the lead singer of my looked up from moods are doing the clue trick of concert singers going. to get shown up today if you think yesterday proves not terrified is it for anybody still in the circus continues over here the u.s. attorney general refuses to subject himself to more scrutiny over his handling of the report until less on the russian collusion democrats accuse william barr of running scared and call for his head. the fight is just begun. and we will fight to victory in a thong to the defense team claims the fight for the whistleblowers freedom is now in full swing as a british court holds a first meeting over whether to extradite the wiki leaks co-founder to the u.s. . and

a large anti-government protests rocks the venezuelan capital a day after what appears to have been a failed coup that as opposition leader and his u.s. backers deny trying to stage a military overthrow we debate what's really happening in the country. along while you go to minute power nice and by the international committee six million people voted for nicolas maduro last may in a free and fair election that i observe you know how many people voted for won by. watching r t international bringing you your lines news update from our studio here in moscow welcome to the program. the u.s. attorney general has failed to show before the house judiciary committee to testify over his handling of the report into alleged trump russia collusion that's after william barr was grilled in the senate just the day before democrats are now calling for his head and are considering whether to hold him in contempt. it's

failed the men and women of the department of justice by placing the needs of the president over the ferry administration of justice and yes we will have no choice but to move quickly to hold the attorney general in contempt if you store to negotiate in good faith. not a table in new york for the details how did the hearing go with an empty chair and thought of the attorney general well it was quite a short and we did hear from nablus saying that indeed he did want to charge possibly would consider charging the u.s. attorney general with contempt for not showing up and testifying now there were republican leaders who disagreed with that and said that yesterday's hearing before the judiciary committee had basically been a circus and that there was no need to continue it today before the house now the democrats essentially were wanting to question barr and they want

a less redacted version of the bob muller report let's review some of what happened . to chairman lee to go look it what the attorney general offered him it's pretty amazing to me he wants to go in executive session ask questions about it but he won't go read it what are the democrats scared of they don't know bill maher here today they've had the report they've read it they don't like what's in it for the still in the circus continues over here. now got a little bit theatrical this morning with for example a reference representative steven cohen bringing a bucket of fried chicken and indicating that the congressmen are there that the u.s. attorney general had chickened out furthermore there were jokingly looking under the desk to see if barr was perhaps hiding under the desk was actually there just hiding under the desk and got a little theatrical almost that comedy let's review some of what took place. chicken bar should have shown up today and answered questions at black sox look please compared to this it's

a sad day and we're. now at the point of contention yesterday when he was before the senate judiciary committee william barr the big point of contention seemed to be whether or not he had misrepresented bob miller's findings in his report back in march you'll recall that barr released a four page summary of the report he released a four page summary and he stated that there had been no collusion now at that point there was a kind of a grilling in the attorney general was was basically subjected to questions about whether or not he had misrepresented that report and the democrats particularly clung to the phrase public confusion about critical aspects of the investigation that was used by bob mueller in the report now according to william barr that was a reference to the media and how the media had represented the investigation it was not a reference to his activities as u.s.

attorney general he said that bob mueller agreed with what he had stated let's review some of what went on yesterday when the u.s. attorney general did indeed appear for questions before the senate judiciary committee. if he was suggesting that the march twenty fourth letter was inaccurate and he said no but that the press reporting had been inaccurate feels like the seeds of a cover up are here there are still many questions tonight for instance why president trump and so many people in his orbit lied about their contacts with russia i don't need the report to know he's a traitor i have the t.v. so there are clear seems to be a pretty clear disagreement about the nature of these hearings while the democrats view this as a legitimate investigation into possible obstruction of justice by donald trump leading potentially to impeachment republicans view this as a very political effort to undermine the president and almost a circus so the question remains whether or not the u.s. attorney general will be charged but he did not show up this morning for the house judiciary committee and its hearing in which he would have answered questions

before the committee are to scale up in reporting live from new york thank you. now to london where the first court hearing underway innocent as possible extradition to the united states has been held the wiki leaks co-founder is wanted in the u.s. for allegedly conspiring to hack into classified government files appearing via video link from jail told the court he would never surrender to the americans voluntarily his lawyer along with the wiki leaks editor in chief spoke after the hearing denouncing his treatment. it has been twenty three other twenty four hours a day. that is what we call in general the terry confinement that's on the circuit in this case it's not about hacking. this case it's about a journalist in a publisher who had conversations with a source about accessing material and spoke to that source about how to protect their identity this is protected activity for journalists in gauging all the time

and any prosecution and extradition of mr songe for having done so place a massive chill on investigative journalism in the world it was a preliminary hearing julian assange appeared via video link from belmarsh prison where he is currently incarcerated and the judge also tim if he consents to being sent over to the u.s. to which today and it sounds replied i do not wish to surrender myself for extradition for doing journalism that has won many awards i'm protected many people so it's the judge replied i'll take that as the decline and the hearing was only now the next hearing is going to be on the thirtieth of may that's going to be procedural so going through the legal steps that are to be taken as part of this legal case then there will be another more substantial of hearing on the twelfth over june but the real sort of extradition case the full hearing isn't expected for many months and it gives you an idea of how drawn out the drip drip of this legal

process is going to be the central question that's being examined is whether the british authorities should to allow the extradition of julian assange over to the u.s. where he is facing charges of computer hacking that was of course prior to the leaks published by wiki leaks the the toria say rock wall logs in two thousand and ten that featured that video that appears to show u.s. soldiers shooting at a real key civilians now judy in a sauna was out another court yes. today he actually appeared there in person and he was sentenced to almost one year behind bars fifty weeks for skipping bail back in twenty twelve that was when he entered the ecuadorian embassy speaking asylum the judge that was pretty strict on julian assange julian assange anjan his legal team have said that the reason that he had to seek asylum in the ecuadorian embassy was because he was wanted in sweden for questioning over these alleged sexual

assault allegations which julian assange to this team member who weighs said is just precut for a u.s. extradition request that he spent seven years inside that embassy last month his relationship with his ecuadorian hosts broke down to the extent that he was dragged out of the ecuadorian embassy in london he was arrested by british police and he was slapped with this u.s. extradition request that is now being well mulled over and the courts here in truest on style as with anything to do with the wiki leaks founder it's attracted the media circus it's attracted many of his very vocal supporters to come here to trouble with getting a courtroom large enough to fit members of the public and his supporters and all the journalists that are so interested in following this case truly innocent if you can be pursued by the u.s. authorities or even extradited over to the u.s.

for something that he has published well then that could have implications for any journalist anywhere in the world if they publish anything to do with the u.s. . here you can see the latest pictures from london where a protest was ongoing outside the ecuadorian embassy. spent almost seven years there before being arrested last month when the weeks of it are in chief kristinn hrafnsson house trying to collect a sonorous belongings from the embassy however is being denied entrance has reported the incident to the police as a crime. former u.k. diplomat craig murray believes the extradition saga could stretch on for years arguments against extradite again very clear in terms of the fact that it's fairly open that this is the kind of specimen charged the americans are trying to get to but actually that's a trick. once they get him to be united states they plan to slap. much

stronger charges on him relating to espionage but he could then end up in extremely bad conditions of the united states so i think we're going to see a lot of the extradition process and of course the terrible things but he could be in jail quite literally for years while because due process and its various appeals work through but ultimately i'm hopeful that he will not in fact be x. and. the venezuelan capital anti-government protests turned ugly the day after an alleged who attempt by the opposition was put down some eighty people were injured in the waves clashes.

the venezuelan president nicolas maduro spoke at a may day rally calling for a day of dialogue to be held he also confirmed that the alleged who attempts have been stopped over us security advisor john bolton claims there was never any attempted overthrow. yet the law is an intrigue that they try to use against the failed coup attempt has been defeated this is a trial for truth and. clearly not a coup we recognize one goh i do know as the legitimate interim president of venezuela and just as it's not a coup when the president of the united states gives an order to the department of defense it's not a coup for wind why don't you try and take command of the venezuelan military now the u.s. might object to the term coup however if we turn to the dictionary the word is defined as a sudden violent and illegal seizure of power from a government our guest debated whether that's being attempted in venezuela. the

u.s. supports coup d'etat is all the time this is another example that one has no power under the constitution of venezuela the fact the us recognize him recognizes him is of no import the u.s. recognizes him because he has already agreed to privatizing venezuela's oil in the interest of u.s. companies that's why the u.s. recognizes him and that does not make him with the opinion of the united states is no the only opinion for all of the fifty countries recognize why go as a legitimate president ninety percent of venezuelans do support also while you go there are legitimate president this is an unfolding coup that the us watched to push forward and we have to remember by the way the us supported the coup in two thousand and two against hugo chavez and we're reluctant to call it a coup back then the fact that the u.s. wants to use semantics to cover up what it's doing doesn't change the fact that

this is a coup when people say you know a seizure of power illegal seizure of power the basic definition of a coup doesn't key element there is not illegal because. while you go has a legitimate power recognized by the international community overwhelmingly we can i say the international community and by the venezuelan people who goes out in matches people are on the streets supporting the door of that's undeniable there are people there that support him i have friends there contacts that support him you never hear their side worst or use never what you never hear from them in the press and so you get one side of the story and that is tantamount to misrepresenting destroyed their recent science or do not just defy the line in common the basic commie and the three million plus in this one it's gaping

venezuela for other current. no star when this actually started this started way before that six million people voted for nicolas maduro last may in a free and fair election that i observed do you know how many people voted for one boy. we go back to one of our headline stories now for a live analysis of the fact that today julian assange had his first extradition hearing in u.k. in the u.k. a lot of analysis we're joined by british politician broadcaster and writer george galloway now earlier in the program we mentioned the fact that the wiki leaks editor in chief was blocked from collecting a songes belongings from the ecuadorian embassy today do you think that he was deliberately blocked from doing that and why. well it's a crime not the first crime that the embassy of ecuador in london has been guilty of it is a crime for them to hold onto julian assange just personal belongings it's sordid

and petty and i'm afraid typical of the way the two over the last short period the diplomats in the embassy were behaving they were spying on julian our signage there were spying on his lawyers there were spying on his doctor all of it in breach of the law international law and british law saw i'm afraid this is just one of our sordid chapter in this very sordid story your package put are all very well this is journalism on trial it's not julian assad this is the right of the public to know what their rulers are doing in their name it's not a trial of julian a son it has nothing to do with computer hacking julian assange has never hacked any computer in the united states he has nothing to do with the united states he's an australian citizen living in london and operating in london and the

idea that he should disappear into the jaws of the us justice system for revealing the truth to the public around the world about what our rulers were doing is simply monstrous and if the british courts are worthy of the name they'll reject this this terrible injustice that the united states is demanding they comply with and how likely do you think it is that they will reject this how much leverage does the u.s. have offered them when it comes to this case. well the us has a lot of leverage over the british state and it's true that the judiciary is a part of the state but i have to tell you it's not universally agreed this point but i'd rather take my chances in front of a british judge than a british politician or a british newspaper editor or five ahmad's or

a british police officer i druther take my chances with the independence of the british judicial way than most judicial race in the world so i'm still hopeful that the sheer disproportionality of this whole affair the sheer our double standards of this whole affair will in the end be weighed up properly by a british judge one level or another because as craig money the honorable craig just said this is going to go on for a very long time the current judge on the current court out only the first step this will be appealed and appealed on appealed and that might be the poor julian spends years in prison fighting this this juggernaut of the us in just the system. british politician broadcaster and writer george galloway thank you for your time and your unique insights on this story. to football's

champions league now which has just seen the first leg of a semi finals are tottenham losing to i.x. and the report thrashed by barcelona just a merino gives his reaction to the games plus makes his predictions for the second leg and his show on the touchline later on our team. liverpool's rave approach i've been seeing in the past twenty years and many teams in the chimp is the the be one of the lawn in ball position in the company got the football made it may be completely different of course they have a good team of course they have from all of our players but that player is absolutely incredible liverpool deserves much more than the three in the on the feed much more but we can also see in the last two corners of the game before of

a zero or five zero because the game was broken and they couldn't cope the question is which one of them are we going to have messi these are yet for we know and even should we know that looks small that is not small but it really is the last one normally the ball never goes from these but these side they give the goalkeeper give one needs of two they are going also to cover that that situation it is impossible to impossible to stop the movement these phenomenal one meter here and i bring the friend there with me at least mentally because of the further scenes i'm going in that direction and i'm going to attack the space in front and goodbye people can see or nies play organize these playing against the team where he played for a few years and where he was loved that there's nothing to do we. these ninety minutes and for these ninety minutes you forgot that he played for liverpool instead of

being a coach you are pacific eight or nine you want everybody happy you want to be you are not the pacific it that you want a coach told the most playing three center backs against nobody the post by by and that is going to be the moment of a key moment of the game ok moment of the. dog ready for the dog explore down there. that they were leaving behind i don't think so but i do x. new they are better than those in here they are stronger than those in here we have to cope with with these they feel that they are almost icing they didn't have the pressure on them until now and now they have because they're almost they're sick now they don't sleep very well they are all dreaming they're all dreaming with. mormon the stadium is mcniff is atmosphere is absolutely beautiful the

song became next week. the u.s. military has stopped publishing its regular reports on the amount of territory controlled by different forces in afghanistan the head of the watchdog responsible for monitoring this says u.s. citizens will know no less about their country successes and failures in the region the reports are made by the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction or sigur this special post created by congress was responsible for watching over us activities in the country so you're also conducts a criminal probe of the work of the special inspector has been criticized by donald trump who slammed the idea of making a public. kind of started just fighting force and they're doing reports and releasing it to the public so the public believes the enemy here. the retards reports a study every line or they should be private reports and be locked up and if

a member of congress wants to see that you're going to read it over the last two years washington has gradually been reducing the amount of information and makes public on afghanistan in two thousand and seventeen stop publishing data on casualties and last july it and that assessment on the role of afghan forces the latest rollback makes it harder to track what territory is currently under the control of the afghan government the trend of reducing information on afghanistan comes against the backdrop of u.s. talks with the taliban and the worsening security situation in the country the war in afghanistan has cost americans more than one trillion dollars since the invasion in two thousand and one and it has claimed thousands of american and afghan lives and afghan presidential candidate is now calling on u.s. forces to be held accountable for the devastating toll of the conflict. any criminal act by any severely all military personnel of the united states on they told. to be brought to justice through

their competent. part it is the strong this justice process should not be politicized africans have be victims of human rights violations over the past almost four decades. peace activist cappie kelly believes the u.s. government does not want people to know what's happening in afghanistan. the united states pentagon certainly doesn't want the advice of the united states popular as it doesn't really care about consent or assent to the war what they want is the money and if you are just people who truly understand what a disaster is failure and catastrophe is going on eighteen year war in october to be the eighteenth year what this has represented in terms of failure and

destruction i think people wouldn't choose to pay these extraordinary sense of money that people need the information and here in the united states isn't that well not that people a space to have exactly this kind of information. as politicians often try to project a holier than thou image and public it only encourages people to try and bring them down to discuss this are worlds apart program is joined by infamous russian political pranksters you can catch the program later on r.t. or right now online but for now here's a quick taste as a challenge why do you do what you do just for fun pick well or maybe you see other value in pranking apart from entertainment initially when we started we did this mainly for fun when the ukraine crisis began we shifted to journalism began to pull pranks to get the information we wanted and we call what we do praying journalism really don't just call someone to make fun of him or her but

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a way in which you have to see the conspiracy law as a very important tool of law enforcement if the crime is selling drugs and some men in miami sells twenty kilos of cocaine to an undercover agent you want to ask who is the seller working where does the money go if the money goes back to a drug lord in colombia. who's going to keep the proceeds he's in the conspiracy even though he actually wasn't there when this sale took place he's a conspirator and so part of the goal of the conspiracy law is to make sure that the most senior level all of those in the criminal organization are justly punished the problem is when you flip it around and the lowest level people in the criminal

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