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Edward snowden asylum in russia. for the white house it was the last straw in a series of diplomatic clashes between the countries. joining me now is josh ge rstein. you wrote the announcement was reminiscent of cold war era show downs. you said the u.s.-russia relationship is now so frosty that it department appear the two presidents would accomplish enough to merit a high profile meet ing. this is about more than just edward snowden. it seems like the biggest fissure between the leaders but there is more going on here. >> yeah. that is relationship that's become more difficult over time. it ...