an empty chair greeted the house judiciary committee and son of the u.s. attorney general on the second hearing into his handling of the report into alleged trump russian. question was branded a circus with one member brandishing a chicken probably. chicken bar should have shown up today and answered questions yesterday proves not terrified to sit before anybody still in the circus continues over here. also this hour julian assange his defense team claims the fight for the whistleblowers freedom is now in full swing as a british court holds a first meeting over whether or not to extradite the wiki leaks co-founder to the united states. and a large anti-government protest 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 and the country. has a legitimate power by the international community six million people voted for nicolas maduro last may in a free and fair election that i observed you know how many people voted for one boy . a very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our to h.q. in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. the u.s. attorney general has failed to show before the house judiciary committee to testify over his handling of the report into alleged russia collusion that's after william part 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 still feels to negotiate in good faith. live down to our team came up in in new york killed how did the hearing go with an empty chair and said of the attorney general well there was no testimony from william barr the u.s. attorney general he did not attend today's hearing before the house judiciary committee now we heard navl call for him to possibly face contempt of congress charges for not failing to appear for essentially not appearing when called however top republicans disagree they referred to yesterday's hearing in which barr did testify before the senate judiciary committee they refer to that as a circus and basically argued that the democrats were using this simply to undermine the president and it was also pointed out that a that

a less redacted version of the bob muller report was actually made available to top members of congress in the democratic party but that they have essentially refused to read it saying that they want the entire report to be available to a wider audience let's review some of what was said at the very short hearing today . the chairman will need 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 read it they don't like what's in it for the still in the circus continues over here now it's also important to note that things even escalated to another level of being almost the act recall one representative had a bucket of fried chicken another representative made a point of looking under the desk let's let's look at how people attempted to be humorous and things really got to really another level of of of theatrical.

chicken bar should have shown up today and answered questions but black socks looked clean compared to this it's a sad day in america. now it's important to note that yesterday there was testimony by william barr for roughly six hours he was before the committee and he answered a number of questions and it was quite a grilling now the focus seems to have been on a phrase in the bob butler report referring to quote public confusion about critical aspects of the investigation and how democrats argued that this showed that million bar had misled the public regarding the conclusions of the bob muller report however william barr said that it was the media that had misled the public and that he had spoken with bob mueller and bob mueller did not feel that he had misrepresented his report he said that he had worked closely with bob mueller and that donald trump was not guilty of obstruction of justice now while bob mueller was ambiguous in his report and pointed to instances where

a case could possibly be made william barr was adamant that trump had not committed obstruction of justice this is some of what we heard from william barr when he did testify before the senate judiciary committee yesterday. to me she was suggesting that the march twenty fourth letter was inaccurate and he said no but that the press reporting had been inaccurate now at this point somewhere expecting that if william barr went before the senate and answered questions this would be the end of it but now of basically with that yesterday in the questions he being asked being referred to as a circus with republicans feeling this is simply an effort to undermine the president with democrats on the other hand arguing that this is a legitimate investigation into a possible obstruction of justice leading potentially to the impeachment of donald trump there seems to be a pretty solid disagreement but very short hearing today william barr did not attend there is the possibility of a charge of contempt of congress for refusing to appear when subpoenaed but there's

pretty clear disagreements and washed. in d.c. regarding this investigation and whether or not is it is legitimate or simply politically motivated so we'll be keeping an eye on that situation. up and thank you for bringing us the latest. to london now where the first court hearing on julian assange has 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 in the 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 has been twenty three over twenty four hours a day. that is what we call the general term solitary confinement that's on the subject in this case is 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 that journalists in gauging all the time and any prosecution and extradition of mr sunshine having done so we 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 if he consents to being sent over to the u.s. to which today in a sound 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 here. 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 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 tourist iraq war logs in two thousand and ten that featured that video that appears to show u.s. soldiers shooting at a real civilians now judy in a sauna was at another court yesterday 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 seeking asylum there 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 members away said is just a precursor for a u.s. extradition request that he spent seven years inside that embassy last month his relationship with his that dorrian host broke down to the extent that he was drags 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 in the courts here in true a staunch 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 court room large enough to fit members of the public and his supporters and all

the journalists that are so him. just did following this case today and his son if he can be pursued by the u.s. also it's easier 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 it protest is ongoing outside the ecuadorian embassy julian assange spend almost seven years there before being arrested last month wiki leaks editor in chief kristinn hrafnsson has tried to collect songes belongings from the embassy however is being denied entrance has reported the incident to the police as a crime now last year britain's high court ruled that another activist lori love also accused of hacking u.s. government computers cannot be extradited on the basis of his well being could not be guaranteed he attended a demonstration outside the court as hearing was being held and told us how his case is relevant to this one. i think he's going to have an uphill struggle

everyone has an uphill struggle under us that should or should request because it's a very balanced treaty so the u.s. doesn't have to provide any evidence they just have to have the paperwork in order the presumption is a view only towards extradition if we manage to win there's a lot of campaigning and a lot of support political support from the m.p.'s and support from journalist she is going to have a harder time because he's already out of this politically he's upset the establishment in the u.k. the establishment i would say is complicit in his persecution we need to do everything we can as members of the public in support is this journalist so people involved in journalism to ensure that we do you know i love how the injustice and isolation tapping. supporters of the venezuelan opposition we don't want why go have gathered in front of the country's embassy in washington the diplomatic facility has been closed since the west acquired why go as far as was interim president. right.

anything else i want it. was. it comes after the venezuelan capital saw anti-government protest turned ugly the day after an alleged cool attempt by the opposition was put down the venezuelan president nicolas maduro spoke at a meet a rally calling for a day of dialogue to be held he also confirmed the alleged through a time had been stopped over the u.s. national security adviser john bolton claimed there was never any attempted overthrow. yet though the law is an intrigue that they try to use against us has failed the coup attempt has been defeated this is a triumph for truth loyalty and. clearly not a coup we recognize one go i don't know as the legitimate inner. president of

venezuela just as it's not a coup one the president of the united states gives an order to the department of defense it's not a coup for one go why don't you try and take command of the venezuelan military russia's foreign minister has discussed the venezuelan crisis with u.s. national security adviser john bolton america's state department the secretary of state my pompei i might also meet sergei lavrov in finland for talks on the issue of iraq pledged to continue dialogue despite significant differences in views. we've agreed to keep discussing the situation in venezuela but i don't see how we can find a common approach when our policies based on the principles of international law and the u.s. line is to appoint someone as an interim president in another country threaten to use military force along with choking sanctions to overthrow the congress seem. so the u.s. might object to the term who or however if we turn to the dictionary of the word is defined as a sudden violent and illegal seizure of power from

a government our guest about whether about what's being attempted and as well. 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 the international community and by the venezuelan people who goes out in masses of 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 or store use never 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 if i decline in common the basic

common me and the three million plus in this one it's gaping venezuela for other current. the no start 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 won by doe none to football's champions league now which has just seen the first leg of its semifinal losing to i.x. and liverpool thrashed by barcelona just a marine you know gives his reaction to the games plus makes his predictions for the second leg and his show on the touchline later on r t. liverpool's rave in the approach i've been seeing in the past twenty years of many

teams in the champions league and the be. involved perception in the congo got the football made it made it completely different of course they have a good team of course her phenomenal players but that player is absolutely incredible liverpool deserves much more than the three nil the feed much more but you can also see in the last two quarters of the game could be four of the zero or more five zero because the game was broken and they couldn't cope the question is which one of them are you going to have messi the sides but yet we know and even should we know that the 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 little people 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 front of sings i'm going in that direction and i'm going to protect the space in front and good by people can see or nies play organize these playing against the where he played for a few years and where he was loved that there's nothing to do with these ninety minutes and for these ninety minutes for got that he played for liverpool instead of being a coach you want a pacific eight or nine you want everybody happy in you want to do will be you are not the pacific it that you want to coach todd the most playing with three center backs. against nobody the post by by and that is going to be the moment of a key moment of the game a key moment of the tide i was ready for bed the explorer 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. they didn't have the pressure on them until now and now they have because they are almost there i think now they don't sleep very well. at all dreaming about all dreaming with. the stadium is. the most fear is absolutely beautiful at amsterdam so begin next week. join me every thursday on the alex simon chill and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then.

own head of state to be leader flatow. is there a shuttle looks funny you know we often see this clearly i mean it will suit mystic just like he was drinking in that suit so where we will use it even though we mostly focused on a little aspects to get our talks going to discuss the subject side it doesn't go interest to us you just know you're still bringing sister just you know therefore we tried to do something floyd landis you know played joe the suit.

welcome back 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 us have since will now know less about their country successes and failures in the region the reports are made by the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction or sigur the special post created by congress was responsible for watching over us activities in the country so you're also conducts criminal probes the work of the special inspector has been criticised by donald trump who slammed the idea of making a public. kind of stuff such as we're fighting words and they're doing reports and releasing your to the public so the public is the enemy the enemy we just reports a study every line of you should be private reports and the lot of a member of congress wants to see you go want to read it over the last two years washington has gradually been reducing the amount of information it makes public on afghanistan in two thousand and seventeen it stopped publishing data data on

casualties and last july it ended assessments of the role of the afghan government 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 a 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 civilian or military personnel of the united states on a nato or. to be brought to justice through their competent legal or part it is the strong that this

justice process should not be politicized afghans have been sick terms of human rights violations over the past almost four decades peace activist cappy kelly believes the us government does not want people to know what's happening in afghanistan. the united states pentagon certainly doesn't want the advise 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 now 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 create these extraordinary sounds of money that people need the information and here in the united states isn't that well not that people are supposed to have exactly this kind of information. as

politicians often try to project a holier than thou image and public it tends to encourage people to try to bring them down to discuss this are worlds apart program is joined by infamous russian political pranksters who when it's tricked their way into phone conversations with world leaders you can get to the program later on r.t. or right now online but for now here's a taste. as a challenge why do you do what you do just for fun or maybe you see other value in pranking apart from entertainment was 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 frame journalism we don't just call someone to make fun of him or her but we're conducting an interview of a we also want to unveil the mystery and show others what kind of people the world

leaders actually are and what world politics really is. that's a global news break down for this hour and that's all for me as well today but we're not neil harvey will be taking over in about thirty minutes thanks for tuning in wherever you may be. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy foundation let it be an arms race often spearing dramatic development only closely i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk. we have no political agenda here we just if it if it costs more to get out then

what you get when you get it out that's called a loss it's a minus sign that's it if you can figure that out do you think there's a political agenda that you're blinded by your by. this is a sticker from the water bottle found in the stomach of a fish the brand is paul. of the coca-cola company which sells millions of bottles of soda every day the idea was that let's tell consumers they're the bad ones they're the litterbugs they're throwing this away industry should be blamed for all this waste the company has long promised to reuse the plastic. demand that seems cool sets for something they're plastic. special projects funded. on the i knew that that is the end of a footy team but fun now the mountains of waste only grow higher.

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some people are all but in different but we're guard lists of how one feels about their job i think everyone can agree that not getting sick hurt or killed by your job is a good thing for example one twenty seven team the latest europe or available data in the united states alone over five thousand workers were killed on the job tens of thousands were injured in fact according to the national safety council every seven seconds a worker is injured at his or her workplace that adds up to four point six million injuries in the workplace per year. my friends these are staggering and truly tragic numbers and while some workplace injuries deaths and illnesses can be attributed to being a careless employee many are also directly caused by careless employers and or the national council on occupational safety and health or the national caution who every year around the even workers memorial day on april twenty eighth releases

a list of their top twelve employers to put communities and employees at risk called the dirty dozen this year's list features a variety show of companies and conglomerates from amazon and its six worker deaths and seven months to john hopkins hospital where four out of five nurses report they have been victims of workplace violence facebook also makes the list following a year of headlines documenting the terrible working conditions they've farmed out the third party employers nor to moderate and remove objectionable content from their site the list goes on mcdonald's produced pharma bathes the brothers harvesting the list covers all corners of the corporate working world here in the united states national costco executive director marcy goldstein geld tells the media quote there is no reason to tolerate ill responsible behavior by employers who fail to provide a safe workplace and force workers and families to pay the price. so today my friends let's kick things off by looking into the world of workplace injury and

corporate malfeasance by doing our jobs and watching the hawks. wonder what it. looks like a real that would. keep the ball out of it. like you know what i got. was that we. would. be. welcome everybody to watch for the hawks i am tyrrel ventura and out of the well. and dangerous place to work a lot of sharp edges but there's your watch out. i mean safety worker safety why is that such a big deal right is this about socialism about. it.