officials to the decision not to hand julian assad over to america. while we are extremely disappointed in the court's ultimate decision we are gratified that the united states prevailed on every point of law raised in particular the court's rejects of all of mr sanders arguments regarding political motivation political offense fair trial and freedom of speech we will continue to seek mr sanders extradition to the united states but just going back to the things that i was talking about before the stance of u.s. leaders to key decision makers in this process we do realize that soon there is to be a handover at the white house and if we look back at what joe biden said back in 2010 when he was vice president in iraq obama administration he called julian assange a high tech terrorist so for a 3rd president so to say in a row in the u.s. we're not expecting anything to change and of course we understand that there is. likely to be an appeal from the american side when it comes to julian songe case and they perhaps will be pushing to the very end to get jo

chuck todd randerson cooper sean hannity have done less journalism in their entire careers that julian assads did it with your legs before breakfast on an average day so while it's good news that the sun will not be extradited we also found out wednesday he would not be freed either 2 days after the judge admitted he's on the cusp of taking his own life the same judge ruled that he should be sent back to belmarsh prison it's. truly an evil decision she said he could not be released on bail during the lengthy appeals process despite the fact that authorities could put him on house arrest with an ankle bracelet prohibiting his movements the judge still insisted he might add sky and he might run away have you see them recently he can barely walk he's not exactly jason bourne. he's not going to pull some kind of mission impossible with an ankle bracelet an armed guard running after him so here we are with the results of julian assange on his trial fitting squarely into the pages of catch 22 he can't be shipped to the us because he's clearly is depressed and has tried to end his life so we'll send

to file the necessary paperwork with the united kingdom to formally offer political asylum to julian assad as the mexican president called that decision by the british court not to extradite julian a songe to the united states a quote triumph of justice and as you can imagine the reaction here in mexico to this decision to this announcement by the mexican mexican president has been quite divided some people calling it an extravagant gesture by the mexican president to be offering asylum at a time where the country is still struggling to curb contagion arguably seeing the worst days of the kovac 1000 outbreak here in the country others criticizing the cut criticizing the president for hypocrisy saying that he's showing a willingness to embrace. controversial international political figures like julian assad but also pointing to. the former bolivian president who was welcomed here in mexico in 2900 following the political crisis in his country but the mexican president made it very clear during his morning address and actually many here in the country especially on social media or pointing t

so a huge win for julian assad but the usa is still not ready to back down while we are extremely disappointed in the colts ultimate decision we are gratified that the united states prevailed on every points of law raised in particular the culture jets and all of mr songs as arguments regarding political motivation political offense fair trial and freedom of speech we will continue to seek mr saunders extradition to the united states washington quickly announced it intends to appeal and continue pursuing the extradition of julian aside this makes sense as politicians from both sides of the united states' political spectrum have placed a target on his back or to argue that it's closer but in the high tech terrorist it is an attack on the international community but i'm not for the death penalty so if i'm not for the death penalty i want to do it illegally shoot the son of a son should be assassinated actually they're tough and say if we catch you we're going to hang you whatever when the world's top military power is out for your blood you don't really stand much of a chance they're ready to th

calling for an end to this suffering various forms of deprivation of liberty to which julian assad has been subjected constitute a form of arbitrary detention the working group and maintains that the arbitrary detention of mr assigned should be brought to an end instead the old things short from bad to even worse for a son ecuador's new president who was looking for warmer relations with the u.s. seem to take personal offense when we can leaks wrote about corruption allegations against him sanj was shown the door artie's video agency ruptly turned out to be the only outlet to catch the moment a son was literally carried out of the building some 7 years after he stepped in it . was. once u.k. law enforcement got their hands on a son they threw him in prison a proper one but the u.s. government is looking to try him under american law where the whistleblower faces more than a 100 years behind bars now every cording that emerged in line has sparked another wave of calls to pardon the whistleblower in the tape ironically julian a son she was trying to help u.s. authorities minimize the fal

under got to be able to be able to get it is only julian assad to be held accountable you have to ask yourself why if you got it the government significant pardoning julian bond other organisations all this information pertinent facts were very careless with circulation of the location to this file and don't repeat it well it was secretly and luke harding of the guardian published the encryption key in the top where it was leaked to public access to sensitive cables why are they not being held accountable why is the focus on chilliness on should not because this is a selective process can any political party. tailor or do you think that the source that actually delivered this most recent information is going to cause a bit of a darkness on on it because james o'keefe and project veritas they've been known for manipulating audio and video to fit their own narrative and you know that that's come out in the past about some of the stories they produced how do you think this is going to go about in terms of trust given the less than stellar background project veritas has in releasing infor

a british court has rejected washington's extradition request for julian assad student concerns about his mental health the u.s. says it will appeal the decision and still wants to try the wiki leaks founder on espionage charges let's take a look at the reaction of assad's supporters outside the courthouse where the verdict filtered through i mean you're going to eat i mean it's true it was you know was i was a 1 6. as long as julian has to injure suffering in isolation as an unconvicted prisoner in belmarsh prison and as long as our children continue to be the rest of their father's love and affection and we cannot celebrate. we will celebrate the day he comes home of glimmers of hope to start the new year and hopefully a new era. it is a day. i deal with wind for julia songs. but we have people. just not necessarily a win for journalists cause we have absolutely electrifying was there was a circus cheering freak eunice on does not fit the historic moment outside the for her to charge i was ready to actually join you in the sun she united states it has been a decision based have mean

let's recap monday's big developments regarding julian assad sure british judge has ruled against extraditing him to the u.s. today concerns over his mental health the u.s. has said it will appeal the court's decision a songe will remain in custody ahead of that appeal there's also a chance he could be released on bail before then a decision on that will be made on wednesday now stateside the wiki leaks co-founder faces 17 counts of spying and one of conspiracy to hack a government computer if found guilty he would face up to 175 years in prison. in the u.s. the coronavirus vaccine rollout isn't quite going according to plan the country missed its target of inoculating 20000000 people by the end of 2020 only managing 3000000 as taylor picks up the story. it might be a new year but it's cool to buy the same old problems on the fust day of 2021 the us hit $20000000.00 kovac 19 cases but just out was before as the clock struck midnight thousands flooded the streets hoping that the next $365.00 days would just be that little bit that. scared i don't know what will happen 1st rule for 2021 don't t

state with others so here's a summary you put together for you of the skeletons of the closet that julian assad revealed. how much. you're going to. cut does he say any the millions of those who are left. wiki leaks walks like a hostile intelligence sort of talks like a hostile takeover of service. so what's with the biggest decision makers in america the presidents that have the right to pardon mr assad under barack obama it became abundantly clear what the administration's line is when it comes to the war but under donald trump there was hope that there could be some kind of u.-turn because we know the reputation of mr trump of basically doing everything which is totally opposite to what barack obama was up to but the rhetoric didn't change much there were no decisions that were announced that run ran counter to what we previously saw and even this is free of pardoning that donald trump has been up to lately doing assad wasn't on the list now we should look to joe biden the president elect we can remember how in when the 10 he called you in this saga high tech terrorists so in this regard it

as mentioned quite early on in punching the air i should say julian assad's talk about black eyes matter back then but of course he was exposing entering clinton you. obviously have feelings about donald trump taking out those advertisement calling for your deaths but of course it was biden who is responsible for mass incarceration policy harris the vice presidential nominee was. there's a case daniel lawson an innocent man she wanted to jail for the 3 strikes law what can americans do now to prevent future central. well you know what i look at i look at the fact that we have the opportunity now that we understand that it's not about just so to speak having a plan for the weekend we can't even just have a 5 year plan we need to have generational plans and as we play on this game of chess the idea in the understanding is that we're making incremental successes in games and so yes right now we where we're looking at the current election and the possibilities of what ought to calm but i think that did mindset of you of of the heartbeat of america is different the mindset of our ancestors wi

the world's top military power is out for your blood you don't really stand much of a chance of julian assad were to be extradited to the united states it's pretty likely he would never be heard from again they're ready to throw the book at him he's facing 18 different charges 17 for as to be a notch and one for attempted hacking of a u.s. government computer if convicted he could face up to 175 years in u.s. prisons the law being invoked is an obscure piece of legislation known as the espionage act from 1917 it was originally used against peace activists during the 1st world war now the parts of the law that suppressed free speech had been cut down by the courts but now it's being used against whistleblowers human rights activists call it a tool of intimidation julian assange is not a government official releasing classified information without permission julian a son just simply a publisher and the case has huge implications for any journalist covering sensitive issues related to the u.s. government the espionage act. must be reformed it lacks a public interest offense if any publisher of

every way the parents i'm going to have a lot less and on the right what i now look at the case of julian assad i've got a month to concrete a man with. cruelty pushups cruelty a court that can treat him with such cruelty. is quite capable of a form of fact cruelty in a problem. but the most important information that we choose in the sun she's fellow citizens of the need is information about the secret malfeasance and wrong doing of all governments which legend. and julian the song which along with chelsea manning and edward snowden and the other whistle to close down the years of the heroes who helped us to gain some of the knowledge that the powers that be would keep secret if they could support whistleblowers as part.

politicians the most senior officials they were infuriated by what julian assad was doing because this really hit the image of america very hard and. when it comes to the prospects of this case i mean we are having a new president in the us joe biden but 10 years ago he called julian assange a high tech terrorist and if we look at the things that have been done by president barack obama and then someone who succeeded president donald trump in so many cases it seemed that donald trump was very keen to make u. turns to reverse any kind of decision by barack obama but it seems that with the case of doing a solid nothing changed at all 'd and some people were expecting donald trump and fact he still has time for it to pardon julian assange to go against everything that's been on when it comes to julian saunders case and the reaction from the u.s. to that but it's not happened so far and clearly we were not looking for any kind of reverse in tide and 'd this was what the u.s. department of justice official said in response to the earlier decision. to block that extradition. while we are ext

after a british court blocked the extradition of julian assads to the us the whistleblower supporters are turning their attention to the fact that he remains in custody while washington launches an appeal the what the wiki leaks co-founder will find out later on wednesday if his bail application has been approved. press freedom groups have been angered at the court ruling that's because the judge maintained that the u.s. had a solid case against a songe she only refused to send him stateside because of concerns over his mental health or i'd guess the of looks at the message the ruling sends to journalists. it may not yet be true but of these a wean a songe the now has been span being fed into the muscles mechanical mouth of the u.s. justice system. was. 'd 6 the verdict was a damning indictment of the songes mental health will how it must have deteriorated for a judge in such a politically charged case to have made it the chief consideration she just didn't believe he'd survive in the u.s. jail the overall impressions of a depressed and sometimes despairing man who is generally fearfu

what i know look at the case of julian assad i've got a month to concrete a man with. cruelty pushups cruelty a court that can treat him with such cruelty. is quite capable of a form of fact cruelty been a problem. the most important information that we truly in the sciences fellow citizens of the globe need is information about the secret malfeasance and wrongdoing of our governments which are legend. and julian the sarge along with chill sigman and edward snowden and the other whistleblowers down the years of the heroes who helped us to gain some of the knowledge that the powers that be would keep secret if they could support whistleblowers as truth tellers to have a government after all it's it's extraordinary to be up against that kind of hour even boris johnson who was the most ruthless live free journalist who understand if you will agree to what do you consider us to do i mean to do. jews exposed war crimes tomorrow or it could have saved ms loops photos of those things which the united states didn't. already said washington is good any form. of the u.s. constit

him and it looks like we're nowhere near it with joe biden coming in who once famously called julian assad a high tech terrorist ok thank you. for trying. if you're watching us the international be back with more news on this. story the breaking news the softening is that he has been denied bail by a london court that followed a decision on monday to block his extradition to the united states. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person with those words. the day or thinks. we dare to ask. can use an r.t. to the dismay of his supporters wiki's co-founded you in the song has been denied by you and will remain in custody pending washington's appeal on his extradition u.k. court turned down the u.s. request on monday over concerns that a song would commit suicide but a song is legal to say he hasn't given up they are they are saying that they are going to a pale wednesdays decision. this denial of baby the most likely hood fluke the appeals to the high court within hours for a few days and we.

and of course the world's most famous journalist and publisher julian assad is not to be extradited to have a ginia court too thanks to judge for that separates that was nevertheless kept him in a maximum security prison here in london where according to the un special rapporteur he's being tortured by u.k. authorities who are joining me now is one of joining us on just media partners the former editor of the guardian newspaper alan rusbridger his new book is called news and how to use it what to believe in a fake news world alan welcome to the show what's sad about the new book arguably is the fact you begin by saying you're writing it at the peak of the pandemic we now know that isn't the case what's it like writing a book on journalism during log well i wish i'd had foresight that was written in the spring and i think we all saw that was the worst but of course we're now in a much graver situation. but i still think the themes of. journalism. people believe and how people know what to believe still is relevant as they were when i wrote. i mean i'm right in the title of the book is t

into giving up julian assange so there was a big huge hurdle to even get into the room to discuss julian assad and the great work of a wide range of people from cassandra fairbanks to oliver stone helped at least get it on the discussion table and put the most possible pressure and it was the number one subject of debate within the trump white house the last day where all the trump loyalists took the same side they said to pardon julian a son unfortunate the president did not pull the trigger tucker carlson's explanation has been the threats from mitch mcconnell and the republicans in the senate that they would vote to convict him upon the impeachment trial if he pardoned isaan who was the final straw that broke the back in favor of not pardoning a son and just a few days before trump had been inclined to grant the pardon so it's it's going to be a stain on the president's reputation and record depending on what happens with julian and songe but the fact that it was his administration to indict him his administration to seek his extradition his administration to bribe an extraordinary way to e

judge surprised many by blocking the extradition of julian assad's attention now turns to his bail and the american appeal artie's heard from some of his high profile followers we his supporters have to be saying you have bailed him out he has he's suffered. beyond and he suffered and should be beat you don't see him for his work in small bio in print which he sees only prime. press freedom groups say they're concerned by the rule.

judge surprised many by blocking the extradition of julian assad's attention now turns to his bail and the american appeal artie's heard from some of his high profile followers we his supporters have to be saying you have bailed him out he has suffered. and he suffered and should be beat you don't see him for his work. crime. press freedom groups say they're concerned by the ruling as the current larges the courts largely supported washington's as charges against a song with the judge refusing to extradite him only because of mental health concerns decision does not inspire confidence that the u.s. government or the another state might not have time to pursue somebody else in the same way the judgment when very very far. rationale that underlie us. and he's going to transfer the criminal why the investigative journalist. does your world news headlines for this hour i'll be back with more in just under 60 minutes hope to see you then. hello and welcome to cross talk where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle is there such a thing as public opinion anymore after all after 2 electi

ruled that wiki leaks founder julian assange has cannot be extradited to the united states to face espionage charges the judge said that extradition would be oppressive to mr assad regime's mental health the u.s. says it will appeal julian assange is an australian citizen sheltering in britain from the u.s. government and could face prison sentences of up to 175 years. no sooner had trickled out of the court room and his supporters began celebrating and chanting. the static that after 10 years of legal fights they had some form of victory. we welcome today's decision we are relieved that mr sands will not be extradited to the united states we share concerns about his health and his mental health we have been highlighting this for quite some time that he has been vulnerable that we have we have stated and i'll repeat today that his extradition was a possible matter of life or death. earlier songes tame began the day with low expectations. from. his fiance had called on donald trump to pardon the father of her 2 children. he arrived at the court in the back of his high security back. inside the courtroom the judge dismissed most of the scientists defense but she c

julian assange 2 days after blocking his extradition to the u.s. where he's wanted on a spin charges the judge said there were sufficient grounds to believe that assad would not turn up to court for a pending u.s. appeal if he were released from prison. lawyers for a woman due to be executed in the u.s. next week have filed a last minute plea with president trump asking for clemency they say lisa montgomery was profoundly mentally ill when she committed murder in 2004 on gomery would be the 1st female federal execution in decades or venezuela's new parliament has met for its 1st session with president to do is party in almost complete control of the national assembly his united socialist party has won more than 92 percent of the seats months ago after the opposition parties that one why go boy calls it the elections they plan to maintain apparel ollivant. the head of the orthodox church in jerusalem phyllis the 3rd is in the west bank town of bethlehem to leeds tradition traditional christmas celebrations festivities have gone ahead despite covert was directions in the palestinian territory and a huge drop in visiting this. european met since agency

minister has verified as recently saying that assad was offered a pardon from donald trump even just admitted it wasn't the russians and it wasn't the russians says julian it's it's just that he won't say that to anyone because he believes in journalism and he doesn't believe. impinging on any of his thoughts as he's prepared to die for that yeah i don't know enough about it know that. the serious ties were raised in the inquiry into donald trump that took place under robert mueller but i don't know enough about it to say with any certainty where he got the information from. him but you could speculate on a number of scenarios about where the information came and who hacked it because it was katie illegally hacked material and that poses big moral questions not not only for the centers of this well but for you know papers like the new york times and the washington post who went on to use that material i'm not sure it's necessarily meaningly hack you chose to use it when it came to war crimes in iraq of course. that material yes no i mean that that was no question that was in the terms of the american espionage act it legally change as well as the edward