the house judiciary committee instead of the u.s. attorney general in the second hearing into his handling of the report into. the circus with democratic even brandishing the. chicken bar should have shown up today and answer questions yesterday proving before anybody still in the circus continues over here. in the sun just defense team claims the fight for the whistle blows freedom is now in full swing as a pretty school holds its first meeting over whether or not to extradite the wiki leaks co-founder to the u.s. . government protests rocks the couple of venezuela a day after what appears to have been

a failed as opposition leader. has denied trying to stage a military coup but what is really happening in the country. as a legitimate power. national 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 one. evening and welcome this is our teens and. the u.s. attorney general is failed to show before the house judiciary committee to testify over his handling of the report into alleged collusion. was grilled in the senate just the day before democrats are now calling for his head and considering whether or not 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 feel is to negotiate in good faith mr barr's moment of accountability will come soon enough and i think that kind of like a mixed 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 navl are palosi 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 what are the democrats scared of they don't know bill barr 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 members of congress basically tried to be somewhat the at trickle a bucket of fried chicken was displayed in order to illustrate the argument william

barr was chicken or cowardly for not attending chicken bar should have shown up today and answered questions of black socks look plain compared to this team it's a sad day and we're 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 accusing william barr of having misled the public regarding the investigation however william barr said that was not the case that that sentence from the letter referred simply to the media not to his own activities i asked him 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 miller's report. did not reach any conclusion about whether or not trump had

engaged in obstruction of justice bob mahler's report simply. illustrated soup instances in which that could potentially be the case william bar feels that donald trump did not obstruct justice so with clear disagreement on capitol hill the saga of the trump russian 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 a congress in its capacity here is not really investigating malfeasance by the attorney general which is their job as oversight there actually having some perry mason like. miller to investigation which will gain them nothing and the bar i think just basically said look six hours of this is enough and done they didn't want him to show up they made it impossible for him to come so that they could have the theater they had today it's about politics it's not about finding

any wrongdoing that part is over now we have the political discussion the tiny tiny tiny portion that's not grand jury testimony that was actually rejected that's been made available to the committee and they don't want to look at it because as i said they want the theater that they don't want cooperation they're not looking for something bad they've decided there's something bad they make the bald assertion and that's good enough for them all the reports will be defeated twenty sixteen democratic candidate hillary clinton to the airwaves in an interview on m.s.n. b.c. the two states seem to ignore the conclusion the terms campaign team didn't can spawn to collude with russians and clinton called on a foreign power to hack into the president's tax returns. since russia is clearly backing republicans why don't we ask china to back us i hereby tonight ask china that's right and not only that china if you're listening why don't you get trump's tax returns i'm sure our media would richly rewards you now according to the mother

report that is not conspiracy because it's done right out in the open. let's get reaction on this now for us they sent us to john lott a great to have you on jon we heard the clip there of hillary clinton referring back to donald trump's remarks during the twenty sixth presidential campaign sounds like she was parodying actually let's just hear what exactly trump had to say. but if you're listening i hope you are able to find the thirty thousand e-mails that are missing so you can see the comparison though john do you think that hillary was joking or was she a little bit serious. i think i think she's obsessed and this woman just can't accept that she lost her campaign all by yourself and just she's grasping and she just she's trying to be humorous she just doesn't

understand humor but what she did wittingly or unwittingly is acknowledge that trump was joking she used to joke that to mimic the joke that he made nobody believe trump was serious and that somehow calling for russia to do it i mean what what what next we're going to we're going to call out from the from the podium hey russia why don't you go up this country that's annoying to us and like that's going to actually happen i mean this is they contrived these bogeyman and that russian collusion just hasn't borne out they won't let it go. well i wanted to pick up on because she's up more than a couple of years to get over what was clearly a bit to disappoint it seems like the run very deep did she not seem least a little bit bitsa still. a little bit better i think hillary clinton was born bitter i think she's bitter because this is the first time in her life she hasn't had access to sell she's literally grown fabulously

wealthy selling access to to her public positions whether the rose law firm she was selling access to the governor bill clinton refusing to read cues or sell from cases involving the governor to the secretary of state and amassing tremendous wealth inside of the the clinton foundation and the clinton global initiative it's funny how fund raising for those efforts to has collapsed now that she doesn't have anything to sell so of course she's bitter i mean she's got nothing to sell during that interview on a miss and b. c i mean she was preaching to the choir suggest she said the report stated the russians into fit to help from don't recall that being a direct conclusion of the report what do you make of her into a petition. well she's going to spin it again just to try to continue this false narrative and what's shocking about her

expressing a narrative she really doesn't know when to keep her mouth shut i mean this is the woman that hired the british agent steele to create this dot ca using russian supposedly russian information so she actually bought dirt on her opponent from russia so for her to make a case out of trump being interested in free information on her coming from russia is just it's it is the. i guess you'd say or odd or tone deafness but she just again she seems to dig her hole and and and and and mess her reputation every time she speaks and let me just suggest something to you that you know she she lost last chance to become the you know the first female leader of a nation it as though to

a bitter blow do you think she'll go full out to support a particular candidate just to see them from defeat. well you know that's interesting my guess is i could see her getting behind if i had to predict campbell harris i could see or doing that because it would be a woman and she would make sure that there was a promised appointment she's already done secretary of state maybe she wants to be secretary of commerce or or secretary to their basket or to the u.n. but i could totally see hillary selling herself selling that position endorsing somebody with a guaranteed promise that she get a next position because she needs some other role that she can sell access to that's how she rolls john appreciate it on i guess former u.s. senator john thank you. to london now where the first school hearing on julian assange possible extradition to the u.s.

has been that we could least cofounders one today in the u.s. for allegedly conspiring to hack into classified government files appearing via video link from jail sons told the court he would never surrender to the americans voluntarily is lawyer along with wiki leaks editor in chief spoke after the hearing denouncing his treatment. has spent twenty three other twenty four hours a day in his cell and that is what we call in general terry confinement that's unacceptable in this case is not about hacking. this case it's about a journalist and 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 also 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 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 seeking 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 always said is just a precursor for a u.s. extradition request so 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 mulled over in the courts here in to us 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 there is trouble with getting a court room large enough to fit members of the public and his supporters and all the journalists there are so interested in following this case julian assange and 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 we're not showing you the latest pictures from london where

a protest has been ongoing outside the ecuadorian embassy if you're going to spend almost seven will being arrested last month we could leaks editor in chief kristen is trying to collect this on his belongings from the sea but has been denied entrance he's reported the incident to the police as a crime. ruled another activist lori love also accused of hacking u.s. government computers couldn't be extradited on the basis is well being could be guaranteed under the demonstration outside the court or a song just hearing was being held. i think he's going to have an uphill struggle everyone has an uphill struggle under us actually they should request 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 with the presumption is a view only towards extradition if we manage to win a lot of campaigning and a lot of support political support from the m.p.'s and support from journalist 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 allow the injustice and isolation to. supporters of the venezuelan opposition leader one goh i don't have gathered in front of the country's embassy in washington the diplomatic facilities being closed since the u.s. declared as front as well as interim president comes as the venezuelan capital surrounding government protests turning ugly just a day after an alleged spy their position was defeated. i. i i i i.

i believe clashes were violent leaving one woman dead and dozens more people injured as a nicholas with euro spoke at a may day rally as he called for a day of dialogue he also confirmed that the alleged coup attempt had been stopped u.s. national security advisor john bolton claimed that there was never any attempt to overthrow the government in the first place. the lies and intrigue that they try to use against the failed coup attempt has been defeated. this is a trial for truth loyalty and. clearly not a coup we recognize one goal i do know as the legitimate interim president of venezuela and 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 to discuss the venezuelan tryst this with the u.s.

national security advisor who we saw that john bolton america's state department says that secretary of state he might also in finland for talks on the ship pledge to continue dialogue despite significant differences in the. what you're going to look to for those discussing the situation in venezuela but i don't see how we can find a common approach where no policies 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. to overthrow the country jeem. what the us might object to the use of the term coup but we went to the dictionary that was defined as a sudden violent under legal seizure of power from a government our guests have debated whether that is what is being attempted invents while. the us supports coup d'etat is all the time this is another example of that one has no power under the constitution of venezuela the fact the us

recognize him recognizes him is of no import the us 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 not the only opinion for all other fifty countries recognize why go as a legitimate president ninety percent of venezuelans do support also why 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 kill in two thousand and two against hugo chavez and were 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 seizure of power illegal seizure of power the basic

definition of a coup is a key element there is not illegal because of why though has a legitimate power recognized by the international community an overwhelmingly international community in. by the venezuelan people who goes out in masses of people or 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 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 justify the line in a condom in basic common me and the three million plus innocent it's k.p. in venezuela for other countries did not start when this action 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. of. us military 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 is us citizens will now know less about their country's successes and failures in the region the reports are 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 cigar also conducts criminal probe the work of the special inspector has been criticised by donald trump who slammed the idea of making this public. kind of stuff as we're fighting wars and they're doing reports and releasing it to the public so the public is the enemy the enemy reserves reports a study every line or they should be private reports and be locked up and if a member of congress wants to see it you're going to read it over the last two

years washington's gradually been reducing the amount of information it makes public on afghanistan twenty seventeen it stopped publishing data on casualties and then last july then did assessments on the role of afghan government forces the latest war by makes it harder to track what territory is currently under the control of the afghan government now this trend of producing information on afghanistan comes against the backdrop of u.s. talks with the taliban and a 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's got thousands of not just american but also 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 really all military personnel of the united states on a tall order to be brought to justice through their

competent legal polity is the strong. justice process should not be politicized africans have been victims of human rights violations over the past almost four decades be sent to this kathy kelly believes that the u.s. government doesn't want people to know what's happening in afghanistan. the 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 are supposed to have exactly this kind of information. ok finally let's talk sport and had to football's champions league which has just seen the first legs of the semifinals the last liverpool thrashed by barcelona as a marina gives his reaction to those games and makes predictions for the second legs in a show on the touchline and coming up later today 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 they'll be a salon involved perception in the company no got the football made maybe

completely different of course they have a good team of course they have phenomenal players but that player is absolutely incredible and we will pull the reserves 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 could be four of a zero or more five zero because the game was broken and they couldn't cope the question is which was on are we going to have these sides but yet we know and even film you 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 need 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 protect the space in front and good by

people can see or nies play organize 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 to pacific eight or nine you want everybody happy in you want to be you were not the pacific it that you want to coach tottenham was playing with something back. against nobody the post by by and that is can be the moment of a key moment of the game a cue moment of the. dog ready for bed 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 here they are 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're almost there

a signal they don't sleep very well and they are all dreaming they're all dreaming with. morman the stadium is mcniff isn't atmosphere it's absolutely beautiful there. be. ok enough park in the bus but the lazy headlines for you in just thirty minutes time see that. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy to confront a shouldn't let it be an arms race in this on off and spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

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want to. die in. prison are going to die. a shocking new number was released today that deserves our undivided attention one out of every one hundred americans is now behind bars walked up to prison or jail. the most important thing. is to talk from your heart if you have more than one child give them like an overall message but then do an end to.