moscow for the g-20 summit. there are questions whether he should keep even that meeting. brianna keilar joins us live in washington with more. reporter: good morning to you kate. the white house is downplaying suggestions that the u.s. boycott the winter olympics in russia but what we were expecting to be this one on meeting between president obama and president putin a warning from white house to moscow as moscow considers snowden s request for temporary asylum in russia. it could be a high profile, high stakes showdown between the u.s. and russia. the future of nsa leaker edward snowden could impact a planned summit between president obama and president putin in september or even russia s 2014 olympics. would i accept an invitation to sit by putin? no. i don t want to boycott the olympics but i want a policy that will get the russians
has been traveling in new york and other parts of florida. we re hoping to find out if he meets with the protesters. there is a news conference planned in south florida with house and senate democratic leaders to discuss bills they proposed last session to overturn or repeal stand your ground. thank you. it gets tricky legally because even though they didn t argue it there is that language in the instruction to the jurors. the issue is looming larger than what happened in the one trial. tonight on ac 360 he will interview sybrina fulton and tracy martin, airing at 8:00 p.m. eastern. to washington where there are calls for the u.s. to boycott the upcoming olympics in russia due to the country s refusal to happened over edward snowden. president obama is scheduled to have face-to-face talks in
wheeling and dealing. reporter: putin seems to agree saying he wants this snowden situation resolved. translator: we have warned mr. snowden that any harm he might do to russian/u.s. relations is unacceptable. president obama has made clear he has bigger issues with russia than snowden. russia has thwarted more attempts to put pressure on syria and iran. it s clear the president will be going to russia while perhaps snowden will be living and working there that is causing a thorn in the side of the white house, becoming increasingly irritating. at this point if you re a fan of the luge or curling and wonder if the u.s. will compete in the olympics in russia, i would say yes. you ll be able to watch. good to know bee jana. the word awkward comes to mind. thanks for reporting this morning. reporter: you bet. did rolling stone magazine make a rock store out of an
if a year from now there are 200,000 deaths in syria and iraq goes up in flames i guess we should go to russia and have a party and celebrate the olympics. that seems disconnected to me. we ll talk more about this with john king. that s a pretty back grouped. seems like you choose a new background every time you join us. moving around on you. exactly. we re talking about lindsey graham says let s boycott, at least be on the table. john boehner called his my very good friend is dead wrong on this and jay carney almost made fun of it when reporters asked they were following a superficial headline. doesn t lindsey graham have a point though? it s not going to happen. the united states is most unlikely unless something else disastrous in this relationship has happened to boycott the
for tear asylum in russia. it could be a high profile, high stakes showdown between the u.s. and russia. the future of nsa leaker edward snowden could impact a planned summit between president obama and president putin in september or even russia s 2014 olympics. would i accept invitation to sit by putin? no. i don t want to boycott the olympics but i want a policy that will get the russians attention. reporter: republican senator lindsey graham has gotten attention for his suggestion the u.s. boycott the olympics in sochi russia. you guys aren t jumping to a superficial headline, are you? reporter: while not speculating on an olympic boycott white house spokesman jay carney seemed to be deliberately vague about obama s plans to visit st. petersburg russia.