smy: we will speak with julian' or jennifer robinson. then we speak with jennifer cisneros, a 26-year-old immigration lawyer running to replace congressmember henry cuellar, one of the most conservative democrats in congress. she called him trump's favorite democrat. then we go to iran, the epicenter of the corona outbreak in the middle east where at least nine officials have tested sitive foror the disease including itits health mininist. i w wld like toto inform you i have been infected with cocoronavirus. i hahad a f fever yesterdrday. my f fst test was positive l lat night anand i have e isolated myseself. theyey informedd me my fininal t isis definitely positive. i'm starting my treatment and my general condition is not that. i had a fever, which, god willing, will decrease. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the number of confnfirmed coronavirus infections continues to grow worldwide. cases have now been confirmed in at least 65 countries, with

the german bundestag 7 document calls on labor leadership candidate gets accused of persecution of julian assange to see for himself in court what the u.n. calls torture and arbitrary detention of the founder of wiki leaks plus forget the coronavirus will breaks it all doubts on multinational chemical companies catalyze mass insect extinction all this more coming up in today's going underground but 1st what was it actually like to sit in a london court last week watching an alleged travesty of justice as arbitrarily detained and tortured wiki leaks founder julian assange fought for his freedom one international observer was the deputy leader of the left party in the german bundestag 7 dag dylan who along with 32 other m.p.'s from 12 different e.u. countries witnessed arguably the most important trial of the century so far thanks so much for coming to our studio in london rather than in berlin even before the trial doctors were saying he may die at any moment what was it like in court. terrible in many ways it's just you know i'm really appalled about the situation and the conditions even

week watching an alleged travesty of justice as arbitrarily detained and tortured wiki leaks founder julian assange for for his freedom one international observer was the deputy leader of the left party in the german bundestag 7 dag dillon who along with 32 other m.p.'s from 12 different e.u. countries witnessed arguably the most important trial of the century so far thanks so much for coming to australia in london rather live in. even before the trial doctors were saying he may die at any moment what was it like in court. terrible in many ways it's just you know i am really appalled about the situation and the conditions even for us international observers i've seen so many trials worldwide and i'm really outrageous about the conditions for us international observers in the public gallery for observers they are just $24.00 seats 6 for the family members and 18 for international observers and we always have to queue there and wait for about 2 hours just to make sure that we can really go and follow the case in the court room and not in a media annex room where you cannot listen we cannot he

julian emanuel joins us.to take your mathiness and explain to the audience the accelerated effects we are living now versus one to three days ago. julian: if you look back to how this year has unfolded, the whole idea that the u.s. equity market in particular, which is very much the barometer people think about globally, took so long to respond to what the bond market and commodity market began saying about the dangers of the coronavirus back in january, essentially snowballed this rate of acceleration. when you look at it, there have only been three periods of time in financial history where volatility off stockmarket all-time highs has been this aggressive. 2007/2008, 1987, and 1929. tom: it is thursday, simple "surveillance" day. there is two trades to focus on, interest rate parity and when and usetreasuries futures to arbitrage the difference. interest rate parity is a julian world. buy stocks which are you most concerned about? julian: it is the equity bond play. yesterday, the character of the market w

ever been made by a british judge julian our son tj's clearly a prisoner. fundamental risk because he has an underlying lung condition in the time of the coronavirus in a maximum security jail where very large number. or people have reported symptoms well the 1st british prisoner in a prison died yesterday and where our hundreds of prison staff are reporting illness with symptoms that could very well be caught on a virus infection and yet this magistrates a low level of court in britain. turned her face against the appeal for bill she didn't even order of the it could go to a slightly safer are prison than the belmarsh guantanamo he's currently incarcerated in i'm utterly ashamed of it and i hope we don't live to see the death of julian assange in a british prison in which case i'm not sure we could have a look at anyone in the face again and george lastly i mean i'm sure you've heard the news that a number of nonviolent inmates here in the us are about to be released from their jails due to the spread of coronavirus it seems like this idea is not a princip

the courtroom and in our other way it's terrible too because to see how the conditions are which julian is facing i mean he is a really gentle human journalist who haven't had to don a crime and he's treated like a top terrorist behind behind a bulletproof glasses. in the back of the court of the court which is just because of him and he cannot follow the court and he cannot hear the court even just hardly he can hear and listen what's going on and i think these conditions are not adequate for a state which is saying the rule of law is totally accepted well he did commit a crime a minor bail violation and the person who is about to perhaps lead the new labor party after jeremy corbin said he has absolute trust and faith he took time out in this court process that you were hatch well i wrote i would. invite him to be in the court with us with part of interior from different countries of the european union it's not just me as a german member of the parliament was some other germans we are from ireland we are from italy well from. we are from port a girl from france and some other countrie

when we came together to the court and she just asked in the afternoon julian if he can concentrate on the trial and the proceedings and because it's in the dock and he cannot very well hear what's going on because we had this really does problems from the beginning on monday to the 24th the trial started and we had this julian and the media and the observers had the problem to follow sometimes because. sometimes they don't speak into the microphone sometimes you cannot hear the judge at all because she doesn't spoke to the microphone or even she started the proceedings while julian was not in the courtroom i mean he is a defendant you have to wait till he is coming in to the courtroom but then they started just a proceeding sometimes and that means this is disrespect about the court and the trial at all and then she asked him in the afternoon if she he felt good and he's wellbeing and can concentrate but julian wants to wanted to speak up and she didn't allow it she said he has to speak to his lawyers and then the lawyers will tell the court but the problem was then julian said what's

operation julian assange and all these. journalists are lawyers doctors you're expect this kind of rush. this democracy mr sanchez right to confidential conversations with his own legal defense was breached . the united states government which is very aggressively pursuing him on trumped up charges has had access to his legal defense strategy and frankly the fact that they have said that that won't be used is insufficient because they have had access to that information. given what is at stake in the sands case the national security angle allegations from the u.n. that britain is affectively torturing a dissident you would think british news organizations would be all over the story they are not saying he's going to cooperate said any of. the publicly owned b.b.c. he is just one example of that the world's biggest news broadcaster it generates about 120 hours of radio and television output every day according to neil's meltzer the b.b.c. has interviewed him just wants and not on newsnight its flagship news and current affai

julian never put anyone in any danger. and the c.i.a. owned up to this quite recently. story that was spread that he put lives in danger is nonsense. as are all the other smear stories that w were told about julian assange in the last six or serve years. he was right to go to the ecuadorian embassy for asylum and to not go to sweden. we have since learned that the swedes would have extradited him. and there is not a hope in hell that julian assange would get a fair trial in the eastern district of washington, d.c. i mean, because -- sorry, go on. >> tucker: no, i'm wondering how you got so informed on this and so involved in it. >> well, first of all, i was just starting a large tour when the collateral murder video came out. i included it in my tour. so i really should be -- if he is guilty, so am i. i should be standing in the dark with him. they wouldn't have to extradite me. i'm in new york city. but every single night of the world tour i did that went on for nearly three years that video of that -- you know, the young american airmen killing the unarmed people and

the bikini of the week so julian strip search 3 times. in cuffs 9 times put in 5 different holding cells and his call reports and court were confiscated by prison authorities ending the week as we've explained the refusal of the judge to move this the spokes into the body of the court so he can be equally as due process for 4. hero or enemy number one you decide either way judy in the song has become a name and a face recognized all over the wild and not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a and it's not a crime it's in the public interest this is what i'm saying america is not democracy i've told it's a total sham. terrorism he should be treated as an enemy combatant was her 6 own was you know you say what worries everybody here today they're here because they don't believe my dream narrative wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service the 48 year old australian put a target on his back when he leaked a truth of classified u.s.

media continues to all but completely ignore the plight of jailed and tortured publisher julian assange jinnah london jail what should you do if you want to blow the whistle on your workplace in britain we speak to whistleblowing advisor. plus who is the british senior civil servant who sensationally resigned over an edge to bullying by boris johnson the time secretary pretty patel herself disgraced over links to the israeli government we speak to a home office minister who dealt with when drug scandal permanent secretary so if it were up to them now planning to take the government to court all of them all coming up in today's going on the ground but 1st let's go straight to the patient that corporate media is most concerned about when it comes to coronavirus wall street joining me now is the former white house communications director and the founder of sky bridge capital anthony's car mucci the thanks so much for coming back on the show so how confident are you about trump's pick as the czar for coronavirus v.p. pence is he competent enough to it to manage this well potentially could b

julian glover is live for us at sfo this morning. julian. >> good morning, guys.he messaging and finding the facts when it comes to coronavirus-related travel restrictions has pin tough for all of us, even as reporters. i'll get to the european ban in just a second. this morning the latest wave of uncertainty coming from president trump and speaking to reporters that saying, yes, a potential freeze on travel within the u.s. is possible from state to state if one particular state has a coronavirus outbreak that is just out of control. now, let's get back to that european travel ban that goes into effect at midnight tonight. we know it will affect 26 european countries. the foreign nationals from those countries will not be allowed in starting at midnight. all americans and green card holders coming back to the u.s. will have to be tested for coronavirus, meaning they'll have to travel from one of 13 airports equipped to handle testing. while it has not been confirmed, we expect sfo will be one of them. the president said americans who test positive will not be allo

good morning, mike. >> good morning, julian, kumasi.ing a little bit of fog down towards napa and american canyon. most affected highways 12 and 29. and let's head a little bit farther up and you can see around windsor along 101 we've got some thick fog there and temperatures right around freezing and that means some of this fog could turn into black ice. that will hang around until at least about 8:00 or 8:30 if it happens. not a very thick fog. not a ton of moisture. else where mid-30s and low to upper 40s around the bay. look at san jose where it's 39 and dry all day today. chill to cool if you are on mass transt and slight lly breezy th afternoon. in the north bay, a significant warming trend today from 34 this morning to near 60 at 3:00. the low clouds will turn into sunshine and then increasing high clouds this afternoon. east bay we're in the 40s through at least 9:00 and then mid to upper 50s from 1:00 all the way to 7:00 topping out around 7:00. increasing clouds today. 40s through 9:00 and then mid-50s. seven degrees cooler th

jeweli i julian glover is live at the airport with more. julian?putting this all into perspective, it was just a couple months ago that we were talking about enhanced screening practices screened at bay area airports and we should have figured it would only be a matter of time for some of the airport employees to be infected with the virus themselves. that's the reality this morning here at mineta san jose international airport. three workers testing positive and all of their co-workers they came in contact with now being quarantined at home for 14 days. still so many questions unanswered this morning. when did those employees test positive for the virus and on what days were they working? did they come in contact with any passengers and we also want to know how many employees are under that quarantine. this morning i looked at sjc facebook page and dozens of comments from people who traveled through the airport now concerned about their safety and worried about potential exposure when they interacted with tsa employees. i spoke with a woman headed

julian assange is a friend of mine and that's not the julian assange sees sitting in the courtroom this man is mentally and physically shrunken and how could it be otherwise after a whole decade of this cruel and unusual punishment who will volunteer to be the next julian a son who will receive the evidence which checks out as being true of high crimes and misdemeanors by the us government or any government for that matter including our own and then report it to the public. there will be there would have to be either foolhardy or extremely brave because if they did so they run a very high risk of ending up in our bulletproof box in which ground ceasing extradition and the rest of your life in prison in the united states trust me that won't have a chilling effect on free journalism in the world it will have a killing effect. still to come towns in north eastern france accuse the belgian neighbors of a legally dumping trash across the border details on that story and more after the break. join me every thursday on the alex salmond chill and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politic

and despite all these arguments despite the prosecution saying they had no problems with julian assange sitting with his lawyers. the judges of district judge nessa braced she essentially read off of a piece of paper that was already with her prior to that evening's arguments it was like. her decision had already been made so it was a very clear sign to those in the courtroom that you know this is you know nor case where due process is being followed unfortunately while and the crux of this case worth on does depend stand is proving that astonished me as being persecuted by the united states for political reasons and not criminal with us because according to the ignition treaty between the u.k. and the u.s. extradition rules out political bent how about that that hasn't found is it depends in making that case. well this again it's a very similar situation where this is precisely the the argument that the defense relied on and discussed in court they said that this is clearly a political offense numerous examples of this. the judge didn't you know didn't seem to be moved by these argumen

london england at the crown court where the extradition hearings of wiki leaks founder and publisher julian assange have been under way accused of conspiring with former us army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to obtain and disclose classified information and charges 17 counts of violating the 1917 u.s. espionage act assad has not only facing down the possibility of 175 years in prison but also the full wrath of the u.s. government in its history of torture and abuse of political prisoners if the united kingdom courts grant this extradition professor of journalism roy greenslade sums up the threat of assad's persecution writing in the guardian the quote these offensives may relate specifically to one man's activities but should they succeed they would set a terrible precedent the aim is to prevent whistleblowers from telling the truth and journalists from giving them a platform. so at this 1st round of extradition hearings coming to a close and more on the way i think it's time to get the who the what the where and the why why we still can as we start watching the hawks. was going on a

the 1st phase of julian a songes u.s. extradition case wrapped up this week the decision on whether the journalist will be handed over to the u.s. or not will be reached in may when for the hearings are to be held the prosecution argued that knowingly put hundreds of lives at risk when he published trove of classified u.s. military files without redacting names or any other sensitive information washington claims that following those leaks in 2010 sources disappeared in afghanistan iraq and he ran that we can leaks founder is also accused of encouraging the whistleblower and army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to hack the pentagon's computer network as on his defense team have sought however to counter those allegations by just saying their case with previously undisclosed information they claim the publisher actually warned then secretary of. state hillary clinton about the leaks so as to ensure the safety of the individuals whose names appeared in the document they've also stressed that the activities are protecte

the 1st phase of julian assizes u.s. extradition case wrapped up this week the decision on whether he'll be handed over or not will be reached in may when further hearings are scheduled the prosecution argued assigns knowingly put hundreds of lives at risk when he published troves of classified u.s. military files without redacting names and other sensitive information or said to claims the following those leaks in 2010 sources disappeared in iraq afghanistan and around the wiki leaks founder also accused of encouraging the whistleblower an army intelligence analyst chelsea manning to hack the pentagon's computer network now a science defense team of sorts to counter those allegations buttressing their case with previously undisclosed information they claim the publisher actually warned the then sect of state hillary clinton about the leaks so as to ensure the safety of the individual whose names appeared in those documents they also stressed the songes activities are protected by the principles of press freedom and his

leaks they already have an indictment against julian assange they are not supposed to use the grand jury for the purpose of gathering evidence to prove that indictment but it shows to me that the government is not very confident about the evidence they have or about that indictment they want more and so chelsea manning and and hammond 2 to another was a blower are both incarcerate refusing ever just to. answer questions of this grand jury the government is pursuing it because they have a weak case maybe because they want to indict other people is unclear but what is clear is chelsea manning will not cooperate this coersion will not work she will come out of that prison dead. before she testifies this judge has a reputation for being a very and forstmann minded aggressive judge and a very conservative judicial system in the us are just your virginia you know needs to come to his senses and realize that what he's doing is only one of us law and international level government but if he does refuse to testify what does this mean for the government's ongoing case on wiki leaks. well i th

investigation into wiki leaks and they are essentially they've accused julian masonic of attempting to hack. top secret u.s. computers which is a very strange thing because he really only functioned as a journalist not as a hacker if they succeeded next year out in julian a songe and and putting on him on trial in the us and then convicting him then essentially any journalist who receives any information at all from any kind of government source will be in grave danger of being accused of encouraging and thereby abetting the leaking of secret information so essentially it's a it's a it's a direct threat to journalism as we know it and if assad is convicted then really half of journalism will be shut down so i think it's very serious it's very dangerous theory. and i think that any journalist worth his salt should be up in arms over his work government is doing its. president chomped has moved to suspend all travel from europe to the last for the next month corona virus infections and now as i just did in 114 countries and has seen the wild health organization now classified at 19 as a

. >> julian glover live at mineta san jose this morning. julian? >> developments like this one that three tsa employees here at san jose mineta international airport have been infected with the coronavirus only reaffirming the fears of airline industry experts saying the dip in airline travel that we're about to see could be similar to what we saw post-9/11, where we saw a 40% dip in airline travel. i want to get you to some of these pictures. many pictures posted online of flight after flight completely empty only shuttling a few passengers from point a to point b. the airline industry is responding by cutting a number of flights. american airlines the world's largest airlines cutting flights by 10% this summer and dropping domestic flights by 7.5% and united and delta flights plan by cutting even more. at least 20% by april and cut those domestic flights by at least 10%. airlines are trying to encourage travel by giving you some more flexibility when it comes to changes your flight. many of them temporarily waiving fees and some airlines going as

war crimes revealed by wiki leaks instead we get leaks is julian a songes in london facing a defacto death sentence arousing questions about the future of publishers and whistleblowers in nato countries was a brilliant job author of there is no mean whistleblower joins me now welcome back to going underground eileen i'm going to get to the book and the house of commons a meeting in a 2nd but it was 5 years ago when you were on last time julian assange has just been granted political asylum in the ecuadorian embassy in london would have been your thoughts as we heard reports of this case last week regarding his extradition to the united states well i'm really frightened for to analysts firstly all the people that we deal with need journalists to get the truth out and i mean to find every journalist is in danger because of what's going on here it's hard to believe that this is the u.k. you know this is our justice system this price to be so fair am i've actually set through one of the pretty hair means and. it was awful to watch it. as far as we're concerned and the whole thing is just

that's where julian glover joins with more on this story, julian? >> good morning, kumasi. she was just running on a trail here as you mention here at communication hill when she said she was attacked by at least two people and hit and coughed on and all she did was ask for a little bit more space trying to observe social distance. the victim writing about her experience on the nextdoor app and posting a video and said it started when a teen ran up behind her and then next to her. she asked him for more space and the teen tripped her and minutes later came back with two adults and a man coughed on her several times and hit her with his hat and a woman slapped her on the back of the head. san jose prese confirm officers were called out on saturday evening just before 7:30. >> everybody should do their bit in maintaining the distance. if somebody is not, it is okay to tell them to. >> that could be deadly in a worse-case scenario. setting a bad example for kids. >> that was the reaction from other runners on the trail. the suspects ran away before police got there. they have

julian. >> good morning, guys. we have been speaking to oakland residents about their thoughts on that grand princess cruise ship docking here in oakland and in short their reaction is mixed. we heard from governor gavin newsom that it will only be docked as long as it takes but the reality as amy said, this could take several days. up to three, in fact, for this entire process to play out. want to get you ready for video from sky 7 showing governor newsom meeting at the port with local and state emergency leaders. now the governor promised that passengers will not be released into the general public. the general public, rather, we spotted charter buses that will be used to transport the passengers from the ship to the next stop in the process whether it's a hospital for treatment or a military base for quarantine. here's what those oakland residents had to say about the governor's plan. >> i was comforted about the more precise plans and she said they weren't going to be mingling in the city or anything. so, i thi

julians lawyers will be appealing and if the u.s. government you know loses extradition requests they will be appealing i think it's going to be a 2 or 3 year process. but you know i think personally i think the only solution to this is going to be a political solution we need pressure from the outside to kind of say this is clearly a political case this is clearly someone who's not ever commit. any crimes they are john list and if for if we kind of pretend that all countries are based on these principles of democracy in open access to information the absolutely no reason for him to be in prison the way he is. that's going to cost watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered our social media be sure to sign up for our exclusive newsletter at least slash watching the homes you can also start watching those talks on the brand new portable t.v. out available on smartphones through google play at the apple app store by searching portable t.v. coming up we are talking voter suppression and the protests t

still with me from btig is julian emanuel.take a look at the different companies in sectors that are going to be impacted, what is on your shopping list? julian: from our point if you come apart of this is trying to gauge, given the fact that over the last several days or weeks, we are now going into an era where there will be more government involvement in corporate america than ever before. obviously, the precedent the fed set yesterday with announcing that it intends to buy corporate bonds is that there will be a sort of choosing of winners and losers among the sectors, and i think clearly, our playbook financials, be obviously. all of these actions are intended to make sure that the economic crisis is contained, in terms of time, if not severity, over the next several months, that it doesn't morph into i financial crisis. there's no question about the fact that financials are much, much stronger and healthier than they were during the 2008-2009 period. we would also say health care. as much as there has been a drive to reg

julian glover is live for us in los gatos. julian? >> this concept is really for anyone concerned about social distancing while inside a grocery store. now you can skip those packed aisles altogether and just come up here and drive and do drive-thru and curbside pickup. pull up to the first window and you' talking about that have been sold out for so long. also ready to go meals for you to pick up, too. you place that order and then pay at the next window. again, someone brings out the groceries to you. alex holt came up with the idea after temporarily closing five of his restaurants in los gatos during the shelter in place order. >> people come, they drink, they eat, they have fun. we're not very big on to go. so we had to basically pivot and come up with a different business model to survive. >> he told us he's not making any money off of this drive-thru grocery concept just a way for his employees to keep making money so they can provide for their families while oing good at the same time. the stores open at noon today and it will

to care starmer let me just say obviously associated according to the un with the persecution of julian a son from whom and because of whom we know so much more about iraq than we have a did back then how frightened are you for julian a science can i just as the founder of wiki leaks given he's in belmarsh prison and governors of prisons in this country obviously are worried about the spread of coronavirus i'm extremely worried about truly moon for many many. i mean initially it seemed that they were imposing a regime regina on him in that prison which could have led to a no the defense that his order number of doctors said and then the governor of the prison. brutish rager who none of the judges wanted to try to change because it's not needle that's the governor's domain which is not so good for breast baring befall them is not in effect state to give evidence they have every right to challenge. the governor of the prince who julian is deliberately being mistreated the case is completely manufactured new smells so the u.n. report on torture has made a very powerful intervention saying

julian glover is live at the hayward executive airport with more on this. julian? >> good morning, kumasi. a whole lot of talk of the availability of the coronavirus testing kits and now we're learning how those kits get to the labs where they can be analyzed and we're hearing that this is a very urgent process. check out the cessna plane that these kids are flown on. you'll notice that this plane that leaves from hayward executive airport each night is at full capacity. look at that green bag right there. there are 50 on planes with samples from northern california. the swabs are flown to labs in l.a. where they're then analyzed. we caught up with the pilot, kevin perry, who says there is absolutely no time to spare. >> all these test kits are all under a time constraint. you know, if they sit here too long, they could go bad and then they would have to be retested. from engine start, i'm out of here in five minutes. >> and having to be retested, you could just understand how more of a problem that could potentially create. we're hearing from the pilot, it only ta

europe what does it mean for capitalism kashmir and the future of the world's most famous publisher julian assange. also more coming up in today's going on the ground but let's go straight to one of the greatest living political activists and writers who has inspired antiwar figures were malcolm x. to john lennon tariq ali joins us from his north london home via skype jack thanks so much for coming on the program i have to declare an interest because you brought me to channel 4 in the 1980 s. and you were my boss but what would you say now to the millions who have been inspired by your work the fight for freedom and justice that you've undertaken in your life what would you say to them who are now profoundly pessimistic about the neo liberal response to a pandemic let alone gross inequality around the world well basically we find. difficult to come out on the streets because of the nature of this epidemic but i think what the epidemic actually teaches us is that the system under which we live is a sound belief lot. and it does not alter the world a future that is worth living through board

along with julian the sergeant his supporters for the 1st phase of his u.s. extradition case now complete during the hearings the wiki leaks founder was kept in a glass cage and denied the opportunity to interact with his lawyers we heard from one of them. couldn't take part in the court process this is inconceivable how can a person be in court without being able to interact or communicate with his lawyers who are representing his interests. residents of towns in northeastern france accuse the belgian neighbors of illegally dumping garbage across the border. good afternoon thanks for joining us this is the weekly. there are fears of a new migration crisis with was $50000.00 people crossing into europe in a day that's after turkey opened up its borders to the year and 2 are effectively tore up an agreement with brussels under which it took charge of millions of asylum seekers in return for financial aid on the other side that greek police greeted the newcomers with tear gas. but it. still follows a flare up in tensions in syria's last remaining terrorist stro