release countless previously secret documents now it's no stretch of the imagination to say that julian a songes a somewhat controversial figure has been driven off the internet deprived of funding placed under house arrest and all this as he fights extradition attempts over sexual allegations but whether you love or hate the man it's hard to deny that his actions and wiki leaks forever changed the face of the media as we know it now two years ago we invited mr sands to speak on air and in about two months we're going to bring him back starting in munch in march julian songe is going to host a ten part series of interview programs on this network you can love it you can hate it you can watch it you can even skip it the decision is yours the show is his the topics are of his own choosing so i found it a little bit odd to understand the headlines when i woke up this morning the kremlin's mouthpiece selling out to the russian government a kremlin pawn the cold war part two now it's funny i didn't really see those kinds of headlines in the major papers worked with wiki leaks to release info

and julian called me mr. chairman because i had been the chair of the student nonviolent coordinating committee. and he said, 'mr. chairman, what are you going to do?' i said, 'i'm running for congress.' and i said, 'senator, what are you gonna do?' he said, 'i'm running for congress.' i think that was the shortest lunch we ever had together. c-span: he had his son with him, you tell me. >> guest: his--his son was there, and his son is now in the city council in atlanta. his son is--micah was with him. and--but it was a--it--it was a very difficult period because julian is someone that i was very close to. we were good friends. and that tested our friendship. but i kept saying during that campaign that this was not a referendum on our friendship. it was not about us. it was about the future of the city of atlanta, about the future of the district and the future of our country, really. c-span: and you beat him by what percentage? >> guest: well, in the first election, the primary, he received 47 percent of the

it's been a long time since the world is really heard from julian assange every public statements made during his continuing battle to appeal sweden's extradition attempts to try him for sexual allegations something a songe fears is going to result in his extradition to the u.s. but now rolling stone's michael hastings had the rare opportunity to actually sit down with the wiki leaks founder one on one while he's under house arrest in london and awaiting his final appeal attempt with the british supreme court which is set for friday february first of this year three days that hastings spent with a songe also happen to be during bradley manning's article thirty two pretrial hearing that was held at fort meade last month so what is a songe have to say for himself about the u.s. government's case against him that the western media is abandonment of him the eruptions we've seen across the world in the form of protest and revolution and the future of wiki leaks he things learns that a songe actually has a few regrets so here to discuss it with me is michael hastings rolling stone contributi

you've read his leaks now watch his show the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange will host his own program right here on r.t. . with the u.s. economy still on the ropes president obama pledges nother platform for change during his annual state of the union address. and the coming full circle thousands of egyptians angry at slow reforms gather in central cairo as the country marks the uprisings first anniversary. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at r.t. moscow i'm wrong reception parties are getting a new talk show the world and media is already in a spin over its host it's the man who's exposed the wrongs of the highest levels of government and the military the wiki leaks founder julian assange let's get more now from our london correspondent laura smith standing by for us here my lord this really sounds like it could be the talk show to watch how did how did all of this come about. well it became clear to us that you in essence wanted to make this program it's going to be and also hosted by him and of course everybody knows about julian assange and his name h

wikileaks founder julian assange is a tv host.getting his own show on a network bankrolledded by the in addition government. it's on the rt muse network starting in march. so this is the guy who likes to, you know, spill secrets and conspiracies. >> i'm sure it was a difficult choice between the kremlin and russian tv and nbc. i'm sure they'll do well. >> there are a few challenges. >> no, you go. >> he's under house arrest in britain. there's a challenge to make this a show from -- >> first of all, it's only ten one half-hour programs. i share an office with tom heartman who does a show on rt so i want to be open about that. we are talking about the kremlin but we have -- we have backed -- we have backed shows b al jazeera and they've become part of the media. >> web was that? >> not we backed it but they're considered part of the legitimate media. how do we know after a period of time -- >> al jazeera -- i mean the russian government is murdering journalists. i don't think al jazeera is in the same category. if you're going -- i

julian's has a liquid quality. >> hash tag irrelevant. bill, when he gets out of house arrest, will this show make it easier for him to harass women in nightclubs? > i would like to take issue. he does not like the -- >> next topic. i don't know if you ever watched. it is bizarre. if you turn on the tv from the 1960s. three's company was on and you believed it wasn't a real run anding is real. that's it. they account act like nothing ever happened. it was hysterical of the. >> i watch it with my two -- money i ad -- whatever day, wow. demi moore was rushed to the hospital and they say she inhaled a dangerous amount of nitrous oxide which is laughing gas i guess. i have to pretend i was ignorant. she was doing whippit which her friend told paramedics. they say she is seeking professional help for exhausting. you are an actor. have you ever met anyone who suffered from exhaustion. i am so tired i need to go to the hospital? >> exhaustion means drug abuse. they have to come up with another word. >> it has to be like, i'm addicted to whippit.

about who might be interviewed by julian ourselves and of course he is a massive name but that's not the only reason why there will be a fascinating it's going to be filmed where a song has been subject to strict bail conditions things like signing in to the police station every day being essentially under house arrest under the spell conditions for the last four hundred fourteen days even though no charges have been filed the first episode is also going to be shot a week before his supremes court hearing to fight against his actual decision to sweden for questioning on a leg sexual assault charges so as i say no use of rumors about what's going to go on he says going to be a new type of television of course he's no stranger to being on the other side of the interview is table i've interviewed him myself but if you want to find out exactly what's going on you're going to have to stay here on r.t. while it's a sealed stay for all the details and the guests we can't reveal at the moment that the secret but we will be having exclusive trailers and previews here on r.t.c. watch this spac

wikileaks founder julian assange gets a gig on television. >> interesting images from the state of the union address. >> on the panel, a columnist for the daily beast, kirstin powers, jim pinker toton and cal thomas, and bureau chief of talk radio news service, ellen ratner. i'mon john scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> let me just make my prediction instead by it isn't going to happen. >> why are you so sure? >> there's something i know. the republicans, if they choose to nominate him, that's their prerogative. i don't think that's going to happen. >> i think if she knows something, she ought to say it. if she doesn't, she ought to quit saying it but this is bologna. i don't think any republican is threatened by nancy pelosi and frankly i would rather have her threaten me than endorse me. >> a little bit of the political theater covered in the media. what about it? that's the second time nancy pelosi has implied she knows something dark and sinister about newt gingerich. should the media push for answers? >> and the second time she backed down. first time was the ethics committ

be julian and see what he says do you think that he feels defeated or like it's over for heaven anyway because one of the things that he's fighting extradition to sweden where he believes that that he'll be extradited to the u.s. but he stays in the u.k. does that mean that the situation is going to end up any differently i think he's in a very challenging legal situation on february first is going to be what could be his final appeal if you lose that appeal you might immediately be extradited to sweden within the next ten days if that happens we don't know what's going to happen you know what he's there not that he has been charged with anything they're just allegations and so when he goes to sweden he fears that he's going to be put in jail and we're never going to hear from him again essentially or it can be very difficult for him to get out of that that predicament so it's in even if he beats the charges in england there's still an interpol arrest warrant out for him and it's going to be difficult to travel in themselves to try to extradite him so it's tough it's a tough situation

i want to give a chance for julian to be julian, allow him to speak. warts and all. he has a project. he's a brilliant guy and are there reasons to criticize him? yes. but on the wholly think what he's doing for journalism is important. >> after a month, they said sure, come on down. didn't know where to go. >> they didn't. they said -- >> curious about the process. i hear he's so prickly and evasive. i'm just curious. >> they wouldn't confirm anything. finally i said look, i'm getting rolling stone behind knee a ticket to go to london tomorrow, man. i'm going to show up. hopefully you'll talk to me. >> what did you find when you got there? he does not exactly win himself many fans. he's not a sympathetic character. what was he like? >> i found him fascinating guy to hang out with. the real sympathetic character in this case is bradley manning. while i was there with julian, the bradley manning pretrial was going on. he was in close contact with manning and elseburg. >> what's the relationship? what kind of a relationship is there between assange and manning at this

luck their margin and marginalized ridiculed just think of occupy wall street one paul of course julian a songe which brings me to wiki leaks. i have all of you to see. that's right the release of this video the collateral damage video showing an apache helicopter attack in baghdad ended the era when journalists decided which leaks but through the light of day the establishment media had blocked we covered the story the day it came out and put julian assange on air at first the other outlets stayed away after all a songe was described by our own government as a terrorist but market interest it seems took over and then everything changed before long a songe became a media darling gracing the screens of the cable news networks major publications even partnered up with wiki leaks to catalog and help release the countless previously secret documents now it's not a stretch to say that julian assange is a controversial figure after all he's been driven off the internet deprived of funding placed under house arrest as he fights extradition attempts over sexual allegations but what do you love

show julian assange has his own interview program right here on r.t. . he's been ounds been getting the truth out that now. and the world's media is already in a spin over this. with the u.s. economy still on the ropes president obama pledges another platform for change during his annual state of the union address. and coming full circle thousands of egyptians angry at slow reforms gather in central cairo as the country mocks the uprisings first anniversary. worldwide news live from moscow's city center this is are with me wrong. and we are getting a new talk show and the world media is already in a spin over its host it's the man who's exposed to wrongs at the highest level of government and the military the wiki leaks founder julian assange let's get more now from our london correspondent laura smith standing by here on r.t. laura many would say two thousand and eleven was the year all the songs this really sounds like it's going to be the show to watch how did this come about. but we certainly believe it is my my producers and directors worked tireles

news executive nicholai a book a chicken describes how the network signed up with julian assigned jim britton there were quite interesting discussions in our office after christmas sharing ideas about the show's possibility is and obviously it would be an eternal view right now to get our son but i think it's quite natural that his show will be on our t.v. i mean he always tries to go beyond that to see other sides of any new story and shoulder real reasons behind the news that you would see on mainstream china when we talk. you know was very calm and relaxed which you would expect of course from someone who's been under house arrest for more than four hundred days he was very full of ideas and some of them were born as we talked so i think this will be a very hard hitting show. all right over to you now to tell us what topics you would like to see julian astonished tackled and exposed in his new t.v. series on c beginning in march i hear the numbers from our website artie dot com the votes are fairly divided this hour just over a third believe he should focus on who really rules the

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r t news executive nikolai booker has more about how the network signed up julian assange. there were quite interesting discussions in the office of the christmas sharing ideas about the show's possibility is. obviously it would be new channels really right now to get our son but i think it's quite natural that will be on our t.v. i mean r t always tries to go beyond that to see other sides of any news story. the real reasons behind the news that you would see on mainstream channels when we talked to them was very calm and relaxed which you would expect of course from someone who's been under house arrest for more than four hundred days she was beautiful of ideas and some of them were born as we talked so i think this will be very hard to control over to you our viewers now to tell us what topics you would like to see julian assange tackle an expose on his new t.v. series on r t in march this is how the both look at this hour a little over a third believe he should focus on who really rules the mainstream media the same number of you think the syrians should discuss the nat

and over to you now to tell us what topics you would like to see julian or starch tackle and expose in his new t.v. series on r t from march from the web i voted r.t. dot com the here are the numbers this hour almost forty percent believe you should focus on who rules of the mainstream media a quarter think the series should focus on the nato war machine agenda the same number would like to see julian expose how banks rule the world while eleven percent want him to expose who controls the internet tell us what you want to see make a choice right now r.t. dot com. millions of new jobs manufacturing back on track war in iraq over bin laden gone barack obama has set out his stall for reelection and using the annual state of the union address to do it but as i. reports from washington the upbeat tone doesn't quite reflect reality. his goal was to highlight his achievements and lay out new promises as far as the message policies he speech was full of heartfelt success stories about the economy and jobs creation but there is a lot of skepticism among americans social inequality in america is

as julian assange and his own interview show stand by to watch. president obama kicks off his campaign to stay in the white house using the state of the nation address to pledge saving the economy and to create jobs. back on to rear square thousands of egyptians gathered some up a year since the uprising but it's frustrating along with celebration because of drug reform. with worldwide news live from the heart of moscow this is on i'm wrong. he exposed some of the world's darkest secrets so when you look at the chance to find out even more when the world's most famous whistle blower launches a talk show right here on our c. exclusive series will march and the world's media is already abuzz about who the wiki leaks founder interview london correspondent laura smith has details. basically we knew that as and wanted to wanted to write and host his own interview show and we made it happen this is going to be broadcast exclusively on r c it's going to focus of course on us knowledge and favorite topic control fifty two thousand and eleven was a solid a

think you very much. -- thank you very much. >> i'm an owner of 49 julian. spoke last time and i want to the project being contemplated is the right project for the neighborhood. it has been proven to be necessary and compatible to the neighborhood used. if you look at the bloc, the current number of households is 194. with that project, it will be bumped up to 202. the last time we were here, there was sentiment similar to what we heard this morning, that the project would prevent the activities of our neighbors. this is not the case. we have made it clear and we will continue to do so today that neighborhood will continue their operations. they have our support, and the new neighbors that will live there will know who their neighbors are and we will be supportive or will will choose to live elsewhere. i want to make sure the commission knows that the project is strong, bringing additional needed housing. bringing tax dollars to the city. those opposing the project are citing reasons that ironically the project will not have, such as impacting their activit

christian year the celebration comes thirteen days after western christmas in accordance with the julian calendar around two hundred million people follow the eastern tradition of worship from palestine to bosnia over seventy countries celebrate the birth of christ and of the twenty forty day fast that perceives the celebrations in moscow gathered at christ the savior cathedral on the banks of the moscow river for a nighttime vigil for all of the joint. celebrating christmas and here in russia that was ushered in with a traditional service here at the christ the say because in the center of the russian capital that service presided over by the patriarch of moscow. the heads of the russian orthodox church attended by the great and the good the dignitaries old russian society president dmitri medvedev as well as see me a pig is attending this church service around five thousand people in total crammed into the christ the savior you can see more of them in fact actually taking places around the outskirts of the cathedral to just try and get a view of the church something what was going on i

one of the julian calendar open celebrations by attending traditional. stuff we discover a russian flavor of at least florence. hello and welcome to the program. the music russians have been fascinated with. for centuries and today they come here in the tens of thousands in search of everything from populist fashion to the world of it's how do you crazy.

helped leak it to the world is under fire once again along with our teeth will tell you all about julian assange just the latest venture and why it has the press all worked up. anyone who tells you whether once. they want to tells you that america is in decline or that our influence has waned doesn't know what they're talking about. well that's one way of putting it but i have a feeling that millions of unemployed americans would disagree as president obama preaches progress we'll bring you the real state of the union. and caviar champagne and a few economic problems and that's what's on the menu this year at the world economic forum it's an exclusive invite only gathering of the world's political and economic elites but don't worry we've got a pair of eyes and ears on the ground at davos. welcome back this wednesday evening january twenty fifth eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm lucy caffein of and washing our t. . so before we move on to the state of the union i want to take a moment to discuss the gloomy state of the mainstream press now network evening news continues to lose influe

orthodox christians worldwide are celebrating christmas may follow the julian calendar where believers celebrate the birth of christ thirteen days after western worshipers it also marks the end of a forty day fast around two hundred million people follow the eastern tradition it's one of the oldest christian countries georgian worshippers began the holy day with midnight mass in bosnia serbs carried okb wrenches to be burnt as a part of their christmas ritual the fires are believed to warm the community with love and remove religious intolerance artie's peter oliver was a midnight mass at the christ the savior cathedral in moscow. both little christians celebrate christmas and here in russia was ushered in with a traditional service here at the christ the say because the jewel in the center of the russian capital now that service presided over by the patriarch of moscow russia kirill old the russian orthodox church attended by the great new good the dignitaries old russian society president deby to be made. as well as all the see you think is attending this church service around five t

julian barnes, let's start with the stunning news today. a former u.s. marine sentenced to death in iran. what's the back story here? what was he doing there? he's an iranian-american. he was a marine who was stationed in iraq in 2004, and then went back as a contract translator a year later. his family has said he was simply going to visit his grandmothers, to visit relatives in iran. but in the current situation that's a dangerous thing to do. >> warner: what's the u.s. doing to try to get his release. >> there's not much the u.s. can do. the state department is asking or pursuing diplomatic channels to try to get him released. we don't obviously have relations with iran. that makes it more complex but the intersection is through swiss embassy is pushing for access to him. but it's going to be a matter of negotiation. >> warner: david sanger, this is the first american sentenced to death in iran since the iranian revolution. do you think we have to look at this or do the administration people think you have to look at this in the context of the tension

news executive michelob has more about how the network signed up julian assange. there were quite interesting discussions we said in our office off the christmas sharing ideas about the show's possibility is. obviously it would be on the channels really right now to get our son but i think it's quite natural that his show will be on our t.v. i mean our t. always tries to go beyond that to see other sides of a news story and sure the real reasons behind the news that you would see on mainstream channels when we talked to them was very calm and relaxed which you wouldn't expect of course from someone who's been under house arrest for more than four hundred days he was very full of ideas and some of them were born as we talked so i think this will be a very hard hitting show that top event on the calendar of any serious businessman the world economy forum in davos has got underway underway at the swiss alps resort the need for a structural reform and job creation was the main call for from germany's chancellor angela merkel as she launched the conference artie's laur

we will indeed laura smith there now r t s news executive describes how the network signed up julian assange to britain there were quite interesting discussions we said in our office after christmas sharing ideas about the show's possibilities and obviously it would be and it channels we right now to get our signage but i think it's quite natural that his show will be on our t.v. i mean r.t. always tries to go beyond that to see other sides of any news story and shoulder real reasons behind the news that you would see on mainstream journalists when we talk. was very calm and relaxed which you would expect of course from someone who's been under house arrest for more than four hundred days he was very full of ideas and some of them were born as we talked so i think this will be a very hard hitting show. in there one of our news executives over to you we will know what you think about what topics you'd like to see during the silence tackling exposing these new t.v. series here on this channel in march this is what you're telling us this hour the votes so almost evenly split just over a

is julian assange. an interview show right here on r t we can leaks founder expose some of the world's darkest secrets in his new series is set to premiere on this channel in march. next with russians heading to the polls in march as well to elect a president we talked to one of the registered candidates for the race he's a tycoon and owner of the new jersey nets basketball team. tells us his plans for russia as he makes his first bid for the country's top job. mr prothero.

tyrone julian took pictures of the end result, a crashed suv located two city blocks deep within the portal. julian says the driver appeared to be drunk. >> the only thing he said was that i'm not from here. >> reporter: and you said? >> well, we can see. >> reporter: transportation officials had to shutdown the n line in both directions creating a mess for morning commuters. >> they will get it squared away. it is not going to be snappy. one of those days we have to make due. >> reporter: making do wasn't so easy there were s getting a spot on the bus was tough. >> it was backed i couldn't get on the 710 i came to catch the n. that's not running. got to love it, idiot. >> frustrating going to be late to work. >> reporter: muni has had problems with people driving in the tunnel before. crews dealing with this mess shooed a confused driver away they put up signs warning people to stop, obviously, it didn't work this morning. >> in my 22 years i've never seen anyone go into the tunnel like he did and go that far. >> reporter: the suv is still in there. they are going to wait until afte

julian assange will play a neighbor of the family after they move out of the area he recorded his linesfrom britain because he's under house arrest while appeals his extradition to sweden to face sexual assault charges. he became wanted in 2010 when wikileaks published thousands of diplomatic cables that embarrassed the united states and many of its allies. and many of its allies. >> we'll be right back. great! at progressive, you can compare rates side by side so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! ♪ and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! [laughing] man: yeah. that will certainly stick with me. we'll take it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>> the oscars are less than a month away. for the all the buzz go to oscar.com. the show will be sun february 26th, right here. >>> today at 3:00, the reason behind a school ban on ugg boots. then at 4:00, what is your excuse? michael finney finds the most common reasons people skip dental check-ups. at 5, new stu

julian assange will play a neighbor of the family after they move out of the area he recorded his linesom britain because he's under house arrest while appeals his extradition to sweden to face sexual assault charges. he became wanted in 2010 when wikileaks published thousands of diplomatic cables that embarrassed the united states >>> the oscars are less than a month away. for the all the buzz go to oscar.com. the show will be sun february 26th, right here. >>> today at 3:00, the reason behind a school ban on ugg boots. then at 4:00, what is your excuse? michael finney finds the most common reasons people skip dental check-ups. at 5, new study unveils why many children may wet the bed at night. those stories and more later today. >>> meantime, that's it for now. >> thanks for joining us. who wants to be a millionaire is next. honey...? [ mom ] yes. honey, i can't find my internet cord. oh, i'll borrow hailey's. you're downloading movies. fast! from here? where is her cord?! we switched to at&t high speed internet and got wireless access. no more cords. wireless, okay, honestly, can i j

catalog and help release countless previously secret documents now it's not a stretch to say that julian of songe is a controversial figure who's been driven off the internet deprived of funding placed under house arrest all as he fights extradition attempts over sexual allegations but whether or not you love the man or hate them in it's difficult to deny that his actions and wiki leaks forever changed the face of the media as we know it now two years ago we invited mr songe to speak on air and in two months we're going to bring him back starting in march a songe will host a ten part series of interview programs on this network you can love it you can hate it and you can skip it the decision is yours and the show and its content are of his own choosing now i found it hard with a difficult to understand the headlines when i woke up this morning the kremlin's mouthpiece selling out to the russian government a kremlin pawn in the cold war part two perhaps now funny i didn't see those headlines when the major papers worked with wiki leaks to release information nor do i recall the allegation