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To u.s. officials that was responsible for the seizure of a billion dollars worth of narcotics in 2006. the president closed that down and threw the u.s. out, shep. >> shepard: officials from the government of ecuador are now confirming that they are considering this asylum request, right? >> yes. they are. they say they will consider it but they will take their time in doing so and they will make their decision theirs and according to international laws. now, a statement issued by the ecuador embassy in washington, d.c. said in part, quote: this current situation is not being provoked by ecua...

Another special session to get this passed. keep in the mind republicans do have the vote to get it passed because it cleared the house earlier in the week. so it's going to be interesting to see what happens with this issue that is certainly not over yet, jenna. jenna: we'll keep an eye on it, casey, thank you. jon: new developments from all over the globe in the manhunt for nsa leaker edward snowden. ecuador is now asking the u.s. to submit a written position regarding snowden's political alie lumbar -- asylum request. meanwhile, russian president putin insists russia will not send him to th...

Seem at least willing to consider an asylum request. but without going through a third country where he might be grabbed by the u.s., where that third country might hold him and extradite him to the u.s. that's really the problem he has. he was supposed to be on -- scheduled to have been on a flight, expected to have been on a flight this morning from moscow to havana. apparently pulled a no-show. where is he? exhua dor's foreign minister says he doesn't know. julian assange says he knows but isn't saying to protect edward snowden. right now the u.s. is putting pressure on countries throughout...

Will end up here. this could potentially be snowden's last stop. we know from ecuador's foreign minister that he did request asylum, that asylum request is being studied. there is precedence. we're hearing just now there is precedence. ecuador protected julian assange. he is now in the ecuadorian embassy in london. if he leaves the embassy, he risked being arrested. he's wanted in sweden in connection to a rape investigation. he's wanted for questioning. with that precedence, we have reason to believe he could end up here. edward snowden. we also know from wikileaks that he was going to take w...

Ecuador for the staff route of seeking asylum that he is being escorted by advisors from webbing key leaks. a foreign minister has received an asylum request from edward snowden. we were told today he has gone through moscow from hong kong. it appears by all of the reports we are seeing now that he is headed for ecuador. as we learn more about that, we will keep you updated. in a couple of weeks the irs is said to close its doors for a day. employees will not come to work on july 5th and they won't get paid. this is part of the furlough system. if the agency is so short on money they have to...