so. our breaking news this hour tension builds in locked in the. self-proclaimed interim president. calls for a military. government saying it's currently. coming up a u.s. army. reserve arrested in california for plotting attacks against christians jews officials believe he was seeking revenge for the. shooting. a russian student who attempted to join islamic state talks about her. hopes for rehabilitation and she's released from prison after serving her sentence.

more spy claims for men in norway in country a curious way you wonder why. from a major russian city. around the clock across the world this is our team international from the team and myself you know neal and welcome we begin with breaking news on the program venezuela's self-proclaimed interim leader and house call for a military describing it as the final phase these are live pictures we're seeing behind me right now from caracas where are gathering in the capital city the government say it is quote putting down a small attempt by army traitors who are working with right wing opponents one who declared him. self leader in january after disputed elections was flung by

soldiers on a highway near the car lot her base in caracas also there was another prominent opposition figure leopoldo lopez who's been under house arrest since twenty fourteen witness a tear gas was fired at the gathering in a three minute long video posted online why don't claim to he's getting military support now as well. today brave soldiers brave patriots brave people who are following our constitution i'm sure in the coup today the armed forces are standing behind the people and the constitution and. the government in caracas is accusing neighboring colombia of plotting the op rising after its leader called for the venezuelan armed forces to back but the defense minister says the army will not betray nicolas maduro.

who will stand firm in defense of the constitutional order and peace of the republic assisted by the war risen and history always loyal never traitors. well u.s. national security advisor john bolton has since tweeted to appeal to the venice will an armed forces to support glide oh no he's not alone secretary of state mike pompei it was said the u.s. government gives its support to quote the quest for freedom one guy had always been courting support from the united states on a number of european nations since making his first move in january invoking the venice will in constitution he claimed president maduro all but stole the twentieth in the election to cling to power since then than the general government's face pressure not least from washington which it accuses of meddling in its affairs on plotting a military intervention. or happy to say joining us live on the program in our

francisco domingo is head of latin american studies at middlesex university in the u.k. and friend of the program one why don't francisco is calling quite clearly for a military operation he did it we're confident he did it in the video address that went out early in the morning as venezuela basically was waking up why does he think he's got the military on his side when that has not been confirmed does he know something we don't. i think he's reserves of. this garage he is on the cruise ship the good news results. from more live from asia and we had problems in the you know. as you dumb a results on the. well in the east was it brought through all the all that imbecile it was through so-called window you know eight.

of the you know. over. three hundred massive job we all do so now they're being left. in congress so nothing has changes things are now all we have seen is normal and how big the pressures are the armed forces remain extremely loyal to the constitution and the government and more and more than the sitting mujer alliance remains as a strong as ever. sold over it seems to me that he's become a sideshow because they know that there is a make clear the key thing from their point of view easy sanctions which is great to produce the results of regime change would be looking for some time and i think in this regime possibly he decided to go and show them that he was going to be able to do something and it seems to me that the very fabric you call law or the locus

truth to the border i think is true some media attention but in terms of the numbers all that he has around. on the ground will tell me that all. the rest of the country isn't higher neutral there is no other military or any god was over the country. and all the generals you know one of the another television swearing loyalty to the government who and then the number on the nation the coming from outside. the country is in flux so soon to me that he miscalculated now he's going to have to make what you know the more when you call for a big general and the government incorrectly claims that the crew then not only was there at all but everything's under control francisco thank you for your time this hour francisco domingo is head of latin american studies at middlesex university.

russian national maria britain who's in jail in the united states for working hours are non-registered foreign agent is answering reporters' questions by telephone it's being organized by a group that had been campaigning for her release we can are i believe listen in let's see what's happening. also you know i had no secrets in my possession so there were no problems there. that's on the one hand or on the other hand well we can discuss whether. it's right to even have laws on foreign agents but that's a completely different subject so. what i did here even though it wasn't illegal in any way or not unlawful well i had to have it registered so since i hadn't registered and i admitted i was guilty of not having registered

as a foreign agent. this is the point of this and the law on foreign agents make a straight registration and the second thing well. we all saw what happened on the trial you are since i accepted the deal. well the maximum sentence would have been five years otherwise it could have been as much as fifteen so i think any sensible person would have done the same thing but as i said i have not registered so i'm not going to put this on the on the table this is the law it's severe but it's the law. war did you can fish in a war two would you do wrong. or well i'm

pretty sure i've already answered this question. you know lou paperwork in the deal is says the entire point is about registration. even though. the notes that i wrote. to mr torsion i did this on my own initiative and it didn't affect anyone but even so i mean even to write one page i should have informed the u.s. authorities of this. so my crime is that. i hadn't registered before writing these letters and notes. it sounds a little absurd. but just taking people to the

national prayer breakfast simple people well having an official there. i mean mr torsion i still had to have registered that i booked him a hotel room or bought him tickets that's the door gets you right there it's you do not. need show in the us or you. yes it's very least clearly stated in two documents and one of them was compiled by a third party or. a probation officer they call it here. they said that no damage was inflicted that no one. was affected. so no financial transaction is to place neither in rubles nor in dollars i have not

received any money from anyone. yeah and no one was affected because i think ten russian people joined americans at the national prayer breakfast. did you show your love for russia and your love for russian president. you know. perhaps this is the main reason why you got under the radar of the u.s. authorities. well i think this question consists of two parts i'll call you back please our time is running out. could you please open the doors we need some fresh air. with a dose of the morning talk. it's

stuffy he. can hear us. the likes of well this is the. it we can give you in terms of sound. and. chart thank you for. our conversation. so it's ok as you might have just heard there maria who. is trying to call back to that news press conference of the moment have a little bit of difficulty with the connection story of course maria who is has

been put in jail for it tina months for not declaring herself as registered foreign agent you've just been hearing some questions from a media conference established in moscow speaking to her cell in the u.s. where she has been jailed for dean months we will return as soon as we know that maria is now speaking again to the conference i think they have got a connection let's listen. know your back. so don't want to rewrite the question please go ahead i know off your yes i remember the question. well the first thing. i knew was you my position on patriotism love for my country i never got it i've never hidden it so you write. not from my friends not in any events

yeah. as all the official documents say i promote strengthening relations between the u.s. and russia. i love my country. which and i respect its very much. i expressed my stance and i will continue doing so. and the second thing is i'm not really i don't really consider myself a pro-government activist. so i am a gun activist and i speak for reforms in this area. and this is another thing that i spoke about openly i made no secret to overtax. i made no secret of disagreeing with some policies i think every

citizen. has the right to disagree i think it's constructive criticism sorry. and the third thing. excuse me just i'm sorry i mean you know it's just a public service announcement. pretty much so the third thing is that right. not considering myself a pro-government activist i was really surprised that two days after my arrest i had russian diplomats diplomats coming in from the russian consulate so i thought that since i expressed some disagreements with the current policies they come here once

a week they called me one so we. they managed to make the authorities improve my conditions so whatever they could do they did. so no one to go into account what kind of political stance i advocate i was protected as a russian national regardless of my political preferences thank you. there was a major campaign in the western media and. also in russian media because no one knew what plead like no one knew the details of the plea and some thought. you were punishment would not be mitigated because you were not completely honest always the can you comment. have you expected such harsh punishment you know. well let's start with the plea deal i like.

to stop all the speculations i don't really have access to the news so what's happening in the media but i think there are speculations there so the only condition of my plea deal was to tell the truth. if. any conditions have been violated i won't have been given this five k. later. this letter says. they're completely satisfied that i told the entire truth and the prosecution office has no other demands and the focus of my plea deal was not actually about russia it was about american citizens first and foremost so. the main thing i had to do was to tell the truth i've never lied in the first place not in the media not to the senate's not to the

prosecution or first not to the attorney general. i never lied to anyone. so i don't think my sentence has anything to do with distrust otherwise i wouldn't have received this letter i did not expect of the sentence to be this harsh. just for not registering as a foreign agent i got the same sentence as the person who sold secret information to the chinese government it was the same sentence eighteen months i think it's absurd. flying. how was the verdict proceed but your real assume. well as you can probably imagine it's very hard but i consider myself lucky

person. you know thanks to my family from day one i was able to go through with this. the first time we spoke i said if everything is ok with my family i will be ok and this is what gives me life they're ok. but my family is being brave about where it's where russia is we don't. give og and they say that together will make it so it's very hard of course i have a grandmother but she's given me so much support i grew up in her care and she said i will be strong and will make it through. i guess maybe it was fate in some way maybe. this is

how it will show that there are certain issues with american justice system while we'll make it through we are being brave thank you just recently several weeks ago . there were reports. on the final document and the mother report. and there were reports that you've been questioned by the mother team several times but. you confirm. the fact or the fact that you were questioned. had an impact on the final verdicts and your case for. years. people from the team talk to me for five minutes total. and as everyone knows i was not mentioned in this report in any way so.

there is no relation between my case and this report. as the case files state. my crime is not registering as a foreign agent while acting as one. works so the whole questioning took five minutes total the closer for some never called back when they were came back so these are just speculations i only saw them once and it took five minutes i guess they had to ask whether i knew something or not so they did it but that was all. not quite so i'm actually very surprised that those reports was mentioned at my trial because there is no connection there at all thank you. the

issues regarding criminal proceedings are very important. let's talk about the defense team now. we know quite a costly business to. defend yourself in. the u.s. president to help. finance and of course. of course it's very expensive to have a defense team my attorneys stayed on my side despite the fact that i don't really have money where hoping to raise the money. i owe a lot it's about forty million robles which i really need for international support right now. because we are thinking about appealing and as you know i'll be transferred from this detention center soon and it's very

important to have a defense team here working my case because it can influence what kind of conditions i'm kept in a lot and. yes there are people you know who heard my call and. i'd like to thank them for it. and mystery on the here. is the person who made it all possible without him it wouldn't have happened. people would have just. used as a p.r. stunt or something but. there were people who i have never met they don't need to its money as much as they could. but we raise very little money i'm really in need on all financial help

so. if you have. if you have the opportunity to maybe donate every robel is important we're not all ago arks my family doesn't have the money so i'm asking for your help i know how hard it is to raise money. i did it myself when i was campaigning for gun rights but i believe that our people our russian people have kind hearts so please i ask for your support in this situation i find myself in. in your interview we. mentioned mr torsion has missed a torsion super super you see helping your family financially deceive pay for your legal team. i have known

mr torsion for a long time he is very dear to me. though. i have certainly an interesting questions and doubts but i guess there are just things that i don't understand my parents tried to contact him. it came to nothing. though he did help me. we have different views on gun rights. but. i'm very glad she supported me in the international level your butts mr torsional unfortunately i. didn't make any steps he didn't contacts my family i don't want to blame him or cues him of anything probably i don't know i just don't know something i

don't believe he just decided to ignore me so. i don't i don't want to put any labels on it and i ask you to do the same time will tell you i think we should meet personally talk about this i believe that what he did there is an explanation for it so he still it dear person to me and. thank you so what are you doing. reading books language communicates with how's life going on. in. well when you were in solitary. of course it's completely different when you're isolated toward twenty two hours in solitary confinement. well. i have

a very strict schedule that's what my parents taught me i i made every minute count and. i can tell you that i never agreed to take any drugs or medicine well some people really needed but i made the decision i would refuse to take any drugs so i had this little shoot of paper with my schedule so i put my socks on this is the only way not to go crazy is to get busy so i exercise for an hour and i have pull ups or whatever you could do in a small cell redo and of course. when it comes to redoing i'm i'm a very lucky person. because from the very beginning.

the russian embassy helped me contact a russian orthodox priest and he was helping me a lot he's bringing books. you know saving your stall and moral education who know the basics of the orthodox christianity and i'm very into arts the renaissance specifically so i'm resigning. i can see other kind of art. and even though i have to be there i believe i'm not wasting my time. at all i invested this invested this time in myself developments i'm developing the areas. i haven't touched upon before so i am.

i am keeping saying i am a person who has been studying for her entire life both my grandmothers are teachers. studying in learning reason my blood. so i am trying to entertain myself so as you as you know. like one of the characters in the soviet films i'm writing. recipes for girls here i help them cook and they write down the recipes that they use maybe you will get them published sometimes. thankfully we have access to t.v. we have cable t.v. . so sometimes i even manage to switch the channels from reality shows so i try to encourage them to one ward show b.b.c. america and that's kind of educational programs and even though i have to be here

and i have no choice i'm not giving out i'm staying strong. so with god's help everything will be ok. thank you in two final questions. what was your role in the u.s. as you see who was the ultimate goal for you. what did you want to achieve going forward what was the ultimate agenda for you what have you achieved and what shouldn't have achieved. well i can tell you that when i came to the us. i was looking for. something new to do in my life. for you you know i've been doing the same thing for five years. so. i decided to do something new.