an empty chair greeted the house judiciary committee instead of the u.s. attorney general on the second tearing into his handling of the reports into alleged russian collusion the session itself was labeled a circus with even brandishing the prop. chicken bar should have shown up today and answered questions yesterday proves not tear apart for anybody still in the circus continues over here. when a song his defense team claims the fight for the whistle blows freedom is now in full swing this court holds a first meeting over whether to extradite the wiki leaks co-founder to the united states. government protests rocks the venezuelan capital a day after what appears to have been a failed coup that is

a position neither one of the us back is denying trying to stage a military overthrow what's really taking place in the country. doesn't get him in power by the international community 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 one. very good evening to have landed this. first this hour the u.s. attorney general has failed to show before the house judiciary committee to testify over his handling of the mother reports into alleged russia collusion that after william barr was grilled in the senate just the day before democrats are now calling for his head of the considering whether to hold him in content. 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 the attorney general of the united states of america is not telling the truth to the congress of the united states that's a crime mr barr's moment of accountability will come soon enough and i think that probably ok mike important to note that it was pointed out that at this point the department of justice has made a less redacted version of bob miller's report of vailable to top democrats but these top congressional congressional democrats now adler pelosi and others have refused to read it and said that instead they want the entire report revealed to a wider audience the chairman willing 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 top republicans they refer to that as

a circus argued that the democrats were using this simply to undermine the president and 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 the still in the circus continues over here now things escalated from there members of congress basically tried to be somewhat the after cole a bucket of fried chicken was displayed in order to illustrate the argument that that he was that william barr was chicken or cowardly for not attending chicken bar should have shown up today and answered questions at a black sox look clean compared to this team it's a sad day in america now yesterday william barr testified for over six hours and it was quite a grilling he received one point of contention seems to be a sentence from bob mahler's letter to william barr in which he refers to quote public confusion about critical aspects of the investigation now democrats argued that that sentence potentially was using william barr of having an. the public

regarding the investigation however williams are said that that was not the case that that sentence from the letter referred simply to the media not to his own activities if he was suggesting that the march twenty fourth letter was inaccurate and he said no but that the press reporting had been inaccurate bob mahler's report did not reach any conclusion about whether or not trump had engaged in obstruction of justice bob mahler's report simply. illustrated sip instances in which that could potentially be the case but did not reach a conclusion now william bar feels that donald trump did not did not obstruct justice so we're clear disagreement on capitol hill the saga of the trump russia investigation even much as longer after its conclusion seems to be continuing the trump russia story persists with more hearings more testimony and possible contempt charges for the u.s. attorney general. ok let's head to london now where the first cool hearing when

julian assange is possible extradition to the u.s. has been held that we can fix cofounders wanted in the states for allegedly conspiring to hack into classified government files appearing via video link from jail a sones told the court that 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 terri confinement that's when assertive 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 engage in 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 asked him if he consents to being sent over to the u.s. to which julian assange 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 proceed to roll 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 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 seeking asylum the judge that was pretty strict on julian assange now 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 always said is

just a precursor for a u.s. extradition request to be 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 mold a very 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 interested in following this case julian assange if he 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. . and you could now see. were protests is ongoing outside the door an embassy in the song. before being arrested last month which leaks editor in chief kristinn hrafnsson is trying to collect the soldier's belongings from an embassy but is being denied entrance he has reported the incident to the. as a crime. 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 that his well being could not be guaranteed he attended a demonstration outside the courts where a song she's hearing was being held i think he's going to have an uphill struggle all everyone has an uphill struggle under us actually to show requests because it's a very unbalanced treaty so the u.s. doesn't have to provide any evidence they just have to have their paperwork in order the presumption is a view only towards extradition we managed 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 and we need to do everything we can as members of the public and supporters of this journalist or people involved in journalism to ensure that we do you know i allow the injustice and isolation to happen. supporters of the venezuelan opposition leader one going to have gathered in front of the country's embassy in washington the diplomatic facility has been closed since the u.s. declared there's been as well as interim president. the i was be the guy that was me any closer i was to meet my colleagues that was

what comes is the venezuelan capital so antigovernment protests turning ugly a day after an alleged coup attempt by the opposition was put down his left one woman dead almost fifty others injured as a nicolas maduro spoke at a may day rally calling for a day of dialogue also confirmed the alleged coup attempt had been stopped at u.s. national security advisor john bolton claimed there was never any attempt to overthrow the government in the first place. yet the lies and intrigue that they tried to use against us have failed the coup attempt has been defeated this is a trial for truth loyalty and. clearly not a coup we recognize one guy 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 one why don't you try and take command of the band as well and military

russia's foreign ministers discuss the venezuelan crisis with the u.s. national security advisor john bolton in america state department says that secretary statement compo much also meet in finland for talks on the issue of pledge to continue dialogue despite significant differences in views. thought that we were discussing the situation in venezuela but i don't see how we can find a common approach when our policy is based on the principles of international law and the us line is to appoint someone as an interim president in another country threaten to use military force along with choking sanctions to overthrow the current regime. while the united states might object to the term coup but if we turn to the dictionary well the word is defined there as quote a sudden violent and illegal seizure of power from a government guess debate is whether that's what'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 us recognizes him and that does not make him with the opinion of the united states is no the only opinion for all other 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 us wants to use some man ticks 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 does that key element there is not illegal because. doesn't get him in power recognized by the international community an overwhelmingly good nice international community in by the venezuelan people who goes out in matches people are on the streets supporting the dura 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 if i decline in common the basic con the me and the three million plus on the escaping venezuela for other current. 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 you know how many people voted for one. none. because had full champions league now which is just seen the first leg of the semifinals played to tottenham last july x. liverpool were thrashed by barcelona because it gives his reaction to the games and makes his predictions for the second leg of the semifinals in his show on the touchline which is coming up later here on r.t. . liverpool's rave in the approach i've been seeing in the past twenty years and many teams in the champions league and they'll be out of the lawn in ball position in

the come no got the football made maybe completely different of course they have a good team of course her for a lot of players but that player is absolutely incredible liverpool deserves much more than the series in the all the feed much more but you can also see in the last two corners of the game could be four of a 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 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 to do they are going also to cover that that situation it is impossible to impossible to stop the movement is 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 attack the space in

front and good by people can see or nice fair play organized these playing against the teen 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 if forgot 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 be you are not the pacific it that you want to coach tottenham was 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 cue moment of the tide was ready for that the dog explored down that huge space that they were leaving behind i don't think so but i do x. new they are better than those in the stronger than those in here we have to cope with with these they feel that they are almost there i think they didn't have the

pressure on them until now and now they have because they are almost there sink novel they don't sleep very well. at all dreaming they're all dreaming with weed the moment the stadium is macnee fists and atmosphere it's absolutely beautiful that i'm still them sold begin next week. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want to. let you go right to the press this is

what before three in the morning can't be good. interested always in the water. should. be head of state to be. sure to looks funny you can see this well you know. like he was drinking in that. where he will use it even though. it's going to. discuss the subject matter of interest to us. therefore we tried something.

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 what's the responsible for monitoring this says u.s. citizens will now know less about their country successes and failures in the region reports made by the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction or cigar the special post created by congress was responsible for watching over us activities in the country seek out also conduct criminal probe the work of the special inspectors been criticized by donald trump who slammed the idea of making it public. kind of stuff as we're fighting wars and they're doing reports and releasing it to the public so the public believes the enemy the enemy retards reports a study every lawyer should be private report and be locked up and if a member of congress wants to see you go i want to read it over the last two years

washington has gradually been reducing the amount of information that it makes public on afghanistan two thousand and seventeen it stopped publishing data on casualties last july it ended assessments on the role of afghan government forces the latest rollback makes it harder to track what territory is currently under the control of the afghan government that trend to producing information on afghanistan it comes against the backdrop of u.s. talks with the taliban and the worsening security situation in the country the war in afghanistan's cost americans more than one trillion dollars since the invasion in two thousand and one and it's claimed thousands of american and afghan lives and afghan presidential candidates now calling on u.s. forces to be held accountable for the devastating toll of the conflict any criminal act by any really all military personnel of the united states on a tall order to be brought to justice through their competent legal pot it is strong.

justice process should not be politicized africans have been victims of human rights violations over the past almost four decades. sent to this county kelly believes that the u.s. government doesn't want people to know what's happening in afghanistan. united states pentagon certainly doesn't want the advice of the united states populace 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 disastrous 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 pay these extraordinary sounds and money that people need the information and here in the united states isn't that but

not that people to have exactly this kind of information. the u.k. prime minister has sacked defense secretary govern williamson accusing him of leaking secret plans involving the chinese tech giant huawei names and those strongly denies that it was him. should go away should. pay tribute to the. young the no one you regret using that kind of language the world united behind. would you please answer the question we came together with our allies and. russia interview because you won't answer the question good luck with the project. i can no longer have confidence in you as secretary of state for the fans and

a minister in my cabinet and ask you to leave her majesty's government. i strenuously deny that i was in any way involved in this leak and i'm confident that with our informal inquiry would have indicated my position. that brings you right up today thanks staying with. the international memorial awards twenty nine now open for entries. media professionals are eligible whether you are a freelance journalist. media or part of a global news conference to participate in published works and video.

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a little bit of lying to be revealed to discuss that i'm now joined by the lower off i'm glad you know because it's all better known as russian pranksters laxness and yes it's good to talk to you thank you very much for your time and willingness to talk to us thanks for your time. i really like the design of your to share things how serious point to the question posed here. my answer is. i can't answer because if i will say that i don't nobody will believe me i will say that they were there so i will say not true so it's a bit of prying this time on our house of course it's like a kind of trolling ok for your for your. viewers well the most high profile and the latest charming that he engaged in lately was on president french president the man elmer on who actually called the all number

thinking that he had reached the new president elect like him is a lansky how did it happen did you just call him and live in the masses how did you know who to call to have that idea long ago maybe you were on to two years but we didn't have a strong reason to reach him and when we so on news. president meeting with mr selenski we decide it's a good great reason to call him and we try to reach him for his diplomatic lines and we'll lift our number as a number of mr selenski so we received a phone call from his administration and they asked so would you be really if president will congratulate you on the next sunday so we were prepared when we elect people to marry soon president ron has his own security service and probably some kind of secure communication channels probably believe you just like that i am

guessing you used or maybe they were supposed to use special technology that would track the source of the phone call. not only oh yes of course he has a security service but mr zillion ski. he is not the president of ukraine yet so he doesn't have access to the presidential communication lines. he can't use the ukrainian embassy in paris to set up an official phone call with another head of state but again as always so when zelinsky was invited to meet with the president in paris they contacted him through his campaign staff. the french could not have contacted the candidate through any official channels france was god only three people in his campaign. we were able to keep ahead of the game going to night because it is not the first ukrainian you're praying to you have played

pranks on the current president before four times and probably would not have called from his personal cell phone and don't tumble and you know there were several different situations we've tried different kinds of communication with president bush. once he called us thinking that he was calling the president of kyrgyzstan we also used the same plan we used on president mccraw and we left our phone number and when he was in his office surrounded by aides he made a phone call using a special secure line when you invited he thought that he was calling another secure line not a regular virtual phone number. but i shouldn't call also used a mobile phone we found out about it a year ago we also called him pretending to be the georgian leader i think and we also wished him a happy new year that i really it was good the it was a great.