i'm excited to introduce the author of the passion of bradley manning. we will be selling copies after words. we are lucky to have ted hearn, a composer, composing an opera about manning and attended his article 32 hearing in fort meade and from chicago we have kevin gosztola who is known to a lot of people in this room as a blocker on the dissenter and has been to all of the pre-trial hearings and continue to attend them. starting this week with the actual trial beginning in september. just so you know, booktv is filming this to be aired so please be aware of the cameras and if and when you want to ask a question during acquistion and answer please come to the microphone so they will get the audio of you for booktv. booktv is third on c-span2. i will give it to chase and we will hear from kevin and come back to new york. thank you. >> thank you, elise harris and everyone else. thrilled to be on the panel tonight with a first-rate necessary journalist, kevin gosztola on the tv monitor and with the team, mark doten and ted hearn who are giving the operatin

a couple of demands to president obama first of all they want president obama to apologize to bradley manning we remember last year president obama during a fundraiser said that. manning one had committed a crime now in the eyes of many of his supporters this really creates an environment where bradley manning won't be able to get a fair trial given the fact that the commander in chief has already pretty much rendered him guilty in this trial saying that he has committed a crime and second of all the supporters of bradley manning also want president obama to step in and to him to guarantee that many another u.s. soldiers are not punished before they go to trial now there's been a lot of world right worldwide criticism over the treatment of bradley manning while incarceration by the u.s. government in fact the u.n. torture chief called his treatment degrading even you know former spokesperson of this the state department p.j. crowley said that it was stupid and counterproductive what they were doing to manning so definitely still a lot of anger over the way that manning is being treated so far

supporters of bradley manning believe. that the work of weekly leads and even even though there is no proof so far that bradley manning was in fact the person who leaked these documents to wiki leaks they know that the principle of free speech and the fact that all these secrets were exposed about the iraq war about the afghanistan war i mean they definitely think that there is a coordinated attack about against both wiki leaks and in the prosecution of bradley manning that this is an assault on free speech and really an assault on peace. another well known whistleblower julian assange remains trapped in their car door an embassy in london although there seems to be some progress in the diplomatic impasse around in the situation in the u.k. have reportedly agreed to resume talks over the whistleblower's fate and breakthrough following a bitter rival of the bridges a thread to storm the embassy and take us on should by force foreign ministers from across south america and the u.s. have agreed to meet next friday to discuss

that bradley manning was in fact the person who leaked these documents to wiki leaks they know that the principle of free speech and the fact that all these secrets were exposed about the iraq war about the afghanistan war i mean they definitely think that there is a coordinated attack about against both the leaks and in the prosecution of bradley manning that this is an assault on free speech and really an assault on peace. and another well known whistle blower julian assigns where he remains trapped inside the ecuadorian embassy in london or the verse aims to be some progress in the diplomatic impostor rounding the situation ecuador in the u.k. have reportedly agreed to resume talks over the whistleblowers fate a breakthrough following a bitter row over britain's earlier threat to storm the embassy and take a stand by force foreign ministers from across south america and the u.s. have agreed to meet next friday to discuss the standoff the us was one of three members to oppose the gathering arguing that diplomatic asylum is not a matter of international law is legal team clearly di

general essentially had put out the order that nothing was going to change as long as he wanted bradley manning at maximum security prevention of injury watch i also want to bring up prosecutors said today that they have evidence showing that manning knew he shouldn't present classified information to people that aren't authorized to receive it what do you think about this argument the prosecution makes well it's interesting i mean this what you're talking about is the desire by the government to create mit three one charged. what they consider wrongdoing or criminal behavior that's not charge and the defense came back and said if the government wants to use a training counseling incident. essentially when bradley manning was training to be an analyst he posted personal videos on you tube and they were like you know to his family and they said you know like hey i'm here for my top secret location and it got cancelled you know that that you're not supposed to post stuff like that on the internet. so the defense said if the government wants to use these they should put these on the charge sheet t

group of war veterans and activists occupied barack obama's campaign office in oakland over the bradley manning case. manning is currently being detained for allegedly leaking classified information to pretrial hearings are currently under way if found guilty the private could face severe punishment although prosecutors say they would not seek the death penalty artie's ramon going down reports from california with the latest protests took place. several arrests happened there in oakland there were actually several arrests in portland as well as a group of supporters conducted several protests up and down the west coast now in oakland where dozens of people showed up supporters a man there were trying to deliver a couple of demands to president obama first of all they want president obama to apologize to bradley manning remember last year president obama during a fundraiser said that. many had committed a crime now in the eyes of many of his supporters this really creates an environment where bradley manning won't be able to get a fair trial given the fact that the commander in chief has already

demonstrators stronger up obama's campaign office demanding the release of jailed whistleblower bradley manning the action leading to several arrests. the no fly zone over syria would violate the country's sovereignty in the un charter that's a russian response of g u s claims that washington could impose the measurement of the wartime country bypassing the way. you're watching r t we start with breaking news that these eight people have been injured in a shooting in russia's republic of dagestan two armed men in my also been fayyad worshipers in shia in a shia mosque after the evening prayer to people line critical condition the incident comes on the final day of the muslim festival ramadan we'll bring you more on this breaking news story as we get it now moving on to our next story the jailing of three members of the russian punk band pussy riot who performed a protest stunt in russia's main cathedral has been met with a vocal and polarized reaction from the russian republic. you. get. the two year jail sentence handed down to the trio of four who can assume motivated by religious hatred to c

supporters of bradley manning believe that the work of weeks and even even though there is no. so far that bradley manning was in fact the person who leaked these documents to wiki leaks they know that the principle of free speech and the fact that all these secrets were exposed about the iraq war about the afghanistan war i mean they definitely think that there is a coordinated attack about against both the leaks and in the prosecution of bradley manning that this is an assault on free speech and really an assault piece the u.k. is now seeking an amicable solution to the diplomatic deadlock with ecuador over julian assange it has now agreed to told talks with the country's diplomats both in london and in quito experts think the move is an attempt to quell public anger and outrage in latin america after reports london had threatened to storm the ecuadorian embassy to detain us this weekend as diplomats from the union of south american nations plan to hold two special meetings to discuss the recent standoff between ecuador and the u.k. additionally the representatives of the org

shown by julie bradley manning. but there's a good boy over a long period of time of course they do. not go there in a large. trunk but they go thank you so much mr jeffs had to send director of the courage to resist project life from the us will be also looking out for their dad bradley manning story as it unfolds. and thursday has also been a decision day for another pariah who actually appeared as a guest and julian assange the brains most prominent human rights activist now believe dad has been sentenced to three years in prison for organizing and taking part in eagle gatherings tom barton reports. there has been a rather different decision in the case of the enemy of the state below rajab in bahrain becoming to dental imette to julian assange for an interview shown on this channel on r.t. in may he has however been given a three year prison sentence by a court in bahrain for being involved in and for calling for illegal and to government protests when the sentence was given though he was already in prison servi

bradley manning the details of both cases coming up. here's mitt romney trying to figure out then they saying that you have. far left the usa to defeat terrorism. terrorist cells in neighborhoods you see on live and a close. call going to hold. up in support of the voters because you know the corporate media distracts us from what you and i should care about because they're profit driven industry that sells us nice things will stick garbage because that breaking news i'm having martin and we're going to break that. up. well it's been nearly three months since with the leaks founder julian assange first sought refuge inside the ecuadorian embassy in london after being granted asylum by president rafael correa a legal firestorm erupted fighting over a songes fades and has promised it will arrest us on the moment he leaves the embassy making a trip to the airport all but impossible most recently occurred or as vice president let in morocco met with british foreign minister minister william hague to further discuss details though few detail

bradley manning must be released was on wednesday bradley manning spent his eight hundred and fifteen day off attention without trial the legal maximum is one hundred and twenty days. on thursday my friend now being read. president of the writing human rights center was sentenced to three years in prison for a tweet. on friday a russian back and was sentenced to two years in jail for a political performance. was there is unity in the oppression. there must be absolute unity and determination in the response. thank you. for the watching r.t. live from moscow live from london the world's number one whistleblower julian assange addressing the public for the first time in two months with some very pertinent points to make to all of those in attendance you could hear the crowd roaring certainly as the police presence was beefed up at the time. we're standing by we're waiting for his departure from the balcony of the ecuadorian embassy there he goes the world's number one whistleblower he says that the u.s. must renounce its witch hunt against wiki leaks the u.s. must release bradley mannin

and he particularly called for the case of bradley manning, you might remember bradley manning is the u.s. military officer who allegedly leaked all the classified documents to wikileaks and is now undergoing a military trial. take a listen to what assange said about his case yesterday. >> bradley manning did as he is accused, he is a hero and an example to all of us. and one of the world's foremost political prisoners. bradley manning must be released. >> reporter: now assange insists the reason he doesn't want to face questioning in sweden is he fears sweden will then extradite him to the u.s. as part of this on going investigation against bradley manning and himself. >> what is the latest from uk officials as to how they will proceed in the standoff? we were reading something about an obscure rule or law. do you think they'll barge into the embassy to arrest him? >> i don't think they will. this seems to have been a diplomatic misstep. they could strip the embassy of diplomatic status. that could take months of legal wrangling and would hotly be contested. more likely britain wants

and speaking of wiki leaks accused leaker bradley manning continues to sit in jail waiting for a trial this week pretrial hearings resume get again this time focused on allegations of his mistreatment while in custody for the latest on the bradley manning case we were joined by kevin to still love fire dog lake take a look. well we got a date today for the trial february fourth that's being widely reported right now because that's big news and it and it's good to know that it's moving along because there's been many issues with getting evidence of the defense has had to fight for certain evidence so it appears that this day is probably going to be pretty solid i mean we've already been delayed once there was a september date for the trial but this is something for people to keep in mind because also on the calendar now is debate over a speedy trial motion so lawyers intend to bring arguments that manning hasn't been given a speedy trial and that he should have you know some remedies some sort of maybe you know time served added on or maybe a shortening of the sentence for the fact that

it's a point assange made in his speech yesterday and made a call to free bradley manning. did as he is accused, he is a hero. and an example to all of us. and one of the world's foremost political -- bradley manning must be released. >> reporter: now, bradley manning of course is undergoing his own military trial at the moment. but so far nothing against julian assange. that is the reason he says he doesn't want to be extradited to sweden because he fears he'll be extradited to the u.s. as part of that investigation. >> there were british muscle flexing last week suggesting they might send in troops to get assange if they have to. but doesn't look like anybody is breaking down the walls of the ecuador embassy. >> reporter: it appears to be a bit of a bluff in essence, we're going to put pressure on ecuador to try to get them to move on this case. unfortunately had the opposite reacti reaction, they granted him asylum. they said they want to negotiate, come to some sort of compromise, may mean involving sweden questioning him on the sex crime accusations within the embassy.

a military judge expected to consider evidence request today in the trial private first class bradley manning. is accused of leaking classified documents to wikileaks. prosecutors claim they have evidence showing that he knew that he should not have released classified information. they're asking the judge to let them present the evidence. abbey road on the river. >> you'll hear a lot of beatles music on the weekend, the largest beatles' music festival in the world starting today through monday at the gaylord national resort at national harbor. proceeds will benefit the american red cross. if you don't have weekend

army intelligence analyst bradley manning that was accused of leaking classified information to wikileaks. ktvu was there when six protestors were led into a police van. >> we've been marching around for months telling people we need to free bradley manning. we've been saying that as loudly as we can and it hasn't been work song we needed to do something else. >> olson left voluntarily before the arrests were made. the protestors are demanding the president apologize for declaring manning guilty. they want to insure that soldiers are free from pretrial punishment. after that they marched to broadway to wait for them to be released. >>> let's go to the top story. clues are working on a house furriner mclauren park. tara moriarty just arrived on the scene. >> reporter: if you take off to my right here you can see the white house. there is a punch of soot that is coming up out of that window. so you can tell where the flames were. then there is flashlights for fighters on the roof. we're here off of vienna street and the nearest cross is avlon. you can see quite a few firefighters standing i

bunning law, bradley manning is facing charges he aided the enemy -- meanwhile, bradley manning is facings he aided the enemy. many have even called for execution. the same charges then could lead to julian assange being tried under the national defense authorization act, which has just been found unconstitutional by a courageous and right- thinking judge in the district of manhattan. >> daniel ellsberg -- >> that is the act under which i was tried. i wish i had had the chance to go for an injunction under that charge. >> daniel ellsberg, thank you so much for being with us, perhaps the country's most famous whistleblower from 1971 with the u.s. involvement in vietnam. we turn now to our next segment. it is the issue of the voting rights in pennsylvania. >> with a presidential election less than three months away, voting rightthings are heating . a judge upheld a controversial voter id law. the measure requires voters to produce photo id before they can cast balance. the american civil liberties union and other groups said they will appeal to the state supreme court. pennsylvania house ma

over barack obama's election office in oakland calling for the release of jailed whistleblower bradley manning. plus an occupation in flames nato and international troops on alert as afghan forces deemed friendly increasingly turn their guns on their mentor. it is a day out in the russian capital you're watching r t a marina joshing the jailing of three members of russian punk band pussy riot has attracted criticism from across the world and seen protests protests in support of the women they received a two year sentence on charges of holding isn't motivated by religious hatred for their mock prayer in russia's main orthodox cathedral foreign governments also have their say on russia's internal matter in the u.s. even calling on the authorities to review the case not retorts from new york. there has been both political and public reaction over the pussy riot verdict now around the globe and there has been several protests on friday in support of the three russian band members that were convicted of hooliganism paris brussels london and tell of the valar among the cities where demonstrators gat

. >> free bradley manning. free bradley manning. >> reporter: yesterday about 60 protesters held a rally at city haul and marched to the headquarters in support of bradley manning. he's accused of leaking classified information to wiki leaks. >> we've been marching around for months telling people we need to free bradley manning and we've been saying it as loud as we can and hasn't been working so we had to do something else to get attention. >> reporter: now that was scott olson, he's the veteran who was injured during occupy protest last year. he took part in the sit in. he did agree to leave while the rest of the protesters were arrested. our cameras were there when they were led away in handcuffs after they unsuccessfully negotiated the group to leave. 16 people were taken into custody, and several protesters marched down to headquarters and waited for their fellow protesters to be released. no one was injured and it was a a -- peaceful end. >> this office does not open until 10:00 but we're trying to talk

us and one of the world's foremost political prisoners. >> bradley manning, the u.s.leaking those accused of releasing the first wiki leaks documents to julian assange, to the buildup of the war in iraq and calling on president obama to do the right thing and let bradley manning out of prison. >> i ask president obama to do the right thing. the united states must renounce its witch hunt against wiki leaks. >> it seems to be a witch hunt against whistleblowers and i think bradley manning is as close as we -- we haven't talked about him in a while but as close as we have in this country to a political prisoner. that goes against the crane of what our legal stem is supposed to be all about. i don't think there is anything. i have yet to see anything, anything destructive, any harm that came from the leak of those documents. but if the government has a case against bradley manning, then let them bring him forward and make their case in court and let the jury decide up or down but to keep him in prison like indefinitely, i think, is an abuse of justice and i wish president

as long as assad is trapped in the ecuadorian embassy ecuadorian embassy in london and bradley manning is still in chains in a military prison and other whistleblowers fight prosecution in this struggle continues and the united states moves closer and closer to something none of us could have dreamed of just decades ago for more on this i'm joined by mark weiss rock co-director and at the center for economic and policy research and kevin got stolen reporter and blogger at fire dog lake welcome to you both thank you mark i want to start with you let's go back to wednesday night when the british government made this threat against the ecuadorian government that they were going to raid the embassy. was that a sign in of course the next ecuador fires back and says you know you're not going to threaten us and we're going to grant him asylum was that a sign of kind of the old power structures breaking down or my reading a little too much and it was even worse than that i mean it's hard to find anything like that in the last fifty or seventy years where a democratic government actually threat

sellers went on to mention the names of several people people like bradley manning thomas drake william binney the staff and supporters of wake of the wiki leaks all of them are the new faces or i should say the new victims of an assault spearheaded by the united states against those who are trying to bring corruption war crimes constitutional violations and corporate and governmental abuse into the spotlight they are the whistleblowers in freedom of information activists who are exposing the corporate state its assault on dissent and its ruthless expansion of influence around the planet they are the ones at the forefront of a struggle that is bigger than julian assange and bigger than wiki leaks it's a struggle all to believe for the soul of our nation when julian assange has asked the united states to do the right thing he's asking our nation and the rest of the western world to once again embrace democracy transparency and freedom and to ditch secrecy surveillance and indefinite detention as long as assad is trapped in the ecuadorian embassy ecuadorian embassy in london and bradley m

will be on the decision of the ecuadorian government it is just as important that we remember bradley manning has been detained without trial for over eight hundred days and julian is on there really trying to shift the spotlight to bradley manning remembering that he was arrested more than two years ago accused of you know being the person behind behind leaking all these documents to the whistle blowing web site and yet he still is sort of in pretrial hearing mode right now as we kind of wait and see how both cases play out many revelations have come out there wiki leaks what have the leaks brought to light. well it's really interesting i would say in a nutshell it's really taught the world a whole lot about geopolitics that we didn't know what we see on t.v. and some of the relationships than the images presented to us in public are not exactly as they seem in private now let me give you an example of porting two cables revealed by wiki leaks saudi arabia close u.s. ally actually has a major distrust for two muslim countries at least to pakistan and iran and has even at times really persuad

julian assange has once again called for his release what do you think will happen to bradley manning now he's been in jail for two years without having a trial what's next for him well i think we've reached a sort of a bit of a no man's land so we're out of his little point anything could happen i mean certainly the government in its might almost every federal agency has investigated wiki leaks there's a prejudicial prosecution certainly evidence of double jeopardy is coming up there is an important article thirteen motion hearing coming up in october so we hope that. justice will prevail but once again you know i think many people are also aware of the. the light of us government it's a long shot isn't it now is the case setting a president for all whistle blow us absolutely i mean even the government would argue that in the criminal prosecution of manning happening in fort meade i mean the government will hold the case trailblazing. particularly interesting is to see the coordination between the criminal investigation of manning with. thank you right well under house arrest in lond

we say we need to free bradley manning. we had to do something else to get attention. >> reporter: that was scott olson. he was the veteran injured by occupy proit's in october of last year. he and a few others took part in the sit-in. olson did agree to leave while the rest of the protestors that stayed were arrested. our cameras were the only ones there when protestors were led away in handcuffs. in all about six people were arrested and taken into custody for trespassing. after the arrest they marched down to oakland head quarters and waited for their foe low -- i'm powell chambers. >>> time now 6:07. police in san jose searching for whoever shot a teenage boy. it happened last night about 9:30 in the 600 block of sanders avenue. he was shot at least once. now he was rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries. investigators are searching for a possible motive in this attack. >>> we are following developing news from afghanistan this morning. u.s. military officials say two u.s. service members have been shot a

from his perch, he voiced support for bradley manning a virginia grand jury is investigating him on charges of aiding the enemy by passing files to wikileaks. >> if bradley -- if bradley banning did as he is accused, he is a hero and an example to all of us. and one of the world's foremost political prisoners. >> scotland yard has the embassies surrounded. he is under the protection of ecuador as long as he remains inside the building. president obama has not responded to the harsh words. >> speaking of president obama he took a break from the campaign trail today. he and his family went to church this morning. the first lady he and at the two daughters attended church across street from the white house. the last time he publicly attended church with his family was in april. >> mitt romney also attended services this morning with his family. he attended a mormon meeting near his summer vacation home in will spero, new hampshire. normally keeps his mormon faith away from the media but today, a pool reporter was allowed into the service. another reminder for you -- we have a one-on-one interv