spoke with the country's foreign affairs committee vice chairman to talk about the controversial initiative and the impact it might have on the freedom of press. it's not been long since hungry handed. the presidency to poland and president minister has been pushing ahead with his controversial new media law we're joined now by the vice chairman for the foreign affairs committee at the parliament here in hungary thank you very much for joining us now press freedom is a fundamental principle of the do you think the hungry some even further away from the. media. there has been a lot of talk especially in the last half year about you how do you use and standards we never really know what this exactly means i mean. and i don't think maybe you has an almighty right to determine where a lie be boundaries of such principles we never really heard clear definition of what exactly these values are what exactly are the fundamentals of these principles and what are the details where exactly are the boundaries of these so it is always a contentious issue i mean every country every nation state which the

pushing ahead with his controversial new media law we're joined now by vice chairman for the foreign affairs committee at the parliament helen hungry thank you very much for joining us now press freedom is a fundamental principle of the i do think the hungry some even further away from the valleys. where there has been a lot of talk especially in the last half year about you using standards we never really know what this exactly means i mean. and i don't why i think of the e.u. has an almighty right to determine where lie be boundaries of such principles we never really heard there critically a definition of what exactly these values are what exactly are the fundamentals of these principles and what are the details where exactly are the boundaries of peace so it is always a contentious issue i mean every country every nation state which the e.u. consists of has its own law has its own institutions that safeguard the freedom of speech or the freedom of press so even in the e.u. the opinions about the hungarian media law have been very diverse it has received criticisms and it has also been defended by

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of a new government controlled authority artie's it's our first spoke with the country's foreign affairs committee vice chairman to talk about the controversial initiative and the impact it might have on the freedom of the press. it's not being long since hungry handed. the presidency. and president minister or ben has been pushing ahead with his controversial new media law we're joined now by the vice chairman for the foreign affairs committee at the parliament helen hungry thank you very much for joining us now to press freedom is a fundamental principle. do you think the hungry some anything further away from. the stand with media there has been a lot of talk especially in the last half year about you know using standards we never really know what this exactly means i mean. and i don't quite think that the e.u. has an almighty right to determine where ly be boundaries of such principles we never really heard or critically a definition of what exactly it is values are what exactly are the fundamentals of these principles and what are the details of the boundaries of peace so it is always a conte

foreign affairs committee has said for the time being will remain in place over libya and will be lifted when the time is right and finally big question mark of course still hangs over gadhafi where reese he. is still unknown and britain stance has changed once again about on that issue prime minister saying this morning that his future will be in the hands of the rebels themselves to begin with when the campaign started six months ago he was saying that gadhafi must go then they changed tack about a month ago saying that he can stay in the country so long as he stands down but living in exile now there seems to be washing their hands of it once again saying that it will be in the hands of the rebels as you're saying of a. last second tactical changes are going on here but what about other e.u. states any reaction from them at this point. well a lot of. britain's calls for gadhafi to go germany italy france the e.u. nato also have all come together saying that the end is now nigh and asking gadhafi to relinquish what little power he has left so there's a lot of jubilation going on in eur

which later became widespread disappointment constantino the chairman of the state duma foreign affairs committee who says that even if the opposition takes power infighting is more than likely. the national committee system is committee is not united it consists of different tribes ethnic groups political forces which will start for i think each other i'm afraid. mr. know the future government of libya having had these foreign supports will be there very grateful and. very helpful to these characters to these group of need to countries for them to receive the future for the rebuilding of the economy of libya their china you know russia they have no chance to have the same equal. treatment of the countless which have helped the opposition in libya to be in this week. meantime members of the european union have once again called on could afy to relinquish power but euphoria over the on going assault on tripoli is fading to be replaced by concern that the new government may not have the authority needed to bring and maintain peace for more than i was cross like the ones i've been in a live in londo

became widespread disappointment constantino co-chair for the chairman of the state duma foreign affairs committee who says that even if the opposition. infighting is more than likely. the national committee assistance could meet is not united it consists of different tribes ethnic groups political forces. will start fighting each other i'm afraid there's. no the future government of libya having had this war and support will be very very grateful and. very helpful to these counties these group of nato countries for them to receive the future contours for the rebuilding of the economy of libya their china nor russia they have no chance to have the same equal. treatment every countless which have helped the opposition leader to begin this week. meantime members of the european union have once again called on khadafi to relinquish power but euphoria over the on going assault on tripoli is fading to be replaced by concern that the new government may not have built already needed to bring and maintain pace for more than and of course like the ones i've met enough live in london i've helos you so a rea

illiana ross lexington has added again as the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee the congressman has been trying to cut u.s. funding to the united nations and play some tough restrictions on the international body if they want us to keep putting money in and so as a continuation of this push and in anticipation for a palestinian statehood dr at the u.n. general assembly next month today ross left and introduced another bill this bill would require the u.n. to adopt a voluntary budget model which countries selectively fund agencies rather than according to a set formula it would limit the use of u.s. funds to only purposes outlined by congress it would end funding for palestinian refugees and withhold u.s. funding for any u.n. agency that upgrades the status of the palace and of the palestine observer mission it also holds all new contributions to un peacekeeping missions until further reforms are implemented and it would withhold u.s. funding from the human rights council until the state department can certify that it isn't including members subject to security council sanctions

a member of the house foreign affairs committee. and alex wagner, msnbc analyst and reporter for the huffington post. congressman, what does it mean for the libyan people to have colonel gadhafi out of power. >> i think the adage, a picture is worth a thousand words, i mean, we saw, what you just showed on your show, the exuberance, the sheer craziness of it. but it is in such a positive way. people are drunk on freedom. and people are baffled by the leaders. are they paying attention to what is going on around the world? does everything is v to be related to politics aent performance of the president. this is bordering absurd. >> i think alex that there was some on the right that wanted him to go in and do more. there were some of us on left that did not want to see us go into a change like this and a regime change where america got involved in way that did not make many of us comfortable. >> sure. >> but you can't deny that what he said he was going to do -- >> he did. >> -- is what he did. so what are they talking about in real l

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but the thing is you know here we had the footage from this house foreign affairs committee hearing right you know in your report the jeremy scahill reported on one of these incidents you compiled a lot of reports that were already out there so the information is there why does our press think continue to ignore it well because no one had put it together. and that the government with all the. attention given to the things and the waterboarding they put out. a narrative and this narrative of stuff by the congress by the press and you know we we don't know what we know unless we're kind of oh no and no one has you know they haven't you heard rumsfeld and you give a quote of that in minutes ago claim they've never been any want to get behind the nomenclature of waterboarding and they didn't because in that they were we didn't feel it was no wonder we didn't say that there was no water torture and in fact in the army manual today which is the current standard. according to reduce them to president obama. getting rid of the old. yes interrogation techniques among the prohibited techniques only

before the house committee on foreign affairs where he described not waterboarding but a form of water treatment no it's not waterboarding it's called water treatment. you were there was a book and you were there was a book answer was a cloth put over your face and you were put on a board or was. it we're told it was a bucket of water and they stick my head. and and then the one. so officials been using a semantic loophole to hide the military's actions and why has nobody investigated it joining me is jeffrey kay psychologist and contributor for truthout dot org jeff i want to thank you for joining us tonight and i want to know what you concluded here when you compiled a lot of these reports was that it was an outright lie that nobody has ever been want water boarded at guantanamo bay or were they just other techniques where water was involved where they got to play a game of semantics and not call it waterboarding. well one of the problems with playing around with semantics is that there's not an easy answer to that in my opinion yes they have lied to use the term waterboarding you kn

foreign affairs committee has said for the time being will remain in place over libya and will be lifted when the time is right and finally get down to where. balance is still unknown and britain stance has changed once again about on that issue prime minister saying this morning that his future will be in the hands of the rebels themselves to begin with when the campaign started six months ago he was saying that gadhafi must go then they changed tack about a month ago saying that he can stay in the country so long as he stands down but living in exile now there seems to be washing their hands of it once again saying that it will be in the hands of the rebels in libya potentially precarious state this is a post dictatorship limbo and we've been here of course before with iraq when mistakes were made and like iran libya sits on a great deal of oil wealth so that really complicates the issue considerably unlike iraq however there is this foundation for a new government already in place that is recognized around you they already have a diplomatic mission here in london but already the briti