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Snowden's trail. newsroom continues right now with brooke baldwin. >> wolf blitzer, thank you so much. good to be with you on this tuesday. i'm brooke baldwin. where do we begin today? with the world's most wanted man edward snowden who's in russia. he landed in horussia after flyg from hong kong. passengers reportedly spotted him on the flight but somehow he never made it to terminal f as the others did. it's not clear where he went after landing but russia's foreign minister insisted -- and i'm quoting him here, snowden did not cross the russian border. and then it's confirmed he never flew ...

U.s. blustered other nations' bristle and edward snowden remains very much visible. the u.s. believes he's hunkered down in a transit area of the moscow airport. that leaves him in diplomatic limbo and without any deadline to come forward. the u.s. says snowden's betrayal should not be taken lightly. >> people may die as a consequence of what this man did. it is possible the united states will be attacked because terrorists may now know how to protect themselves in some way or another that they didn't know before. >> joining me on the phone is phil mud, a former cia dpupt deputy director. good...

He was right there in the transit area of moscow's airport. and mr. putin added russia was surprised when snowden arrived there sunday. >> translator: mr. snowden is a free man. the faster he chooses his ultimate destination, the better for us and for him. >> reporter: but putin said russia cannot turn him over to the u.s. there's no legal agreement with washington, no extradition treaty. and thank god, he said, snowden has committed no crimes in russia. the white house says even without a treaty, there's a clear legal basis to send snowden back to the u.s. based on the status of his travel do...

The russian president says nsa leaker edward snowden is in the moscow airport. putin says he's a free man and the sooner he figures out where he's going and goes there is better. if he's in the transit air he's in a no man's land. he's not technically in russia as long as he stays there. he talked about that. listen to this. >> translator: snowden is still in transit area as a transit passenger. hour special services never worked with him and are not working with him today. >> you heard president putin saying russia special services are not working with snowden. is he trying to smooth things o...

A look at the trail coming up. doves released outside the hospital where nelson mandela is in critical condition. how his supporters are standing by his side. welcome. this is "around the world." . i'm suzanne malveaux. >> i'm michael holmes. putin said snowden is a free man and the sooner he figures out where he's going the better. >> it's all positive news to a lot of people. putin said his arrival in his country was completely unexpected. the fact he's in appears the transit area of the airport means he's kind of in a no man's land. technically not in russia as long as he stays there....