affairs are in order is very, very important and that s what our committee work has been focused on for the last month. senator, i wanted to show our viewers the snowden asylum letter because he has officially applied for asylum. we have a copy of it which we re showing on the screen which he says i here by kwu temporarily offering me asylum in the russian federation. it was signed july 15th, 2013. it s from the timy it s pretty informal. what else can you expect? he s hold up in the moscow airport. this is not a good situation between the u.s. and moscow. there have been suggestions by lindsey graham that if vladimir putin does grant him asylum that we cancel the sochi olympics. cancel our participation in the sochi olympics.
july 15th, 2013. this is the daily rundown. kw we re going live in just a few minutes for the latest on the reaction to the zimmerman verdict. next 48 hours will tell you and tell all of us what the atmosphere will be like on capitol hill for the next six months. the full senate convenes a rare meeting of both parties in the old senate chamber. it s a late ditch effort to avoid the so-called nuclear option. the lolocation, a domed room whe the senate met. back in the 19th century, they used to cane each other. but crying wolf is par for the course in these filibuster fights. on meet the press, reid showed no signs he intends to pull back from a change in the senate rules. the changes we re making are