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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...

Snowden has taken low profile to a new level. he landed here and was here in the transit zone. vladimir putin claims its no mans land and no one has spotted him since. they cant touch him. >> yes, sure. >> why? >> because its a good and nice terminal. >> it has everything that he needs? >> food and -- >> if he has money. >> numerous vip and other off-limits rooms. perfect for debriefings by russian security services. snowden is stuck. his u.s. passport canceled. ecuador and venezuela said they w...

He could have been whisked somewhere else, frankly at this point really anything is possible. >> since snowdens u.s. passport has been revoked we understand hes been traveling on ecuadorian travel papers. your paper is reporting today that ecuadors president is having second thoughts about grapting snowenasylum. what more can you tell us about that? >> well, we know that vice president biden today was speaking with ecuadorian officials and pleading with them not to give him asim lum. theres quit...

Its three interconnected terminals. figure walking the length of like three football fields and still being inside a transit zone with all kinds of off limits, vip rooms, authorized personnel rooms. he could be in any one of those. >> ive read that one of the rooms cost $300 a night. very fascinating as we continue to follow just this chapter of the snowden story. what nancy pelosi told our next guest is sure to create lots of buzz about 2016. find out why. frds other! ta-daa! try charmin ultr...

>> just that chapter. appreciate jim maceda reporting. greg miller, national security correspondent end for the "washington post". and former assistant secretary of state for public affairs and fellow at george washington university. good day to both of you. greg, talk about this transit zone. putin saying he is in there. you can go to a bar, sleep at a hotel for $300 a night. its been described so far as technically not russian territory. a limbo. when you look at this, how can u.s. or other go...

Cuban airways flight. thats almost becoming old news. whats interesting is how the coverage changed in barely a weeks time. last monday dozens of journalists were on the flight wasting a lot of time and money. then it became dozens waiting for him in the transit zone. today there were a few journalists and they were waiting on the russian side of the airport. also we noticed the tweet volume has decreased substantially from practically one every second to just several today. you get the impressi...

President obama and his family will be in south africa. right now hes in senegal. he was asked about snowden. he said he should not have to get directly in touch with russias president to bring snowden back. >> i have not called them personally because number one, i shouldnt have to. this is something thats routinely dealt with between law enforcement officials in various countries. this is not exceptional from a legal perspective. im not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker. ...

Actually be the shortest part of figuring out what the decision was. >>steve: dont they know about e-mail. >>clayton: run for coffee this morning. >>steve: splash! >>alisyn: lets get to your headlines. it might not be the ritz but better than a jail cell. for the first time we take you inside n.s.a. leaker edward snowdens hideout at moscows airport. he left hong kong last weekend to seek asylum in ecuador but officials there say it could take months to process his request. snowden is reportedly ...

50 -- alexander explained it is actually 42 alleged plots and a dozen case where is individuals provided money or aid to terrorists. >> 50 of 54 cases led to arrest or detention. our allies benefitted, too. >> reporter: with snowden struck in the transit zone of the moscow airport the u.s. state department warned ecuador that granting asylum would not go unpunished. >> what would not be good is them granting mr. snowden asylum. that would create difficulties for our relationship. >> reporter: th...

Secrets, edward snowden, is reportedly still living out of a suitcase in the transit zone of the moscow airport where hes been for days. president obama on his trip to senegal said he did not talk to russian or chinese leaders about turning snowden over because, quote, i shouldnt have to. he also sounded pretty dismissive about the man who is hemorrhaging u.s. secrets. >> no, im not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker. i continue to be concerned about the other documents that...