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Say his client has not ruled out asking for russian citizenship. but this seemed to come as a surprise to the government there. a spokesperson for president vladimir putin said citizenship, this is the first i have heard of it. its news to me. nearly a month has passed since the government surveillance leaker flew to moscow. the airport there where he has apparently stayed put in the transit zone. snowdens attorney says he has requested temporary asylum in russia. that happened earlier this week...

That could change at any time. phil black is in moscow. so, phil, how soon could he get out of that airport and am to russia? >>. >> very soon, carol. within days, we believe. according to the russian lawyer that has been helping him negotiate his options coming to understand asylum law in this country. so, hes put in an application and that could take weeks or months to get back a formal decision on that. were told in the short term he should be eligible for some official paperwork, which will ...

Months whether or not he is going to succeed here. and the decision when he applies for temporary asylum is only made by the federal migration service. one government department, no other government departments are involved. in fact, we are told even the president himself has no official role in the decision making process when someone applies for temporary asylum. that would be different if he was applying for permanent asylum. the decision formally would rest with the russian president. and th...

Will even be granted. the final decision rests with vladimir putin, and the russian president has made it clear snowdens visit is an unwelcome one, though he also accuses the u.s. of intimidating other countries in not accepting snowden. we have more on snowdens 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. heres why. the official russian bureau that actually deals with asylum requests...

For asylum in russia. he first hinted this would happen on friday when he showed his face in public for the first time in many weeks. speaking at the transit zone of the moscow airport, he says he hopes to eventually seek refuge in latin america but before he can get there, he says ill sigh in rare. the russian president has suggested he wants nothing to do with ed snowden and called the fugitives arrival an unwelcome president from the united states, adding, merry christmas. a government spokes...

Transit zone at the airport to set here for a time. but he did say that as soon as theres a chance he can travel to another country, naturally, he will do so. >> phil black reporting. a quick update, by the way, on a story that shocked a lot of folks over the weekend. the coroners office performed an autopsy and toxicology tests today on the body of the actor cory monteith, the 31-year-old star of "glee" was found dead in a vancouver hotel room on saturday. were not expecting results, were tol...

Snowden. he withdrew a request after the russian president said he could stay but only on the condition that he stop leaking documents that damage the u.s. russias publicly stated position has not changed. those close to the n.s.a. leader say hes dealing with the pressure of being without a passport and stateless in the transit zone of moscows airport. >> i havent at all sensed an iota of regret or remorse or anxiety over the situation that hes in. hes, of course, tense and focused on securing h...

Raised that to knock back claims that he is working to actively harm the united states, because he believes if thats what he wanted too, he could do it much more effectively in a much bigger way than weve ever seen. he remains atm moscows airport where despite his announcement that he would be seeking asylum, russian officials say they have not yet received any documents from im. the process usually involves a number of government departments, with the final decision made by the russian presiden...

Live look at the courthouse in sanford, florida, our special coverage of the george zimmerman trial continues, but first, lets check in on other stories making headlines today. edward snowden requesting temporary asylum from russia as he tries to figure out how to get to latin america. he met with human rights and lawyers in the transit zone of the moscow airport and the white house criticized russia for giving snowden what it called, quote, a propaganda platform. and president obama spoke by ph...

Overnight russian immigration officials say they have not received an asylum request from edward snowden. snowden spoke out saying he planned to ask the country for temporary asylum. hes still hiding out in the transit zone of the russian airport. president obama called russian president vladimir putin yesterday for an update on snowdens status. some things shouldnt to be done via text message like firing dozens of employees especially on independence day. one restaurant owner did that. he sai...