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Former nsa con con -- contractor landed in moscow. where will he resurface and will it be for good? according to a wikileaks report he is bound for ecuador. there is a tweet that says the country says received an asylum request from snowden. this from the spokesman from the national director. more leaks are expected. we are in washington where win begin with former house foreign affairs committee chair congresswoman and thank you for joining us today. >> thank you. >> what do you make of this connection and this possible ultimate low cation for snowden in ecuador? >> it is not surprising. alth...

Have meduro as the stooge there. but when you talk about freedom of the press it is not respected. >> that our congresswoman commenting on edward snowden heading to ecuador. the guessing game of where the former contractor would end up started this morning. after hiding out in hong kong snowden was on the move. a plane he was believed to be aboard flew from hong kong to moscow. a car flying ecuador's flag was spotted at the airport in moscow and then the foreign minister tweeted his government had received an asylum request from snowden. wikileaks who is giving legal assistance released a stat...

He's been on the record saying his next move should be asylum in iceland because of its internet officials. officials tell us they have no formal asylum request and said he needs to be in iceland to get asylum. if he does board a flight he could be in iceland in a little over 12 hours. there's no guarantees he would make it to the gates here. so far he's a free man. the united states is not made a surrender or extradition request to trigger an arrest warrant but that could change in a heartbeat. >> it's possible in some indications where there's urgency a provisional arrest warrant might be is...

Government there does not deport him. but he's interested in seek asylum in iceland. there is one lawmaker and media advocate who is sympathetic to his case. saying we are trying to get in touch with mr. snowden to discuss the details of his asylum request. and if possible iceland may thought be the best location depending on the legal framework. but near the states, republican congressman peter king is saying if ed snowden's claims are true, than no government should take -- should grant him asylum. martha: interesting how folks on all different sides are coming down in interesting ways on th...

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