documents wikileaks released, julian assange decided to share them with some of the leading news organizationse world, including the new york times, a relationship that grew testy when assange published the first set of war logs without removing the names of afghans who were cooperating with u.s. forces. the most persistent criticism from within the press has been that you have behaved recklessly from time to time. and the example that they cite is that you decided to release afghan documents without redacting the names of people who had provided intelligence to the u.s. government. >> there's no evidence or any credible allegation or even any allegation from an official body that we have caused any individual at any time to come to harm in the past four years. >> the pentagon said that they've gone through all of these documents and they found the names of 300 people. >> well, that's new public information to us. it's possible that there are 300 names in the publicly released afghan material. we don't pretend that that process is absolutely perfect. we did hold back one in five documents for

it's up to the judges to decide his fate swedish authorities on day two rejected arguments by julian assange against his extradition to sweden saying that if he won the case it could turn a european law on its head. reports from outside the courts and. the coaching to the supreme court said they will deliver the verdicts in what they're calling a number of weeks so we're not sure whether that means two weeks or whether it means eight weeks but certainly we have now reached the end of this two day hearing in which both sides have put their cases to the panel of seven judges that are sitting on this case in the supreme court and this hasn't been about whether julian assange committed the sexual assault that it's the sexual assaults that it's alleged that he committed by the swedish prosecutor this is being about the nitty gritty of how the legal system works as far as it pertains to the european arrest warrant and whether in fact the warrant has been issues to extradite julian assange it was valid to toll i saw his team say that the only people who can issue a european arrest warrant are judge

judges that are sitting on this case in the supreme court and this hasn't been about whether julian assange committed the sexual assault that is the sexual assault that is alleged that he committed by the swedish prosecutor this is being about the nitty gritty of how the legal system works as far as it pertains to the european arrest warrant and whether in fact the weren't that has been issues to extradite julian assange was valid just told associates team to say that the only people who can issue a european arrest warrant are judges who are impartial and independent where is this warrant was issued by the swedish prosecutor who is party to this case on the other hand the swedish prosecutor's team have been arguing that the european arrest warrant which the u.k. has of course signed up to can be issued by both judges and prosecutors it has to be that the jury in the cool of today particularly the judges appeared to have a little bit more time for a soldier's team's case and when it came to what the swedish prosecutor was saying they questioned a bit more they got a bit more and see and they

s high court which considering the fate of wiki leaks founder julian assange. on allegations of sexual assault cases facing accusations of political motivation again those are live pictures right here. at israel's. base in the u.s. already feeling alienated by their spiritual home. in the u.s. russia is no exception with the r.t.s. my six ending ones they said one more on this in twenty minutes in business of. global news twenty four seven this is ot see live from moscow with me rule received . well the russian capital is standing on its opposition to any military intervention in syria saying it will vote against a u.n. resolution that will aggravate the conflict in the country differences remain among members of a how to deal with the crisis western states one president assad to step down but moscow says the u.n. should not be used as a platform to interfere in syria's affair us from new york. the united states france britain could talk are. all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention imposed in syria

s high court considers that the fate of wiki leaks founder julian assange who is wanted in sweden on allegations of sexual assault case facing accusations of political motivation. at the u.n. atomic watchdog praises progress over its nuclear program another trip to the u.s. is criticized for leading a campaign of fear against. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here. russia is standing at the u.n. security council on its opposition to any military intervention in syria differences remain among members over how to deal with the ongoing conflict washington the e.u. and some arab states one president assad to step down but moscow says the u.n. shouldn't be used as a platform to simply interfere with syria's affairs. now reports new york. the united states france britain could talk are. all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention imposed in syria if the draft resolution was adopted but the most important thing to note is that those spearheading the push for this draft resolution are also calling for a ceasefire in in syria

to the country's supreme court where he's appealing extradition to sweden julian assange is wanted on allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten which he denies that we can leaks founder insists the case is politically motivated artie's laura smith reports from outside the high court in london. as often happens on the first day of these hearings you only hear one side of the story and what's happened today is that today in a sound his team has given that evidence they have that point his lawyer diana ross seems to be quite convincing in front of the seven judges they were sort of not take she just a bit of hubris the proceedings which i don't know if this is preceding and she talking mainly about judicial authority when in the swedish prosecutor had the judicial authority to issue the paragraphs words under which. extradition has been requested she said does this person pursue this prosecutor have it as somebody who is party to the case essentially who has a vested interest in the case and her argument was that the swedish prosecutor come to me impartial

s supreme court julian assange is appealing against extradition to sweden where is wanted on allegations of sexual assault a song denies the accusations and insists the case against him is politically motivated parties laura smith is out of the supreme court in london standing by for us right now. so when can we expect to hear a final decision from this ongoing saga to nothing. but we're not expecting to hear it a station today we have heard already from documents released by the supreme court that although this is day two of the two day hearing they're going to be reserving judgment for what they term a number of weeks which storyline then could mean between two and eight weeks so we will have to wait to find out the birth dates this is day two as i say into the nostalgia right this morning about how the full proceedings started again looking fairly relaxed just seated yesterday saying hello to a few his supporters standing behind me who have braved the at today's some theory temperatures in done to turn out to show him that they are still. rooting for him and that it's likely to be a s

the wanted man wiki leaks founder julian assange. to appeal extradition to sweden. and an israeli campaign in the u.s. backed by. many jewish families all across america. worldwide news twenty four seven this is artsy live from moscow with me. the u.n. security council has agreed it wants to avoid military intervention in syria but differences remain over the way ahead the u.s. as well as its european and arab allies one president assad out of power for its part russia says the u.n. shouldn't be used as a platform for an excessive interference in syrian affairs. now has the latest from new york. the united states france britain could talk are. all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention imposed in syria if the draft resolution was adopted but the most important thing to note is that those spearheading the push for this draft resolution are also calling for a ceasefire in in syria and also calling for a national dialogue between the government and opposition groups these steps these calls are calls that have

supreme court is expected to consider an appeal by the wiki leaks founder julian assange against his extradition to sweden over allegations of sexual assault in august twenty ten the future of the world famous whistleblower is unclear as ever questions are being raised over sweden's legal system and its ties with the united states are just on bargain has the details. the face that launched a thousand leaks julian a sundress exposure of tens of thousands of secret documents has embarrassed governments the world over but the wiki leaks phenomenon is no longer his most pressing concern is the person with the most pivotal role in in that historic event and then. there are the questions of his sexual misconduct in sweden and what kind of new york consequences that will have rain and those two stories have intrigue intersected in a kind of extraordinary melodrama suis or thora teams want to question a songe over allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten prosecutors have been criticized by a son just supporters and international civil libertarians with allegat

supreme court is expected to consider an appeal by the wiki leaks founder julian assange against his extradition to sweden of allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten the future of the world famous whistleblower is as unclear as ever but questions being raised over sweden's legal system and its ties with the united states are these details now with our party's top bottom. in the face that launched a thousand leaks julian a son does exposure of tens of thousands of secret documents has embarrassed governments the world over but the wiki leaks phenomenon is no longer his most pressing concern the swedish authorities want to question a songe over allegations of sexual assault dating back to august two thousand and ten prosecutors have been criticized by a son just supporters and international civil libertarians with allegations of cumbersome contradictory and slow legal process huge arguments have also broken out over the nature of some of sweden's laws on sexual offenses such as those of some traces it's going to be a closed course. and leading up to the

the water man of wiki leaks founder julian assange has to appeal to britain's supreme court against his extradition to sweden. and it is written israeli ad campaign in the u.s. backfires buying a version we insulting many jewish families across america. a fact will not be easy decision to impose and involved will not lead to skyrocketing oil prices all have the details on those oil think is in about twenty minutes time business but. it's not am in the russian capital you're watching r t with miriam and joshua welcome to the program the u.n. security council has agreed at once to avoid military intervention in syria but differences remain over the way had the u.s. as well as its european and arab allies one president assad out of power for its part russia says the u.n. should be used as a platform for excessive interference in syrian affairs fortnight has the latest from new york. the united states france britain could talk are. all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention imposed in syria if the draft resolution was adopted but t

is rarely asked tough questions by international media whether comparing navarre you need to julian assange or calling him one of the most influential new political figures he's hardly challenge to prominently praised and very present. corruption is the very basis of the political system which. which in phone go he's not a score when speaking at rallies which has been at their biggest numbers in decades because it's got. him. these are good guys those that are going to concede those just granted really don't because it's just nobody's popularity in major cities and on the web soars in comparison with the rest of russia it's good when you've got your foreign media coverage won't make him any more popular they keep writing about live on the but his recognition race in russia is only some three percent many russians who do no know what our names do for his sometimes shocking nationalism. what if it was the words that dressed up as a dentist here he compares migrant workers to rotten teeth that need pulling out of the way we mean for our butts that would be right and here are non russian intrud

wiki leaks founder julian assange has to appeal to britain superior court against his at swedish and to sweden the son is wanted for questioning over alleged sex offenses which he denies claiming beyond the sions against him are politically motivated. and it israeli ad campaign in the us backfires by inadvertently insulting matty jewish families across america causing the commercials to be pulled off the air the ads have been criticized for trying to scare israeli jews into returning home. optics r.t. talks to the indian embassador to the united nations who lines what he thinks the international community needs to do to resolve the crisis in syria and other arab nations. marty sitting down with mr hardeep think poori the indian ambassador to the united nations ambassador pouri thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. i'd like to begin with syria because that seems to be a great point of contention within the u.n. security council not the last and the only time the council reached any type of consensus on the conflict in syria was nearly six months ago it was under your presiden

the wanted man wiki leaks founder julian assange has to appeal to britain superimportant against his extradition to sweden. and it is really ad campaign in the u.s. backfires find a virgin when solving many jewish families across america. and in business the russian market opens up today's trading session in the red right now the my states that is it down. while the audience is dropping by just a notch i'll have an update on those figures in twenty minutes time in the business but as in join me that. book about you're watching r t coming to you live from moscow eleven am and the russian capital marina joshie welcome to the program the u.n. security council has agreed to once to avoid military intervention in syria but differences remain over the way ahead of the u.s. as well as its european and arab allies one president out of power for its part russia says the u.n. shouldn't be used as a platform for excessive interference in syrian affairs area of work that has the latest from new york. the united states france britain could talk are. all those countries supporting this draft resol

the wanted man wiki leaks founder julian assange andras to appeal to britain supreme court against his extradition to sweden. and it is really ad campaign in the us backfires by a virgin only insulting manny jewish families across america causing the commercials to be pulled off the air. a.t.m. in the russian capital you're watching r t joshua welcome to the program now the u.n. security council has agreed of ones to avoid military intervention in syria but differences remain over the way had the u.s. as well as its european and arab allies one president said out of power for its part russia says the u.n. shouldn't be used as a platform for excessive interference in syrian affairs merino work now has the latest from new york. the united states france britain could talk are and all all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention imposed in syria if the draft resolution was adopted but the most important thing to note is that those spearheading the push for this draft resolution are also calling for a ceasefire in syria and also call

s high court considers the bait to wiki leaks founder julian assange is wanted on sweden accommodations of sexual assault. soldiers always maintained this case is politically motivated it's great it's good it's from here to sweden to america more coming up. on the u.n. atomic bush talk indicates tehran is ready to cooperate on beaches over its nuclear program and plans to make another trip to iran next month. international news live from moscow this is with me thanks for joining us russia will not agree to embalm their own weapons to syria and moscow says doing so i would not prevent the continued arming of opposition groups in the country. could be un security council where russia is refusing to back any military intervention or resolution that could break the conflict r.t. this is from new york. russia says it won't accept even a hint of an embargo on arms embargo when it comes to syria and its reasoning for this is pretty simple it says firstly that the weapons and arms are that russia provides to syria cannot be used against demonstrators thus don't influence anything that goes on i

as high court considers the fate of wiki leaks founder julian assange wanted in sweden on allegations of sexual assault case facing accusations of political motivation. and israel's ad campaign insults jews based in the u.s. already feeling alienated by their spiritual homes policies the top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is t.v. moscow says it will not agree to any embargo on arms supplies to syria while other members of the u.n. security council refused to even acknowledge armed groups are operating there moscow is standing firm on its opposition to any military intervention in syria saying it will vote against any u.n. resolution that could give eight the conflict western states want president to step down but moscow says the u.n. shouldn't be used as a platform to interfere in syria is a firm has always been a partner joins me now and you. can explain moscow's position on the arms embargo well bill the first comments coming just a few hours ago from the russian envoy to the u.n. to tell you churkin underscoring what russia has been saying f

the fate of wiki leaks founder julian assange. allegations of sexual assault case. political motivation. and the un atomic watchdog. over its nuclear program. and facebook is about. calculate the company of one hundred billion dollars but is that. find out more and. we are coming to you live from moscow city center. welcome to the program russia is standing at the u.n. security council on its opposition to any military intervention in syria differences do remain though among members over how to deal with the conflict washington the e.u. and some arab states one assad to step down but moscow says the u.n. shouldn't be used as a platform to interfere in syria's affairs. reports from new york. the united states france britain could talk are. all those countries supporting this draft resolution said that there would be no military intervention imposed in syria if the draft resolution was adopted but the most important thing to note is that those spearheading the push for this draft resolution are also calling for a ceasefire in in syria and also calling for a national d

the president of an appeal in london against the extradition a wiki leaks founder julian assange wants to sweden centered on the shield the swedish prosecutors inform shallots and the legal authority to issue an arrest warrant. soldiers always maintained this case is politically motivated it's great that it's front page since we've been doing very well coming out. of the u.n. atomic watchdog indicates tehran is ready to cooperate on the issues over its nuclear program and plans to make another trip to iran next month. news from russia under around the world this is us here with me thanks for joining us russia will not agree to an embargo on weapons to syria moscow says doing so would not prevent the continued arming of opposition groups in the country deadlocked at the u.n. security council where russia is refusing to back any military intervention or resolution that could aggravates the conflict and the situation has the latest from the. russia says it won't accept even a hint of an embargo on arms embargo when it comes to syria and its reasoning for this is pretty simple it says firs

with the leaks founder julian assange just to appeal britain's supreme court against his extradition to sweden is wanted for questioning over alleged sex offenses which he denies claiming the allegations against him politically motivated. and an israeli ad campaign in the u.s. backed by inadvertently insulting many jewish families across america many have criticized the commercials saying they use scare tactics to encourage israeli jews to return to their roots. as the headlines here on r.t. up next we talk to the indian to the united nations who outlines what he thinks the international community needs to do to resolve the ongoing crisis in syria and other arab nations this is art. parties sitting down with mr hardeep think poori the indian ambassador to the united nations ambassador pouri thank you very much for sitting down with r.t. i'd like to begin with syria because that seems to be a great point of contention within the u.n. security council not the last and the only time the council reached any type of consensus on the conflict in syria was nearly six months ago it was under

in the building the you see behind me to see if we can go to his basic you last chance saloon julian assange as far as his british legal fight has gays saying it's been going on for the for the yeah as we know he's gone up through the courts most recently at the high court he's finally got this to prevent colds he may have if he doesn't go his way here he may have recourse to take this year pinnacles human rights but that by no means a given of course this this is all about the fact that he's wanted for questioning in sweden for sexual assault allegation he has always maintained that this is a case that is politically motivated in connection with his work for wiki leaks when of course he released an enormous number of files that were very embarrassing for several governments and many international businesses he's made to fear really is that he could be extradited from here to sweden and then straight to the united . state that my colleague tom potter has beat in sweden has taken a look at what the relationship between sweden and the united states is the face that launched a thousand leaks ju

kerry's high court considers the fate of the killings founder julian assange shoes wanted in sweden on allegations of sexual assault. doesn't always make its case is politically motivated it's great that it spread to sweden to america more coming out. israel's ad campaign insults jews based in the u.s. already feeling alienated by their spiritual home policies our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow this is russia will not agree to an embargo on weapons to syria moscow says doing so would not prevent the continued arming of opposition groups in the country there's deadlock at the u.n. security council where russia is refusing to back any military intervention or resolution that could aggravate the conflict well for more on this we can talk to jack enough who is in new york to explain moscow's position on this. well russia says it won't accept even a hint of an embargo on arms embargo when it comes to syria and its reasoning for this is pretty simple it says firstly that the weapons and arms are that russia provides to syria cannot be used against demo

networks in regards to these folks who leak this information julian assange controversial figure love him or hate him we as a network in fact have even been criticized for getting the guy a platform in the first place accused of a sort of terrorist conspiracy just by getting us die a voice do you see maybe an abdication on the part of at least the television news media in the us in terms of treating these kinds of leakers seriously. i do i think we have a deeply embedded mainstream news media not just in television but also in print media and instead of doing their job. and uncovering what their government is really doing and asking hard questions they are happy to act as stenographers most the time unfortunately i don't think our government or media has learned very much in the past ten years and you see that both government and media are of poing much of the same script that got us into the iraq war this time changing the weather cue to a letter. anyone who has seen the clip of erin burnett of c.n.n. talking with representative peter king head of the home and security committee of c

and see and they were seem to have a little bit less patience for it where is diana raise for julian assange she might have to raise a bit of laughter and it seems like a bit of a life supersede take this is the last chance saloon for julian ourselves in this country this of course is the supreme court is the highest court in the land has come up through other courts including race recently through the high court he's made it here if he does lose here and there is a chance that he could take this to the european court of human rights in strasbourg that's by no means a given but i mean he's always said that he would do that if he did lose in this country's course he's always maintained that the charges are politically motivated he says that it's. connection with his what the wiki leaks such a call to release that huge cast of previously secret documents which embarrassed governments including the u.s. government and will say many international business but his greatest fear of course is that he would be extradited first to sweden and then once in sweden this week to find a way to get him to a

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. >> the media got distracted by the personality issues with julian assange. it is a fascinating, dark, twisted story, whatever is true. " people got obsessed with it. >> that is what happens. >> we have a cover story on the kim kardashian wedding now. [laughter] >> you have to pay the bills. the serious side of kim kardashian. >> i do think it is a problem. we are undertaking a project next year, the kind of project inspired by the works project to have the team across the country of writers, artists, documentarians, photographers to document poverty in this country. it is the 40th anniversary of the book "the other america." we have this human-resources, people who want to do the project. they can do it in a way to tell the human stories. human stories are key. we can use the human stories to tell the story about the structural problems of poverty in the country so it has more than just a human interest quality. it could lead to change. it could lead to hearings. politically, it has resonance. millions of people are now squeezed in the middle class. they are

press culture, there was this new technology that had the same threatening impact on people as julian assange had on the 20th century of the idea of publishing anything any time. the war department placed 154 newspapers on an informal but chilling watch list. as early as april, telegraph wires had fallen completely under military control. but at the same time, only one or two censors worked the telegraph office. it was a warning but it was never completely enforced. and newspapers in the field, journalists in the field, always had the option of getting on board a train with a dispatch or sending a horseback rider as a runner. they kov the war perhaps more in iraq and afghanistan. pictures of casualties were never forbidden, just the encouragement to rebel and join. if other newspapers felt a bond with their repressed brotheren, they seldom expressed solidarity. democrats remained completely silent or most. perhaps fearful of objection -- of objecting out loud. just weeks after vowing it would not applaud the administration, "the new york times" branded the journalist of exciting a riot in our

and julian assange accused them of running a network of paid informants and the company says it is nothing improper about the way it ultvates sources. >>> voters will cast ballots in the republican primaries in michigan and arizona. the big battle is michigan where mitt romney and rick santorum are in a virtual tie there. randall pinkston tells us, the two leading candidates are using some mate mitey sharp rhetoric -- are using some mighty sharp rhetoric. >> one day before the primary, mitt romney has brought the race to a virtual tie in his home state. rick santorum is doing everything he can to take back the lead in michigan. >> governor romney not only instituted government-run health care, the first comprehensive government program running health care from the top down. >> reporter: santorum is fighting hard to convince social conservatives he is their best choice. he made headlines over the weekend, when he took aim at john f.kennedy's famous speech from 1960, highlighting the separation of church and state. >> to say that people of faith have no role in the public square? that makes

there is a piece with julian assange on the new cover. what does it mean that "rolling stone" is the place stories are being broken? work on goldman sachs was ground breaking. dickenson on the environment. our occupy wall street coverage has been incredible. i could not have gotten this story published almost anywhere else but "rolling stone." that is the truth. if a public it somewhere else, they would have very good stuff, the material people really needed to read. it is a testimony to jann wenner, the publisher, and my editors, to take this risk. when the flak comes, and invariably it does when you write about powerful institutions, they do not throw me in front of the bus. tavis: they did not cover this up. thankfully, there is more in the book "the operators." it is written by michael hastings. good to have you on the program. thanks for your time. >> honored to be here. tavis: that is our show for tonight. see you next week. as always, keep the faith. >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.or.g tavis: joi