today we bring you our interview with her father, david suzuki, one of canada's leading environmentale spoke to him just after speaking with severn cullis- suzuki. he is perhaps best known as a long-running cbc program, "the nature of things." in 2009 he was awarded the right livelihood award. his latest book is, "everything under the sun: toward a brighter future on a small blue planet." i began asking david suzuki if anything has changed since his daughter delivered that famous address 20 years ago. >> absolutely not. we're going backwards. sirleaf from the standpoint of my country, canada, said it was planning a leadership role in late rio '92. the question canada is a laggard. we are a global outlaw, renegade country. overall, the planet is in terrible shape. the difficulty is meetings like this are doomed to fail because we see ourselves at the center of everything. and our political and economic priorities have to dominate over everything else. if we do not come to gather and say, look, let's start with the agreement that we are biological creatures, and if you do not have air f

. >> we will also speak with her father, david suzuki, the environmentalist. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. wikileaks founder julian assange could learn as early as today whether his request for asylum in ecuador has been approved. he spent a second night at the ecuadorean embassy in london after seeking refuge in a last- ditch bid to avoid extradition in sweden. the foreign minister says that a decision is expected within 24 hours. in an interview with the news company telesur, they say that he has every right to seek asylum in a foreign country and rejected concerns that this would harm the relationship with the united states. >> the relationship between the united states and latin america should be very affected because on the corrupt ecuadorian, bankers to becker to our country, asked for asylum in the u.s. journalists who defame go to the u.s. to ask for asylum. it is established in international law. every country has the right within its sovereignty to give asylum. >> assange could face arrest citing breaking his bail. >>