a.t.f. says gives her an unfair competitive advantage. when the four hundred page report on russia in the twenty six thousand election was released the public assumed it already knew what was inside thanks in part to a summary of the report written by this man the u.s. attorney general william bard now if you read the report you know that mr barr summary was off the mark and you're not alone tonight the u.s. congress questioning the attorney general did he purposely mislead the public did he lie to congress to protect the president i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. column in psalms for here's the muller report. can't say i've read it all but i've read most of it. but he was very clear with me that he was not suggesting that

we had misrepresented his report why did you test i need a night that you didn't know the concerns being expressed mahler's came from the shirt your i feel great sir it was purposely in the screening. decided that it struction if you did is that correct that's right you feel could affect your decision absolutely his work concluded when he sent his report to the attorney general. at that point it was my baby i have requested this to our chairman to us arise a hearing a special counsel muller and i hope that will happen soon. which of our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome but we begin the day with the question did he have sume no one would read the report today u.s. attorney general william barr was called before a u.s. can grow. tional committee to answer questions about the summary of the report on

the russian meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election and before bar release to the report he published a summary of the message in that summary no evidence of collusion between russia and the trump campaign and no obstruction of justice by president trump once people read the report they realize that its author robert muller had reached conclusions that were not identical to those listed in mr barr's summary in fact robert mueller himself said mr barr a letter calling him out for mis representing the facts in the report on march twenty seventh robert mueller wrote the summary letter the department sent to congress did not fully capture the context nature and substance of this office's work and conclusions there is now public confusion about the results of our investigation this threatens to undermine a central purpose for which the department appointed the special counsel to assure

full public confidence in the outcome of the investigations in a nutshell that is one lawyer telling another lawyer you lied we caught you lying in the aisle the public is misinformed or today members of congress grilled mr barr about why he wrote what he wrote it's a binary decision is there enough evidence to show a crime and do we believe a crime has been committed we don't conduct criminal investigations just to collect information and put it out to the public we do so to make a decision and here we thought there was an additional reason which is this was a very public investigation. and we had made clear that the results of the investigation were going to be made public and the deputy and i felt that the evidence developed by the special counsel was not sufficient to establish that the president committed a crime and therefore it would be irresponsible and unfair for the department to

release a report without stating the department's conclusions and thus leave it hanging as to whether the department considered there had been criminal conduct and joining me now is our correspondent in washington overselling good evening to you all the burton so bring us up to date this story this is a saga if you will what are the the stakes at the moment for donald drawl. donald trump has been wildly defending himself in the last weeks and days and especially today in the last hour as he's been writing countless tweets over and over repeating his stance and that is that he's exonerated that he's free from all charges if you will that the investigations are over the report is out and he's not even questioning the legitimacy of the report himself the democrats however they say that this is basically just the beginning that this report some of them say that this could be a road map to impeachment in fact and that is a debate that has been more open discussed every day right now within the

democratic party for all of the presidential candidates are already openly calling for the president to be impeached we have to take into consideration here that we still haven't seen the underlying documents all of the report all the blacked out material is still held secretly and it's a political fight right now between the department of justice and congress and a fight that is only just begun. i'm sure you like all of his you've read the letter that robert muller wrote to you that was just released. in that letter basically mohler is saying to bar you hate. my report are there no calls for you barred to be fired if you do that a possibility could he lose his job. well some democrats are in fact calling for him to resign. william barr to understand this we do all remember the

four pages summary that he wrote about them on the reports before the report was published and in this report he summarized and concluded that donald trump is exonerated from all accusations and that is something that the moller team reportedly was very frustrated about and now the letter you mentioned actually summarizes that and puts it into the mouth of special counsel robert mala as well the accusations here are that the u.s. president of structured justice but it's unlikely that william vall will resign for this at this point or whether correspond it over sell the story for us tonight in washington over thank you. in the venezuela two major demonstrations are under way a pro-government protest and a protest in support of opposition leader won both men claim to be president of

venezuela and it remains to be seen who will be president tomorrow or the next day yesterday self-proclaimed in the room president one trying to jumpstart an uprising against president nicolas maduro for a moment it looked like a transition of power was emitted but by the end of the day there had been no major military defections the u.s. claims that madeira was prepared to leave the country in flight to cuba but says that russia convinced him to stay but euro denies that what is certain tonight the shock effect of yesterday's opposition uprising that has been lost a standoff a stalemate or more violence where they seem to be the one cleanest ways for. what we have sacrificed will not be in vain it has not been in vain it has been for our families for our future it has been at every turn to achieve our objective which has been to unite the country. and we have seen how we've been pushing back and

recovering space and we continue to be in the streets the government thought yesterday that the protests had ended they will not achieve that we will continue to be in the streets until we have achieved the liberation of the venezuelan people i had there was one white i'm speaking earlier today we want to take the story to caracas our correspondent oscar schlager joins me on the line good evening to you and so we are now in day two if you will of this attempted rising here we've got these demonstrations going on talk to me a little bit just about how the demonstrations are looking what's happening at both of them. what we've seen from classes where government officials in some areas of these protests the atmosphere and others but. people went out and protested and planned that there were some clashes we're waiting to see the final countdown of people injured or detained however it was march

less than yesterday when we saw much more of the violence in least two days of protests that we covering. earlier today to talk to people on the streets what did they told you i mean obviously it has to be a stark difference to the way people were feeling just twenty four hours ago. one american a lot of confusion in the streets of course yesterday the surprise element of seeing as they were going to open out and about gave people a lot of hope that there would be a fracture in the military and there was indeed there is indeed fractures in the military there is discontent against another in the military and that does not mean there is support for one way though and we did see that freedom there was an openness is a stark. fissure in the military but there is

a lot of confusion in the streets but however people do see one way though as the only option to recover democracy in venezuela and it's interesting too we saw after the release yesterday of lopez he was seen standing with one why do but later in the day we understand that move has in his family went to the chilean ambassador's residence seeking asylum which speaks to the fact that lopez did not think that his safety could be guaranteed that speaks against one why do in this uprising doesn't. why he was unspecified what he was doing the chilean embassy and he is now and the spanish embassy because he says he has and the sentence of the spanish descent but private messages of resistance

and resilience and therefore the law. are companies that where we do not know as of now what he's doing in any of these embassies there were talks that he was negotiating with the government and today. the newly appointed ambassador for the oas representing venezuela or white only has said that those mutations negotiations went sour they did not go as planned so we could be seeing that yes he is seeking a family though officials have not disclosed that and for now ok what about the whereabouts of quiet and the nicolas maduro oscar do we know were both of those men are at the moment. well we did one wave on a pier in two of the concentration here and got access and. people say that he is in a safe place my daughter we have not heard from today as of now we've heard from the number two. reason which is just out of

a job and he seems to be gaining a lot of more leadership within chevy's more and the government than my daughter and even so we're expecting to hear from other little later today as we did late last night but. their whereabouts is undisclosed and what it was about the embassy report that came from washington last night from the u.s. secretary of state saying that nicolas maduro had been prepared and ready to leave the country and to fly to cuba yesterday and that the russians had convinced him to stay put what was the reaction from iran to that. woman who would have said those who are ridiculous accusations he says that they have never seen a government as crazy as the one that is governing us right now those were his words and they. said that was impossible. however we

are seeing that he is not appearing that much and it is these are tense times in venezuela so we don't know what how much truth there is to those accusations but they do seem to be taking a toll on chevy small as well our correspondent oscar slater with the latest tonight from caracas the capital of venezuela as always oscar thank you. all right now to africa main other case of the people demanding change at the top in sudan protesters are calling for a mass rally to protest what they say is the army's reluctance to hand over power to civilians it comes three weeks after the military else did all the credit president omar al bashir sudan's military rulers are warning protesters against any further unrest he that we use melanie cure of the ball in i.e.

brahim have this report on how the hopes for revolution are affecting family time. just a few weeks ago this family was deeply divided now most of the nasty his mothers who kind can enjoy a coffee together again with ease but to get here dictate to have to be ousted bridging the rift between two generations since the beginning of the sudanese uprising nearly four months ago one thousand year old has been protesting on the streets of khartoum he did so against his mother's will south sudan to go to the heart of the sudanese people are passionate especially the young people respect ruled by this president for thirty years for thirty years we were humiliated the generations before us didn't do anything we realized we had to change something. for. our good. in the struggle to achieve this change dozens of people have been killed on the back to him to stay at home own safety.

of course. i would be very afraid because i did not know what happened to hannah i never knew if you would come back safe or as a dead body i can't describe it to those of us i think with negotiations between protest leaders and the military council under way and violence on the streets subsiding so kind as released and has given her blessing from us up to join the protests. what the young people have done and their determination and their will power this was completely unexpected as the people believe they were just an aimless generation. the years leading the protest have in fact never known any other reality than life and that our share they have been bold in that al this and since the dictators for generations old and young have come together in celebration but to some of the people here these revolutionary dreams have come at a possible price. one of them is going to stand this is not his real name he

travelled from the distant province of forth to join the. uprising and asked us to hide his face because he fears retribution from his father that was not added. when he found out i was protesting he stopped speaking to me. i think my parents are loyal to the old regime because they are from a different generation they are slightly fanatical just like the old regime so much the same says the kids killed for going against his parents wishes that his sense of duty towards the revolution is stronger both he and the steps he signs if they can change the mindset of their opponents through the actions of a i saw it with my own eyes an older man crying to a younger man and saying you were able to do what we could not. the two young men may have different homes to go to but tant the sit in protest and. similar vision

of what they want the homeland to become democratic free and inclusive sometimes i . think. it is may first may day and what started centuries ago as a fall festival to welcome the spring is now a twenty first century. eruption of political demonstrations at least for europe in some places it has been a day of protest tear gas and arrests were to take a look now at how the day played out in a few of europe's hotspots. parasol violent demonstrations as police used tear gas to disperse mass demonstrators. yellow vests protesters opposed to the government's economic policies joints trade unionists in what's traditionally a day to honor organized labor it's been seen as another marker of the unrest sweeping france in recent months i. suppose with the violence the

government is unfit to own us and everything that follows what little violence we can inflict is absolutely nothing and it's just a warning sign if we have to get to that level it's because it's a real problem and we don't have any of a solution. there were clashes in turkey as well as police detained demonstrators taking part in may day protests in istanbul this came after protesters tried to march towards the city's main square the site hold symbolic value for the country's labor movement. sitting in russia the traditional international workers day saw a trade union marches in moscow it was a pretty good. while police detained dozens of opposition activists in st petersburg. and in germany's capital berlin the mood was distinctly more relaxed. families gathered for an officially sponsored a may fest and there were no molotov cocktails in view i think it's very nice for

just for their family and also to teach their kids about what is the first off my. he had injured my knee at least seem that link right. they way how people celebrate these. very nice if we compare we parents we think spain i came here to meet my friends and enjoy the atmosphere. as the sun was setting however protesters lived up to a berlin tradition hurling bottles at police it seems that for some may they celebrants old habits die hard. for she is an olympic champion but today the court of arbitration for sport told custer's the men you know she'll have to change what's inside if she wants to compete again so when you lost a legal challenge against the international association of athletics federations regulations on testosterone levels for female athletes the court ruling that you

have to take drugs to suppress her testosterone levels but the court also expressed its concerns about the regulations that it of held today. caster semenya became a sensation often if lessees world championships in berlin in two thousand and nine she was only a teenager when she won the eight hundred meter is the name well champion had been a virtual unknown. she was hailed as odd golden girl back in south africa even meeting then president jacob zuma. is a. pretty good into in the. box a storm was brewing in the sporting world the i w f the athletics governing body. ordered her to take a gender test. servers worldwide speculated about whether the shyster manuf was

into sex she was initially suspended but was eventually allowed to keep her gold medal and returned to women's races. but the debate about her agenda rumbled on. twenty eleven the idea introduced a testosterone limit it wanted athletes like so many are to take drugs to lower their natural level of the hormones to be able to compete with women but in twenty fifteen the court of arbitration for sport ordered it to suspend the practice and less it could prove higher levels created an unfair advantage in twenty eighteen citing a study it commissioned the i.w. introduced even stricter testosterone limits. the coup value for the idea is the empowerment of girls and women through athletics the regulations that we are introducing to protect the sanctity. of faith and open competition so many appealed to cas arguing that a sports federation should not have the right to force athletes to control their

hormone levels. in announcing the verdict today cas expressed their concerns about the effects of the identify as rules and suggested delaying the implementation of the rules to allow time to gather more evidence. the panel found that the regulations discriminatory but the majority of the panel found that on the basis of the evidence submitted by the parties in the procedure such discrimination is a necessary result and proportionate means of achieving the ideal beliefs objective of preserving the integrity of female athletics so many herself has responded on twitter saying simply sometimes it's better to react with no reaction. the outcome of the case will have major repercussions on the future of sports and on society's understanding and interpretation of what defines gender.

warriors for the wiki leaks founder julian assange. preventing him from being extradited to the united states but first he is facing a fifty week prison sentence in the u.k. for skipping bail. today in a soldier was whisked from the court types back to prison to begin his sentence. the wiki leaks find that had cleaned himself up since british police tracked him from the ecuadorian embassy last month and caught his lawyer write a letter in which a song apologized quote unreservedly but the judge appeared on moved she said the sound had used his per. village to evade justice and that is seven years in the embassy cost british taxpayers sixteen million times. i don't know if. outside the court supporters were vocal in their anger at the sentence many see as soldiers a hero for exposing abuses of power and championing free speech. is that

right. and it is by the view i was editor of wiki leaks so this search on your to do. you somehow drage. and it's a vindictive in nature. but it doesn't give us a lot of faith in the u.k. justice system. or the fights that. the case against the songs in britain arose when two swedish women accused him of sexual assault and rape in twenty ten assault on sort refuge in the ecuadorian embassy afraid that sweden could actually tied him to the u.s. he fears prosecution that over wiki leaks release of millions of classified documents. a song his lawyers and i turning their attention to a u.s. extradition request. there have charged him with conspiring to break into a pentagon computer system the first hearing is on thursday of. this case is

and has always been about the risk of extradition to the united states. we've been saying since two thousand and ten that that risk is real and we now have a provisional extradition request from united states i the focus of our energies will now be on fighting that extradition request and that fight starts tomorrow was that it's a battle or songs will be fighting from prison at least for the next fifty weeks but the legal tussle over extradition is likely to last much longer than that. or diverted for the day we'll see you tomorrow.

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mourning the death of young journalists lire mckinney shots while reporting on the question.