the u.s. attorney general refuses to testify before the house of judiciary committee on his handling of the report the session was labeled a circus with one democratic member brandishing a. chicken bar should have shown up today and answered questions think yesterday proves not terrified to sit before anybody still in the circus continues over the. wiki leaks co-founder joined us on she attends a court hearing in the u.k. on whether he should be extradited to the u.s. . and hundreds of people are injured in two days of unrest in venezuela after what appears to have been a failed coup we debate what is really happening in the country. doesn't get him in power nice by the 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 won by. broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is r g international on trying tom certainly glad to have you with us. right now the u.s. attorney general has refused to appear before the house judiciary committee to testify on his handling of the muller report into alleged to trump russia collusion some are now saying william barr 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 store to negotiate in good faith mr barr's moment of accountability will come soon enough

and i think that probably i can make 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 available 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 will need to go look at 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 actor 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 sox 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 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 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. meanwhile hillary clinton has spoken out on the muller report in a t.v. interview the former secretary of state seemed to ignore the conclusion that trump's campaign team did not collude with russia and she 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 this woman just kid except 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 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 rush inclusion just hasn't borne out they won't let it go. to london now where the first court hearing on julian assange possible extradition to the u.s. has been held the wiki leaks co-founder faces a charge of conspiring to hack into the pentagon computer network appearing in a video link from jail and songe 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. has spent twenty three other twenty four hours a day in his cell and that is what we call in general to show the jury confinement that's unacceptable 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 us 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 substantiative 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 speaking asylum the judge that was pretty strict on julian assange julian assange anjan his legal team have said that the reason that he had to seek asylum in the ecuadorian embassy was because he was wanted in sweden for questioning over these alleged sexual assault allegations which julian assange to this team member who always said is just a freak us for us extradition request that he spent seven years inside that embassy last month his relationship with his ecuadorian hosts broke down to the extent that he was 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 mold a very in the courts here into

a song 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 support says. there was trouble with getting a court room large enough to fit members of the public and his supporters and all the journalists that were 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. . protests that were held outside the ecuadorian embassy in london on thursday julian assange spent almost seven years there before his asylum was revoked we can weeks editor in chief christian. tried to collect songs 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 man accused of hacking u.s. government computers could not be extradited laurie love attended a demonstration outside the court where a song is hearing was being 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 for 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 list of people involved in journalism to ensure that we do you know i allow the injustice and

isolation to happen. iraq has been held outside the venezuelan embassy in washington calling for an end to u.s. interference in the ongoing crisis this follows two days of unrest in caracas which left up to three hundred people injured and an alleged coup attempt by the opposition was defeated. president nicolas maduro spoke at a may day rallies calling for a day of a dialogue he also confirmed the alleged coup attempt had been stopped however u.s. national security adviser john bolton claimed it was never any attempted overthrow of the government in the first place. intrigue that they tried to use

against the failed coup attempts is being defeated this is a trial for truth and. clearly not a coup we recognize one as the legitimate interim president of venezuela and just as it's not a coup the president of the united states gives an order to the department of defense it's not a coup. to 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 sergey lavrov is also expected to meet secretary of state might prompt injuring a visit to finland lavrov pledged to continue dialogue despite significant differences in views. we were 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. there us some might objected to the term cool however if we turn to the dictionary the word is defined as a sudden violent and illegal seizure of power from a government are just debated 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 legitimate the opinion of united states is no the only opinion for all other fifty countries recognize why go as illegitimate 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 two people say you know a seizure of power illegal seizure of power the basic definition of a coup that key element there is not illegal because. you though has a legitimate power recognized by the international community overwhelmingly international community and by the venezuelan people who goes out in masses of 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 word 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 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 wango idaho none. the us military has stopped filing public reports on the war in afghanistan that story much wanted to short break this is international.

so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy. let it be an arms race. very dramatic to follow in the only. i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical. to sit down and talk.

and welcome back this is international now the u.s. military has stopped publishing its a regular reports on the amount of territory controlled by different forces in afghanistan the head of the watchdog responsible for monitoring this says u.s. citizens will 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 cigar a special post created by the congress was responsible for watching over us activities in the country see gar also conduct criminal probes the work of the special inspector has 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 now the public believes the enemy the enemy retards reports a study every line of it they should be private reports and be locked out of a member of congress wants to see it you don't 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 on casualties in 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 the trend of introducing information on afghanistan comes against a backdrop of u.s. talks with the taliban and a worsening security situation in the country now 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 all military personnel of the united states all and they told. to be brought to justice through their competent he taught it to us we strong that this justice process should not be politicized africans have to be victims of human rights violations over the past almost four decades. or peace activists kathy kelly believes the u.s. government does not want to people to know what is 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 the law that people are supposed to have exactly this kind of information. on the football now this week saw the first leg of the semifinals in the champions league more in your own gives his reaction to the games and his predictions for the second leg in his show on the touchline you can watch the full episode later right here on r.t. . liverpool's

rave in the approach i don't think in the past twenty years and many teams in the champions league and the beat of the lawn the involved perception in the company got the football made it made it 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 screen they will defeat 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 so when are we going to have messi these sides will say good bye yet five you 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 all nies play organized these playing against the 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 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 something back. 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 bed the dog explored down that huge space that they were leaving behind i don't think so but i do x. knew 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 mcniff is and atmosphere is absolutely beautiful at amsterdam soul and begin next week.

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a narrow sector of will switch will is. it attributed to increasing power for chills just as you'd expect one of the most influential intellectuals of our time speaks about the modern civilization of america. in a world of big partisan. loftus and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's taught for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching the hawks. i was in los angeles and it was march of one thousand nine hundred one. i go over

and i look out the window and there they are. so i was arrested and that day our father and i wanted her to bring bargain but. i understand she area is not going to pay somebody and i could prove. she did me but just to save her on the scale that's not my daughter so she wouldn't do this. and as a result they were under. i could not plead guilty to everything that they accuse me of is now i pled not guilty and ultimately i was convicted for conspiracy and i received twenty four year sentence there's a way in which you have to see the conspiracy law as a very important tool of law enforcement. if the crime is selling drugs

and some men in miami sells twenty kilos of cocaine to an undercover agent you want to ask who is the seller working where does the money go if the money goes back to a drug lord in colombia. who is going to keep the proceeds he's in the conspiracy even though he actually wasn't there when this sale took place he's a conspirator and so part of the goal of the conspiracy law is to make sure that the most senior level all of those in the criminal organization are justly punished the problem is when you flip it around and the lowest level people in the criminal organization get punished just like give the keys. and that's the big problem in the way in which the conspiracy laws are being applied. i know end up in federal prison in dublin california i realized that i would need to spend

a lot of time in the law library. i needed to film from a wise man sound my case and everything that had gone wrong if you furthered the conspiracy one step you're guilty for everything in the conspiracy no matter when you entered the conspiracy it could have been on the last day. because i had collected some money on i technically was guilty of conspiracy. held responsible for everything that everybody else had done and my sentence my twenty four years was established based on the sum total of all the ecstasy that sandy had manufactured that's where my ears came from my ears did. things that came from three point seven million tablets of x. to say that he had manufactured puts me on the chart and this is.