the house judiciary committee instead of the u.s. attorney general on the second hearing into his handling of the report. the session . democratic member even brandishing the problem. chicken bar should have shown up today and answered questions yesterday proves not terrified to sit before anybody still in the circus continues over. the fight for the whistleblowers freedom is now in full swing does it with the school's holds a first session on whether or not to extradite the wiki leaks co-founder to the u.s. . government protests rocks the capital of venezuela a day after what appears to have been a failed coup france's opposition leader one of these us back because the night

trying to stage a military over what is really happening in the come. on. power by the national committee 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. of your company but not here in moscow this is. the u.s. attorney general has refused to appear before the house judiciary committee to testify on his handling of the report into alleged trump russia collusion. was grilled in the senate just the day before democrats are now saying that he should be held in contempt of congress. 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 you might 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 after cole

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 in a bear 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 to 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 redacted 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. well the report has ruled the defeat it's twenty sixteen democratic candidate hillary clinton to the airwaves in an interview and imus n.b.c. the films like to state seem to ignore the conclusion that sums campaign team didn't collude with russia 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 asked 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 this woman just can't accept that she lost her case of pay and 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 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 can try these bogeyman and that russia inclusion hasn't worn out they won't let it go. so to london where the first cool hearing on julian assange possible extradition to the united states is being

held there he is co-founder faces the challenge of conspiring to hack into the pentagon computer network appearing via video link from jail cell installed to court he would never surrender to the americans voluntarily is lawyer along with the wiki leaks editor in chief spoke after the hearing. 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 on the circuit 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 but 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 and 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 of 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 well mulled over in the courts here in through 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. there was 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 if he can be pursued by the u.s. or thirty's 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. . the protests were held outside the embassy in london julian assange spent almost

seven years before saddam was revoked we could leaks editor in chief kristen tried to collect his belongings from the embassy but was denied entrance he reported the incident to the police as a crime. last year britain's high court ruled that another right to slower love also accused of hacking u.s. government computers couldn't be extradited on the basis that his wellbeing couldn't be guaranteed the attended a demonstration outside the cool world of songs use hearing was held. 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 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 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 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 service has been closed since the u.s. declared why don't there's one as well as interim president comes as the venezuelan capital so anti-government protests turning ugly just a day after an alleged couper terms by their position was defeated. i.

was there for moment dead and dozens more injured president nicolas maduro spoke at a may day rally calling for a day of dialogue he also confirmed the alleged attempt at being stopped the u.s. national security advisor john bolton claimed that actually was never any attempt to overthrow the government in the first place. 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 one 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 russia's foreign ministers discuss the venezuela crisis with that i just saw that

u.s. national security advisor john bolton america's state department says that secretary of state also made. in finland for talks on the issue of pledge to continue dialogue despite significant differences in peace. good it's got that we've got 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 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. the united states might object to this of the term coup but if we look at the dictionary the words defined as a sudden violent and illegal seizure of power from our government our guests have debated whether that is 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 legitimate the opinion of 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 u.s. wants 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 semantics 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 that 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 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 justify the line in a condom in basic commie and the three million plus in this one it's gaping venezuela for other current. no start when this actually started this so it 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. nine. 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 watch dog responsible for monitoring this says u.s. citizens will now know less about their country's successes and failures in the region reports made by the special inspector general for afghan reconstruction or seeger the special post created by congress was responsible for watching over us activities in the country so you're also conduct a criminal probe the work of the special inspectors been criticized by donald trump who slammed the idea of making it public kind of started as we're fighting wars and they're doing reports and releasing it to the public so the public believes the enemy the enemy returns reports a study every line should be private report 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 is gradually being reducing the amount of information it makes public on afghanistan in 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 that makes it harder to track what territory is currently under the control of the afghan government now the trend of reducing information on afghanistan it 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 of two thousand and one and it's claimed thousands of not just american but also 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 in his civilian or military personnel of the united states on nato or. to be brought to justice through

their competent legal or part it is the strong. justice process should not be politicized afghans have been victims of human rights violations over the past almost four decades. of peace activists 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 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 and money that people need the information here in the united states isn't that but not that people are supposed to have exactly this kind of information. funnel it had to football's champions league which has just seen the first leg of the semifinals taught them of the why of the pool losing very heavily to barcelona josie marino gives his reaction now to those games and this predictions for the upcoming second legs 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 themes in the chimp into the the beat of the lawn the involved perception in the come no 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 and we will pull the reserves much more then the three in the old the feed much more but you can also see in the last two corners 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 were so long are we going to have messi these 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 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 attack the space in

front and good by people can see or nies play organize these playing against the teen or where he played for a few years and where he was loved that there's nothing to do we does ninety minutes and for these ninety minutes if forgot that he played for liverpool instead of being a coach you are pacific eight or nine you want everybody happy you want to do will 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 can be the moment of a key moment of the game look you moment of the tide was 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 their signal they don't sleep very well they are all dreaming they're all dreaming with. mormon the stadium is mcniff isn't atmosphere is absolutely beautiful. and begin next week. ok join me for a news update since just over half an hour see if. what politicians do. they put themselves on the line they get accepted or rejected.

so when you want to be president. some want to. that's why the press is like the forty three of them all can't be good. i'm interested always in the water about how. i sit. during the great depression which i'm old enough to remember there was and most of my family were unemployed working class other wasn't it was bed you know much worse objective listen today but there was an expectation that things were going to get better. of there was a real sense of hopefulness there isn't today today's america was shaped by the turn principles of concentration of wealth and power. reduced democracy attack solo doubt to engineer elections manufacture consent and other principles

according to no on. one set of rules for the rich opposite. that's what happens when you put her into the hands of a narrow sector of will switch will is dedicated to increasing power for itself just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. underwater. totally. not he didn't. owe your. move for your.

visit this is a stick from the water bottle found in the stomach of a fish the brand is spawns of the coca-cola company which sells millions of bottles of soda every day the idea was that let's tell consumers there are the bad ones there are the litter bugs are throwing this away industry should be blamed for all this waste to company has long promised to reuse the plastic. that's. their plastic. special projects funded. on the i knew that is the end of it for the team but for now the mountains of waste only grow higher.

imax guys are this is the kaiser report now this economy is built on losses all these you know cars it's taken public on the exchange they've got billions and billions in losses there everyone that comes up as more losses that's the way. the oil industry the fracking industry is built on losses losses are the key of the american economy to find out more about this late breaking story let's check in with stacey herbert or as says tracy stacey what is going on well we do have an empire of debt and of course debt is a good way to ship dollars around the world so i think that's part of what backs all of this but we're going to compare the debts of the unicorns versus debt the

red queen let's call it that unicorns versus the red queen the wave of unicorn i.p.o.'s expose a silicon valley's group think the wave of unicorn i.p.o.'s who feels silicon valley's dangerous groups and creates article a dozen unicorns i have listed are likely to posted combined cumulative losses of forty seven billion dollars the justification for this max is called blitz scaling is is the doctrine an order to conquer the winner takes all so you lose a whole bunch of money the theory is if you lose a whole bunch of money in order to drive all your competitors out destroy it's just like blitzkrieg the whole market destroyed all the competition and then once all the competition is dead you raise your prices up to whatever it like you become like an american hospital system or the health care system you had a couple examples of us obviously amazon was

a blitz scaler they have totally taken over the retail environment and beaten the wal-mart to the retail punch by reporting huge losses i remember in the ninety's when the company went public and henry blodget at that time was an analyst saying that the company stock could get to four hundred of course i was over two thousand but people scott the idea because of all these huge losses that they were reporting and bezos like them why should i you know record profits because profits get taxed and i don't want to pay tax i want to put everything into scaling scale. ailing scaling so these other companies are left and these other companies that are going public are similarly of the mindset that you can can't have enough losses you know the losses are showing that you're bullet scaling it shows that you're doing something right if you're losing tons of money. ok so when you have a genius like jeff bezos at the helm i suppose but if that are indeed at the helm

and they're just suggesting losses even though they're stupid i don't know how that's going to work it works when one person is doing as soon as everybody is doing it then of course not only does do politicians start to notice because their constituents noticed that basically this is a way to never pay taxes again in your life as well forty seven you have forty seven billion in write offs that's how our president became so wealthy as massive tax write offs most right now most people don't understand that they think oh what a loser he lost a billion dollars and you like no he is right off for average now based on that and this is how these companies this is why they're all headed by guys who now are billionaires how do they become billionaires when their companies have massive losses because the companies have massive losses and they'll be able to write these billions off for quite a long time and in the meantime there's no competition they were underwriting your you know you got a free ride. you know a few times when.