsa leaks, edward snowden, has a big choice to make. since friday, he has received offers, but venezuela said just yesterday that it hasn't actually heard from snowden. matthew chance joins us live from caracas. so snowden hasn't responded to any of these offers? >> reporter: i think eye more than that the foreign minister hasn't been in direct contact yet or the ambassador has not yet been in contact with