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Procedures regarding international travel and the normal interactions that law enforcement has. >> im sure the former president was thrilled to take a question about snowden while he was in africa to promote activities, as was president obama, but has those responsibilities. it was released on reuters that ed snowden has broken his silence in a letter to ecuador, seen by reuters. he is saying the united states is illegally persecuting him for revealing electronic surveillance program p.r.i.s.m. ...

This is about love, this is union, and i think if they see it, more people, that will change. >> reporter: well, congratulations. thanks for taking the time to talk with us. >> thank you. so, alison and suzanne, this is the scene. you can see people still waiting in line trying to get their marriage licenses. the city of san francisco opening their doors over the weekend to allow people to come and exercise their new freedom. well send it back to you. >> all right, thank you, dan. right now it...

Fitting clothing in vegas can be very hard to do. >> tight. bring it with you today. >> thanks. >> you bet. >> lets get to your headlines and tell you whats happening if youre just waking up. the white house confirms vice president joe biden has talked with ecuadors president and asked him to reject the nsa leaker edward snowdens asylum request. the nsa believes hes holed up in a transit zone where he arrived last week. and new nsa leaked documents reportedly showed u.s. bugged european union of...

Scramble jets to get this guy was more a reflection of he was not going to cause an international ipsident ncident. he would rather put a phone call in taking away his passport that is a very effective strategy isolating him in the moscow airport according to the president. the administration is doing certain things. they are not doing things to cause them any heartburn or infringe on the rights of other countries. they want to avoid that. this is a sensitive topic for them. >> the u.s. believes...

Between the arrival gates and passport check point. ecuador is considering his asylum request. for the time hes biding his time at that airport in russia. whats the latest on snowdens travel plans if we know whats going on. is he likely to stay in russia, leave any time soon? what are we hearing? >> its an inbetween. i know that can sound confusing but it doesnt look like hes going to be staying inside russia and it doesnt look like hes going to be leaving that transit area any time soon. offici...

To u.s. officials that was responsible for the seizure of a billion dollars worth of narcotics in 2006. the president closed that down and threw the u.s. out, shep. >> shepard: officials from the government of ecuador are now confirming that they are considering this asylum request, right? >> yes. they are. they say they will consider it but they will take their time in doing so and they will make their decision theirs and according to international laws. now, a statement issued by the ecuador e...

Another special session to get this passed. keep in the mind republicans do have the vote to get it passed because it cleared the house earlier in the week. so its going to be interesting to see what happens with this issue that is certainly not over yet, jenna. jenna: well keep an eye on it, casey, thank you. jon: new developments from all over the globe in the manhunt for nsa leaker edward snowden. ecuador is now asking the u.s. to submit a written position regarding snowdens political alie lu...

Seem at least willing to consider an asylum request. but without going through a third country where he might be grabbed by the u.s., where that third country might hold him and extradite him to the u.s. thats really the problem he has. he was supposed to be on -- scheduled to have been on a flight, expected to have been on a flight this morning from moscow to havana. apparently pulled a no-show. where is he? exhua dors foreign minister says he doesnt know. julian assange says he knows but isnt ...

Will end up here. this could potentially be snowdens last stop. we know from ecuadors foreign minister that he did request asylum, that asylum request is being studied. there is precedence. were hearing just now there is precedence. ecuador protected julian assange. he is now in the ecuadorian embassy in london. if he leaves the embassy, he risked being arrested. hes wanted in sweden in connection to a rape investigation. hes wanted for questioning. with that precedence, we have reason to believ...

Ecuador for the staff route of seeking asylum that he is being escorted by advisors from webbing key leaks. a foreign minister has received an asylum request from edward snowden. we were told today he has gone through moscow from hong kong. it appears by all of the reports we are seeing now that he is headed for ecuador. as we learn more about that, we will keep you updated. in a couple of weeks the irs is said to close its doors for a day. employees will not come to work on july 5th and they ...