>> reporter: whatever his original intentions saying he wanted to help america by exposing secret surveillance programs he is something different as he uses russia and cuba to seek political asylum from the country he says he loves. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> it appears snowden is in the middle of a big journey picking a most unusual route. >> our coverage continues in moscow this morning where our kirit radia picks up the story. good morning, kirit. what's the latest you can tell us? >> reporter: good morning, guys. this very moment, edward snowden is to the best of our knowledge still at moscow airport. he doesn't have a visa. he can't leave the airport. his flight to cuba doesn't leave for another four hours. i say it is rather -- to the best of our knowledge. a bizarre, mysterious layover for snowden. nobody has actually seen him. but his plane landed. reportedly whisked away by a group of official cars that met his plane on the tarmac. we spoke to a few of the passengers on his flight yesterday, who saw the cars, but they had no idea snowden was onboard with him. it is believed snowden is in the