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Has it been all that relevant. >>chris: back to the question of the chinese, we know they know they received the extradition request. they had some comment about it not complying with the laws which is a fairly legalistic dodge on their part and in now it indicates he knew he would be safe in now and putin would not turn him over to the united states embassy but what do they make of that? is it a cloud on the administration over these two countries we have had an uneasy relationship? >> and the ...

And now possibly heading toward ecuador. south african government confirms that snowden requested asylum there. this all happening after snowden fled hong kong this morning. outraging u.s. officials who were trying to have him extradited. a source said the u.s. revoked snowden passport. what are the chances the u.s. will be able to bring him to justice? bob baer joining me now from irvine, california. bob, we know that among the charges, theft of classified government documents as well as espion...

Says they actually had an extradition request and they say it met all the requirements of the agreement with hong kong. they say hong kong came back to the united states with a few questions on late friday and that they were in the process of answering those questions. they thought, they say, they were meeting all the requirements in order to get this man held. as far as a relationship with hong kong goes, they say this raises questions and that theyre going to continue to discuss it with author...

An extradition request that for all intents and purposes met all of the requirements so they had to talk a little bit about it, a couple more questions, and then, boom, friday night hes gone. >> on a plane. >> right. so its a tough situation. >> with both hong kong and moscow, jill, you spent so many years there and understand that country well. either one of you. what does this mean for u.s. relations? >> i think its really bad. i think each place, hong kong, china and russia will all have deny...

That the people were trying to defend ourselves against know that there is a vast database of phone numbers that can be searched in case they reach out to somebody in the united states by telephone. it would be better they didnt know that. how much better is an imponderable at this point? how much damage has it done and does whatever information this character has that hasnt come out yet pose a threat of further damage? what came out this week i think didnt do that. i just would say that i think...

How much better, that is debatable. that is the key question. how were harm has it done? does whatever information this character has, what hasnt come out yet, pose a threat of further damage? what came out this week, i think, didnt do that. i would say i think that is far this hasnt been so damaging nor has it been all that relevant. >>chris: back to the question of the chinese, we know they know they received the extradition request. they had some comment about it not complying with the laws w...

Moons and that makes it the biggest, brightest moon of the year according to nasa. moon gazers saw the super moon at 7:32 a.m. eastern time. today. all right. hong kong turns away a u.s. extradition request and edward snowden catches a plane to russia. well look at the legal fallout. plus, court watchers prepare for the trial of george zimmerman. opening statements get started tomorrow. well have a live preview from florida next.

Other financial crimes cases. this was an extraordinary case and probably what happened is the hong kong government really decided not decide and as a political matter allowed him to leave the country without taking action on the u.s. extradition request. >> lets take a look at the charges against snowden. one count of theft of government property, two counts of espionage, one for giving national defense information to someone without clearance and one for revealing classification of security in...

Obama administration is quite concerned about the fact that hong kong did allow edward snowden to leave after the u.s. had urged the region to extra diet him once he was arrested. so we can say that. just to put that into a little bit more context, yesterday the administration released a statement urging hong kong to agree with the extradition request, urged hong kong to act quickly saying that if it didnt, it could complicate relations between the u.s. and that region so it appears now that tha...

Breaking news this hour. youre looking at a picture of edward snowden, the nsa leaker, of course. he landed about two hours ago in moscow, leaving hong kong where authorities said the u.s. had not completed an extradition request in the proper fashion. we dont know if hes headed to a third country. there are reports he may be headed to an embassy in russia. joining me to talk about the coverage of this fast-breaking story with lots of blanks to fill in is amy holmes, the anchor of "real news" an...