hello and welcome to cross talk were all things considered i'm peter lavelle in london julian assange standing trial on whether he will be extradited to the u.s. to face espionage charges the stakes could not be higher songes liberty even life is on the line freedom of speech is also on trial though you would know that from the mainstream media. talking julian assange i'm joined by my guest in london joe lauria he is the editor in chief of consortium news dot com we also have taylor she is an independent journalist and co-founder of action for us and we're joined by alexander make your us he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to the the legal part of this story here we'll go to alexander me curious alex i mean the mainstream media when it does report the trial it seems to me there's an enormous amount of omission being played out here. in europe you have a legal mind you have a legal legal experience is he getting a fair trial go

precluded and that does worry me that worries me a great do well it should worry us all because julian assange has a journalist ok i mean the way he's being treated me go to jail or here also in london the way he's being treated here is if it's a terrorist i mean the the layout the alexander me here is just told us i mean this is treating him as if he's a danger to society in themselves there is no evidence in his past to to prove that do have this justified whatsoever he is being treated like a terrorist because he's a political prisoner and there's no 2 ways about it go ahead. yes you're exactly right peter in fact we know that julian assange has been an london's belmarsh prison which is often referred to as the u.k.'s pantani bay and we also learned earlier that in fact julian assange has been placed in 5 holding cells he's been handcuffed frequently and i believe that his case files have been confiscated at the end of the day and his attorney edward fitzgerald has argued that in fact that impairs his right to a fair trial we also have learned that while he was staying in the ecuado

yes you're exactly right peter in fact we know that julian assange has been in london belmarsh prison which is often referred to as the u.k.'s guantanamo bay and we also learned earlier that in fact julian assange has been placed in 5 holding cells he's been handcuffed frequently and i believe that his case files have been confiscated at the end of the day and his attorney edward fitzgerald has argued that in fact that impairs his right to a fair trial we also have learned that while he was staying in the ecuadorian embassy in london that this spanish security firm you see global was actually spying on him in spying on his visitors in particular journalists especially those who were russian or american so that even infringes on his rights to attorney client privilege as well you know joe i mean considering how he's being treated during this trial and of course the the the information that has come out that he was spied on when he was in the ecuadorian embassy i mean he really must really scare the daylights out of the stuff. the way he's being treated proves that i mean it is sense he

and and friend of julian a songe george galloway george julian told mr smith that the prison governors association is considering releasing more than $15000.00 nonviolent prisoners the department of justice is considering some 4000 people but julian is not on any of those lists even though the ozzie parliament is now calling for his release on humanitarian terms maybe suggesting home arrest with an ankle monitor to all of this you say what. well i there's no argument against this it's incredible is not even on the table for discussion never mind agreement he could have gone he could go to a nominated address they could stick to costs on an 8 hour shift 3 shifts still cost them much less than it's costing them to keep him in belmarsh the little is no logical argument against it does he told our friend vaughan smith from the frontline club $1.00 of britain's eminent journalists although he himself does not yet how of coronavirus he's surrounded by people who do and he exercises for 30 minutes just a day that's all the time that is out of his cell he's surrounded by hundreds of other pris

trial for julian assange is weird because it's goes completely contrary as we know to u.k. law so our law the law of this country the little that supposed to represent always addition treaty with the united today has a tree soup it specifically precludes anything that could be claimed to be a political crime or a political misdemeanor which obviously this is because julian is his only crime is to speak the truth to the people and he's speaking truth though to a powerful elite to do not want the truth spoken to the people to congress occasionally to serve is obviously believes that the espionage act that hacking these are crimes that you can exude i think they do i think has 6 o. the powers that be in washington d.c. have decided that they want julian killed or at least imprisoned for the rest of his is health it's extremely poll. and and they want to tell for that as an example it's frightening to know that any minute they could be that standard issue kicking in the door and your tof and you know stuck into beaumarchais where you will stay until they've had their way with y

julian lee writes for bloomberg on oil. he's a terrific strategist with a huge mathematical foundation. julian, thank you so much for joining us again. let me frame this to get out in ront of fatih. as you perceive the industry and the prize, what's the to-do list for the oil powers? how do they react? how do they apeck chew wait a -- effectuate a program to sustain and move oil higher? >> i think they face a huge problem. in of your guests enunciated that, some of them. we're facing a situation where oil demand is down something like 30%. that's in broad terms, it's 30 million barrels a day, down from where it was this time last year. even the output cuts that opec plus has agreed of 10 million barrels a day will only deal with a 1/3 of that. and then you stop for another two weeks and so until then, we've got this massive additional oil still in the market. to cut 30 million barrels a day, if opec would do that on its own, every member would have to stop producing, full stop. nothing from saudi arabia, nothing from any of

stint there not only did they secretly taped julian's movements in his quarters but they also began to grow a fascination with little baby gabriel now julian and stella were clever enough to have an actor friend named stephen who bring the baby in to the embassy for a visit posing as his father but then. did a deep dive on mr hu as well and figured out that gabriel was not his son and was in fact julian son so george why all of this. well now when the history of the united states empire comes to be written and when it's all over it may be that this will achieve iconic status rather like nero fiddling i was wrong burned all the the partiers in pompei before. the book in or are up to it is semino. must represent the lowest form of spying that the united states has ever been involved in because it literally involved combing through the contents of the baby's nappy or diaper you call it and only when the company was informed that d.n.a. obtained from a nappy and the contents of a nappy would not succeed in a paternity case then hatched a plan to steal the baby's dummy its pacifier so th

judge ruled julian assange must stand trial for extradition here to the u.s. despite this ongoing locked out argues rachel livens is joining us now live from the news room with more details to his story rachel well manella v.u.k. judge presiding over julian a saunders case has ruled against the weak you expounder after his legal team called her his extradition hearing to be delayed because they say the coronavirus lockdown has prevented them from meeting with him and a hearing on tuesday represented argued that in those circumstances in his vulnerable condition to force him to endure all full of it until hearing in may we respectfully submit it would be unjust we respectfully submit it would be a process of the judge showed no mercy for a saw and arguing that because the extradition hearing is still 5 weeks away that should give the courts enough time to return to normal despite warnings of the u.k.'s lockdown could last until june the westminster. court also heard of events that the u.s. government tried to obtain the d.n.a. of a songes children by collecting

and wasn't that julian sun so george why all of this. well when the history of the united states empire comes to be written and when it's all over it may be that this will achieve iconic status rather like nero fiddling i was wrong burned all the the partiers and up before. the book in or are up to it is semino in must represent the lowest form of spying that the united states has ever been involved in because it literally involved combing through the contents of the baby's nappy or. you called it and only when the company was informed that d.n.a. obtained from a nappy and the contents of a nappy would not succeed in a paternity case then hatched a plan to steal the baby's dummy it's pacifier so that they could from the saliva there on a stop blish the child's d.n.a. i know i know that the united states doesn't like julian assange but didn't really hate them that much to require their agents to get so down and dirty because let's make no mistake about this mr maher outlays who's on trial now in spain was an agent of the united states gov

well not for the 1st time julian is telling the truth and the officials are low. that's in a way the whole point of julian assange as it happens i have very close contact with the prison officers a source. of the prison stuff and i can tell you the coronavirus is ripping through belmarsh prison and many other prisons too and they are asked concerned about as we who are concerned about the prisoner julian assange are because it's their members that are going down like flies 150 of their members in belmarsh prison are in self isolation and that's the stuff what about the prisoners it is incredible there's no people there's no mosques there's no gloves there's no separation portable in a jail it's it's it's mass mob are waiting to happen and george lastly critics of the situation are now comparing the u.k. justice system to that of iran now citing that the newly released mrs nasa needs a garri ratcliffe because of kobe 1000 she is now out having been a member of parliament for so many years how do you take that comparison i imagine this is supposed to be a slight. is

former pink floyd front man what to watch as the british government persecuting wiki leaks founder julian assange plus agreed in an industry exposed by wiki leaks as london fashion week shuts down its glamorous facade we talked to steve coogan and michael winterbottom about their satire on capitalism featuring the last ever on screen performance of u.k. celebrity caroline flack both of all coming up in today's going underground the 1st ahead of next week's hearings on the trial of julian assange still heard nothing from u.k. labor leadership contenders in defense of the wiki leaks publisher but one candidate for deputy richard bergen has been speaking out going underground fine ahmed caught up with him. it's important that we speak out against the actual vision of julian assange who codes end up in prison in the united states of america for 175 years people have got to look at what's his given reason was given rise to this situation you've got to look at the. crimes that we kill akes exposed the truth the wiki leaks spoken for example look at the. video which came out in 2010 a video whic

cross talking julian assange i'm joined by my guest in london joe lauria he is the editor in chief of consortium news dot com we also have taylor hudak she is an independent journalist and co-founder of action for a stone age and we're joined by alexander make your us he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com or across the cause and effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it let's go to the the legal part of this story here will go to our examine me curious alex i mean the mainstream media when it does report the trial it seems to me there's an enormous amount of or mission being played out here in europe you have a legal mind you have a legal legal experience is he getting a fair trial go ahead hours or what you have to say there are certain aspects of the trial which to cause me a great deal of unease are i don't want to go into the. details too far but firstly are i have to have genuine concerns about the physical layout of the courtroom the fact that he is kept kept behind a glass barrier he's been complaining

and in may dies of covert 19 of the prison where wiki leaks founder julian assange is being held for the u.k. court rules that his extradition trial will go ahead despite the ongoing shutdown. the global headlines this is r.t. international thanks for joining us. we'll begin as usual with the latest figures on the covert 1000 pound make the number of cases worldwide has now surpassed 1400000 802000 people have lost their lives the united states has the largest number of infections followed by spain and italy and worldwide 303000 people have now recovered from the disease. ok let's start in france where the death toll from covert 19 has passed and thousands the health ministers warn that the peak hasn't yet arrived and that the nationwide lockdown will have to continue and the world health organization has supported that view saying any countries that lift restrictions too early could trigger a new wave of the pandemic charlotte reports for us from paris 4 weeks into lockdown in france and the country's economy is being brought to its knees will probably be more than the minus 2.2 per

and in other news an inmate's dies of covert 19 at the prison where wiki leaks founder julian assange is being held is that while the u.k. court rules that assad sees a.

london as the usa tries to get its hands on the most famous publisher and journalists in the world julian assange faces 175 years in jail in the q.c. for the usa james lewis is citing former cia spy jeffrey sterling to secure the australian wiki leaks found his removal division jeffrey skilling now joins me via skype from st louis in missouri jeffrey thanks so much for coming on the show so you know all about the tactics of the u.s. deep state racism persecution at the cia what do you make of your name being quoted in court if i didn't read their name dropping. the course of their position and saying i guess they were referring back to the certain. thing for me shows how reasonable it can be one thing to experience to mention was that in my prosecution persecution over yes you know there was absolutely no evidence yeah they had they obviously said it was circumstantial evidence so the us authorities say but james lewis has his q.c. his exact words were your case and the case did involve pretty bizarre covertly smuggling of nuclear warhead blueprints to iran to perhaps create war who knows

manning johnson react to you and julian assange arts. i think you can despite that people have integrity. and know how to do the right thing and i don't think this is going to squelch any of that even if it isn't covert attempt at infringing the u.n. charter you wouldn't advise a whistleblower a journalist a publisher any of them to to attack the intelligence services for racism no i am not saying don't do anything like that because there are certainly reprisals but i'm just saying stand up be yourself stick to your integrity and stick to your conscience and regardless of how big the enemy may be you can stand up for yourself and you can fight against these individuals may not be a good outcome but as i have always myself i would never let you all see to something that i did not did and i would never be able to face myself in the mirror doing such a thing so contrary to my character and i think the same things can be said about chelsea manning john kiriakou emmett yet julian jeffrey sterling thank you my pleasure thank you very much afte

and in other news an inmate's dies of covert 19 at the prison where wiki leaks founder julian assange is being held is that while the u.k. court rules that assad and his extradition trial will go ahead despite the ongoing lockdown. great to have you with us here with your global news update this is r.t. international. so let's begin as we do each hour with the latest figures on the covert 900 pandemic and the number of cases worldwide 'd now past warm point 4083000 people have lost their lives the united states has the largest number of infections followed by spain and italy and worldwide 308000 people have recovered from the disease. so let's head 1st to france where the death toll from cove 19 has passed 10000 the health minister has warned that the peak hasn't yet arrived and that the nationwide lockdown will have to continue and so the world health organization has supported that view saying any countries that lift restrictions to early could trigger a new wave of the pandemic artie's correspondent in paris. reports. 4 weeks into lockdown in france and the country's economy is bei

s from julian assange his native australia are appealing to britain to transfer him to his arrest . so they've agreed to replace paypal who. are standing nonviolent and people who only have a few weeks to go of the sentence now julian assange is not a violent person he's not been accused of any. and in fact he hasn't even been sentenced yet so that's why he should be added to this list i think that's that's clear and that's what a lot of people including mr parliamentarian's assigning u.k. prisons have coronavirus ripping through them spoken with julian assad his mother she has told me that julian does have preexisting health conditions which my came i guess a bigger target for bang at critical patient for banks someone who. could potentially be fired will and that's why we have. the appropriate precautions now need to be taken by the government and jonas and should be released and put in home detention which is awaiting a hearing on extradition to the us there he could face a 175 year sentence for publishing leaked evidence of us in the tree wrongdoing in iraq afghanistan a british

europe what does it mean for capitalism kashmir and the future of the world's most famous publisher julian assange and 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 neoliberal response to a pandemic let alone gross inequality around the world well basically. we find. difficult to come out on the street because the nature of this but i make but i think what you have been to make actually teaches is that the system under which we live. is a proof found relief a lot and it does not alter the. future that is worth living to pu

julian. >> goodern morning, reggie.irst parking lots to state parks and beaches and now we're getting word that governor newsom plans to close all state parks and beaches. we expect governor newsom to make that announcement in his daily address today and we expect the order to take effect friday. now, newsom's move is a reaction, as you mentioned, reggie, to the large crowds seen at beaches in southern california this weekend. 80,000 people crowded newport beach just south of l.a. >> those images are an example of what not to see. people, what not to do. if we're going to make the meaningful progress that we made in the last few weeks extend into the next number of weeks. >> it appears some local officials may not agree, though. some like orange county supervisor where beaches were packed just last weekend. he tweeted out calling it an overreaction and said he fears these additional restrictions might make residents uncooperative citing midical experts and touting the importance of fresh air and sunlight in fighting inf

julian? the short answer is we do not know.ing seeing is suggestions saudi arabia and level,are at a technical or a level below vladimir putin and mohammed bin salman are talking to each other, they seem to be inching towards some kind of an agreement, but i think both of them are looking for some form of contribution from the united states. i think they're probably both coming to accept that is not going to be the sort of government to government type characterized has the opec-plus deal that brought saudi arabia and russia together. what they will except from the u.s. i think is unclear at the moment. that could still be the stumbling block when the ministers from the g20 get together on friday. how much time to they have to make this work? if this doesn't work this week, how much longer do we have before storage capacity runs out at the market makes these decisions for the leaders? -- julian: some producers are already at that point and may be beyond it and having to cut back production because they cannot sell their oil or

teenager killed by an alleged cia spy they have been supporting julian assange saying they want to see i suspected cia spy a cool a sense of cool is extracted here but they don't want to sign it's taken away from just being a journalist is it one rule for the cia and one for not cia oh absolutely absolutely a dirty murder trial it was incredible out there you saw are claiming national security national secrets was only for their benefit. as i stayed in my book i sued the c.r.a. for discrimination my suit was not allowed to go forward because the c.i. a and b. didn't administration claim barracks if i were to go or work with my discrimination case there were holes of threats to the national security of the united states u.s. government in general will use it to their defense and also use it to go after its enemies yet that same sort of situation is not allowed to be used by individuals who are complaints about the u.s. or trying to stand up to the u.s. government so is it is excess for strategy because they can point to you and right now if there is someone thinking of blowing the whist

abc7 news reporter julian glover is live with more on what they're going to have to do. julian?> hey, good morning, reggie. a lot of focus on our high school seniors who moments like graduation and prom and things like that. but now the focus is shifting t spent a lot of time studying and now the possibility that they might be taking that exam online. the college board which runs the s.a.t. made that announcement this week. this is not the first time the test has been offered digitally. some schools across the country started the trend this year, but the first time the test was allowed to be taken at home. one of the options the organization is consering, degn h lg schools stay giving the s.a.t. on weekends in august if it's safe or just administer the test in the fall if schools are open in time. 51 colleges and universities and counting have either dropped or relaxed their requirements for the a.c.t. and s.a.t. through the fall 2021 class. the college board is saying the online version will still be safe, secure and accessible to all and, of course, valid for college use. repo

julian glover is live with details on this. julian. >> hi, good morning, kumasi. a lot of attention paid to our high school seniors who are missing out on big moments like prom and graduation and now focus is shifting to those high school juniors who have been studying a long time for a now canceled s.a.t. in many circumstances and now word they may be able to take the exam digitally if schools don't open soon. the college board made the announcement this week. this is not the first time the test is bng offered digitay. some schools across the country started the trend this year, but this is thestime the test is allowed to be taken at home. this is just one of the options the organization is considering, depending on how long schools stay closed. the board said it would begin giving the test on weekends in august if it's safe or adm administer the test in the fall if schools are back open. 51 colleges and universities have started dropping the requirements for the s.a.t. for their fall 2021 classes. the college board said the digital version of the exam would stil

reporting from home, i'm julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you, julian..t.s have to get creative and so do small businesses. including a north bay plumbing company now offering free virtual consultations. >> all you need to do now is unhook that chain and what i'm going to do is send you the part number and you just go down to your hardware store. they should have that. what you could do, when you get that part -- >> benjamn franklin plumbing is walking customers through routine repairs free of charge. if it's something more complex, they'll send a plumber out. >>> nearly 55,000 small business loans approved under the paycheck protection act in california and hundreds of thousands of businesses in the bay area are stuck on the waiting list. the abc7 news iteam look under to the hold up. admits there are long wait times but using every resource to move loans through faster. >> the goal is from once the application is approved and then the loan is closed, a goal is to get the funds dispersed in ten days or less. >> weke with several small business owners in

julian lee, his dynamics are world-class. i am going to cut to the chase.s of citigroup one of the most scathing notes i have seen in the last six hours and said the president is wrong, he will not get it done, and we lack ofconsider massive demand, massive uncoordinated oversupply, prices to the teams, and even this -- teens and even the single digits. how do we get down to unimaginably lower prices? julian: the way we get down there is if there isn't a deal, and i share some of ed morris' skepticism, then we will run out of space to score the oil that people are producing but consumers aren't using. the problem will be that when we run out of storage space, prices will have to come down far enough to stop people from ,umping, and it very likely that will be into single digits. workdoes this only particularly on a monday virtual opec-plus call if the plus of washington climbs on board and allows oil supply cuts in the united states? julian: i think it probably does only work that way. there are two reasons and one is politics. the saudis have been beaten o

julian glover is live with what her family is now telling us. julian?, goodern moi morning, reg. yes, we spoke to the woman's family. her name is patricia dowd, 57 years old when she died from san jose. she is now believed to be the first coronavirus death not just here in the bayi area, but in te entire country. what she thought was flu-like symptoms was, in fact, the coronavirus. thanks to an autopsy. let's get to what else you knew about her. she died on february 6th and her death was initially ruled a heart attack according to "l.a. times." family members saying she traveled to europe for work and there was limited testing criteria. you recall, you had to have known travel to wuhan area of china. sending samples to the cdc for coronavirus testing in mid march and now with word of that positive test result, this makes the 57-year-old woman the first known u.s. coronavirus death. >> we had not yet identified our first case of community transmissi happen until february 28th. what these deaths tell us is that we had community transmission probably to a

this year san francisco pri julian glover is live with more on this. julian? >> hi, kumasi, good morning. the cancellation of so many of our favorite events is a reality check for so many of us. san francisco pride announcing yesterday that all events will be canceled for this year and now we're hearing that the outside lands music festival which brings close to 2,000 people to golden gate park each august could be next. announcing yesterday that their summer season is also canceled and there's still major uncertainty surrounding the nba baseball season and major league baseball in the bay area. and as of now the 2020 nfl draft is scheduled for next week, but if the season kicks off in september is anyone's guest. what will it look like when large events are back? >> if i look at the fans coming back, a family of four. where are they going to sit? are they going to be able to sit together? how many rows are going to be empty? >> in governor newsom's daily address yesterday, he said the large-scale events of thousands, tens of thousands is just not in the cards

to peer starmer let me just say obviously associated according to the un with the persecution of julian a sudden change 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 assange 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 him know the deaths 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 that 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 interve

hey, julian. >> hey, good morning, reggie.se are truly unusual times for so many of us being away from friends and family for the easter holiday that is really about coming together and rejoicing. but even if we are apart physically, we know we can celebrate holy week, good friday and easter sunday and show gratitude from our homes. we know president donald trump he wanted the churches to be packed by easter sunday hoping this pandemic would have slowed by now. but here we are still sheltering in place on this easter sunday. religious leaders in the bay and really all across the world are doing everything they can to bring the church to you wherever you are, staying safe, staying inside. we spoke to reverend laurie manning of skyline community church in oakland saying this is a great time to be grateful for what we do have instead of focusing on what we don't. >> in this crisis and pandemic there is this great meanwhile, meanwhile if you look out the window, the grass is growing again. manwhile, life is coming back. we are par

reporting live this morning, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you, julian. >>> happening today a keycross the country choosing to lift the stay-at-home restrictions claiming it is time to reopen small businesses. jobina fortson is looking at what places are trying to return to normal. good morning, jopenna.

understand nonviolent people who only have a few weeks to go of their sentence now julian assange is not a violent person he's not been accused of any. and in fact he hasn't even been sentenced yet so that's why he should be added to this list i think that's that's clear and that's what a lot of people including mr parliamentarians assigning u.k. prisons have coronavirus ripping through the spike i'm enjoying a son who's mother she has told me that julian does have preexisting health conditions which my came i guess a bigger target for being a critical patient for banks someone who catching this war so could potentially fight will and that's why. the appropriate precautions now need to be taken by the u.k. government and join us and should be replaced and put in 100 tension. during the songes awaiting a hearing on extradition to the u.s. of course where he could face 175 years sentence for publishing leaked evidence of u.s. military wrongdoing in iraq and afghanistan a british court has ruled that the songes hearing will still go ahead in may despite the current looked at his lawyer