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Former nsa con con -- contractor landed in moscow. where will he resurface and will it be for good? according to a wikileaks report he is bound for ecuador. there is a tweet that says the country says received an asylum request from snowden. this from the spokesman from the national director. more leaks are expected. we are in washington where win begin with former house foreign affairs committee chair congresswoman and thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. >> what do you make of this co...

Have meduro as the stooge there. but when you talk about freedom of the press it is not respected. >> that our congresswoman commenting on edward snowden heading to ecuador. the guessing game of where the former contractor would end up started this morning. after hiding out in hong kong snowden was on the move. a plane he was believed to be aboard flew from hong kong to moscow. a car flying ecuadors flag was spotted at the airport in moscow and then the foreign minister tweeted his government ha...

Hes been on the record saying his next move should be asylum in iceland because of its internet officials. officials tell us they have no formal asylum request and said he needs to be in iceland to get asylum. if he does board a flight he could be in iceland in a little over 12 hours. theres no guarantees he would make it to the gates here. so far hes a free man. the united states is not made a surrender or extradition request to trigger an arrest warrant but that could change in a heartbeat. >>...

Government there does not deport him. but hes interested in seek asylum in iceland. there is one lawmaker and media advocate who is sympathetic to his case. saying we are trying to get in touch with mr. snowden to discuss the details of his asylum request. and if possible iceland may thought be the best location depending on the legal framework. but near the states, republican congressman peter king is saying if ed snowdens claims are true, than no government should take -- should grant him asyl...

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Separated from our children. who are afraid of that and we wish we didnt have to go through that. but its better than going back to my country to be killed. since their journey began in late march u.s. president donald trump repeatedly ordered the caravan to turn around now over one hundred fifty migrants are camped out at the border crossing at t. want to mexico waiting for authorities to accept their asylum request. you know if you see as many accept then american officials will not accept any...

Is waiting for the investigation. >> rich? >> reporter: german authorities are scouring refugee catch and apartments looking for the suspect. germany had been monitoring him for months and he immigrated in the sum merof 2015. he had ties with the islamic state and ordered intensive monitoring of him. germany rejected the asylum request. he was arrested but never deported because ofç problems with the tunisiowa a n government. he is now on the run. >> we are worried. we have no information abou...

Violation of current agreements between the united states and its partners. during his recent comments on the nsa controversy president obama insisting the agency has a singular focus. >> i dont have an interest in the people of the nsa dont have an interest, in doing anything other than making sure that where we can prevent a terrorist attack, where we can get information, ahead of time. >> reporter: this morning the nsa foxs request for comment to the state department, arthel. arthel: catherin...

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Is one big question looms. could the nsa leaker wanted on espionage charges soon be welcomed by another? hello, everyone, i am rick folbaum and fort jon scott. jenna: we are getting reports for what might be next for edward snowden. earlier today it was reported that edward snowden holds a document allowing him to legally enter russia. but now it is said that snowden will remain in the transit zone as russian officials weigh his asylum request. steve centanni has the latest. reporter: he is stil...