U.S. Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Tom Shannon held a briefing via DVC from Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Shannon said that he and his team are in Honduras to help foster a national dialogue that they hope will lead to a fair and legitimate election. "We respect Honduras' sovereignty, we respect Honduras' democracy...and at the end of the day, the solution to this crisis, which is Honduran in origin, will be Honduran also," he said.