an austrian police searched the plane. they have us asking where is edward snowden? we are following this story from london. any word? >> reporter: well, no word on where edward snowden is, presumably he's back at that moscow airport. he definitely was not on the bolivian president's plane. basically, he was supposed to refuel in portugal. they got turned away. they didn't get permission to fly through italian, portugese and spanish air face space. always passengers were taken out. all six and five crew had their passports checked and then a police officer walked through the plane and verified that snowden was not on there. it was a voluntary check because, of course, normally, when presidents fly, it is considered part of their surrender and they can't board as it were. if you can imagine, the vice president said this was a case of the president being kidnapped