marks the two year anniversary since wiki leaks founder julian assange has been holed up at the ecuadorian embassy in london the forty two year old australian sought refuge at the embassy to avoid extradition to sweden for a four year old sexual assault claim against him a claim that a songe vehemently refutes artie's poly boyko is in london with more. that's house of one of the world's most famous department stores and there's always a policeman nearby and not worried about shoplifters but the perpetual presence of one man inside that building is to you is since june in a sauna refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy inside a boston plouffe not in this red brick mansion in that time but when he editor in chief has still managed to run for the australian fennec and become the subject of a hollywood film he's also had to shadow a title of the world's most famous whistle blowing off the n.s.a. contractor edward snowden revealed details of mass government surveillance programs last year two years inside the building for a songe also means two years to come outside it for the london's metropolit

wiki leaks chief julian assange a second time diversionary holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london despite his self-imposed incarceration there is no sign of the whistleblower raising the white flag yet instead he has promised in fact another massive leak of information . has been. step out of one of the world's most famous department stores and there's always a policeman nearby they're not worried about shoplifters but the perpetual presence of one man inside that building it's two years since julian a son sought refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy inside a bottom floor flat in this red brick mansion in that time the wiki leaks editor in chief has still managed to run for the australian senate and become the subject of a hollywood film he's also had to share the title of the world's most famous whistleblower after n.s.a. contractor edward snowden revealed details of mass government surveillance programs last year two years inside the building for a son also means two years camped outside for the london's metropolitan police the bill for guarding that door in case a son sh

it's been two years now he's been holed up at that ecuadorian embassy how much longer do you think assad will remain in that diplomatic limbo. well i don't know as long as the british government continues to ignore its obligations under international law to do with political asylum i mean britain last month i think it was in march amended the law but meant that julian assange would be extradited to sweden so if he went to the court now he wouldn't be extradited the whole thing is phosphoric old and that's what the whole swedish episode is it's like a red herring it's rather grotesque actually because the really the main game of this is all the main crime. committed is that wiki leaks revealed to the world the extent of united states war crimes in iraq and afghanistan and it revealed numerous conspiracies by the us against governments throughout the world they didn't lie face i didn't like that obviously and this is this this this siege of a sound in the embassy and that's what it is is is is his punishment and it shouldn't be so there are he's been given political asylum to international

presence of one man inside that building it's two years since julian the son sought refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy inside a bottom floor flat in this red brick mansion in that time the wiki leaks editor in chief has still managed to run for the australian senate and become the subject of a hollywood film he's also had to share the title of the world's most famous whistleblower after n.s.a. contractor edward snowden revealed details of mass government surveillance programs last year two years inside the building for

state to others wiki leaks founder julian assange is marking his second year confined inside the ecuadorian embassy in london and still the whistleblower refuses to back down even promising to reveal a fresh batch of documents to the world or to reports from london for us so one of the world's most famous department stores and there's always a policeman nearby they're not worried about shoplifters but the perpetual presence of one man inside that building it's too since june in the sun so refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy inside the bottom floor flat in this. little details of mass government it's almost that building for the rest of his life. the place is going to be in the states and the ongoing us grand jury and i'm the best. takes that we know is ongoing and we know that because of court documents. so that is our main concern and i think it's important to remember. that julian remains inside that embassy. quick update from tel aviv where two people have been wounded in a car blast in the just a district of the city police there say the accident was not related any criminal coming up

presence of one man inside that building it's two years since julian a son saw refuge in london's ecuadorian embassy inside a bottom floor flat in this red brick mansion in that time the wiki leaks editor in chief has still managed to run for the australian senate and become the subject of a hollywood film he's also had to share the title of the world's most famous whistleblower after n.s.a. contractor edward snowden revealed details of mass government surveillance programs last year two years inside the building for a songe also means two years camped outside it for the london's metropolitan police the bill for guarding that door in case a son should ever emerge is something like eleven thousand pounds a day the ecuadorian ambassador admits his nonpaying tenant is suffering but sweden won't give assurances that whistleblower won't be extradited to the us if he travels to stockholm for questioning over allegations of sexual assault which means the i.q. dorian ambassador isn't ruling out the possibility his unlikely houseguest could be rattling around inside that building for the rest of his

also i am doing a sound pass us two years of being holed up on the ecuadorian embassy in london in legal limbo player we hear why he's not giving up. there's outrage and communities across america after revelations that local police forces are gathering have a duty military equipment washington says it's using surplus hardware from its overseas wars to bolster security at home but some americans fear their neighborhoods are now turning into war zones of their own. has the details. well as america continues winding down its longest streak of war soldiers are returning home and so is their military arsenal a used armored vehicle that will be used during swat calls and other emergency situations nine foot tall mine resistant trucks specifically designed to survive roadside bomb attacks are parked all throughout the u.s. local and state police departments have acquired more than four hundred m. wraps and silencers and tens of thousands of m. sixteen machine guns and night vision equipment the new paradigm is the military paradigm militarized police and the problem with that is when they look

well i'm standing just beside the entrance to the ecuadorian embassy in central london and as you can see behind me a crowd has gathered they say that they're holding a vigil it would solidarity with judy an astonished they want to thank ecuador for protecting his human rights and granting him political asylum we can him music playing leave listing handed out. speeches in support of julian a songe and in general an atmosphere in in support of the whistleblower he's about to start his year holed up in the embassy here in central london and now his critics will ask why doesn't he simply travel to sweden in order to answer questions over allegations of sexual assault that botts julian the sonship has maintained and reiterated today that sweden won't give guarantees that he wouldn't be extradited oh are you bitch to the u.s. where he says he'd be facing a politically motivated trial so two years on that's come at a cost to the u.k. taxpayer because you can see there's quite a police presence behind me as well the metropolitan police to spend over six million pounds guarding the door of th

they have a chance to do that against the ecuadorian side who can still go through as well. they need a victory. they could go through with a draw as long as switzerland does not win their game. a lot of stake for the ecuadorians who don't think that this team will be taking it particularly easy. they still can go through. those changes in the french lineup. morgan schneider is coming in. three changes in the defense. also, the midfield. also, the return of gosh you missed the win over the swiss. probably wants to keep the players have been substituted and have a couple of injuries confirmed. this should be came in the knockout stages for the french. hopefully, no one will get bitten in that game. >> thank you very much. let's move onto other world news. officials say that 13 people have been killed in the capital of baghdad after a suicide bomb targeted an outdoor market in the south pacific. the country is in the throes of serious unrest. ofl it since attacked one the largest airbases and seize control of several small oilfields. e rocky, nouri al-maliki is under internati

enemy of the state to others wiki leaks founder julian assange just marking his second year in the ecuadorian embassy in london and still the whistleblower refuses to back down even stack they're not worried about shoplifters but the perpetual presence inside not believe that it's too high the bottom floor flat in this red brick mansion in that time the wiki leaks editor in chief has still managed to run for the australian senate on the subject of a hollywood film he's also had to share the title of the world's most famous whistle blowing off the n.s.a. contractor edward snowden revealed details of mass government surveillance programs last year two years inside the building for a son also means two years pumped outside for the london's metropolitan police the bill for god being that door in case a son should ever emerge is something like eleven thousand pounds a day the ecuadorian ambassador admits his nonpaying tenant is suffering but sweden won't give assurances the whistleblower won't be extradited to the u.s. if he travels to start calling for questioning allegations of sexual assault wh

welcome back this week marks the second anniversary of being holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks still faces an arrest warrant issued by the swedish government but as the sun just lawyer explains it's not sweden that he's particularly scared off he's.

leaks is still in great demand this week marks the second during the sounds being how would the ecuadorian embassy in london coming up in the program we find out why he still face stepping out of the self-imposed prison. he had inside the game lights and we investigate the origins of russian football hooliganism and what it's like now. the u.s. now west's press military equipment will be used even. the troops pull out of foreign war zones the american government has been stuffing police departments with an arsenal of heavy equipment including armored vehicles aircraft and machine guns artesian report i find out why finds out who they are preparing to fight. well as america can use winding down its longest streak of war soldiers are returning home and so is their military arsenal a used armored vehicle that will be used during swat calls and other emergency situations nine foot tall mine resistant trucks specifically designed to survive roadside bomb attacks are parked all throughout the u.s. local and state police departments have acquired more than four hundred m. wraps and silencers and

this week marks two years now of voluntary limbo of wiki leaks chief julian assange still in the ecuadorian embassy in london but he shows no sign of giving up and continues his fight for press freedom nonetheless probably to see the president conducted or you know act against journalists for. all previous presidents combined that clip there is what he said during a conference call on his confinement anniversary he also called on the u.s. attorney general to either drop the ongoing wiki leaks investigation or resign but despite the worldwide witch hunt for whistleblowers julie the sarge still has a huge army of supporters you can count on you are going to zation spokesperson kristen halfords and told us that the sun just legal or deal is not discourage them from uncovering the government secrets to becoming extreme so shameful for all the parties and war this is tarnish the image of sweden and the way the swedish government has behaved in this towards mr rose arms and it has become obvious that the. motives behind the way that they are behaving it is obviously not a concern for the human ri

welcome back now this week marks the second anniversary of june in the sand being holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks still faces an arrest warrant issued by the swedish government but as the songes lawyer explains it's not sweden that he's particularly scared off his main concern is and has always been the risk of a man extradition to the united states and the ongoing u.s. grand jury and criminal investigation into a he thinks that we know is ongoing and we know that because of court documents released in the last few months so that is our main concern and i think it's important to remember the street that it is as a result of the u.s. action in relation to ricki lake's and the persecution and rastan of wiki leaks that julian remains inside that embassy. will have is in the u.k. who threaten national security might face life sentences according to legislation proposed by the government but activists fear that whistle blows could end up in the same category as cyber terrorists expects. in today's digital age committing a serious

it was not a particularly fluid performance, france played much of the second half with ecuadorian side using 10 men, in the end the french finished with a draw. they had a number of chances -- and scored 16 goals in three matches coming into this one, but there were six changes to the starting lineup, and they beat the swiss by five goals to 2 in the previous matchup. some of the key players should be back -- and he will be back from suspension, he will be vital. who knows. olivia became imagine this one. argentina -- they want to avoid 16, anda in the last are in the group for the first time since 1998 when they won the world cup. the french focus is now fully on the next game. the next game is against nigeria in brasilia. they will be in the final, very possibly against germany. >> that is our sports editor. let's take a look at the headlines. the prime minister of iraq crushes hopes for a sectarian -- -- militants take over -- in syria takeover and oilfield. a blast in nigeria leaves over 20 dead. the fighters of boko haram are thought to be under the attack -- behind the attack. it

but they couldn't break through the ecuadorian defense. the game ended in a scoreless draw. france tops the group with seven points. switzerland follows with six and goes through to the knockout phase. >>> the tournament is preparing for its second phase but some teams are on their way home from brazil. japan is one of them. the coach announced he will step down as the team made its exit from its world cup group. [ speaking foreign language ]. he had wanted to lead japan to its first world cup quarter final but the team managed only one point in the tournament. he said the team lacked physical strength. and that's a wrap-up of wednesday's action. >>> in other news, relations between china and taiwan have just gotten a little warmer. the two sides head ministerial level talks for the first time since their split in 1949. officials discussed the establishment of liaison offices and import tariff cuts. china's top official in charge of taiwan affairs is visiting the island for the talk. zhang zhijun met his taiwanese counter part, wang yu-chi. they discussed what place the liai

others this week this week marks two years of voluntary limbo for weeklies had julian assange in the ecuadorian embassy in london he shows no signs of giving up and continues his fight for press freedom though the legacy of being the president conducted all. but again. the fall for the. previous president. that's what assad said during a conference call on his confinement anniversary he also called on the u.s. attorney general to drop the ongoing weaken leaks investigation or resign but despite the world why witch hunt for whistleblowers assad says he still has a huge army of supporters to count on his lawyer jennifer robinson says the group's founder will remain holed up in the embassy as long as there is a threat of extradition to the u.s. . unless there is some significant political will exercised by the united kingdom's leaving the united states as we said we are seeking insurance and the closure of the criminal investigation to economics in the united states the for he feels comfortable to be able to travel to sleep to answer those allegations in the meantime of course he has continued to

this week marks the second anniversary of julius sanj being holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks still faces an arrest warrant issued by the swedish government but as a songes lawyers explain it's not sweden that he's particularly scared off. his main concern eason has always been the risk of our money extradition to the united states and the ongoing us grand jury and criminal investigation into we can exist that we know is ongoing and we know that because of court documents released in the last few months so that is our main concern and i think it's important to remember this straight that it is as a result of the u.s. action in relation to ricki lake and the prosecution and rastan it would be thinks that julian remains inside that embassy. hackers in the u.k. who threaten national security might face life sentences according to legislation proposed by the government but activists fear that whistle blowers could end up in the same category with cyber terrorist party boycott expect. in today's digital age committing a serious

the country's a vital oil reserves and two years since julian assange has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london what's next for the wiki leaks founder still very much a wanted man by the us plus the latest broken presidential promise to halt a military offensive in east ukraine as the people there continue to suffer your in than now.

the country's a vital oil reserves and two years since julian assange has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london what's next for the wiki leaks founder still very much a wanted man by the us plus the latest broken presidential promise to halt a military offensive in east ukraine as the people there continue to suffer your in the now. here's president obama has just said that the country's forces won't be in a combat role in iraq but military strikes might take place we will be prepared to take targeted and precise military action if and when we determine that the situation on the ground requires we hope to rejoining karen kwiatkowski retired u.s. air force lieutenant she plans to be with us in the now we'll get to her as soon as we can get her on the line for now are two years ago has more for you on what isis is doing and how it's taken half of the country under its thumb. fifteen thousand fighters ten thousand operations in iraq one thousand assassinations and all last year alone the state of iraq and syria now known more notoriously as isis has been slicing through iraq movi

for the more keys now this week marks the second anniversary of joint of being holed up in the ecuadorian embassy in london the founder of the whistle blowing web site we can leaks still faces an arrest warrant issued by the swedish government but as a salinger's lawyer explains it's not sweden that he is particularly scared off his main concern has always thing the risk of a man extradition to the united states and the ongoing u.s. grand jury and coming into a he thinks that we know is ongoing and we know that because of documents from the lace must be so that is why and i think it's important to remember. that it is as a result of the u.s. action to regulate the prosecution rested of what he thinks that julian remains inside the. hackers in the u.k. who threaten national security might face life sentences according to legislation proposed by the government but activists fear that whistleblowers could end up in the same category with cyber terrorists playboy explains. in today's digital age committing a serious cyber crime could land you a mega sentence under the serious crime bill propo

ukraine then later in the program also head to judas sarge passes two years of being holed up at the ecuadorian embassy in london in a legal limbo we hear why he's not giving up. more alarming reports from iraq which you had just militants have killed twenty one tribal leaders in the west of the country after they captured three more cities on sunday there the latest games in their rapid advance towards the capital but it's left a trail of blood and death as they march through the war torn country i'm a proud of it too and these are pictures that came through in the week from the al qaeda offshoot they posted these showing mass executions that were verified of iraqi soldiers are these loosely caffein off as more the merciless offensive than of isis. armed to the teeth determined to conquer on the march across iraq the islamic state involved in syria also known as isis is quickly emerging as one of the world's most powerful jihad is groups the groups goal just what the name implies and islamic sunny caliphate stretching across the middle east isis already controlled large swaths of land in syria

sexual assault and rape there were those charges would be weeks founder has been holed up inside the ecuadorian embassy in london for two years of finding extradition he was granted asylum by door but the british government says they'll arrest us songe if he sets foot outside of the embassy fears that if he returns to sweden it will be extradited to the u.s. and face charges for leaking thousands of classified documents including those leaked by chelsea manning lawyers say the warrant should be repealed because it can't be enforced while he's in the embassy they also say a swedish prosecutor could and should interrogate him in london instead last week us on spoke on his second anniversary of being in the embassy where he made it clear that he will remain inside the building until the impasse over his future is resolved and still ahead here on our t.v. the streets of chicago may soon have an increase in surveillance some are worried about a new project that could be used to track the movements of people in the area more on surveillance in the windy city after the break. on marinating in the fina

speaking via satellite, he thanked the ecuadorian government and its supporters. proud thatle can be their country has stood up to intense pressure over myself many slanderous from press associated with the united states, some associated with the united kingdom. i am thankful to that resistance and also to the [inaudible] of my staff. >> talks are again at an impasse with britain refusing to grant him safe passage. friday marks the 50th anniversary of the killing of three civil rights workers in mississippi, a pivotal moment in the 1960's struggle for equality. in 1964, james chaney, andrew goodman, and andrew schwerner beaten and shot by a group of klansmen. they had come to mississippi to register african-american voters as part of the free room -- freedom summer campaign. a number of klansmen numbers were charged with minor sentences. it took 40 meters before a murder conviction was handed down with a former ku klux klan's mend it was found guilty of murder in 2005. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace rep

today marks the two-year anniversary of his confinement at the ecuadorian embassy under threat of arrestited states. joining me now is publisher and founder of wikileaks julian assange and also joining us is president emeritus for constitutional rights and attorney for wikileaks michael rattner. julian, i know there is a short delay so i will get right to it. let me first get your reaction to the presence of dick cheney and paul wolfowitz having greater military presence in iraq. >> these two individuals have no credibility with the world public, and i hope they have no credibility anymore with the u.s. public. we were all lied into this war and, in fact, it's a feature of democracies that they do tend to be -- they do tend to be lied into wars, and we can look at what's happened in syria. it's not just what's happened with dick cheney and wolfowitz, but actually what has happened in syria is obama's war, and that war has now crossed over into the border in iraq. the u.s. policy positions on this latest isis position are quite incomprehensible. it supports isis in syria. it supports saud

time does not exactly fly when you are holed up at the ecuadorian embassy in london, but for two yearshere julian assange from wikileaks has been hiding in plain sight after the latin american country granted him political asylum. so what is assange still doing in that embassy? well, he is wanted for questioning in sweden on allegations, allegations he sexually assaulted two women in stockholm. there are no actual charges against him there, but his lawyers think the minute he steps into sweden he could be extradited to the united states. now his lawyers say they have new information that could allow him to walk out of that embassy without handcuffs. wikileaks founder julian assange joins me from ecuador's embassy in london along with michael rattner in new york. thanks so much for being here. you promised to reveal new information about the swedish investigation. will it clear your name? >> well, if you read the case details my name is already perfectly clear. you can go to justiceforassange.com and read all of the investigation documents that have been made available to us and it is q

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as the chief wiki leak or julian assange is looks set to remain indefinitely at the ecuadorian embassyu.k. taxpayers are the ones shelling out for a stay they've already coughed up six million tons for the security measures needed to prevent the whistleblower from escaping but the details on the growing policing bill visit our website also. prison break the media style three. inmates make a daring escape from a q back jail fear helicopter read all about that and plenty more on r t dot com. in iraq a suicide car blast has killed at least nineteen people near the kurdish parties headquarters northeast of baghdad it is the latest in a wave of bombings which has left more than sixty people dead the day before also gunmen stormed a university on saturday taking students and staff hostage but freeing them afterwards middle east experts are believes the iraqi government is to blame for the worsening crisis. government. is not functioning and it's not been functioning for the last year and more the government is using the same policy that bush was using whenever he fails and achieving things o

in other news is the chief wiki leaks and julian assange is looks to remain indefinitely the ecuadorian embassy u.k. taxpayers are the ones who are shelling out for his state they've already coughed up six million pounds for the security measures needed to prevent the whistleblower from escaping for the details on the growing policing bill visit our website. and famous for her screams on court just lie down the russian tennis player maria sharapova has won the french open to hear more from sheer rough of herself is a r.t. top called. the end. in iraq a suicide car blast that killed at least nineteen people near the kurdish parties headquarters northeast of baghdad is just the latest in a wave of bombings that killed more than sixty people just the day before also gunmen stormed a university on saturday taking students and staff hostage but freeing them shortly afterwards released experts that are believes the iraqi government is to blame for the worsening crisis the government will evolve is not functioning and it's not been functioning for the last year in more the government is using