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It's interesting that china let him go. they don't want him on their territory. they don't want to create a bigger diplomatic incident. according to news reports snowden appears to be in the transit area of the airport there. according to news reports he was denied a russian visa. snowden has chosen three ecuador, venezuela and cuba that are the most hostile to the united states. >> yeah, indeed. i want to point out, iceland has not received an official application but law says you can't make an application for asylum unless you're in the country. iceland has not received an application. >> gl...

Care of ecuadorian diplomats, who will escort him on the rest of his trip. we saw the ambassador's car parked outside the airport yesterday and chased one of the cars around the airport, another one of the diplomats, but he refused to comment. snowden reportedly spent the night inside the transit area at a hotel in the airport. again nobody has seen him so far again this morning. >> do you know more about the secretive way he was whisked away at the airport? it sounds like a spy novel. >> reporter: it is rather interesting. when you talk to the kremlin, they insist they had no idea he was comi...

He'll be overnighting somewhere outside of the airport? >> reporter: no. still, fredericka, looks likely to stay at moscow's airport. he arrived around 5:00 p.m. local time but even before then it was pretty clear there were signs on the ground that the government of ecuador looking to influence or play some role in the fate. the ambassador's car was parked outside. other officials and diplomats, their vehicles were seen coming and going and we know from the government of ecuador, yes, edward snowden asked officially for asylum. how will he get there? presumably getting to the region as quickl...

With the diplomatic number plates and so forth, even the ambassador's own car was there. we understand that he's been airside at the airport in the transit area dealing with snowden directly himself. so yes. we understand that he's spending the night in the transit area of moscow's airport. with the hope of catching a connecting flight out of moscow tomorrow. it's not likely to be a direct flight to ecuador because there aren't any. speculation and it is just speculation, we can't con did i remember it. probably taking a flight to cuba and then from there, one or more connecting flights to get...

Flight to havana from moscow tomorrow and from there, take further connections, one or more that would eventually get him to ecuador. we haven't seen edward snowden today. he's been locked up within the terminal. did not come out or try to officially cross the russian border. he's within that transit area still airside and has been ma making connections with the russian officials includi including -- spending quite a bit of time with him himself. >> that's the trajectory including edward snowden and leave moscow and leave ecuador, none of that is confirmed. we just know he did make a request f...