we can never know the founders. they were present at the creation. great phrase. they saw god face to face. we could only see him second hand. my goal is to see them face to face. as human beings, as impressive -- the most impressive collection of political talent in our history, but at the same time, as flawed founders. their flaws in some sense make them more interesting and make them more important. if there are gods or demigods what in heaven's name do we, mere mortals, have to learn from them? i want to tell you three stories. and then i will take questions and i'm not going to try to cover the book. i'm not going to read to you from the book. alexander ellis earlier mentioned sits at my desk back in am herst, massachusetts, to do his latin homework. he makes notes on my blotter. the red sox by three. i will be a pro skier. also, work harder, dad. i need to go to a good college. so under the thinl disguised verneer of a talk on washington, this is really a promotional event. designed to get you interested enough to purchase this allegedly madges tearial book.

the founders knew and contemporary americans are painfully learning there are few better definitions of tyranny than one that finds an asian repeatedly late into the war where no national interests are at risk by the personal beliefs, and oceans or even whims of a single individual in his or her closest advisers. to have a shot at negating the persian gulf threats to american u.s. leaders must be made to abandon their half century binge of interventionism and begin to rebuild the politically cohesive financially solvent american republic to replace washington's already collapsing attempted empire. the question is of course how to begin to retrieve the blank check commitment u.s. leaders have given to the foreigners. let me suggest several ways of proceeding. first, america must consolidate who alternative energies expand the power, and further exploit fossil fuel reserves. in america nothing should be allowed to determine the ingenuity and initiative of americans from securing greater energy self-sufficiency. year is induced by the bp oil week shouldn't keep controlling halted and de

so that great investment of our forefathers made, our founders made in designing a government that would challenge the descendent, just like people we know, to invest in each other, that's what we are teens. we are respecting not pass, understanding its impact on us right now, the fact that we are not that, we have antibiotics and understanding the impact for grandchildren and great-grandchildren. that's what we're contesting when we say we don't need legislative encouragement on philanthropic freedom. it's america's great asset. no other country in the world has this kind of enough that that is grown so so big and powerful is called the earth victor. the third structure in society. there's government, commerce, industry and corporation and a nonprofit sector, which is funded by philanthropy to develop a whole new structure within our country. so philanthropy unbound as the title you've heard he figured out the meaning of. what i've done in the last couple chapters as challenges to think with this amount of freedom, but his philanthropy in good respecting all this diversity in all of the

the new york times is under fire for its treatment of wiki leaks founder julian assange the paper made a fortune off the back of stories coming from the cables leaked to it but has distanced itself from a soundtrack for the launch of a criminal investigation. and russia's first mass produced passenger jets in soviet times gets ready to soar into a high flying market after overcoming several delays the super jet one hundred is about to be approved to perform commercial flights in russia and the c.i.s. . and the founder of the whistle blowing web side we can leaks julian assange just still wanted in sweden on sex assault charges and could be extradited there from britain but there have been reports that the u.s. also wants him on charges of espionage spoke to us what is journalist al burke who things there could be apple logical agenda behind a sonorous case. alber thanks for sitting down with us today here in stockholm in the work that i've had a chance to read of yours you seem to think the u.s. has a growing influence on sweden in bigger and bigger ways tell us more about that well of

we have also seen changes in the type of donor and founder. more individuals, such as wealthy donors starting propublica. there is another website, spotus, which collects donations to shed light on journalism. so it is not just the night foundation, mccormick foundation, but founders who are interested in democracy, civic engagement, such as open society institute, community foundations. they are supporting a similar project in san diego. so the pool of the founders and donors has expanded. >> some good news on the first row. [laughter] craig aaron, i saw you cringe a little bit when we said the most we support government funding. so what do you support? >> i think the government has a role to play. i do not think they are the only answer. whatever we do, the government will be part of the answer. we need to end this myth that the government is not already involved. usc just did a study that we spend $1 billion a year in placing public notices and various tax breaks, the public airwaves that bring us our television stations. that is owned by t

also larry ellison ceo and founder of oracle.s business he's known for his fire the leadership. the visionary behind apple steve jobs wearing his trademark turtleneck. the dinner was held up a home of john who is a key partner in perkins. other businesses were represented by moderate guests include twitter, not flex, cisco and the wesley group. >>pam: 58 traffic quite slow, the bay bridge toll plaza back up. all lanes except for the carpool lanes are moving quite slowly as they had westbound through the pay gates. our traffic map. shows you the areas in red indicate how far the back stretch as. in fact, it goes all the way on i-82 else a real. all of this complicated by the normal friday back up and the rain. the take a look at the james lick in san francisco. the bottom of your screen traffic headed southbound moving slowly. highway 80 traffic headed toward the lower deck of the bay bridge is at a standstill. . we will be right back with more news, weather and traffic in a few moments. @ >>catherine: this justin, were getting wo

he was the founder of the gap stores, don fisher. he was at -- at that time going public with his company. it could have been very damaging to him. >> when it comes to style we have it all. tops and jeans. >> make a difference besides just selling clothes. >> tonight as we look back at her career in bay area television we talked a lot about the activist of the 60's and 70s. in a interview we asked what she as a person who lived through that time and covered so many of the events that defined it thought happened to change that. >> people were just tired of the disruptions, of the marches, of the -- you know all of the chaos that was caused and i think the decisions were not so much based on that people didn't favor giving more jobs, say to minorities or feeding the poor, it's just they want aid quiet period. so we turned to the me period where everybody was in it for themselves. that was considered popular. >> although she never worked here at ktvu her husband did. bill moore was the news photographer at channel 2 starting in the 60's

we know these foreign-born founders, here are the foreign born founders are immigrant founders. the light bar are the nativeborn. they are far more likely to have a higher education, have a graduate education. and i think that's because as jeanne said, it's a gateway for highly skilled people to come to the u.s. and also there are opportunities for people to start high-tech firms before they get to graduate schools. so bill gates and paul allen being very famous examples, college dropout who started microsoft. now, the real difficult question here is are these folks complementary to nativeborn or is there some kind of crowding out? unfortunately, and i think all of us in the field feel this is unfortunate, there's no definitive answer to this question. to the founders make the firms are in a sense does the environment make the firm? we get a little bit of leverage on that by comparing those firms that have at least one foreign-born founder with those that were native founded. what we find is that they are very similar, and less we take out -- this is if we control for education.

now today wiki leaks founder julian assange which got the news that he would be extradited to sweden where he could face trial for sexual assault charges so discuss his rise and fall and the impact that his website has created on the rest of the world kevin zeese will join me to discuss those details and as the unrest continues in the middle east and northern africa the u.s. fears that we need to be affected by oil prices already the cost of oil has increased dramatically and we can't help but wonder if the threats of higher gas prices over new the discussion about our reliance on foreign oil foreign policy steve levine will give us his input next rolling stones michael hastings is out of the get he released a new story about the u.s. military this time reporting that the army psychologically manipulated visiting politicians into providing more funding for the war efforts now as you can imagine the article is already having a lot of people up in arms but we can't help but wonder how many other people have also been victims of this practice we'll speak with lieutenant colonel anthony

is accused of double standards by agreeing to extradite wiki leaks founder julian assange on the job oh great clay supporter of using to do the same for international terrorists. plus boasting of the russian armed forces the government announces a multi-billion dollar program to upgrade its military equipment to tackle the norton threats. worldwide news of live from moscow this is r.t. now with much of libya in the hands of antigovernment protesters reports suggest the thousands have been killed as kind of gadhafi attempts to cling to power is battling to shore up control of the capital tripoli and western areas of demonstrators consolidating gains in the eastern part of the country it's all amid speculation that one of gadhafi is only son has now joined the opposition international momentum is building for action to punish the libyan leader for the violent response to people's calls to change the e.u. is considering sanctions such as travel restrictions and the freezing of the his assets the u.k. and france are pushing for an arms embargo and a war crimes investigation libya's food

. >>> and judgment today, wikileaks founder julian assange expected to learn today if he'll be extradited to sweden to face expected to learn today if he'll be extradited to sweden to face sex crime allegations. captioning funded by cbs >>> good morning, everybody. thanks for joining us, i'm betty nguyen. >>> hour by hour, mile by mile, the anti-government rebellion in libya is closing in on moment or gadhafi. gadhafi has lost control of eastern libya, cities closer to the capital tripoli are being taken over by anti-government forces. gadhafi is holed up in tripoli, protected by hired militiamen and supporters. more anti-government rallies are planned there today. entire army units are defecting and they now control key cities. mandy clark has made it to libya and has the latest. >> reporter: this was the scene when we arrived at the main square. residents shouted, welcome to free libya. and chanted, down with gadhafi. inside the protesters' tents, young and old men fought for our attention. why are you here? why in the tent? >> we are here for the freedom. we need the freedom. >> report

the headlines here on r t the embattled founder of whistle blowing web sites wiki leaks is in a london court fighting attempts to have him extradited to sweden. fears that stockholm could pass along to the u.s. for prosecution. gyptian officials try to defy the opposition with concessions hosni mubarak's regime has held unprecedented talks with the muslim brotherhood which is actually banned in that country but after a fortnight of rallies demonstrators in cairo say they won't leave the streets until the president resigns. and russia's police force is in line for a massive overhaul after the president signs a bill to have them a rebranded and a reform the changes are aimed at fighting corruption and abuse of power by officers. i've got some fairly big sporting news here to give you one r.t. let's cross our live now to the sports desk and we've you know well you know that's it for another year in the big n.f.l. . rory on the team who are laughing at the end of it all are green bay we'll have more on that coming up in just a second we're. good to have you with us this is sports today i'm

the founder of whistleblower web site wiki leaks is in long didn't find any attempt to happen next. many feel still claims crazy relationship with washington may turn our songs into a pool to be traded between the two countries. egyptian officials trying to woo the final position with concessions all for a fortnight or brownie demonstrators in clere say they won't leave until the president was nothing. but the law fears the opposition movement is being influenced by islamic law pushing their own agenda in the region. there in a few moments. on the police force is in line for a massive overhaul up to the president signs a bill rebranded and we call the changes to end of points and corruption and abuse of power. a very warm welcome to this is the live from moscow i'm alice had it the founder of wiki leaks the sign that opened america's diplomatic secrets to the world spent the day in a london court to fight sweden's or to have to have him extradited from the u.k. during arsalan is a wanted by stock over claims of sexual abuse against two women but he says the allegations are political

the embattled founder of whistle blowing web site wiki leaks is in a london court fighting. julian. calls them all to us consequences. that if on the opposition with concessions. to the brotherhood movement which is banned in the country for. demonstrators in cairo. the speech the president resigns. for amounts of the president signs the bill. for changes aimed at placing corruption and abuse of power that's. next. good to have you with us this is sports today i'm you know normally these are headlines this hour come back queen's russia overturn a true love deficit against france to reach the fed cup semifinals. redialing great green bay secure their fourth super bowl title beating pittsburgh thirty one twenty five in texas. truck it's as if she's never been away as pole vaulting legend the limit by about returns after a year long break to win the russian winter crown. going with tennis where it was a sunday to remember for russia's fed cup squad the four time champions booking their semifinal berth courtesy of a stunning comeback over france after some of the singles the school was

we know these foreign-born founders, here are the foreign born founders are immigrant founders.the light bar are the nativeborn. they are far more likely to have a higher education, have a graduate education. and i think that's because as jeanne said, it's a gateway for highly skilled people to come to the u.s. and also there are opportunities for people to start high-tech firms before they get to graduate schools. so bill gates and paul allen being very famous examples, college dropout who started microsoft. now, the real difficult question here is are these folks complementary to nativeborn or is there some kind of crowding out? unfortunately, and i think all of us in the field feel this is unfortunate, there's no definitive answer to this question. to the founders make the firms are in a sense does the environment make the firm? we get a little bit of leverage on that by comparing those firms that have at least one foreign-born founder with those that were native founded. what we find is that they are very similar, and less we take out -- this is if we control for education.

wiki leaks founder julian assange happen simply say his extradition fate inflates the men told the case it's hearing him say whether he'll be sent to sweden on sex crime charges. however sweden may be just a short story for a leaked cables uncover an american agenda behind the swedish want topping that march and washington to process charges. from our studios here in central moscow this is with you twenty four hours a day so the egyptian president hosni mubarak has finally stepped down and handed power to them in a tree according to the country's vice president it comes after more than two weeks of mass unrest in the country including violent clashes between pro and anti-government protest of western powers including the u.s. have been calling for a transition of power leaving them decades long isolated he's going to cause more from washington. and the u.s. it's presented as a triumph of democracy were heard president obama speak earlier he was very passionate about all this he was talking about how the egyptians made their voice heard this is how the real democracy works he was saying

weak and america must return to the founder school for our country.that of being the well-wishers of freedom and independence for all. but the champion of the indicator only of our own. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, michael. i have a feeling we are going to have some questions after that speech. i would encourage you to freeze your question as a question and we will take one per person only. second row. no, sir, the one behind you. we will get to you. >> thank you. i am confused about the relationship between the saudi royal family and al qaeda. can you explain that a little bit more, and particularly how -- what is in the interest of the saudi royal family to establish a al qaeda sales in the united states? how does that work? what is being done and how far has progressed? >> the saudis are inoffensive almost imperialists purveyor of islam. they are indeed the people who want to build a caliphate worldwide. bin laden is more of a defensive jihadists wanting to take back the land that he believes were taken from his mom to the co -- is

the embattled founder of whistle blowing web site wiki leaks is in a london court fighting attempts to have him extradited to sweden songs for his stockholm good possum which is the u.s. from prosecution. gyptian officials trying to shoot the defiant opposition with concessions from the mubarak's regime has held on the president who talks with the muslim brotherhood movement which is banned in the country but after a fortnight of rallies demonstrators in cairo say they leave the streets until the president bush. and russia's police force are in line for a massive overhaul after the president signs a bill to have them rebranded and reform the changes are aimed at fighting corruption and abuse of power by office for some. time now for the sporting news with natasha. you're watching the sports years on our t.v. hello and welcome to headlines from. the packers how by alvey aaron rodgers beat the steelers to win the super bowl forty five that first lombardi trophy since one thousand nine hundred seventy. massey scores a hat trick as barcelona dallas let's go to retain their seven point lead

they are warning against a violent and founder of response. >> images circulating on the internet. and other disturbing images. protesters get ready for the little green book. the crowd cheers. they paint a picture of a regime sweeping across the region. but how much pressure is he now under? he is the longest serving leader since he seized power over 40 years ago. can he still keeps his iron grip on the country? you might think he was more likely to survive than most leaders. he has powerful security forces, oil money, in he is good at reinventing himself. he is now more last excepted in the west as a partner. he himself -- it is his hard- line image that might make him vulnerable. >> it is a country where demonstrators have been few and far between. unlike in other countries, this is a challenge to the regime. >> already, there has been a stark warning to protestors to expect a violent and founder of response. there is the mounting government crackdown. the sense that it is history in the making for libya one way or another. >> president obama has condemned the violence against a

in other news the founder of wiki leaks would face a secret trial and flagrant denial of his rights if he's extradited from the u.k. to sweden so says julian assange just defense team a london court is hearing evidence on whether he should be handed over to stockholm over sex crime allegations and songs denies any wrongdoing and says the accusations are part of a conspiracy to punish him for running his whistle blowing web site r.t. as more and it is following the case this is the second day over today extradition hearing for cheap enough songs at the end of which swedish prosecutors will be hoping that they can extradite songs to sweden to face questioning a validations of rape molestation and unlawful coercion made by two swedish women back in august of last year and julian assange himself has always maintained that these allegations are politically motivated he says that there is a directly follow on from wiki leaks release of the us embassy cables which were deeply embarrassing to washington and say therefore the u.s. will do anything to get its hands on him a black box has been ap

co-founder of the berlin based think tank transform thank you. all still ahead for you this hour here on out at the end of an era nasa begins or wrapping up its ventures into space as is most troubled shuttle discovery and bounce on its final mission before being put to bed. and it's got some other world news in brief for you this hour here on r.t. rescuers in new zealand say they have little hope for more than two hundred people still missing as the death toll from tuesday's earthquake reaches ninety eight at one side and up to one hundred twenty people are unaccounted for crews are continuing to comb through the rubble in the country's second largest city meanwhile thousands of flocked to christ church as a recently reopened in an attempt to escape the devastation. and the mexican authorities have paraded six suspects in front of the media arrested for the fatal shooting of an american immigration and customs agent about a week ago they were caught in a raid on a gang safe now. yes it's believed three of them took part in the attack which spark

founder of whistle blowing website wiki leaks julian assad launches another salvo in his ongoing legal battles this time threatening to sue the guardian newspaper for libel. he was president barack obama has labeled corporate tax a burden what critics say it is simply a poison to rule big business. and now the shocking statistics reveal that every fourteen minutes in russia a woman dies at the hands of their partners. eleven am here in moscow this is our welcome to the program we can leaks founder julian assange may be in a legal fight against being sent to sweden over sexual assault accusations but he is also set for another u.k. court battle he's threatening to bring a libel action against the guardian newspaper which helped release america of war logs and secret diplomatic cables obtained by ricky weeks assad is understood to be angry at claims in a book at the newspaper published about the website well the book says saundra believe that informants mentioned in leaked war documents would deserve it if they were killed as a result of the leaks and us are has found out this is not the

wiki leaks founder julian assange the. guardian newspaper with libel action as the daily also comes under fire diplomatic cables to support its own agenda. russian security forces make their first arrests in connection with last month's moscow airport attack. that they might get the suicide bomber has. several of his suspected accomplices are. coming up and up. and as egyptian protesters gather for their biggest rally yet against president hosni mubarak the focus shifts to western companies that allegedly bankrolled him and his entourage for decades. it's six am in the russian capital i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story wiki leaks founder julian assange has threatening to sue the guardian newspaper over its tell all book about the online whistleblower the newspaper is also being used to editing the confidential diplomatic cables it got from the website or his laura amid reports on what's behind the bitter dispute. they were better than exposing us embassy secrets to the world but now wiki leaks

now as the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks is nominated for a nobel peace prize its founder julian assange may have lost himself an ally of the new york times which made a fortune off the leaked materials seems to be turning its back on the elusive australian. explores the twists and turns the relationship. it was a love story in the making i don't blame the new york times for running the story i know mattick are strongly in with classified u.s. documents and american newspaper with the power to print that in june of last year i got a fairly mysterious phone call from the editor in chief of the guardian newspaper in london asking if we were interested in partaking in a vast trove of secret u.s. documents the new york times and julian a songe developed a relationship all other u.s. mainstream media outlets envied working within weeks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks wiki leaks the new york times first introduced readers to the popular whistleblower website in june publishing classified u.s. war logs posted on wiki leaks in the midst of declining readership and a shrinking budget a s

wiki leaks founder julian assange will have to wait to hear his extradition fate. hearing. on sex crime charges. however sweden may be just a short stop for. an american agenda behind a swedish wiretapping law that might allow washington to press espionage charges on the whistleblower. pushing forward its tough stance on the. which tokyo is wanted back since the end of world war two. from our studios here in central moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day the egyptian president hosni mubarak has finally stepped down and handed power to the military according to the country's vice president it comes after more than two weeks of mass uprisings in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters we'll bring you live pictures at the moment from cairo here on r.t. and after thirty years in power well barack announced more than a week ago he would not participate in september's presidential election western powers including the u.s. have been calling for a transition of power leaving its decades long isola

prepares to ship we can leaks founder julian assange to office leading to stand trial many question why suspected terrorists and other ana versal figures are allowed to remain. and russian veils ambitious proposals to modernize its armed forces. both k. plans to spend around six hundred fifty billion dollars over the next ten years a weapon we will have full details on not coming up. ten am in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina joshua welcome to the program maybe as leader colonel gadhafi desperately clinging to power despite facing more defections from his own rule is battling to shore up control of the capital tripoli and western areas with protests consolidating gains in the east of the country could offer told state t.v. that osama bin laden and his followers are to blame for the uprising and claimed protesters were given drugs to incite them to revolt the overall number of dead after ten days of unrest has been difficult to determine with estimates ranging from several hundred to over two thousand the e.u. is considering sanctions against libya for its leaders a

with leaks founder is set to hear whether he'll be extradited to sweden to stand trial for alleged sexual offenses you supporters say the case is politically motivated. and no place in space as u.s. shuttle discovery prepares for its final launch russia's rockets will soon become the only way out of earth with many americans taking it as a blow to their pride. this is r.t. coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshie welcome to the program and with libya in the throes of violence and bloodshed anti-government unrest in the middle east and north africa is showing a little side of dying down however it is one of the countries that managed to break a decades long cycle of suppression but the question remains whether those fighting for reforms will get the change they crave peter all over reports from cairo one month from the outbreak of the revolution mubarak stepped down so many protesters who stood up to the egyptian regime they will tell you swear. but the moment more works that down and it was announced like we had on the screens on the square and it was just couldn't resist for a second

the founder of the whistle blowing web site wiki leaks julian a song has another salvo in his ongoing legal battles this time threatening to sue the guardian newspaper for libel. security forces stop a haunt for those responsible for the moscow airport bombing that raft thirty six dead. three people believed to be directly connected to this use side bomb or have been detained all the details are coming out in a couple of minutes. also this hour you as president barack obama has labeled corporate tax a burden critics say it's simply a ploy to wound big business. and business the russian shareholders obtain p.v.p. deny they are in talks to sell out to anyone so ross they have to seal the deal with b.p. to explore for arctic oil join me for that and other stories in our business book ten and twenty minutes. a warm welcome to you live from our headquarters here in central moscow this is our team with me and you said no way it's two pm here in the russian capital twelve noon in stockholm wiki leaks founder julian assange may be in the legal fight against being sent to sweden over sexual as

the wiki leaks founder slams a british justice for handing him over to sweden sparking accusations of hypocrisy over how the u.k. those facing a far more serious charges. plus it's a race for the hearts and minds of all the limping facts as russians are set to choose the mass going for the two thousand and fourteen winter games in sochi. global news a live from moscow this is r.t. violence continues to spread across libya as anti-government protesters are back on the streets demanding an end so you can talk about these rule reports also suggest that in the capital tripoli security forces are arming civilians loyal to the regime and it comes after scores were killed there on friday as army forces once again opened fire on rioters bringing the death toll now to well over a thousand that's across a lot about what he's peter all of us keeping across the developments in and neighboring egypt so can you just bring us up to date on what's going on in libya right now. well it appears that colonel gadhafi is losing his grip on power in the country we're hearing from inside libya that most of t

of editing some wiki leaks revelations to support its political agenda this after the web site's founder julian assange threatens the paper with libel action over claims that it makes a new book. the russian security services make their first arrests in connection with last month's moscow airport attack. that might give them a suicide bomber. and several of his suspected accomplices are well break the cost of that coming up in a couple. and as egyptian protesters gather for their biggest rally yet against president mubarak the focus shifts to western companies that allegedly bankrolled him in his entourage for decades. two am in moscow i'm good to have you with us here on r t our top story wiki leaks founder julian assange threatens to sue the u.k.'s guardian newspaper about its tell all book about the online whistleblower the paper's also being accused of editing the confidential diplomatic cables it got from the website or his lawyer i mean reports on what's behind the bitter dispute. be. they were bedspread laysan exposing u.s. embassy secrets to the world but now wiki leaks in the gu

libel law but being sued is something the guardian might have to get used to wiki leaks founder julian assange is threatening legal action over the newspaper's book which i thought alleges contains malicious libel wiki leaks made a political choice when it decided to publish through the guardian a left leaning paper that takes a liberal lie but certainly in this case it has to be the wrong one and with the guardian's recent publication of a book portraying the newspaper its dealings with wiki leaks in it deeply under favorable lights it's a relationship that's gone truly sour your and it's artsy. and the moscow correspondent for the guardian newspaper is now back in the russian capital after being denied entry to the country last week luke harding had been stopped a passport control upon arrival and sent back to london russia's foreign ministry said the journalist haven't followed the rules for accreditation to work in the country and had visited border zones and classified areas without permission the reporter was told he was free to return and work in russia as soon as the remedies o

we could leaks founder julian assange brace for a ruling on his extradition to sweden to face sexual assault charges but he supporters say the case is politically motivated. and an end to the space race where u.s. shuttle discovery boys for its final launch many americans say it's a blow for national pride as russia's rockets will become the only way to orbit. and or prices are reaching new highs which is probably handy for russian oil companies but the situation of instability in the middle east is continuing to test investors in a war and business in twenty minutes. this is our team live from moscow with marina joshie welcome now as the storm of revolt batters the arab world the fallout being increasingly felt in europe italy's declared a humanitarian emergency on its southern island of lampedusa as the tiny outpost buckles under a wave of immigrants desperate to escape the trouble five thousand refugees have already reached its shores was. fears that the number could swell quickly three hundred thousand going off as they are. at eighty miles off the coast of north africa the tiny

wiki leaks founder julian assange will have to wait to hear his extradition fate it's always the adjournment told the latest hearing into whether he'll be sent to sweden on sex crime charges. however sweden may be just a short stop for a staunch linked tables on cover an american i've jammed up behind of the swedish wire tapping along that might allow washington to press me on those charges on the whistleblower. and egypt bracing itself of a hard as a protest against the government on the rest began two weeks ago president mubarak has reiterated he won't step down until september when the country's military has vowed to support. nor has improved its fall for it to buy back twenty percent of its own shares from out of many i'm joined to sell find out more and twenty minutes time. live from our studios in central moscow you're watching r t with me and he's now away it's six pm here in the russian capital three pm in london where the verdict in the high profile case of the wiki leaks founder has been adjourned for two weeks julian assange appeared in court in london on friday as he continues hi

also this hour the wiki leaks founder slams british justice for handing him over to sweden sparking accusations of hypocrisy how the u.k. has those facing serious charges. not one but three mascots will be the symbols of the search he twenty fourteen winter olympics with the snow leopard getting the most votes to be accompanied by a polar bear and i have. heard from our studios in central moscow this is our team with twenty four hours a day of violence continues to spread across libya as anti-government protesters a back on the streets demanding an end to colonel gadhafi as rule reports also suggested in the capital tripoli security forces are simply and loyal to the regime it comes after scores were killed on friday as army forces once again open fire on rafters bringing the death toll to over one thousand. draft resolution on sanctions against libya parties be it all over is giving across developments from neighboring egypt. it appears that colonel gadhafi is losing his grip on power in the country we're hearing from the. inside libya that most of the major cities outside of the capital are n

libel law but being sued is something the guardian might have to get used to wiki leaks founder julian assange is threatening legal action over the newspapers book which i thought was a ledges contains malicious libel wiki leaks made a political choice when it decided to publish through the guardian a left leaning newspaper that takes a liberal line but certainly in this case it has to be the wrong one and with the guardian's recent publication of the book portraying the newspaper its dealings with wiki leaks in a deeply and a favorable light it's a relationship that's gone truly sour your party loved it well you can always question more and have your say on the stories we're covering on our website r.t.e. dot com here's what's on life for you right now advising other countries seems to be a must for any politician but that doesn't necessarily mean they're qualified to do so well find out what dominates the corridors of capitol hill bloopers directs. and there are some saying it's among us who stumbled across more than a hundred thousand dollars in cash in northern russia decided to ta

prepares to ship wiki leaks founder julian assange trough to sweden to stand trial for many questioned why suspected terrorists and other controversial figures are allowed to remain. and russia launches adam vicious mission to upgrade its army. plans to spend around six hundred fifty billion dollars a the next ten years so weaponry will have full details will not be coming out. of the oil prices have slightly retreated from two and a half year high posted on thursday but the situation of instability in north africa and the middle east still jangles investors nerves for an additional twenty minutes. in the russian capital you're watching r t with me marina josh welcome to the program maybe asleep. her current gadhafi is desperately clinging to power despite facing more defections from his own rule is battling to shore up control of the capital tripoli in western areas with protesters consolidating gains in the east of the country cut off he told state t.v. that osama bin laden and his followers are to blame for the uprising and claim protesters were given drugs to incite them to revolt

in the wiki leaks founder slams a british justice for handing him over to sweden sparking accusations of hypocrisy about how the u.k. facing a far more serious charges. plus it's a race for the hearts and minds of all the. russians are set to choose the mascot for the two thousand and fourteen winter games in sochi. worldwide news live from moscow you with r.t. libya is braced for more violence as antigovernment protesters are back out on the streets demanding an end to the rule of colonel gadhafi reports also suggest that in the capital tripoli security forces are on civilians and loyal to the regime that comes after scores were killed there on friday as army forces a once again opened fire on rioters bringing the death toll to well over a thousand but the government losing control over most of the territory the country may seem to fall apart as artie's people explain its. forces only get a few try. does have rested power away from rest of control away from the good that you have most of libya they are in control of the majority of the country starting out in the in the east of the n

and then wiki leaks founder julian assange is threatening to sue the u.k. as a god in newspaper over its tell all book about the online whistleblower the newspaper is also a big hughes of redacting a good diplomatic cables that received from the web site in order to fill its own editorial policy. reports on what's behind the bitter dispute. they were bedfellows in exposing u.s. embassy secrets to the world but now wiki leaks and the guardian have rapidly fallen out of love and it's turning nasty in the original agreement between wiki leaks and its partner publications the partners were to help publish cables on the whistle blowing web site blocking out names to protect the innocent was allowed but sources close to wiki leaks maintain the guardian went one step further accusing the newspaper of redacting the cables to suit its own political and editorial agenda something the guardian denies one of the alleged missions focuses on iranian dissident politicians and the guardian we each. have. they don't want such things to be known for their own deals they will

the founder of whistle blowing web site wiki leaks julian assange launches another salvo in his ongoing legal battles this time threatening to sue the guardian newspaper for libel. us president barack obama has labeled corporate tax a burden while critics say it is simply a poison to big business. a russian plane makes an emergency landing after several stressful hours in the air putting a few gray hairs on the heads of the passengers. for ten hours took over two hundred passengers who became prisoners of a defective boeing seven five seven minutes to details in just a few moments. you're watching our team nine in the morning here in moscow welcome to the program and wiki leaks founder julian assange may be in a legal fight against being sent to sweden over sexual assault accusations but he is also set for another u.k. court battle he's threatening to bring a libel action against the guardian newspaper which helped release american war logs and secret diplomatic cables obtained by wiki leaks assad is understood to be angry at claims in a book the newspaper published about the whistle bl