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Publishing process at this stage. great care has been taken to make sure that mr. snowden can't be pressured by any state to stop the publication process. >> and twice today snowden promising that he is going to leak more and that he feels free to do so even in the confines of that transit zone, shep. >> shepard: catherine, thanks. where are we the american people in all of this? well, we have just learned that federal court signed off on 71% more wiretaps last year than it did in 2011. that's according to newly released court documents. and, of course, the feds did not say why the number jump...

Firefighters dead. the single deadliest event for firefighters since september 11th. this is a real disaster and tragedy. the victims were part of a hotshot crew. they're the highly trained elite team sent into some of the worst conditions. they were working on a 2,000 acre fire near yarnell, arizona, about 80 miles northwest of phoenix. so far, the fire is zero percent contained. we will have a live report from the scene in a few minutes. we understand they were trying these teams to put up the tents they use as a form of protection, fire resistant tents and they got caught. we'll bring you m...

Fitting clothing in vegas can be very hard to do. >> tight. bring it with you today. >> thanks. >> you bet. >> lets get to your headlines and tell you what's happening if you're just waking up. the white house confirms vice president joe biden has talked with ecuador's president and asked him to reject the nsa leaker edward snowden's asylum request. the nsa believes he's holed up in a transit zone where he arrived last week. and new nsa leaked documents reportedly showed u.s. bugged european union offices and spied on its computer networks in washington and at the united nations. this accordin...

Activities is adding to today's revelati revelations. according to "the guardian," 38 embassies and missions across the world were targets of u.s. intelligence and techniques covered everything from planted bugs to data collection using specialized antenna. as far as edward snowden, as far as we know, he is still in a transit zone at moscow airport. he is facing espionage charges in the u.s. which yanked its passport and asked other countries not to give him asylum. >> reporter: this is the view that may have flashed in front of edward snowden after touchdown at moscow's airport. through pas...

On the european union. it could get a lot worse. but a quick point, the russians effectively have embraced snowden and he was made a hero on russian tv. he is caught in the transit zone but we look weak. the russians have paid him a hero. they have called us hypocrites. >> gregg: putin has embarrassed the united states. >> that is the bottom line. they would not do to reagan or nixon or to bill clinton. at the end of the day, we have turned over 1,700 russians they have asked for, to them, and they will not do us the favor. >> gregg: if you listen to secretary of state john kerry, he is saying...