assange. i have not met with mr. assange, and i never said i had.and intermediary he referred to was randy credico. credico is a fringe radio host, who had once interviewed julian assange. randy credico: i'm a political satirist, impressionist, and they call me a satirist activist. michael: randy credico is now preparing to be the star witness in the trial of roger stone. male: randy, we just got this set of documents. i need you to take a look at 'em to review 'em, read 'em. get back to me. let me know what you think about what's in there. randy: this is gonna take me forever. look how much stuff-- male: it won't take you forever. it's not that much, it's just a little. randy: it's like reading "war and peace." look at all of this. male: it's e-mails and text messages. michael: the trial will focus on a series of communications between stone and credico that suggested they both had advanced knowledge of what wikileaks was planning to publish. credico now says he never had contact with assange, and roger stone was all talk. ray: i don't think he had

wiki leaks founder julian assange has been hold way in the u.k. since 2012 he spent 7 years under house arrest and in ecuador in the embassy before literally being dragged to prison his supporters of campaign for his release yet the biden mr ministrations still once seen extradited to the u.s. i have a host of redacted tonight leaking i'm just one of the smartest really the smartest progressive in this business takes a committed comedy angle but his stories are incredible. what do you believe is the biggest motivating factor for our government's continued push to extradite this guy just goes on and on doesn't it yeah it really does i mean it's incredibly just disgusting to watch the courts in the u.k. have ruled that he can't be extradited specifically because the u.s. prisons are so horrific that he would be a suicide risk and so all that needs to happen now is that they need to stop the appeals biden bind him mr asian and he would be a free man assad would be a free man tomorrow if they did that but they're not and actually we did get a slip up

s they saw washington officials this week nothing about a pardon for julian assange so that's the whole thing like what donald trump became president i was like hey now people are going to be we're going to put in an ugly face on the horrible stuff that that our government's been doing all along and people did become more aware of julian assange because of donald trump and now joe biden is president everybody forgot about him again the whole thing they used to say about donald trump is he's breaking all the norms and he's an enemy of the press right he's an enemy of the free press like a dictator well what the hell do you call what you're doing the julian assigns judge joe biden what do you call it and so guy get not one question about it at a press conference not one question about the number one journalist in the world award winning numbers ever had 2 or 3 tractor story julian assange being tortured by a western government there and for what is he being tortured for he's being tortured because he revealed war crimes of joe biden's administration with barack obama that's why he's being

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clinton, the leak documents cast a shadow on her entire electoral campaign me in criticism of julian assange, monetize. he's accused of pursuing a personal agenda with leaks and of having contributed to the advance of donald trump. but even after trumps victory wiki leagues continues to publish. and soon the u. s. government under trump will go further than the rock obama ever dad. the united states no longer operates in the shadows. it's time to call out, we get leaks for what it really is. a non state hostile intelligence service, often abetted by state actors like russia. they pretended america's 1st amendment freedoms to shield them from justice. they may have believed that, but they are wrong. ecuador also has a new president. he wants to get rid of the inconvenient guess in his london embassy, which makes found to judy and songs of internet access has been cut off at the door saying that they don't want julian sanchez, social media fee to jeopardize relations with other countries. that is thought to be in regard to a couple of tweets that julian just with or stood out in the morning on

wiki leaks founder julian assange has been hold a way in the u.k. since 2012 he spent 7 years under house arrest and in ecuador in the embassy before literally being dragged to prison his supporters of campaign for his release yet the biden mystra administration still one scene extradited to the u.s. i have a host of redacted tonight lee camp just one of the smartest really the smartest progressive in this business takes a communication comedy angle but his stories are incredible look what do you believe is the biggest motivating factor for our government's continued push to extradite this guy just goes on and on doesn't it yeah it really does i mean it's incredibly just disgusting to watch the courts in the u.k. have ruled that he can't be extradited specific. because the u.s. prisons are so horrific that he would be a suicide risk and so all that needs to happen now is they need to stop the appeals biden mr asian and he would be a free man a solid real free man tomorrow if they did that but they're not and actually we did get a slip up from one of

still a money gave a world exclusive interview to this program and she said that because of julian assange lunch who is imprisoned here in london we know she said that the us government was on the same side as al qaeda in syria what do you think about the case of julian assange and do you think that britain will kill him in jail here. sufficient information has not been published on the assignment issue and i'm not able to pass judgement on him. let me share my message with your viewers the situation of the world is currently and is beneath any human being more than half the world's population lives in poverty and the majority of the world's population lives under security threats and military pressure. the monopoly of power wealth and media has robbed nations and the masses of opportunities. today the world is being managed according to the principles of political darwinism. what that means is that for some to be strong others would have to be weak. for some to be affluent. others should be poor. for some to have dignity. others should be humiliated to use. this ideology as anti-human. an

is also preventing murray from traveling to spain to testify in a case involving the cia spying on assange while he lived at the ecuadorean embassy in london. in labor news, mcdonald's employees are planning a strike next wednesday, may 19, to demand a minimum wage of $15 an hour. on thursday, the fast food giant announced it is raising wages at company-owned restaurants, but 95% of mcdonald's branches are franchise locations that are not subject to the salary changes. mcdonald's worker and union organizer doneshia babbitt said -- "mcdonald's raising pay for some of us and using fancy math tricks to gloss over the fact that they're selling most of us short. we won't stop fighting, striking, and marching in the streets until we win $15 and a union for all." and thursday marked the 36th anniversary of the philadelphia police bombing of the home of the radical, black liberation, anti-police-brutality group move that killed six adults and five children and burned down two city blocks. in a major development, philadelphia mayor jim kenney announced the resignation of the city's top health offic

but the problem for lawyers is that sweden continues to insist that assange was not arrested at all on rested. co, not lawyers have no doubt about it. and higher authority must confirm their arguments. mm. the legal team's next step is to bring the case to the us working group, an arbitrary detention at something going on. always does to go to the international suite when local laws are insufficient or too restrictive use to determine if somebody has been improperly deprived of liberty. this group of experts listen to the arguments presented by the governments involved, sweden and the united kingdom take part in the process of issuing a decision can take several months at time that will be increasingly difficult for the london refugee in the ah, people in much west way, sions, and i mean there are also people better situations. it just means that diligence about dealing with trying to exercise and lives because it's nice to try and what's going on at the right time of day. and off times me, it's like people watching at the north pole in the space station that you have to deal with the

we talked about in the days in the cold war those of us arose and remember that the north koreans assange went playing but i don't think that's their loss but their economies in quite a mess they don't want to be 100 percent dependent on china which is how they're going to end up being so let's wait and see i hope biden will be patient even if they find something other than rhetoric which i fear they will in the coming weeks and months and then then that's ok foster carter from leeds university an ex-pro north korea south thank you for that insight israel is holding a national day of mourning for the victims of a stampede at a jewish pilgrimage site vigils and funerals are also being held this weekend for the 45 people killed during that omer festival at mt iran at least 10 children and teenagers are among the attack. flags are lowered at half mast in jerusalem. a tribute to those who died in one of israel's worst peacetime disasters. funerals resumed saturday after the end of sabbath the jewish day of rest. was. late night burials were held for a 12 year old boy and an 18 year old man. i

come out it's been pretty grim well in are all the headlines the afghan government to the taliban assange now both observe a rare 3 day cease fire for the muslim holiday of aid later this week comes after a deadly weekend topped off a surge in violence across the country the latest explosion killing 11 people traveling on a bus in the southern province of zabul it drove over a line while approaching a checkpoint dozens of teenage girls were killed in the weekend's worst attack when there were multiple explosions at that school at the end of the day as they were leaving class. iran's foreign ministry strongly condemned an attack around its consulate in karbala on sunday protestors an iraqi city targeted iran after an anti-government activists was shot dead in an apparent execution supporters of the set fires around the iranian consulate. those that lines this hour witness as the program coming up next. al-jazeera. well every. hour ringback. most of the deck m. and a class in the whole lesson but you'll start militant heavily fuel credit yanni v hamish element again alan. i didn't mean. to

it is a strong belief for who is going through all govern and not a republicans and democrats but assange has nothing to do with this if it. wants to i feel for whole thought of the white house yes i'm not here. belittling what bernie sanders and the left wing in the united states democratic party is they are all about human rights and civil rights but the majority if you put the majority which is. much european plus the left say one 3rd thought 40 percent of the democrats will stand with israel then it gives them an overwhelming majority in the state. the course by. i mean ignoring the sunni and rights and ignoring the good action limited by the israelis against the palestinians and what we heard there from the secretary of state of the 1st word up of a smart israel have the right to protect it so what about the palestinians who are and i hope your patient who is don't to protect them they are defending themselves look stones israeli government is killing palestinians with f. 15 s and f. 16 s and f. $35.00 sweet and america ok we cannot if wait be the leader like him with the. rhythm of

avoided when are you going to stop even talk about it later in the show wiki leaks founder julian assange well he's been detained in the u.k. for nearly 10 years yet mainstream news outlets well now they're crying foul over the imprison. that of a russian whistle blower why the change in tune don't go anywhere america's war starts right now. republican congressman matt gates is spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to convince his supporters that he's an innocent man but all this spending might be a complete waste joining to talk about this is fair and cousins fair and as i look at this you know i don't know who's less popular this week the academy awards production people or gates the numbers are dismal on both of them but this guy he's in a freefall right now he's trying to spend his way out of it what's your take it's really interesting what maggot's is doing right now because obviously when there's a scandal you spin spin spin and so you can spin it but gates is in a district where he doesn't have to spend right this is a deep red district that already according to polls they stil

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governments ongoing push to extradite julian assange from britain.he head of instagram has apologized after the social media platform deleted posts supporting a national day of awareness for missing and murdered indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people. a spokesperson from facebook, which owns instagram, blamed a global thnical iss but did noprovide rther detas. meanwhile, attorneys general from 44 u.s. states and territories wrote to facebook monday, urging ceo mark zuckerberg to scrap plans to launch a version of instagram marketed at children younger than 13. the attorney general wrote -- "use of social media can be detrimental to the health and well-being of children, who are not equipped to navigate the challenges of having a social media account." the biden administration announced monday it's reinstating discrimination protections for transgender people accessing healthcare, reversing an anti-trans trump-era policy. the move prohibits health care providers that receive federal funding from discriminating against people based on their gen

can't assange cue president biden plans to commemorate the first anniversary of floyd's death by hosting his family at the white house on tuesday. the president hope to have major police reform legislation on his desk by that time, but lawmakers are reportedly still working on a compromise. the bill will be named after floyd who, as we mentioned a moment ago, was killed last year by for minneapolis police officer derek shoven. well, none of the middle east and the first full day of a cease fire between israel and hamas. it comes after 11 days of deadly fighting drone video was released today and it shows the destruction in gaza high rise buildings reduced to rubble. what appears to be a residential office building severely damaged or flattened. so far, the ceasefire appears to be holding. and today some members of the bay area community gathered to show their support for palestinians. the demonstration in san francisco part of an international effort here, katie. greg liggins has more from those who marched in the mission district to civic center free palestine, a diverse crowd of roughl

is of one of the key sponsorsf the olympics and a major newspaper asahi shimbun coming up against assangelympics should not be held -- was that a surprise in japan and are you expecting other sponsors to also come out in opposition? >> hi. first of all, thank you for having me on your show. in terms of the dividends of asahi shimbun speaking against the all olympics, well, i have to say first, it came too late. to me, now they are taking the side against the olympics because it is becoming clear the public will not support this olympics and they will continue to face harsh criticism after the olympics are over. nermeen: what about the fact there is such widespread opposition as jules just mentioned, over 80%f the public in japan are opposed to the olympics taking place? how are they expressing opposition and what kind of response as the government in japan given to the opposition? >> so there have been many protests. ever since the beginning, ever since the games were awarded to tokyo -- which was 2013 -- there were small groups of activists speaking tirelessly against the olympics and po

talked about in the days in the cold war for those of us arose and remember that the north koreans assange well playing but i don't think that's their loss but their economy is in quite a mess they don't want to be 100 percent dependent on china which is how they're going to end up being so let's wait and see i hope biden will be patient even if they find something other than rhetoric which i fear they will in the coming weeks and months and then then that's ok foster carter from leeds university an expert on north korea so thank you for that insight thank you. israel is holding a day of national mourning for the victims of a stampede at a jewish pilgrimage site then chills and funerals are also being held this weekend for the 45 people killed during that omer festival at mt moron at least 10 children and teenagers are among the 10. flags are lowered at half mast in jerusalem. a tribute to those who died in one of israel's worst peacetime disasters. funerals resume saturday after the end of sabbath the jewish day of rest. areas were held for a 12 year old boy and an 18 year old man. in tel