Nsa leaker Edward Snowden leaves the moscow airport. Snowed beden was issued temporary asylum in russia for a year. Has been holed up at the airport for more than a month. If snowden is allowed to stay in russia, the white house is not going to be happy about this. Ariel castro the cleveland man who held three women captive for a decade will be formerly sentenced today. Castro prepared to apologize League Officials have told the Players Union which players espn reporting Alex Rodriguez is negotiating a lengthy suspension to avoid a lifetime ban. Members of Congress Head to the white house today to voice their concerns about the governments massive Surveillance Program. New information leak, about the nsas ability to monitor pretty much everything you do online. George zimmermans been spending a little time in texas. Pulled over outside of texas while carrying a gun. What a coincidence. Overnight, it became legal in two more states for gay couples to legally tie the knot. It was so powerful. Simon cowell reportedly expecting a baby with new york socialite Lauren Silverman said to be married to one of cowells close friends. The 50th state has budgeted 100,000 to buy one way tickets to the mainland. Why cant we offer the same deal to the mayor of san diego . And all that matters. How can i trust you with your failings when you cant be trusted in your own family . I didnt do anything to you. That Anthony Weiner cbs this morning. Were going to have to patch things up. Im inviting him for a beer. Im running for reelection in new jersey. I really dont have time for that. Oh, no, he didnt welcome to cbs this morning. Norah odonnell is off. Good morning gayle. Good morning, charlie. Edward snowed beden is finally out of the moscow airport. Snowdens lawyer says hes getting a year of asylum in russia and his location will be kept secret. Charlie dagata is in london. Our colleagues in moscow have confirmed snowden left the airport in moscow over the last couple of hours. Hes essentially been stuck there for the last five weeks or so, since arriving from hong kong. He reportedly left the airport today in attacksy. Taxi. The russian lawyer representing him says he confirmed he has been handed the paperwork necessary to enter russian soil. He also said snowden is one of the most wanted people in the world. While he is ready to talk to the media, he needs time to adjust. Snowed beden snowdens whereabouts are kept secret because of potential security concerns. His lawyer says hes been granted temporary oneyear asylum. The u. S. Government has made no secret of its aims to get the National Security agent back on u. S. Soil. Saying the snowedden case is insignificant with regard to u. S. And russian ties. There is no suggestion president obamas upcoming visit to russia would be canceled. The situation seemed to have changed significantly now that hes no longer in that transit lounge. Now it appears having found a safe haven in russia. Edward snowden, the man wanted by u. S. Authorities for the past six weeks, has left the transit lounge of the moscow airport. He has been granted temporary asylum in russia. He is now on russian soil. And Surveillance Programs will be on the agenda at the white house this morning. In about an hour president obama will hold a bipartisan meeting. The gathering a day after the white house released classified documents related to the programs. Bob orr is in washington. Bob, good morning. Reporter good morning, charlie and gael. Yle. U. S. Intelligence officials now playing defense. Busy declassifying some of the secrets in an effort to calm fears about big brother. Still, pressure is coming from congress and a spectacle public. Nsa chief general Keith Alexander on wednesday was again defending the governments collection of u. S. Phone records, saying the program does not violate privacy. But while speaking to a cyber conference in las vegas, he was interrupted by hecklers. Im saying i dont trust you. You lied to congress. Why would we believe youre not lying to us right now . I havent lied to congress. Reporter in an effort to blunt ongoing criticism, the Obama Administration has declassified three topsecret documents, explaining the nsas collection of u. S. Phone records, one of the programs first revealed by snowden. While heavily redacted the documents say the nsa progaprams collect in bulk but not the content of the calls. We need straightforward answers. Im concerned were not getting them. Reporter still on capitol hill intelligence officials faced more skepticism. From senators asking if too much privacy was being sacrificed in the name of National Security. Deputy attorney general james cole says Civil Liberties are being protected. Nobody is listening to anybodys conversations through this program. And through this program, nobody could. Even as intelligence officials were again defending the programs another secret nsa document was published by a british newspaper, the guardian. The article describes a program called x key score, which allows analysts to gather large amounts of information for individual Internet Activity in realtime. Reporter glenn greenwald, would has been working with snowden, said, from brazil more revelations are coming. I have among the 10,000plus documentings in my possession dozens documents that describe internally as well as to the analyst how these progapramprograms. Reporter as for the latest program, x key score, nsa says its only used against foreign intelligence targets and say its proven effective, aiding in the capture of more than 300 suspected terrorists. The sentencing hearing is under way for ariel castro. Castro held three women captive for about a decade in his cleveland home. He pleaded guilty to 937 felony counts, including aggravated murder rain andpe and kidnapping. Were learning new details about the horrific ordeal. Dean reynolds is outside the courthouse in cleveland. Reporter ariel castro the convicted rapist is now in court, wearing an orange jump suit. Hes shackled with handcuffs. And his sentencing hearing is now under way here in cleveland. At this mornings hearing, prosecutors plan to portray him as a fraud and manipulator. This man is going to prison for the rest of his life. Hes never coming out except nails in a box or an ash can. Reporter wednesday, they revealed his victims, amanda berry, Michelle Knight and gina dejesus kept diaries detailing their decade of torture and captivity. Speaking of forced sexual conduct, being locked in a dark room, of anticipating the next session of abuse, of the dreams of some day escaping and being reunited with family. The girls were chained by their ankle, fed one meal a day and showered once a week. As punishment castro kept them in a cold basement or a sweltering attic. Do you understand, mr. Castro that upon entering this plea, you will never be released from prison . I do understand that. I knew i was going to get pretty much the book thrown at me. Reporter last week the former School Bus Driver pleaded guilty to 937 counts of a 977count indictment in a deal that spares him the death penalty. He faces a sentence of life in prison without parole plus 1,000 years. My addiction to pornography and my sexual problem has really taken a toll on my mind. Reporter as castro prepares to spend the rest of his life behind bars his victims are trying to move on. Wednesday, the Cleveland PoliceDepartment Posted this handwritten thank you note from knight on its facebook page. It read i am overwhelmed by the amount of thoughts, love and prayers expressed by complete strangers. It is comforting. Life is tough but im tougher. As of this morning, the Cleveland Courage Fund set up to help the young women with their recovery has collected 1. 3 million for more than 10,000 individual donations. Charlie, gayle. Thanks dean. A big announcement is imintercept from Major League Baseball this morning. There are numerous reports yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez could be banned for life if he doesnt accept a lengthy suspension. Among several players who may be in trouble over performance enhancing drugs and ties to a florida clinic. Don dahlers at yankee stadium. Reporter good morning. Sources say the league knows exactly who it wants to suspend but that rodriguez may be facing the toughest penalty of them all. This one is gone. A home run for Alex Rodriguez. Reporter hes recovering from hip surgery and a quad strain. But injuries may not be what ultimately keeps Alex Rodriguez off the field. Baseball is actually talking about a lifetime ban for him. Whether or not they come down that heavy or not, his is going to be the most severe of all of these suspensions. Reporter rodriguez is the highest profile target of baseballs latest doping dragnet. In addition to punishing him for allegedly using performance enhancing drugs, sources say baseball commissioner bud selig is threatening to evoke the leagues integrity of the game policy which could end arods career. This would be a rare circumstance where the commissioner steps in and says no, im using these powers to punish a player. The one notable one is pete rose who is banned for life because gambling. Reporter as for arod, hes had his share of unflattering headlines. From the cheating scandal involving madonna that ended in his very public and bitter divorce. To the 2009 admission that he used performance enhancing drugs in the past. That came only after he first denied it to 60 minutes. For the record have you ever used steroids Human Growth Hormone or any other performance enhancing substance . No. Have you ever been tempted to use any of those things . No. Reporter two years later, rodriguez recanted. In the year 2001 2002 2003, i experimented with a ban substance that eventually triggered a positive test. Reporter he denies the new allegations of cheating but the league appears willing to play hard ball. This is a guy who was destined for the hall of fame. They want to show whether its some minor leaguer nobody ever heard of or one of the best in the history of the game they will absolutely throw the book at him. Reporter rodriguezs Attorney Says he will fight any suspension. The league hopes of threat of a lifetime ban will force him to accept a suspension. Espn is reporting rodriguez is in negotiations with the league to come to some kind of an agreement on a lesser suspension. A bill lowering student loan rates head to president obama for his signature. The house overwhelmingly passed the bipartisan bill yesterday. Undergraduated would be able to borrow at 3. 9 for this school year. For graduate students the rate would be 5. 4 . For the parents, 6. 4 . The loan rates are tied to the governments cost of borrowing. Theyre expected to rise as the economy improves. But a cap will be set to keep them from going too high. Kentucky senator rand paul wants to settle the verbal sparring with new Jersey Governor Chris Christie over a beer. But it doesnt look like thats going to happen. The spat began last week other the governments secret Surveillance Program. It escalated into name calling. Were going to have to patch things up. If we can sit down. Im inviting him for a beer. He suggested maybe the two of you sit down and have a beer and bury the hatchet. Im running for reelection in new jersey, i dont have time for that at the moment. Christie did say if hes ever in washington hed look paul up. But he doesnt expect to be there any time soon. Early this morning, dozens of samesex couples tied the knot in minnesota. As of midnight samesex marriage is now legal there. Minneapolis city hall played host to more than 40 ceremonies. Samesex marriage also becomes legal in rhode island today. Making it legal in 13 states and washington, d. C. Still no word this morning if Whitey Bulger will take the stand at his trial. Yesterday, a retired fbi agent testified about government files on the reputed mobster. They were locked in a fireproof safe. That way, corrupt agents could not leak them to criminals. Cbs news analyst Rikki Klieman is with us. Good morning. So the defense starts its case. This week has been the defense case. It was great to be in the courtroom and see what would happen when the tables were turned. What the defense is doing is putting the fbi on trial. They called agent Bob Fitzpatrick known as fitzee zzeefitzee. Their first witness. Hes the guy who complained all the way up to washington about the activities of conley, saying that could benley was perhaps a little too close to Whitey Bulger. The problem was, on cross examination, he looked to be a bit of an exaggerator, that he took a lot of credit. So if you look at the hierarchy, fitzpatrick at the top maybe going to headquarters in washington. Under him, corrupt supervisor john morris. Under him, corrupt agent, fbi agent john connolly. And next to them Whitey Bulger. We still dont know if bulger will take the stand. What is going into the process as to whether he will testify or not . Well i think there are two things happening here. One is do we think about this trial as a win or lose . If we look at it that way, then we totally miss the boat. What this is about, i say, is whiteys legacy. Whitey either is going to take the stand. What does he have to lose . What happens if he gets questions from a prosecution that want to show that perhaps he was an informant all the way bok to back to the 50s . Whats the judge going to do to him . The judge cant do anything more. So whitey could be the mastermind by saying what i want doesnt matter if im found guilty, just let me say my piece. Or he may have seen how fitzpatrick was pummeled and other good agents have been pummeled on the witness stand who are simply there to show the corruption or to show the mishandling of cases by the fbi, and hes writing, writing, writing. He never stops writing. It reminds me of madam dubarjen in meeting. So perhaps a book. How about john monoro will he testify . He has a discrete purpose. Called by the defense, hes the executioner, killed 20 people got 12 years. Why is he being called . Because as we have talked about, Whitey Bulger says i did not kill those two women debra davis and debra hussy. What Whitey Bulger wants is for john monoro to say is that stevie flemme the rifleman said, i strangleled debra davis with my bare hands. That will be dramatic ton say the least. You need a scorecard to keep track. Thank you, Rikki Klieman. The man acquitted in the death of Trayvon Martin has had another runin with police. An officer pulled George Zimmerman over for speeding near dallas on sunday. A video released shows the stop. Zimmerman tells the officer he has a gun in the glove compartment. The officers response quote, dont play with your firearm. Zimmerman said he was going nowhere in particular. The officer released him with a warning. Time to show you some of this mornings headlines from around the globe. Politico says defense secretary chuck hagel is issuing new warnings about spending cuts. Hagel says the United States can either have a hightech military that is too small or larger force that is less equipped. The wall street journal looks at a surge of people buying guns in newtown, connecticut. More than 200 newtown residents have received pistol permitings. Compared to 171 for all of last year. Washington post says president obamas defending his former economic adviser larry summers. He is a candidate to replace outgoing fed chairman ben bernanke but some liberals dont like summers policies. The San Francisco chronicle says facebook shares briefly passed their initial 38 price for the first time on wednesday. The stock traded as high as 38. 31 before closing at 36. 80. In september, you may recall they hit a low of 17. 55. Facebooks fast growing mobile advertising is fueling the earnings. The New York Times says a number of visitors to las vegas hit a record last year. Nearly 40 million people. But they spend less money per trip. People are not gambling as much. The new tourists are younger and more likely to spend money at clubs. A slow moving hurricane strengthening in the pacific may soon threaten hawaii. Hurricane gil is passing 80mileanhour winds. Right now southwest of baja peninsula. Its expected to testifyintensify today. So far no coastal warnings a low clouds and fog a little more broken around the bay area today although its going to stay cool out along the coastline and the breeze along there through the golden gate bridge, you can see a couple of breaks in the clouds there. Theres nice to see. Havent seen a whole lot of sunshine out toward the beaches. Temperaturewise, you will still see some 80s inland. 60s and 70s around the bay. And 50s and 60s breezy toward the coast. Next couple of days just some minor changes in the weather. I think a little warmer though as we head into sunday and monday. Then cooling down toward the middle of next week. Announcer this National Weather report sponsored by nutella. Breakfast never tasted this good. Eight women accused san diego mayor. 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