there were reports tuesday that he had accepted an asylum offer from venezuela, but that led to a day of backtracking. snowden is still believed to be stuck at the airport. phil beck live for us in the capital with the latest on this every-twisting and turning story. good morning, phil. reporter: good morning, john. yes, it was a senior member of parliament who announced that snowden accepted an offer from venezuela. that tweet was quickly deleted. and then followed up with, it is simply not true. he has not formally accepted that offer. so a lot of confusion there. we know he s been offered protection by three countries. so far has not accepted any of them. for the moment, chooses to remain at the moscow airport somewhere in transit where he s been for 2 1/2 weeks now. when he does choose to move on,
message today that said nsa leaker edward snowden has accepted venezuela s asylum offer. even if snowden it did accept the offer, how is he going to get there from moscow without flying over airspace belonging to the u.s. and its allies f. that happens the u.s. or its allies could force the plane to land a. and then of course take him into custody. so we looked into it. foreign policy reports snowden would have to, get ready for this, fly north to the barren sea and then over and through the denmark strait going south to steer clear of newfoundland flying in between some islands and eventually land in caracas. that s a round about flight. what about a plane? an i haveaviation company that want to be named or connected to snowden told us there are at least nine types of planes that could make the 6,800 mile trip without having to stop to refuel. that s crucial this would have to be a privately owned plane and a charter would require a
morales said asylum offer was payback for that incident. snowden asked for asylum in more than 20 countries. venezuela and nicaragua were the only other countries to say yes thus far. also new overnight, a tornado relief concert in oklahoma quickly turned dangerous. country stars garth brook and toby keith, a benefit concert to raise money for those affected by the deadly tornado. temperatures reached mid-90s, 21 people suffered severe heat exhaustion and rushed to hospitals. concert officials said nearly 1300 others were brought to nearby cooling stations. those are your headlines. coming up next on the show, we just told you violent protest raging on in egypt. the white house staying neutral on this. is that the right direction? we continue to bring latest developments out of san francisco including emotional stories of survival.
united states. they keep arguing that he s outside their jurisdiction because he s still in the transit lounge. certainly there would be ways for them to get to snowden if they really wanted to. it would really be difficult for them internally also if they gave snowden back to the u.s., pam. all right. we ll see what happens. we ll see how snowden gets from point a to point b. fred pleitgen, thank you so much, reporting from moscow. let s talk more about the white house. probably is not surprised by this asylum offer. yeah, but it s probably not happy either, especially after days of pressuring countries to turn down snowden. and to help the u.s. bring him to justice. cnn s renee marsh is chasing that angle. any comment from the obama administration? pam and victor, so far all is quiet here in washington. no comment coming from the white house and no comment from the state department on both countries offer of asylum to edward snowden. the president is spenti inspend weekend a