listening post here are some of the media stories that we're covering this week rumor becomes fact julian assange is in america's crosshairs we examine the case for and against wiki leaks and its journalists not content to control the narrative in the news media the kremlin turns its eyes towards russian cinema and what it's saying mark zuckerberg is blaming the media for some of facebook's problems he might want to focus a little closer to home and then of course there's donald trump and it's the end of the white house correspondents' dinner as we know it sort of we begin with julian assange and the news peg like no other last week in court papers filed in the u.s. in a case completely unrelated to the wiki leaks founder there was a paragraph confirming that a secret indictment has been filed against a sanch prosecutors called it an administrative mistake meaning a supposedly clerical error confirmed something that a sanch had always feared but that the u.s. department of justice had never admit it wants him in jail it's been more than six years now since the sands was granted asylum at

you know this is a perfect storm against julian a songe isn't it. you know it is if truth if truth was was the gold standard by which professional journalism was measured then wiki leaks and julian staunch would be heralded heralded right now instead of hounded yeah joyce and could walk right out the door within weeks and he would have had everybody rolling on his side but there's been a major political alignment a realignment as it were and i think this began under the obama administration which has to do with a lot of things including the division or split of this of the antiwar left or the remnants of it opposed to bush but also the fact that russia that's the result of washington right now in terms of geopolitics and so the split is pronounced but the other thing is. that with the guardian two to knowingly they had a heads up the day before when the when the story was published online you needn't think that they were they still ran with it on the morning print edition the following morning i went to the newsstand and there was this completely fa

is claiming that paul the man of court and julian assange and work together during the twenty sixteen campaign they allege that there were secret meetings between paul man of war crimes lawyer and julian assad oh man of forty three secret meetings with wiki leaks founder julian assange including one in twenty sixteen around the time he became a truck campaign chairman he met three times with wiki leaks founder julian a son living in ecuador's london embassy man afford met with wiki leaks founder julian assange on john several occasions there was some sort of a cordon nation or collusion this would seem like there's more evidence pointing to that if it's true of course the implications are explosive right they only relied on an unnamed source allegedly from ecuador and they gave no explanation as to why the london metropolitan police who spent millions of dollars to monitor the ecuadorian embassy around the clock didn't detect such a meeting. why is there no evidence why is there no evidence in the visitors logs that are supposedly complete and thorough and manifolds they are there are

even julian assange just supporters can see that wiki leaks is. practices can be contentious such as exposing material without redactions after the failed coup in turkey in two thousand and sixteen it published what it called the emails three hundred thousand of them they revealed the personal details of millions of turks putting their privacy and much more at risk similar complaints have come from afghanistan saudi arabia and other countries and the sanchez decision to publish material during the two thousand and sixteen u.s. election campaign e-mails from inside the clinton team hacked by persons unknown but that u.s. intelligence agencies say came via russia have damaged wiki leaks is journalistic standard and infuriated anti trump forces in america it's true that julian assange has used to be a lot more popular before somebody undermine american democracy with the help of the russians and gave us this president who is destroying democracy in the united states and threatening man to our world i don't see a songe as a victim anymore i see it as

in moscow your news this morning julian assange in the headlines once again with wiki leaks saying it's ready to sue britain's guardian newspaper it's accused of fabricating a story of a secretly meeting donald trump's former election campaign chairman paul manifold wiki leaks has already launched a fund to support the legal action with a santa instructing lawyers on the case the notion of those secret talks is rapidly spread across the media and comes as a force also accused of lying to the f.b.i. in a russian collusion probe on the former campaign manager was jailed earlier this year after being found guilty of charges including bank and tax fraud manifold agreed to take part in the middle probe of a russian meddling into the twenty sixteen u.s. election he denies cooperating with russia as well as meeting a son. this story is totally false and deliberately libelous i have never met julian a songe or anyone connected to him i have never been contacted by anyone connected to wiki leaks either directly or indirectly i have never reached out to a songe or wiki leaks on any matter we are

leaks prepares to take the guardian newspaper to court saying it lied over an alleged meeting between julian the song former campaign. also ahead. we're going to get those values up we're going to get those jobs coming back to. president from faces a backlash of cities in which he promised to revitalize american manufacturing see factories closed and thousands of jobs axed. ukrainian soldiers are set to appear in a russian court after admitting they intentionally ignored orders to stop their ships although sunday's clash between russian and ukrainian vessels in the strait. twenty four seven from. first for you this hour. is in the headlines once again with wiki leaks saying it's ready to sue britain's guardian newspaper it's accused of fabricating a story of a song secretly meeting donald trump's former election campaign chairman paul manifold wiki leaks has already launched a fund to support the legal action with the songs instructing lawyers on the case the notion of those secret talks as rapidly spread across the media and. also accused of lying to the f.b.i. in a russian collusion probe.

so whole they can do is use legal cases about against julian assange and wiki leaks which they have that. in two thousand and ten a legal case was opened against the sand in sweden for sexual assault based on the testimonies of two women he denied the allegations and asked to be questioned in london a common practice in such cases he said he feared the. going to sweden could lead to an extradition to the us the swedes initially refused but eventually interviewed him at the ecuadorian embassy in two thousand and sixty six years after the investigation began then the swedes dropped the case without ever laying charges a basic fact that seemed lost on news organizations being a victory for yourself now. do you think sweden will reactivate the rape charges that the two jobs get. despite the swedes closing the case the u.k. says it will arrest a sanch if he steps out of the embassy for breaching his bail conditions it's a standoff the un calls a case of arbitrary detention a denial of a sanjay human rights stefan you're more it see is an investigative journalist who has probed how the es

government is concerned julian aside co-founder of wiki leaks is no good time to call out wiki leaks for what it really is a non-state hostile intelligence service often abetted by state actors like russia being hostile to the united states and damaging its reputation that's not illegal however working with a foreign government to try and influence election results that might be illegal at this point the guardian newspaper in the u.k. is claiming that paul the man of court and julian assange and work together during the twenty sixteen campaign they allege that there were secret meetings between paul man of war crimes lawyer and julian assad oh man of forty three secret meetings where the wiki leaks founder julian assange including one in twenty sixteen around the time he became a trump campaign chairman he met three times with wiki leaks founder julian a son living in ecuador's london embassy hall man afford met with wiki leaks founder julian assange on john several occasions there was some sort of a cordon nation or collusion this would seem like there's more evidence pointing to th

a son living in ecuador's london embassy hall man afford met with wiki leaks founder julian assange on jun several occasions there was some sort of a coronation or collusion this would seem like there's more evidence pointing to that if it's true of course the implications are explicit right they only relied on an unnamed source allegedly from ecuador and they gave no explanation as to why the london metropolitan police who spent millions of dollars to monitor the ecuadorian embassy around the clock didn't detect such a meeting why is there no evidence why is there no evidence in the visitors logs that are supposedly complete and thorough and manifolds not there there are video cameras everywhere and police everywhere and there's no record we can withhold judgment and remain skeptical but a possible explanation for the lack of evidence is that there isn't any evidence our channel has actually reached out to the london police to see if they can confirm that such a meeting ever took place now we've not yet received any response wiki leaks is saying they will pay big money to anyone wi

s guardian newspaper to court saying it lied over an alleged meeting between julian assange on and from campaign chief paul manapul. as american car maker general motors announces the closure of several factories president trump faces a backlash over what people see as his broken promise to protect american workers. ukrainian sailors are set to appear in a russian court after admitting they intentionally ignored orders to stop their ships follow sunday's clash between russian and ukrainian vessels in the code straight near crimea. there is wednesday the twenty eighth of november eight am here in moscow i'm calling welcome to the news from r.t. international first of all this morning julian assange is in the headlines once again with wiki leaks saying it's ready to sue britain's guardian newspaper is accused of fabricating a story of a song secretly meeting donald trump's former election campaign chairman paul manner for wiki leaks and already a lot of fun to support the legal action with the songs instructing lawyers on the case the notion of those secret talks is rapidly spread over th

i'm joined by julian assange's lawyer.nd i have spoken and you have always maintained that the u.s. was targeting julian assange for prosecution. you must feel vindicated. >> well, it's a very unsatisfying we told you so. this has always been our concern about the united states. this disclosure that's happened over the past couple of days has come out of the eastern district of virginia. that's a criminal investigation which started way back in 2010 in relation to the publication of u.s. diplomatic cables, the u.s. and afghan war logs. the materials showed evidence of war crimes, corruption and human rights abuse and details that the "new york times" and other media organizations published. this is confirmation of what we've been concerned about for many years, which is the risk that the united states would seek to prosecute julian assange for having accomplished truthful information. it's the reason he was granted asylum and we have confirmation it was correct to have son done. >> when was the last time you saw julian ass

hopes a clearer picture would emerge as to where the former wiki leaks from julian assange will face challenges in the state's been put on hold after hearing brought by a journalist have official information unsealed was adjourned and has the story for judge has asked both sides to come back in one week with supplemental information and a response so no conclusion at the courthouse in alexandria virginia now essentially what is taking place is that the reporters committee has filed to make it public any charges facing julian a son of the co-founder of wiki leaks now essentially we've had a grand jury in alexandria virginia that has been hearing testimony related to julian massage and at this point there are no public charges that been filed however they document has been made public a case file from the prosecution and that led many to believe that there were going to be criminal charges pending against julian aside now at this point there is no public record of that in the court will neither confirm nor deny any charges prosecutors say that any charges against assad can't be made pu

julian assange and wikileaks. up to the 2016 elections and possible russian interference. as you know, this all came to light due to unrelated, it seems, court filing in august and only unsealed last week. it actually took a professor from george washington university who loves to look through the court filings to reveal what was going on and reporters started picking up on it. there was an additional issue with the assange case. the spokesperson for the eastern district of virginia said they would not comment further. we are seeing reports of charges made against julian assange. we don't know what those may be, but you have to keep in mind that u.s. authorities have been looking at assange since 2010 for the leaks of the confidential leaks of the cables and the things that wikileaks has done since. julian assange has been hiding in the ecuador embassy in london since 2012. he has been claiming asylum. until then, they were supportive of him. in the last few months, we have seen the shift. the ecuadorian president

amy: that was julian assange and allan nairn.an you talk about what julian and what youere know of the mueller investigation, investigating links between president trump associates and russia's 2016, whether they were interfering with u.s. elections and what wikileaks had to do with that? as julian assangege said, wikileaks has made very clear they did not receive the information from a state source. -- they're careful about their sourcing and protecting the resources, which is why the organization continues to receive such sensitive, public interest in formation. there have been no information further from, at least that we received, but any indication of potential charges. i think it raises questions about sourcing and the protection of publication -- publisher's ability to be able to publish. in our view, there's no connection between wikileaks and any kind of conspiracy. there's no evidence even in the dnc suit that has been publicly there isinst wikileaks any indication of any prior arrangement or conspiracy that wikileaks h

so there's been a grand jury and alexandria virginia who has been hearing testimony related to julian assange but as of yet no public charges have been filed against a son is now recently there was a document a prosecutor's file that was made public and that sparked controversy that indicated that it was possible that charges were pending against julian a son so now we have the reporters committee that has filed for any charges against julian a songe to be immediately unsealed they have filed in court and the court proceedings are taking place asking that if there are indeed charges against a songe they be immediately unsealed and made public and made available to the public they can know what he's being charged with now the the prosecutor's file that was released we're now hearing from the court that is not confirmation or denial of any actual charges against julian a songe now people look at the case and speculate as to what julian assange could be charged for now we know that he released information about iraq and afghanistan video files from the military there were also classified

julian assange denies it. but if it's true, would that be clear-cut evidence of collusion linking the russians, wikileaks, trump associates, and the trump campaign? >> half a step. the one final piece you need is if he traveled -- if manafort traveled to london to meet aassange, i want to see assange giving him something in exchange. that doesn't have to be a piece of paper. it could be, we will release information on wikileaks in states that are important to you and we'll let you know in advance. i'll tell you, the one thing that's interesting here, manafort is obviously denying this, if they've got -- that is, the mueller people have things like his travel records, airport records, visa records, e-mail, if he's lying again for about the 18th time, "a," he's in trouble, and "b," if this is confirmed, we are half a step away from saying the campaign colluded. >> and that's the key. finding out if small business who is an american citizen traveled to a place like london is not that hard. i mean, you need a pass

i talk to wikileaks founder julian assange. >> looks a little different now.that same show, both manafort and assange talked all about the russian hacks. >> does it not also matter if a foreign government wants to take part in our election, do you condemn that? >> of course we condemn that. that's not the issue at all. mr. trump was making the point that isn't it ironic 33,000 e-mails that our fbi can't have are sitting probably in the vaults of foreign countries. >> if a foreign government is involved, isn't that crucial information to civilians? >> i think that is an interesting question. we can't go around speculating on who our sources are. that would be irresponsible. >> you can't speculate, you know the answer. >> he did know the answer. i'm joined by nick ackerman, former watergate special prosecutor. how does this bombshell impact the collusion part of the probe? >> i think this is what the probe's all about, conspiracy. not collusion. conspiracy is the crime. and this is more evidence of that conspiracy. in fact, i think the big takeaway from paul man

and the us federal judge delays a decision on revealing possible charges against wiki leaks founder julian assange was holed up at the ecuadorian embassy in london. are broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our national. to have you with us. all right russia has a released video testimony of three ukrainian navy personnel who were detained following sunday's clash in the carriage strange incident brought russia and ukraine close to conflict the commander of one of the ukrainian ships claims he consciously ignored russia's orders to stop. at the cut straight to crossing the russian border we had visual contact with the russian border. wrestles i consciously ignored their commands to stop on our boat we had small arms and a machine gun with ammunition i was aware that the action of the ukrainian vessels in the straits provoke it if i was following my old has to move our ships from the ports or for this to mario pull or the standoff took place in the carriage straight which lies between the russian mainland and of the crimean peninsula ukraine says its ships were interce

so these documents that were filed had nothing to do with julian assange. they popped up last night on twitter. and here is what some of them said, just to give you an idea of some of the other information that was contained in these documents. it says that the complaint supporting affidavit and arrest warrant, as well as the motion and the proposed order would need to remain sealed until assange is arrested in connection with the charges in the criminal complaint. and of course that goes to the fact that the u.s. government does not want to hurt its chances to try and take julian assange into custody. obviously his attorney reacting to this news saying that the news that criminal charges have been apparently filed against mr. assange is even more troubling than the happen hazard manner in which that information has been revealed. the government bringing criminal charges for someone bringing truthful information is a dangerous path for democracy to take. this has been a concern for many people. they were hesitant to bring charges against julian assange for

across talking julian a song from. i guess joe lauria in washington he's editor in chief of consortium news dot com and author of how i lost by hillary clinton with a forward by julian assange also in washington we have gareth porter he's an independent investigative journalist and historian as well as author of manufactured crisis the untold story of the iran nucular scare and in plymouth we cross to patrick kennings and he is a journalist writer and founder of the news website twenty first century wired dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it and i to open up by saying thanking all three of you to come here to speak out on the behalf of the profession known as jerk.

i've never met julian assange, i've never spoken with him, i've had no contact with julian assange whatsoever. >> laura: why would he lie about that? there would be some type of record of some type of meeting. seems like assange and wikileaks is laying out a lot of money saying the meetings they say occurred didn't occur. million-dollar bet on that. >> the special counsel will task on a lie if he changes his story. they will not impose probation for him. i've been through it so many times. the prosecutor you say certain things, it is the key to the jailhouse. i remember as the young lawyer in watergate when they said to a few of us, we are not here to get the president. we're here to do a thorough investigation. that's what i would hope the american people deserve from the mueller investigation. >> laura: how many people believe that andrew wiseman who is a staunch hillary clinton supporter and others in the special counsel office, they are getting the information. that's all they want is the information. they are going to put it out there. it seems highly unlikely. that's why people like dir

let's watch. >> have you ever had contact with julian assange? >> no, i never met julian assange. i never spoken with him. i never e-mailed him. i've had no contact with julian assange. >> laura: why would he lie about that? there would be some type of record of some type of meeting. seems like assange and wikileaks laying out lot of money saying these meeting they claim occurred didn't occur. >> special counsel will pass on a lie they say if he now changes his story. they will not oppose probation for him. i've been through it so many times where the prosecutor if you say certain things it's the key to the jailhouse. i remember as a young lawyer in watergate when archibald cox said, we're not here to get the president. we're here to do a thorough investigation. that's what i would hope the american people deserve for the mueller investigation. >> laura: how many people believe that andrew weizmann who a staunch hillary clinton supporter and others who are in this special counsel's office mark penn, they are -- there's getting the information. that's all they want is the informati

julian: you mentioned metrics. what is your way of assessing whether the attempts to a good environment is working? celebrate thatto there is a huge upsurge of complaints, but you might think that if there are fewer complaints, you may think it is a sign that you are doing well, but maybe it could also be a sign that people are not comfortable. coming forward what do you look at as a sign that you are succeeding. insp. general storch: it is tough. particularly when you are engaged in this concerted education campaign if you will, whether an increase in complaints means there is more going on, or whether people are just more aware of us. we do keep track of that stuff out.e have reported one of the things i look to frankly is our overall numbers. how many people are contacting us. are people coming forward? i think we are getting a positive response. one of the things i have done since coming on board, is reported specifically on whistleblower rights and protections in meetings with the very head of the agency, on d

julian assange is denying it. what might that signal to the special counsel?uld signal to the special counsel all those protestations to the contrary are false, which is important. why are you lying about something if there was nothing wrong with it? i noted paul manafort said publicly or to his counsel about the "guardian" article is libellous. if it was an innocent meeting, if he's lying about it now. >> that would show the mueller team maybe there was something not good afought. obviously, given what transpired after spring of 2016, with the wikileaks dumps and the scheduled harm on a regular basis in october, timed significantly in ways to the clinton campaign to the extent that paul manafort was about to become a very, very lie level campaign person. in fact the chairman of the trump campaign, that gets you close to this thing people are not talking about. it's not the legal term a more informal term collusion it's the very sort of essence of it. >> both manufactured and roger stone spoke to president trump throughout the company. how plausible do you thi

aka, wikileaks, julian assange. the body of the message red get to julian assange at the ecuadorian embassy and get the pending wikileaks e-mails. they deal with foundation, allegedly. so you heard assange, remember the d.n.c. leak before the convention, may have had more information. in this case on the clinton foundation. and they want to know what he has. roger clearly didn't know exactly what the e-mails contained in any way. in no way did he urge anyone to steal or hack the clinton campaign or john podesta e-mails. no evidence of that. jerome corsi flatly denies ever having contact with julian assange. in fact, he voluntarily handed over his computer and cell phone and access to e-mail and social media account. that is how they gained access to the e-mail we showed you. now they are trying to get him to testalie, say what we want and we'll go easy on you. if not, he is 72 and he may spend the rest of his life in jail. it's asking about years' old e-mail chain he obviously didn't remember. this is now my advice

julian assange's lawyers from meeting with him. so there is some speculation that maybe they are preparing to turn julian assange over to u.s. authorities. and this bombshell from "the guardian," if it's true and we have no reason to doubt it but it also hasn't been backed up by anyone else yet today, is a good sign of why paul manafort may be in some jeopardy with julian assange. >> right. just staying with you briefly, if they're saying wikileaks you saw the tweet flat out denying the two ever met. they're saying there weren't visitor logs but wouldn't it be easy to prove in manafort was there, flight records, security, surveillance cameras, et cetera? >> london is the most watched city in the western world. if paul manafort was there, there's also certainly cctv camera footage of that happening. of course we know paul manafort's travel records coming in and out of london as well. >> dana, to you and your reporting with trump's attorney rudy giuliani that the plea deal has been breached with manafort, he's been lying to federal i

now at this point julian assad has had to give up his cat his cat has has been given up at this point this is been almost six years that julian assange has been held and basically remained in the ecuadorian embassy now that this point he has been granted ecuadorian citizenship and it's now been revealed. that ecuador attempted to give julian assigns the status of a diplomat and that would enable him to have diplomatic immunity so he could then get to the airport and flee the country however he was not granted diplomatic status so at the moment julian assange remains in the embassy and at this point it is still not public as the hearing concludes in alexandria virginia still not public whether or not he's facing criminal charges in the united states. we should say the u.s. scaping punishment for allegedly doing a nazi salute america's first amendment comes under fire story more after the break . what politicians do something. they put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president. some want to be. right to be crooks that's what the four three in t

hopes the clearer picture would just see whether the form of wiki leaks for julian assange will face challenges in the u.s. have been put on hold after hearing brought by journalists to have official information unsealed was adjourned on the east coast from the killer more joins me on the line with a bit of a delay from new york kelli what more do we know about this case. well at this point we've heard an inconclusive ruling from the judge the judge has come forward and said that supplemental material needs to be provided before a ruling can be given now this is all related to the fact that there has been a grand jury in alexandria virginia that has been hearing testimony related to julian assigns now at this point no public charges against a songe have been filed or made public however there was a prosecutor file that was released to the public and now we have the reporters committee that it's called that is filing that all charges against julian a songe be unsealed they're saying that it should be made public if there are any files any criminal charges against the sons now the pros

government get their hands on julian assange.re does seem to have been some softening with the relationship with ecuador. the government's position seems to have softened somewhat and that does appear to give the u.s. government a little more confidence that could they bring charges, and it appears they can actually get their hands on assange. >> yeah, this is not about -- this was done as we've said repeatedly by the eastern district. this was not filed by, right, matt, anybody related to the mueller investigation, but he does have his own probe of wikileaks, and five individuals getting a close look, trump's long-time adviser roger stone, jerome kor see, the former trump campaign staff sam nunberg, and deceased gop activist peter smith, all but smith we understand have gone before the grand jury. i'm wondering where do you see this affecting potentially the mueller investigation? >> so i will say there's no reason to believe that these charges relate to the russia investigation and there's some good reason to believe they weren

julian and marie stay with us. surveillance, plenty is coming up including looking at the pound and a dollar. we talk all things fed, next. also, how to strengthen the currency. hot topic.so another live in brussels. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ francine: this is ""bloomberg surveillance." i am francine lacqua here in london. . we are getting an update on the story that took many of us by surprise this morning. carlos ghosn apparently being arrested. . we now understand through this media outlet that nissan will propose dismissing him at a board meeting. what we know so far is that they will speak to the press a little later on. i think there is a press conference in about one hour and half. 8.78%.ck now down the fed chair says policymakers need to focus on raising interest rates, while keeping a close eye on slowing growth abroad. his remarks sent the dollar tumbling as well as yields. my couple of guests are still with us. julian, are the markets overreacting? julian: i think the markets are slightly overreacting. . wh

federal judge delays a decision on revealing possible charges against wiki leaks founder julian assange was holed up at the ecuadorian embassy in london. for broadcast live direct forest it is moscow this is r t international incheon thomas certainly glad to have you with us right now russia has released a video testimony of three ukrainian navy personnel who were detained following sunday's clash in the carriage straight incident brought russia and ukraine close to conflict the commander of one of the ukrainian ships claims he consciously ignored russia's orders to stop. so what i'm what the melissa boy commander of the navy division of the grain and military forces were answered the code straight after crossing the russian border we had visual contact with the russian border service vessels i consciously ignored their commands to stop on our boat we had small arms and a machine gun with ammunition i was aware that the action of the ukrainian vessels in the coast straits provoke it if i was following my orders to move our ships from the ports or for this to mario. the standoff took pla

have you ever had contact with julian assange?no, i've never met julian assange, never spoken c with him, never emailed him.an i've had no contact with julian assange whatsoever. >> tucker: have you ever had contact with russian intelligence or subverted -- knowingly subverted -- the interest of your own country? >> absolutely not. i've been a loyal american, iit had no contacts with russian intelligence, i have no business interest in russia, i have nothing to do with russia. i've neveruc been to russia. >> tucker: so tell me if i summarized what happened to you accurately. the special counsel's office gets a hold of your personal computer and your phone. they've got all the records, all the data, and they start asking you about things they already know, and they ask you, have you ever try to broker a meeting with assange? you don't remember forwarding this email, they come back and say, bingo, you just committed a felony. is that what happened? >> it's even worse. first of all, i offered -- i gave my computer to the special coun

you don't forget the fact you're asked to make a contact with julian assange.ean, how many times do people in america suddenly decide, oh, i'm going to speak to julian assange? it's not something you forget when you're called to a senate committee and you wind up destroying the very evidence that shows that you were right in the middle of this whole thing. >> matt miller? >> yeah, look, i think nick hit on the absolute key point and that's the thing for me. you can sometimes go in and say, look, you know what? you asked me this question and i forgot that i got this e-mail, i forgot about it. the fact that he tried to conceal this by deleting his e-mails is the thing that makes him look so guilty. it's hard to come in and convince a prosecutor, convince a jury, convince anyone listening in the interview that i just forgot about that when before the investigation started -- right when the investigation started you went and tried to destroy all of the evidence of this conversation that you now say you forgot you had. it just looks suspicious. i have to say, i foun

corsi about julian assange. so again, to the president's temperament or mood or whatever we were talking about before, i mean, the circle is closing here. i think it has to worry the president because he did communicate with roger stone. unless roger stone is lying about it which is a possibility. >> that is the counterargument that roger stone has a lot of bluster and issues that he may not have direct knowledge. >> and not a lot of credibility. but that just adds to the list. now paul manafort has no more credibility as a witness at all because -- >> there is an entire cast of characters here who are not credible. these are not truth telling people. they have repeatedly lied to investigators. nearly everybody charged in the special counsel's investigation has included some kind of charge of lying to federal investigators or prosecutors. paul manafort experienced back before his virginia trial he had been pulled back from his supervised release because he was accused of witness tampering and making false statem

continues also the cia says it has high confidence they know who killed the shogi and is it high noon for julian assange. across talking some real news i'm joined by my guest here in moscow marks he's an international affairs and security analyst we also have dimitri bobbitt she's a political analyst with sputnik international and we have glenn decent he is a professor at the higher school of economics as well as author of the decay of western civilization and resurgence of russia our german cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's first go to brags that. it's everything is in flux right now we have a number of resignations we have the tory party that seems to be in chaos we will know more as the week progresses here but mark it seems to me and you know i'm i didn't read all five hundred plus pages here but what i did glean from it is that it appears mayes. playin is not a code it's still in but not completely out of the european union this is not what the people voted for what was your read out reading the full five hundred pages ei

counsel robert mueller says that paul manafort lied to him, and also found that he met with wikileaks julian assange before he became donald trump's campaign manager, and what could this mean for the russian investigation. >> if this happened, it is certain that the u.s. government would have known that, because the british were surveillancing that embassy electronically and so if the intelligence knew about it, then robert mueller would have known about it all along. >>> and today's racially charged senate runoff in mississippi where the republican incumbent is heavily favored against an african-american democratic challenger, and despite that the incumbent is a throwback to the state's segregationist past. >> i know her and her heart is good, and that is not what she meant. >> i want people to rise above all of the acrimony and focus on the problems that we experience as mississippians. >> and american eye doshlgs and despi -- american idol, and despite the president's promise the bring back work, general motors is going to be closing plants. >> there are people in there bawling their eyes